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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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📹 Vladimir Putin confirms Russian strike on Ukrainian military intel HQ in Kiev

💬 "We've already mentioned that we can strike the decision-making centers and headquarters. Obviously, the Military Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's headquarters is also such a target. And in response, as you are well aware, the Kiev regime chose a different path, a path to try to intimidate Russia and its citizens, to try to target residential buildings. It is an obvious indicator of terrorist activity,"

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🌀 The recent G7 summit should be understood as firstly, the shaping of a battlespace in the ‘War of Narratives’ whose principal ‘front’ today is the Team Biden insistence that only one ‘reality’ — the US-led ‘Rules’ ideology (and it alone) – can predominate.

And, secondly to underline pointedly that the West is ‘not losing’ in this war against the other ‘reality’. This other reality is the multivalent ‘otherness’ that self-evidently is attracting more and more support around the world.

Many in the West are simply unaware of how fast the geopolitical tectonic plates are shifting: The original plate bifurcation (the failed financial war declared on Russia), already has led to a building wave. Anger is growing. People now no longer feel alone in rejecting western hegemony – they “no longer care”.

In just the week that preceded the G7 summit, the Arab League literally ‘went multi-polar’; It quit its former pro-US automaticity. The embrace of President Assad and the Syrian government was both the logical consequence to the secondary tectonic-plate shift set in motion by China with its Saudi-Iranian diplomacy — a revolution which Mohammad bin Salman (MbS) then logically extended to the entire Arab sphere.

MbS sealed this ‘break-free’ of US control through having President al-Assad invited to the Summit to symbolise the League’s act of generalised iconoclasm.

For the West, it is ontologically impossible to tolerate their reality being disassembled: to see their society and the world split in two. The narrative reality is so embedded via the well-honed effectiveness of MSM messaging however, that politicians have become lazy. They do not have to argue their case, and have no incentive to hold back on untruths either.

The endless bitter antagonism to Putin and to Russia has allowed a self-imagined reality to detach, ultimately becoming a delusion 🔮

💬 Alastair Crooke writes

#G7 #West #MiddleEast #ArabLeague #multipolarity

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Perche' non ho mai aggiunto la sezione commenti al mio canale Telegram?
Perche' da anni, cioe' da quando scrissi il mio primo articolo d'inchiesta sui tentativi di rivoluzione colorata a Hong Kong, seguito da un articolo altrettanto rivelatore su Amnesty International, sono su una "lista nera" compilata da organizzazioni ben poco trasparenti.
Siccome conosco bene le tecniche che adottano per manipolare lo spazio discorsivo, non ho nessuna voglia di perdere il mio tempo a cancellare messaggi e bannare i loro infiltrati. A differenza di chi puo' contare sull'aiuto di amministratori, io amministro da sola pagine e canali e il tempo a disposizione e' ridottissimo.
Una delle tecniche piu' comuni che usano per attaccare chi da' fastidio e' il trolling, vale a dire messaggi volutamente provocatori, irritanti, fuori tema o semplicemente senza senso.
I troll spesso lavorano in modo coordinato con l'obiettivo di disturbare la comunicazione e screditare l'autore.
Interagire con i troll significa dargli visibilita', e facilitargli il lavoro perche' qualsiasi risposta ti costringe a scendere al loro livello, o a entrare in un buco nero che distrugge la tua energia.
L'unica tattica intelligente e' tenerli fuori dalla porta, come faccio con i testimoni di Geova e chiunque cerchi di convertirmi alla sua causa. Perche' dovrei fornirgli pure un palco sul mio canale quando hanno gia' un notevole vantaggio, visti i numerosi palchi a loro disposizione sul mainstream e su canali sinofobi e russofobi?
Se io scrivessi che oggi a Hong Kong c'e' il sole, i troll risponderebbero nel modo seguente.
-"Non e' vero che sei a Hong Kong. Non hai portato uno straccio di prova".
-"Hong Kong non e' la Cina, in Cina il sole non lo vedono mai"
-"E il Tibet? E lo Xinjiang?" (l'equivalente del ritornello sulle foibe)
-"Ho sentito adesso mio cugino che vive a Hong Kong e mi ha detto che non e' vero".
-"Sei una maoista. Mao ha commesso crimini contro l'umanita'"
-"Non ti vergogni a fare propaganda per la dittatura comunista?"
-"Sono stato a Hong Kong nel 2005 e pioveva sempre"
-"Il segretario del dipartimento della Salute di Hong Kong, Margaret Chan dal 2006 al 2012 e' stata direttrice dell'OMS. La Cina controlla l'OMS."
-"Dici che c'e' il sole perche' non hai letto... (aggiunge 10 link)"
-"Ci vogliono far credere che c'e' il sole, ma la realta' e' ben diversa"
-"Sei una gatekeeper. Lo sanno tutti che la Cina insieme alla cerchia di Putin, ai Rothschild, alla massoneria, al WEF di Davos e al Vaticano vuole imporre il Great Reset".
Non costringo nessuno a leggere i miei post o i miei articoli e nessuno mi paga per sostenere una versione invece che un'altra. Quando cito fonti ufficiali di Pechino, Mosca, Teheran, Damasco ecc. significa solo che ritengo meritino di essere conosciute. Poi uno e' libero di trarre le conclusioni che vuole.
Chiunque abbia dei commenti o delle critiche costruttive da fare sa come raggiungermi. Ricevo quotidianamente messaggi privati su Telegram, Twitter o Messenger, quindi i canali per il dialogo non mancano. @LauraRuHK
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Poi c'e' una categoria a parte, quelli che mi chiedono di prendere le distanze da decisioni del Cremlino o del Partito Comunista della Cina che non gli garbano e se non lo faccio allora sono complice di chissa' quale complotto globalista, perche' loro SANNO che tutte le elite, cinesi, americane, russe e di San Marino si sono accordate per schiavizzare il pianeta. Gli stessi che non vedono neppure lo sfruttamento sul proprio posto di lavoro, ma per grazia divina riescono a vedere complotti internazionali "segretissimi". Cosa c'entro io con le decisioni di Putin o di Xi? Sono italiana, parlo solo a nome mio, perche' mai dovrei prendere le distanze da governi che per ovvie ragioni di nazionalita' non ho mai votato? Stranamente gli stessi geni non mi hanno mai chiesto di prendere le distanze dal governo di Giorgia Meloni, che non ho votato, a scanso di equivoci, o da Washington, che controlla la politica italiana, a differenza di quanto facciano Russia e Cina. @LauraRuHK
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Powerful explosion at "three sisters" - at the junction of the borders of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia

