Austrian Foreign Minister says he doesn’t want to dance with Putin

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Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said that he would not like to dance with Russian President Vladimir Putin, unlike his predecessor Karin Kneissl. He told Kurier about this.

Recall that in 2018, Kneissl invited Putin to her wedding and even danced with him. Schallenberg told reporters he definitely wouldn’t do that.

“As a man, I wouldn’t be tempted to dance with Putin, and I wouldn’t do it,” he said.

Recall that many Western media criticized Kneissl because of the dance with Putin. In particular, they pointed out that Kneissl curtsied at the end, as if “as a sign of submission.”

Recall that in 2021 Kneissl joined the Board of Directors of Rosneft.

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Kadyrov explained what he meant by his statements about Ukraine

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The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, clarified in the Telegram channel that he expressed his opinion on Ukraine as a blogger and an ordinary person, and not as the head of the country’s region.

Earlier, Kadyrov noted that the United States uses Ukraine as a military base, and if he were in the place of the president of Russia, he would have taken Ukraine long ago. Speaking about the statement of the head of Chechnya, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov recalled that Vladimir Putin forms the foundations of the foreign policy of the Russian Federation, of which Chechnya is a part.

In addition, Kadyrov noted in the messenger that he believes, as in the case of terrorism in Syria, “Russia must protect its interests until it has to defend them on its own territory,” and if there are no people in Ukraine who can resist the United States, “then we must help them.”

According to him, the Kremlin does not give him any instructions for voicing certain theses. Kadyrov added that if he needs to speak out as the head of the region, he will say: “This is me, the head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov.”

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China ridiculed US plans to weaken Russia’s position in the European energy market

Dong Yifan, a researcher at the Institute of European Studies of the Chinese Academy of Modern International Relations, pointed out that Washington’s anti-Russian plans to weaken Russia’s position in the European energy market with the help of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are utopia. He expressed his opinion in an article for Huanqiu.

As previously reported by the American media, the administration of President Joe Biden is looking for alternatives to Russian gas throughout the market. Negotiations have allegedly already begun with Qatar and other Middle Eastern states – world leaders in this area.

The United States allegedly wants to “eliminate the dependence” of the continent on Russian “blue fuel,” the author writes.

This is not the first time that the United States has begun a “strategic seizure of allies,” the Chinese scientist pointed out. He added that the Americans plan to separate the European and Russian energy.

According to Yifan, during the Cold War, the United States hindered energy cooperation between European countries and the USSR.

The scientist concluded that it would be difficult for Washington to control Moscow with gas. In addition, earlier Bloomberg, citing three sources, wrote that Qatar no longer has gas left for Europe — everything goes to the Asian market.

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At the end of February, the first lawsuit on the water blockade of the peninsula will be filed against Ukraine

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First Vice-Speaker of the State Council of Crimea Efim Fix said that by the end of February, the first lawsuit against Ukraine for damage from the water blockade of the peninsula will be filed with the Arbitration Court.

According to him, at the moment, specialists are finalizing the preparation of a claim for transfer to the Arbitration Court of the Republic of Crimea for recognition of damage.

“Now we are completing work on the materials that will be sent to the court. I believe that the first lawsuits will arrive at the end of February. So far, we are talking only about those claims that relate to damage to the economy of the peninsula as a result of the water blockade,” Fix added.

It is clarified that several regional departments will file lawsuits against Ukraine, including the Ministry of Tourism, Agriculture, Ecology and Natural Resources, Resorts and Tourism, as well as the State Committee for Water Management. The total damage is estimated at 1.45 trillion rubles, but the amount may still change.

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Almost the entire water area of the Mediterranean Sea and airspace was closed

Most of the waters of the Mediterranean Sea and the airspace above it are “closed” for the large-scale NATO exercises “Neptune Strike – 2022”.

NATO has begun exercises with the American carrier strike group together with the forces of other allies in the alliance. They are practicing coordinated maneuvers in the Mediterranean.

