Investigative journalist Kit Klarenberg, who was recently detained upon his arrival in London and subjected to a 5 hour interrogation about his political views and reporting, spoke about his investigations in this podcast. I have been following Kit's amazing work for years, often sharing and quoting it. If you don't know him, this is a great chance to get acquainted with his work. https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/47988

🇬🇧🌍 How Great Britain tries to recreate its colonial empire in Africa

Russian channel Rybar analyzed the British expansion into Africa.

The most interesting part of the material lies in the current state of Great Britain’s policies towards African continent and how it tried to maintain position after the disband of colonial empire.

▪️In the middle of 20th century British government after the pressure from the US decided to change its format of interaction with the newly formed states. Despite granting them formal independence, Great Britain replaced direct control with an indirect one.

Most of the former colonies did not have any national industries or skilled workers to develop them. Trying to gain something by selling resources was also destined to fail, since the international market was already divided between developed states.

The most logical way for local leaders in this dire situation was to ask its former colonizer and British companies for a help to win some place under the sun. Thus newly formed countries sold themselves to UK and were forced to play by its rules in hopes of gaining access to the international market and develop somehow.

▪️The main British interest in African countries lies in mining, mineral extraction and financial services, since the continent is viewed as a source of raw materials. Thus 88% of all Great Britain’s investments in the region lie in these spheres. Other fields that African really need to improve, like communication and agriculture, are overlooked.

▪️Moreover, Britain maintains a military presence on the territory of about 40 countries of Africa. The UK government justifies its presence by training African personnel, peacekeeping missions and the fight against terrorism.

But all this activity, for the most part, exists only on paper, and the situation of fragmentation and terrorism has not improved at all during the time British "peacekeepers" have been on the continent.

▪️The situation to this day doesn't look so good. Dependence on Britain persists. However, with the rise of other foreign players in the end of 20th and beginning of 21st centuries, Africa can see some improvements.

#UK #Africa

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Non capisco perche' ieri alcuni canali Telegram abbiano condiviso come se fosse recente un mio post dell'ottobre 2022. L'eterno presente della rete. https://t.me/LauraRuHK/1809

CIA hacked iPhones of diplomats in Russia – FSB
Russian security officials claim to have uncovered a major surveillance operation exploiting Apple devices.

The CIA installed malware on thousands of Apple phones used by Russian citizens and foreign diplomats working in the country, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has claimed.

The FSB said on Thursday that a joint operation with the Federal Guard Service (FSO) had “uncovered a surveillance operation by American intelligence agencies, carried out with the use of Apple’s mobile devices.”

An assessment of Russia’s telecom infrastructure revealed “anomalies” in the operations of some iPhones, caused by “a previously unknown malicious program that uses software vulnerabilities provided by the manufacturer,” a statement by the agency read.

Several thousand phones made by Apple were infected with the malware, according to the FSB.

Not only Russian citizens were targeted, but also “foreign phone numbers and subscribers that use SIM cards registered with diplomatic missions and embassies inside Russia, including countries from the NATO bloc and the post-Soviet space, as well Israel, Syria and China,” the agency said.

The discovery is more proof of the close cooperation between Apple and the US intelligence community, the FSB claimed, adding that “the declared policy of ensuring the privacy of personal data of Apple users has nothing to do with reality.”

The FSB also accused Apple of “providing the American intelligence services with a wide range of opportunities to survey any persons of interest to the White House, including their partners in anti-Russian activities, as well as their own citizens.” (Source: RT) @LauraRuHK

MOLDOVA - People in white T-shirts have again been spotted in various corners of the capital, Chisinau.

Yesterday, protesters wearing such T-shirts to skirt a ban on demonstrations, were stopped by the police. The T-shirts displayed messages critical of President Maia Sandu, while participants at a European Political Community (EPC) summit gathered in the city.

“Europe, if you support Maia Sandu, you also support: silencing the opposition by banning independent media; canceling free and fair elections; mass arrests targeting political opposition,” said the shirts, which were white and printed with red letters, front and back. https://t.me/mv6566/18740

⚡ The Security Service of Ukraine, with the help of the Save Ukraine Foundation, is preparing an informational provocation on the subject of the allegedly forcible deportation of children to Russia, a source told Sputnik

▪️ According to the source, the women, whose children were evacuated to Russia from Kherson, received financing for a trip to Russia on the condition that they give an interview after returning with their children to Ukraine.

▪️ One of the women confirmed that she had helped in organizing the trip and paid for travel expenses, but with the condition that the child should give an interview: "maybe they are preparing surprises there; I will be simply amazed."

