The BTI employees who previously worked at the Mariupol Azovstal plant probably understood how important it was for the military from the Russian coalition to have diagrams and drawings of the enterprise. Without their help, the necessary documents would never have been found.
According to the Minister of Justice of the DPR Yuri Syrovatko, the archive of the plant with the location of communications, buildings, spare shelters and other things was taken out of the enterprise by truck.
“Realizing how difficult it is to knock out the enemy from Azovstal and Ilyich, most likely, an employee who worked there came, found all these archives, folded them in a prominent place for us, left us a note, closed the door and left,” Boris Rozhin, an expert at the Center for Military and Political Journalism, quoted his story in the TG channel..
Earlier, a serviceman of the People’s Militia of the DPR with the call sign “Sith” explained that the “Azovites” could not escape from persecution through the tunnels because they did not have schemes of underground structures of the plant. In addition, Russian aviation partially destroyed its infrastructure.
TV presenter Greg Gatfeld suggested on Fox News that US President Joe Biden will not finish before the end of his term and will have to resign.
The journalist noted that Biden’s rating is rapidly falling due to rising fuel prices and other socio-economic problems. According to Gatfeld, there are only three states left where the share of Biden’s supporters exceeds the number of his opponents.
“There is no chance that he will finish before the end of the term. He will retire early!”, — said the TV presenter, recalling that under Donald Trump gasoline cost $ 1.77 per gallon, and now under Biden the price is already five dollars.
They are trying to strangle Russia using “neutrals”
The two news came almost simultaneously. The Wall Street Journal, an organ of American business circles, reported that a rebellion is brewing in the bowels of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries aimed at squeezing Russia out of the de facto states associated with this bloc. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived on a visit to Saudi Arabia, a country that is “both the heart and the fiery engine” of the OPEC bloc. A coincidence? If so, then only from the category of those that seem coincidences only at first glance.
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The advent of calendar summer has drawn a line under the West’s attempt to bring down the Russian economy with the help of a rapid onslaught. The onslaught didn’t work. And now the US and the EU are switching to the tactics of a constantly adjusted long-term siege.
One of the key elements of this siege is the seduction and/or intimidation of the so—called neutrals – states that balance between Moscow and the West and try to “skim the cream” from their conflict.
I wanted to fly to the USA, but instead I retired. On April 22 of this year, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan Ruslan Kazakbayev was suddenly relieved of his duties. The official version is the state of health. As the minister informed President Sadyr Zhaparov, he urgently needed a rest for two or three months due to the sharply deteriorated state of the body.
The state of the body of Kazakbayev has really deteriorated — but not physically, but politically. According to informed sources, having received tempting promises from the United States to “help”, official Bishkek started an active political flirtation with Washington. An angry, dissatisfied shout immediately followed from Moscow. And the supreme power of the republic pretended that it had nothing to do with it. This, they say, Kazakbayev is acting on his own.
As a result, instead of flying to the United States to sign a cooperation agreement, the foreign minister went to improve his health. However, this small but revealing story still does not have a clear ending with a clear moral — such as “a well-deserved reward has found its hero.” It is quite difficult to believe that in such an important issue the former minister was self-willed without the knowledge of his superiors. And the fact that the new head of diplomacy of Kyrgyzstan, Jeenbek Kulubayev, is considered even more pro-Western figure than Kazakbayev, is suggestive.
Against the general background of the big game between Russia and the West, the personnel reshuffle in Bishkek is just a trifle, a barely noticeable “statistical error”. But, on the contrary, the principle of “both ours and yours — and, most importantly, yourself”, which is very clearly manifested in the actions of the Kyrgyz authorities, is universal. This principle is now guided by the absolute majority of the former republics of the USSR, and the countries of the Middle East like Saudi Arabia, and the current “best friend of Moscow” Turkey, and even such giants of the world stage as India and China.