A Ukrainian road was blown up on a tank-hazardous direction near the "three sisters" - the place where Ukraine (Chernogov Region), Belarus (Gomel Region) and Russia (Bryansk Region) meet.
At the border in Chernigov region, the enemy's route, which he might once use to perform an attack, has been destroyed.

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⚡️British police detained investigative journalist Kit Klarenberg and interrogated him about The Grayzone.

He remains under investigation by the British state at the time of publication.

British counter-terror police detained journalist Kit Klarenberg upon his arrival at London’s Luton airport and subjected him to an extended interrogation about his political views and reporting for The Grayzone.
As soon as journalist Kit Klarenberg, who lives in Serbia, landed in his home country of Britain on May 17, 2023, six anonymous plainclothes counter-terror officers detained him. They quickly escorted him to a back room, where they grilled him for over five hours about his reporting for this outlet. They also inquired about his personal opinion on everything from the current British political leadership to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

At one point, Klarenberg’s interrogators demanded to know whether The Grayzone had a special arrangement with Russia’s Federal Security Bureau (FSB) to publish hacked material.

During Klarenberg’s detention, police seized the journalist’s electronic devices and SD cards, fingerprinted him, took DNA swabs, and photographed him intensively. They threatened to arrest him if he did not comply.

Klarenberg’s interrogation appears to be London’s way of retaliating for the journalist’s blockbuster reports exposing major British and US intelligence intrigues. In the past year alone, Klarenberg revealed how a cabal of Tory national security hardliners violated the Official Secrets Act to exploit Brexit and install Boris Johnson as prime minister. In October 2022, he earned international headlines with his exposé of British plans to bomb the Kerch Bridge connecting Crimea to the Russian Federation. Then came his report on the CIA’s recruitment of two 9/11 hijackers this April, a viral sensation that generated massive social media attention.