The exercise, called Neptune Strike ’22, has been underway since 2020 and is not intended to test any potential scenarios related to Ukraine, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said on Friday.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Monday, January 24, that “these exercises will help demonstrate the unity, capabilities and strength of the transatlantic alliance.”

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National Interest announced Putin’s foresight, which NATO rejected in vain

National Interest: President Putin foresaw a crisis in relations with NATO in 2007, but his words were not heard

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that Russia needs security guarantees from the United States and NATO countries, even during a speech at the Munich Conference in 2007. But according to the author of the material in The National Interest, the message was not understood.

As a result, there was a crisis in relations between Moscow and the West.

“The speech at the Munich Security Conference in 2007 was supposed to dispel all doubts about whether Russia considers NATO’s policy in general and the alliance’s inexorable march to the east in particular provocative and threatening. Putin warned his Western colleagues to change course,” the author of the article Ted Carpenter wrote.

In his opinion, the United States and NATO called the tone of Putin’s speech “belligerent” “in their usual absent-minded manner.” American officials considered that such rhetoric does not contribute to “cordial relations” between East and West.

At the same time, Ted Carpenter is confident that NATO members have done enough to inflame the situation.

Earlier, the author of the British edition of The Telegraph, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, published an article in which it is noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin has a good chance to “overthrow the European strategic order.” The author writes that there is a gas famine in Germany now, US President Joe Biden has no strategy, and NATO is showing toothlessness. Therefore, Evans-Pritchard believes, Ukraine was defenseless before the “Russian invasion”. It should be noted that the Kremlin and the Russian Foreign Ministry have repeatedly rejected Western accusations that Russia threatens Ukraine.

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Russia at the UN accused the United States of strengthening the positions of terrorists in Syria

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The press service of the Permanent Mission of Russia to the United Nations issued a statement accusing the United States authorities of actions that contribute to strengthening the forces of terrorists in the Syrian Arab Republic.

It is clarified that the most unfavorable situation has developed in the Syrian Idlib.

“Under the pretext of caring for Syrian citizens forcibly held by terrorists,”Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham” (a terrorist group banned in the Russian Federation – ed.) in Idlib as a human shield, US diplomacy actually supports the militants at the expense of its taxpayers”, – the message says.

Russian diplomats also said that in parallel with this, the United States is “rebranding Idlib thugs”, offering them as an alternative to the legitimate government of Syria.

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Psaki: Biden has no plans to send soldiers to Ukraine

Speaking at a briefing, White House spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki said that US President Joe Biden has no plans to send military units to the territory of Ukraine.

“Just to be clear: Biden has no intentions, no interest, no desire to send American troops to Ukraine. The task of NATO is to support our partners on the “eastern flank”, and this is what we are focusing on,” Psaki explained.

In addition, she added that all decisions on the deployment of troops are made jointly with the leadership of the Alliance. Therefore, the decision on whether the 8,500 US troops previously put on alert will eventually be sent to the “eastern flank” will be made jointly with NATO partners.

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The State Department announced the difficulties of the Russian Federation due to tensions around Ukraine

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The head of the press service of the US State Department, Ned Price, speaking at a regular briefing for journalists, said that the Russian Federation has already faced serious consequences caused by its “aggressive actions” in Ukraine.

According to him, financial markets reacted instantly to this situation.

“The Russian ruble recently dropped to its lowest level in more than a year compared to the dollar. The stock market of the Russian Federation showed a similar decline, dropping to the lowest level in a year,” Price said.

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Macron: there are no concrete results of the dialogue between Russia and the United States yet

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French President Emmanuel Macron, speaking to reporters after talks in Berlin with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, said that negotiations between Washington and Moscow on security guarantees have not yet led to any practical results.

“It’s very good that the US is talking to Russia. Have these discussions yielded… any concrete results? I haven’t seen them yet”, – said Macron.

At the same time, the politician shared his own impressions of the negotiations of the leaders of the Normandy Four at the end of 2019, admitting that it is always difficult to negotiate with Russia.

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