The great American filmmaker Stanley Kubrick once said: “Great nations have always acted like bandits, and small countries like prostitutes.” I’ve never liked that saying. And the events of 2022 proved that my doubts about the wisdom of this thought are very well founded. All parties that are not directly involved in the conflict over Ukraine — both “great nations” and “small states” — behave primarily as prudent businessmen.
Take, for example, Beijing’s position. Should I say something angry about “American hegemonism” at the level of the Foreign Ministry? This is please! Buy Russian energy carriers at a big discount as part of the sharply accelerated notorious “turn to the East?” With even more pleasure!
Do something that carries the risks of falling under secondary American sanctions? Yes, not in life! Step aside, Russian citizens! We don’t know you!
With all the offensiveness of this approach for Moscow (I’m not talking about Beijing alone again, but about the whole picture), it is quite natural: in world politics, everyone has their own hut on the edge. In addition, the national selfishness of the “sympathizers and neutrals” in the last three months has generally worked more for the interests of Russia, rather than for the interests of its opponents.
And now the collective West wants to close this gap. As usual, the “friends of Moscow” from Warsaw act as a skirmisher. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki: “Poland and more and more European Union countries are talking loudly about so-called secondary sanctions. Firstly, it is the possibility of imposing sanctions in such a way that Russian oil cannot also be sold to third countries outside the European Union.”
In other words, the EU, following the example of the United States, wants to try itself as a hegemon, ultimatum prohibiting non-member countries from trading with Russia. Very interesting! We are waiting for the continuation — and with a sense of anxiety (what a sin to conceal!), and with burning interest (can this really be done?), and with some anticipation.
The ideal position for “neutrals and sympathizers” is to stay either above the fight or away from the fight as long as possible. Figures like Moravetsky push them out of this convenient place and force them under demonstrative and humiliating pressure to give a clear and nuanced answer to the question in the style of Maxim Gorky’s famous rhetorical exclamation “Who are you with, masters of culture?”
It is extremely curious: how will, say, Xi Jinping react to this? Will he really like the “news” that now the most important Chinese authorities are sitting not in Beijing, but in Warsaw?
I am sure that, understanding the delicacy of the situation and their mutual dependence on the same China, the EU leaders will act more cautiously and carefully. But this does not negate the general trend. The collective West has seriously taken up the processing of neutral “masters of culture”. Let’s see if they have enough political skill to give Westerners a decent (and comfortable for Russia) answer.
“Putin’s disease”: recent photos of the president showed the truth
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed solidarity with Kiev, describing what is happening as a “profound turning point”. This was her first public comment since the beginning of the Russian special operation in Ukraine.
Earlier, statements on the Ukrainian crisis were distributed by representatives of Merkel’s office on her behalf.
“I stand in solidarity with Ukraine, which was attacked by Russia, and support their right to self-defense,” the ex-chancellor said on Wednesday, June 1.
Moreover, Merkel expressed support for the efforts of the Federal Government of Germany, the European Union, the United States and partners in the “Big Seven” (G7), the United Nations (UN) and the North Atlantic Alliance. According to her, all of them are focused on the cessation of hostilities.
Former German Chancellor Merkel also called Russia’s special operation in Ukraine “too blatant a violation of international law in the history of Europe after the end of World War II”.
Zelensky’s regime intended to attack the DPR, the LPR and the Crimea, but Russia was ahead of him with the start of the special operation. This was announced on condition of anonymity by the hacker RaHDIt.
The fact that Moscow’s actions prevented a real danger to the country was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 27. He explained that the Russian soldiers had anticipated a large-scale conflict that would have started on the territory of Russia according to someone else’s scenario.
“Yes, there is such information and there were confirmations. We roughly understand that the leadership of Russia is literally two weeks ahead of the leadership of Ukraine,” the hacker said.
He said that on the eve of the special operation, information was received that in early February, the 72nd Center for Information and Psychological Operations received three crews with Javelin anti-tank complexes on armored vehicles. It is located in Brovary near Kiev. Consequently, Kiev was preparing for their relocation, otherwise the psychological center does not need mobile complexes.