Among Klarenberg’s most consequential exposés was his June 2022 report unmasking British journalist Paul Mason as a UK security state collaborator hellbent on destroying The Grayzone and other media outlets, academics, and activists critical of NATO’s role in Ukraine.
British authorities did not detain Klarenberg for any legal breaches, but because he reported factual stories that exposed the national security state’s own violations of both domestic and international law, as well as the malign plots of its media lackeys. A week after releasing Klarenberg from detention, police returned his tablet with masking tape over its cameras, along with two memory cards. The police kept one old SD card, mostly containing music, on the grounds it may be “relevant to criminal proceedings.”
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A former Senate staffer of President Joe Biden who accused him of sexual assault confirmed that she had defected to Russia. Tara Reade, now 59, told Russian news agency Sputnik in a press conference that she made the decision to move after realizing that she no longer feels safe in the U.S. Reade joins the growing ranks of Americans and Europeans who have moved to Russia in recent years. Some relocated in order to live according to their traditional, conservative views and religious values, others due to intimidations and repression at home. @LauraRuHK https://t.me/SputnikInt_unc2/9693
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Tara Reade, cittadina statunitense, scrittrice ed ex assistente di Joe Biden, recentemente arrivata in Russia, ha dichiarato a Sputnik di non sentirsi più al sicuro nell'America di Biden, aggiungendo che molti americani sono pronti a seguire le sue orme o lo hanno già fatto.
Tara Reade, ex collaboratrice del Senato, nell'aprile 2020 aveva presentato una denuncia penale contro l'allora candidato alla presidenza democratica Joe Biden, accusandolo di violenza sessuale nel 1993. Anche se alcune deputate democratiche le credettero, non solo le sue affermazioni furono sminuite dalla stampa statunitense, ma subì anche diffamazioni, un'indagine penale e intimidazioni.
Dopo l'annuncio della rielezione di Biden nel 2024, la Reade ha ribadito le sue accuse e si è detta disposta a testimoniare davanti alla Camera dei Rappresentanti. Tuttavia, all'inizio di maggio, Tara ha pubblicato un messaggio criptico in cui diceva che se le fosse successo qualcosa, tutte le strade avrebbero portato a Biden. Reade ha scelto di trasferirsi in Russia per proteggere la sua vita.

"La decisione di venire in Russia è stata molto difficile. Non sono una persona impulsiva. Mi prendo il mio tempo e analizzo i dati. E da quello che ho potuto vedere in base ai casi e a quello che stava accadendo e alle spinte per non farmi testimoniare, ho pensato che mentre le elezioni si stanno preparando e c'è così tanto in gioco, è meglio che io stia qui e che sia al sicuro. Il mio sogno è di vivere in entrambi i luoghi, ma può darsi che io viva solo in questo posto e va bene così".

Tara Reade non è l'unica americana che è andata in Russia per sfuggire alla persecuzione politica delle autorità statunitensi. Edward Snowden, whistleblower della NSA, ha trovato rifugio nella Federazione Russa dopo aver rivelato un programma di spionaggio globale degli Stati Uniti che prendeva di mira i cittadini americani in netta violazione della Costituzione americana. Nel settembre 2022, Vladimir Putin ha firmato un decreto che concede la cittadinanza russa a Edward. Ora è un cittadino russo a tutti gli effetti.

Secondo Reade, negli Stati Uniti ci sono molte persone che si sentono insicure. Il suo messaggio è di agire per proteggere se stessi e le proprie famiglie "e di guardare bene per chi si vota".
"Abbiamo bisogno di un cambiamento sistemico. Quindi partecipate a questo processo e cercate di prendere il controllo della vostra democrazia se volete una democrazia, perché in questo momento è in crisi", ha detto Reade rivolgendosi ai suoi concittadini. "E questo è un problema. Ci sono molti americani qui in Russia, e non voglio fare nomi per proteggerli, ma ci sono persone che stanno venendo in Russia - proprio come ai tempi in cui i cittadini dell'Unione Sovietica chiedevano asilo negli Stati Uniti - ora succede il contrario: cittadini statunitensi ed europei cercano qui un rifugio sicuro".(Fonte: Sputnik News) @LauraRuHK
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Serbs’ Peaceful Protest in Zvecan

A peaceful protest has been taking place in Zvechan since 7 a.m. Hundreds of Serbs took to the street in front of the municipality building and unfurled the 250-meter-long Serbian flag.

There are KFOR cordons around, and the Kosovo ROSA special forces are hiding in the municipality building, surrounded by barbed wire and barriers.
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Le forze russe hanno colpito e distrutto a Odessa l'ultima nave da guerra rimasta all'Ucraina. Al momento non e' chiaro se Zelensky abbia gia' preso in mano il telefono per chiedere a Crosetto di mandargliene una nuova. @LauraRuHK
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🇦🇺🇷🇺MOSCOW, May 31 - RIA Novosti. Russian activist James Walters found dead in Australia, according to the online version of the Daily Mail newspaper .

As previously reported by the New South Wales State Police , 42-year-old James Walters disappeared on May 13, he was last seen in the city of Chatswood. The Australian's body was found on May 23, according to the Daily Mail.