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Rybar wrote a long article about the Commonwealth as a vector of British influence and British-led globalization. It mentions the role of NGOs such as Amnesty International, Oxfam and Save The Children. I have just translated it into English. https://telegra.ph/Commonwealth-of-Nations-How-Britain-is-spreading-its-influence-in-the-world-06-01

⚡️ On new facts of global surveillance by the United States

The Russian authorities have uncovered new facts of the US special services using American IT companies for global surveillance of US and other countries’ citizens. In this instance, they used the software vulnerabilities of US-made smartphones.

This fact has conclusively proven what Moscow has been speaking about for a long time, namely, that the US intelligence services have been using IT giants for decades to collect internet users’ personal data without their knowledge. More evidence of this illegal activity comes to light every year.

Time and again, we addressed the concerned international platforms on the need to restore order and formulate the universal rules of conduct in the digital environment based on respect for the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals and the sovereign equality of states. In January 2021, the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation adopted a Statement on the violation of the freedom of speech principle by US global IT companies and on drafting an international convention to regulate their operations. Practice has shown that Washington is not ready to consider our proposals.

❗️ The United States has placed itself above the law. We have provided the UN with ample evidence of the double standards that country and its special services and companies have been using in the sphere of international information security (IIS).

We once again call on all the concerned parties to formulate clear and fair regulations in the digital sphere that would be binding for all states and especially ICT designers. This is the goal of the initiatives Russia has advanced within the framework of the UN Open-Ended Working Group on IIS. <...>

☝️ No state has a right to abuse its technological capabilities in a sensitive sphere such as access to the personal data of smartphone users.

Russian analyst Elena Panina writes: We agree with Vladislav Shurygin. Through their attacks on the Belgorod region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to force the Russian Army to redeploy manpower and weapons there - and thereby weaken other parts of the front, making them vulnerable to the much-publicized Ukrainian "counter-offensive".

Overall, we are heading towards a situation where the entire line of contact with Ukraine, including the Russian-Ukrainian border in the Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions, will eventually become a front line. This implies an increase in the size of the Russian Armed Forces' contingent involved in the Special Military Operation (SMO) and an increase in its armaments and combat equipment.

Let us stress once again that victory can only be achieved by launching an offensive. We will need 1-1.5 million servicemen in the zone of the SMO, not counting the reserves. And the strike groups need to be formed now. https://t.me/EvPanina/9753

💢 HUGE 🚨 Vucic and Zelensky have a verbal altercation outside of the second meeting of the European Political Community at Mimi Castle in Bulboaca, Moldova.

Zelensky uttered something to Vucic about the latter's negative comparison of Kurti to Zelensky.

To our left of Vucic is Dimitar Kovacski of North Macedonia with the chrome-dome, and Jacob Milatović of Montenegro with the blackish hair. To our right of Vucic is a man we cannot identify.

However, it is this man that attempts to reconcile the argument and 'move on'. You can see Zelensky's argumentative posture an his left arm movement. Vucic merely has to exist at 6'7" feet tall and, well, look at him.

The mystery man seems to succeed at getting the two men to walk into the event.

But Zelensky sarcastically keeps uttering something.

Mystery man then seems to go 'You can bark bark bark all day long little doggie, but are you gonna bite?'

You can hear the camera-men laughing at the altercation.

XF

Event pdf

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🇺🇦 Dozens of American M136 grenade launchers destined for Ukraine ended up in the hands of the Golfo drug cartel in Mexico

This is reported by Milenio Televisión television channel. According to them, the criminals simply re-purchased the weapons.

The US grenade launchers have fallen into the hands of drug cartels because of the thoughtless and uncontrolled supplies of weapons by Americans to the Kiev regime, the Russian embassy in Mexico has said.

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US TV channel spreads fake news about drone attack on Moscow

The American TV channel Newsmax showed footage of a house collapse in Davenport, Iowa, passing it off as a drone attack on Moscow.

Why journalists were not confused, at least by a road sign in English near a destroyed building allegedly in Moscow remains a mystery.

Hydraulic walkers allow moving whole building to new locations

An 85-year-old primary school in Shanghai was lifted off the ground — in its entirety — and relocated using new technology dubbed the "walking machine." Now Instead of demolishing historic buildings, engineers can preserve them by fully lifting them.

💭 "India🇮🇳 shouldn’t become the Ukraine of Asia – i.e., a geopolitical pawn for 🇺🇸 America to contain China," SL Kanthan, an Indian geopolitical analyst and writer has told Sputnik.

Ahead of Lloyd Austin's visit to India this week, Sputnik reached out to Kanthan to hear his opinion on Indo-American ties, US attempts to embroil India in tensions of its own making and India's foreign policy guided by strategic autonomy — a concept that is increasingly gaining traction.

**👉 READ FULL INTERVIEW**