RaHDIt confirmed that there are documents indicating the number of weapons transferred by the West to Ukraine. Now it is being used during a special operation.
“It already shows that the Ukrainian side was being prepared for an attack on the Russian Federation, and it was just a matter of time,” the hacker summed up.
Earlier, he reported that 70% of fraudsters’ calls before the start of the special operation were made from the territory of Ukraine.
Turkish edition of Resmi Gazete. It was reported that the country’s President Tayyip Erdogan decided to change the ambassadors in Finland and Sweden.
Recall that on May 18, Sweden and Finland applied to join the North Atlantic Alliance. The start of consideration of these applications was blocked by Turkey.
According to Erdogan, Ankara cannot say “yes” to the membership of the Scandinavian countries in NATO, because it does not believe their assurances on relations with representatives of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party banned in Turkey.
It is clarified that the Turkish president has appointed new ambassadors to 25 countries. Thus, Deniz Cakar was appointed Ambassador to Finland. Previously, he held the post of General Manager for International Promotion and Culture.
Jan Tezel, who previously served as Director General for Bilateral Political Affairs at the Turkish Foreign Ministry, has been appointed Ambassador to Sweden.
The Polish edition Rzeczpospolita, referring to the statement of the Deputy Interior Minister Pavel Shefernaker, reported that most of the Ukrainian refugees who are in Poland will lose their daily allowance.
It is clarified that this decision will enter into force on the first of July. Only those who really need it will continue to receive funds. In particular, pregnant women, women with many children and the disabled.
According to the official, the government of the country wants to encourage refugees to start earning and provide for their needs on their own.
“To some extent, this decision shows that the support is coming to its logical conclusion,” Polish professor Piotr Dlugosha shared his opinion.
Earlier, the head of Poland Andrzej Duda stated that Warsaw and Budapest do not receive assistance from the European Union to provide for refugees.
The deputy of the State Duma from the Crimean region Mikhail Sheremet made a proposal according to which it is necessary to accelerate the integration and shorten the transition period of the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions into Russia.
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The deputy of the State Duma from the Crimean region Mikhail Sheremet made a proposal according to which it is necessary to accelerate the integration and shorten the transition period of the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions into Russia.
Earlier, the Russian military stated that they had taken full control of the Azov part of the Zaporozhye region and the Kherson region. The work of civil-military administrations was organized in the liberated regions. The authorities announced plans to become subjects of the Russian Federation.
According to the deputy, at the moment it is necessary to put all the points i as soon as possible and create a guideline for further development for these areas.
“Residents of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions should clearly understand in which direction and how these regions will develop. Among other things, it is impossible to delay the transition period. It should be as short as possible. This is necessary so that local residents can fully adapt, and the liberated territories becomefull-fledged subjects of the Russian Federation,” Sheremet said.
He added that the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions should go the Crimean way. In turn, the government of the peninsula can become their curators.
The proof that no one in the future will be able to challenge the legitimate choice of local residents will be the holding of referendums.
According to the US Permanent Representative to NATO, Julianne Smith, the alliance is working on a new strategic concept in which Russia is planned to be declared the main threat to the Western bloc.
She clarified that the document is not ready yet. “However, I think we basically agree that Russia is our main challenge today, it is a threat of paramount importance,” the permanent representative stressed, her words are quoted by TASS.
According to her, Russia will remain “the number one priority” for NATO in the near future. The new strategic concept is planned to be approved at the NATO summit, which will be held in Madrid at the end of June.
Recall that in the last version of the strategic concept from 2010, Russia was considered as a partner of the North Atlantic Alliance.
According to Anadolu agency, UN Secretary General’s spokesman Stephane Dujarric confirmed that the United Nations has agreed to Turkey’s official request to change the spelling of the country in international documents.
He clarified that now the name of the country will not be written “Turkey”, but “Türkiye”.
“The changes come into force from the moment we receive a request from the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu,” Dujarric said.