The newspaper publishes photos of Walters in a T-shirt with the flag of the DPR and against the background of a large portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin , in one of the pictures the activist is holding a poster with the English text: "Ukraine is a terrorist state, support Russia!"

According to RIA Novosti by phone, Russian-born activist Simeon Boikov, known as the "Australian Cossack", Walters came to rallies organized in Australia in support of Russia and against military assistance to Ukraine .

"Recently, Walters complained about threats from the Ukrainian diaspora. It is possible that he was killed, or he was driven to suicide," Boikov said.

According to him, the body of Walters is under examination, but the causes of death of the activist are not reported. The police also did not release any data.


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🇦🇺🇷🇺Russian Media continue coverage of the mysterious death of Australian man James Walters:

🇺🇦Threats against Walters came from an English-speaking group on Facebook * (an organization banned in the Russian Federation ) led by a certain Michael Crook .

⚡️This group also wrote that the next after James Walters would be a Russian émigré named Artyom.

❗️In addition, Walters himself complained that he was threatened by Anton Boganovich , a local Banderist who teaches at the University of Sydney and collects money for the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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🟥Pubblichiamo alcuni, importanti, estratti dall'intervista con Maria Zakharova - condotta da Thomas Röper per il suo sito ANTI-SPIEGEL e per il suo canale YouTube

La traduzione è stata effettuata da Nora Hoppe.

LETTURA ALTAMENTE CONSIGLIATA DEL GIORNO

https://www.lantidiplomatico.it/dettnews-la_vecchia_europa_ha_perso_la_sua_sovranit_estratti_dellintervista_di_maria_zakharova_a_lantispiegel/45289_49822/
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📍Berlin revokes permits for four out of five Russian consulates in the country, German Foreign Ministry announced. Annalena Baerbock, the radicalized Atlanticist in charge of Foreign Affairs in Germany, has neither the ability nor the inclination to engage in diplomacy. No wonder she disregards the work of diplomats, whose importance in times of crisis can hardly be overstated. @LauraRuHK
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🇷🇺 🇨🇳 Russian banks connect to the "Chinese killer" SWIFT

30 Russian banks have already joined the CIPS payment system. Dozens more are awaiting approval of applications. It is expected that due to the transition to the analogue of SWIFT, logistics and settlements will become more predictable.

📝 “The main problem with payments is that they do not go through or go much longer than we would like. Within the framework of CIPS, there will be no such problems, ” said Georgy Mikhailets , partner of the Payments and Transfers company.

📈 Fast and accurate payments are also required by the growth of trade between Russia and China. Over the past year, it has grown by almost a third, and 70% of transactions with Beijing are already carried out in national currencies. Also, more and more banks offer deposits in yuan.

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Xi harbours no illusions about US real intentions and wants the country to prepare for the storm ahead. According to Xie Maosong, senior fellow at Beijing’s Taihe Institute and a senior researcher at Tsinghua University’s National Strategy Institute, “The ‘worst-case scenarios’ might include a nuclear war, a devastating war that ruins China’s coastal economic belts [or] Western sanctions on China’s energy, finance and food supply,” Xie said.
“The better China is prepared for these, the less likely such scenarios will actually happen.”
Other likely challenges could be “a new pandemic” or “a major earthquake and other disasters caused by extreme weather”, he added. @LauraRuHK https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3222477/china-facing-more-complex-security-challenges-president-xi-jinping-says-warns-worst-case-situation
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🇨🇳In Yunnan province the Najiaying Mosque is a key landmark. The mosque was originally built in 1370 in a traditional Chinese style. In 2001, a new mosque building was constructed and in recent years a new domed roof, as well as a number of minarets were added without permission. The picture gives you an idea of its size, it dominates and dwarfs the old mosque which is now used by women.
A 2020 court judgement ruled the additions illegal, ordering them to be removed. Local Muslims were not happy when last weekend authorities tried to carry out the court order, so they clashed with the police. Western mainstream media, which routinely ignores the destruction of mosques in Palestine's occupied territories, is now having a field day pushing the hysterical narrative that China is cracking down on religious freedoms. @LauraRuHK .
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💢 I don't want to hear "Glory to Ukraine" in Croatia

Croatian President Milanovic

He said that the slogan "Glory to Ukraine" has the same origin as the cry of the Croatian Ustashe, the extreme right-wing group that operated in the country during World War II.

"There is no difference between 'Ready for a home' and 'Glory to Ukraine'. This is the cry of the most radical chauvinists in Western Ukraine, who collaborated with the Nazis and killed thousands of Jews, Poles... I don't want to hear this in Croatia," he said.

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