Laura Ru
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Researcher & writer based in Hong Kong. Former academic. Longform articles archived at https://lauraruggeri.substack.com and https://laura-ruggeri.medium.com. Email: lauraru852@yandex.ru
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I think the Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik's proposal to copy-paste the US Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) was a brilliant troll move. If adopted, it would bring to light the shadowy network of Empire-funded "NGOs" and "independent media" being used to puppeteer Bosnia-Herzegovina from the outside. But if not, the response of the US embassy and Washington in general β€” judging by how they reacted in Georgia β€” would be to denounce their own law as somehow horrible and a threat to free speech, human rights and democracy.

That's precisely what happened. Dodik dropped a rake, and the Americans stepped on it, busted their nose, and cried "RUSSIA!" Even he probably didn't realize they lacked self-awareness to such an extent, thus beclowning themselves not just in Bosnia, but around the world.
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Il Ministro della Difesa italiano Guido Crosetto sospetta legami tra il gruppo Wagner e le ONG finanziate da Soros? 😜 @LauraRuHK
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War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength...and the European Peace Facility is the EU military fund. πŸ“The EU Council is increasing the financial ceiling of the European Peace Facility (EPF) to €7.979 billion (in current prices) until 2027.
With the budget amendment, the EU will be able to implement Borrell’s latest proposal on quickly supplying ammunition to Ukraine and replenish the stocks of EU member states by common procurements.

According to the plan, EU member states sending ammunition from their own supplies to Ukraine could be reimbursed by the EPF up to €1 billion in total.

The proposal also envisages another €1 billion for joint procurements through the European Defense Agency.

EU foreign and defense ministers are expected to give the green light for the initiative at their meeting on March 20. @LauraRuHK
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πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΊRussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov took part in the opening session of the founding congress of the International Movement of Russophiles in Moscow. The aim of the event is to unite Russia supporters throughout the world in the wake of geopolitical tensions.
The organization has brought together the representatives of 40 countries.

The congress comes amidst Western efforts to cancel Russian culture and defame Russia over its special military operation in Ukraine. @LauraRuHK https://rumble.com/v2d2794-lavrov-participates-in-intl-movement-of-russophiles-congress.html
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Irakli Garibashvili, Georgia's Prime Minister, named the Atlas Network as one of the organizers of recent protests against the "foreign agents" law. These liberal fascists played a significant role in several colour revolutions including the one attempted in Hong Kong in 2019-20. @LauraRuHK
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πŸ“‰L'agenzia di rating Moody's ha peggiorato il suo outlook sul sistema bancario statunitense da stabile a negativo in seguito al crollo delle banche americane.

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πŸ’¬πŸ“‰πŸ“ƒ β€” πŸ“° Reuters: Facebook-parent Meta to lay off 10,000 employees in second round of job cuts
β€” "Facebook-parent Meta Platforms (META.O) said on Tuesday it would cut 10,000 jobs, just four months after it let go 11,000 employees, the first Big Tech company to announce a second round of mass layoffs.

"We expect to reduce our team size by around 10,000 people and to close around 5,000 additional open roles that we haven’t yet hired," Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said in a message to staff.

The layoffs are part of a wider restructuring at Meta that will see the company flatten its organizational structure, cancel lower priority projects and reduce its hiring rates as part of the move. The news sent Meta's shares up 2% in premarket trading."

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Oppressed women in Iran. πŸ™„
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President Bashar Al Assad arrives in Russia for meetings with President Putin. This follows Western exploitation of the earthquake to further encroach on Syrian territory and Israeli aggression which ultimately put Aleppo Airport out of action for a few days.



This visit comes a few days prior to the commencement of the quadruple foreign vice ministers meeting (Syria, Russia, Turkey, Iran) which will be held in the coming days in Russia
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A U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone was flying towards the Russian border with its transponder turned off. Western media claim that this was a "routine mission". Unfortunately U.S. provocations have indeed become routine. Does the U.S. think that providing Ukraine with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information in the conflict against Russia is an acceptable "routine"? Only believers in American exceptionalism consider involvement in a conflict the U.S. denies being part of, thousands of miles from American shores, a routine. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense its fighter jets didn't come into contact with the drone: "As a result of sharp maneuvers around 9:30am Moscow time, the MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicle went into uncontrolled flight, lost altitude, and collided with the water surface. The Russian fighters did not use weapons, did not come into contact with the UAV, and returned safely to their home base.” @LauraRuHK
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Russia has called on Denmark to check whether there may be another explosive device at the Nord Stream gas pipeline, but has yet to receive an unambiguous response, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

A Gazprom ship has found evidence that could mean there’s another explosive device on a Nord Stream pipeline 30 kilometers from the site of the past terrorist attack, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview aired by Rossiya-1 television. (Source: TASS) @LauraRuHK
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Would Australia be in danger without US' nuclear-powered submarines? Obviously not. Not only does Australia not need them, but it will definitely put itself at risk by buying them. Australia, which is isolated in South Pacific and far away from other hotspots in the region, has a relatively unique geographic advantage. No country will attack or even invade Australia for no reason.

Australia's inexplicable sense of insecurity when facing China is basically the result of being spiritually controlled for many years by the US. Australia thinks that it is the "deputy sheriff" of the Asia-Pacific region under Washington, but not to mention that it has no salary, even its police uniforms and firearms have to be bought from the US at a high price. The AUKUS agreement is actually a big trick of the US on Australia. It is equivalent to asking Australia to build a nuclear submarine base to produce its own submarines, but more importantly, to maintain and ensure the nuclear submarines of the US and Britain, and hand them over to be commanded by the US Navy, moreover, the hundreds of billions of dollars need to be paid by Australia itself. https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202303/1287297.shtml
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Peace and neighborly relations with Ukraine are impossible in principle as long as the Kiev government sticks to its Russophobic policies, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya told the UN Security Council.
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The owner of the car blown up by Ukro terrorists in Melitopol (Zaporozhye region) died in hospital. This was announced by the city administration in its Telegram channel. According to the administration, the name of the deceased is Ivan Tkach. It is noted that Tkach "worked for the benefit of Melitopol from the first days." Earlier it was reported that two people were injured in a car explosion in Melitopol, they were taken to hospital. https://t.me/sitreports/5818
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πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¦ Saudi Arabia will stop oil supplies to those countries that set a price ceiling on its oil, said the Kingdom's Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman in an interview with Energy Intelligence.

πŸ“ β€œIf a price cap is imposed on Saudi oil exports, we will not sell oil to any country that imposes a price cap on our supplies, and we will cut oil production, and I would not be surprised if others do the same,” the minister said.

βœ–οΈ Now let the West try to impose sanctions on Saudi Arabia, it will be interesting to seeπŸ˜‰


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Il Corriere della Sera: "Autobomba a Mariupol". In realta' l'attentato terroristico ucraino e' avvenuto a Melitopol, ma sappiamo che al Corriere i fatti sono un'opinione. @LauraRuHK
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KNOW YOUR PRONOUNS - Scott Shay, chairman of the doomed Signature Bank, co-hosted a company seminar last October in which employees were instructed for more than an hour on using gender-neutral pronouns such as β€œZe” and β€œHir.”
His New York-based bank was shut down by regulators over the weekend in a bid to stave off a US banking crisis. @LauraRuHK
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