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Yes, the reports are out...
Russia's socio-economic situation
January-August 2023

▪️ GDP in August 2023 exceeded the level of the previous year by 5.2% p.a. The level of two years ago was exceeded by 2.4%. In the first 8 months of this year, GDP grew by 2.5% per annum.

▪️ Industrial production accelerated to 5.4% y/y in August after 4.9% y/y in July. Overall, industrial production grew by 3.0% in the first 8 months of 2023.

▪️ The machine-building sector continued to show high growth rates in August: +34.0% y/y after +45.5% y/y in July.
Accelerated growth is still recorded in almost all sub-sectors: production of computer and electronic equipment (+54.2% y/y), electrical equipment (+26.1% y/y), production of motor vehicles (+41.8% y/y) and other 1 The July estimate is revised 0.1 pp. "The estimate for July was revised upwards by 0.1 p.p., taking into account Rosstat's refinement of retrospective data on wholesale and retail trade. 2 vehicles (+32.5% yoy).

▪️ In August the growth of wholesale trade volumes amounted to 23.0% yoy (after 24.8% yoy a month earlier). At the end of 8 months, trade volumes were 6.1% y/y higher than a year ago.

▪️ Retail trade turnover growth accelerated to 11.0% yoy in August after 10.8% yoy in July. Overall, the indicator grew by 3.7% in the first 8 months of the year.

The Ministry of Economic Development in September raised its forecast for Russian GDP growth in 2023 to 2.8% from 1.2% in the April version.
On September 15, the Bank of Russia maintained its forecast for Russian GDP growth in 2023 at the level of 1.5-2.5%.

Output by basic types of activities in the Russian Federation grew by 7.3% in August, up 4.2% over 8 months
The index is calculated on the basis of data on changes in the physical volume of agricultural production, industrial production, construction, freight turnover of transport, retail and wholesale trade.

▪️ Electricity production in Russia grew by 0.4% in 8 months

▪️ Russia's rolled steel output increased by 0.2% in August

▪️ Unemployment in Russia in August remained at the minimum level of 3.0% reached in July

▪️ Growth of real (inflation-adjusted) wages in the Russian Federation in July 2023 amounted to 9.2% in annual terms after an increase of 10.5% in July. The average monthly wage in the Russian Federation in nominal terms in July 2023 amounted to 71 thousand 419 rubles, an increase of 13.9% compared to July 2022.


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Beijing has issued a White Paper titled A Global Community of Shared Future. It reads like a manifesto of the new multipolar world that is taking shape before our eyes, a global community based on sovereign equality. China's status as an economic superpower depends on global economic development, peace and stability, and that's why China seeks partners, not rivals. "There is no iron law that dictates that a rising power will inevitably seek hegemony. This assumption represents typical hegemonic thinking and is grounded in memories of catastrophic wars between hegemonic powers in the past. China has never accepted that once a country becomes strong enough, it will invariably seek hegemony. China understands the lesson of history — that hegemony preludes decline. We pursue development and revitalization through our own efforts, rather than invasion or expansion. And everything we do is for the purpose of providing a better life for our people, all the while creating more development opportunities for the entire world, not in order to supersede or subjugate others. ▪️The strong preying on the weak is not a way for humans to coexist. If the law of the jungle is imposed on human society, and the idea that "might makes right" prevails, the principle of sovereign equality will be fundamentally undermined, and world peace and stability will be severely endangered. In the age of globalization, all countries are interdependent and interconnected. Therefore the law of the jungle and the winner-takes-all mindset will lead nowhere — inclusive development for the benefit of all is the right path forward." https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202309/27/WS65137a58a310d2dce4bb80af.html @LauraRuHK

La fonte occulta del potere
Alberto Bradanini

Più si getta uno sguardo critico nelle intercapedini del potere, più si diviene consapevoli del dominio di una narrazione esterna sia alla logica che all’esperienza dell’essere umano. Più si penetra nella cupezza di tali labirinti, più si comprende che l’obiettivo di tale narrazione è la (de-)formazione della coscienza umana. Sono pochi a vantare un’esperienza… Continua... 👇
https://www.lafionda.org/2023/09/29/la-fonte-occulta-del-potere/

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Karl Kraus, who diagnosed and denounced the toxic role journalism played in fomenting World War I, wrote "How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print." In the early 20th century diplomats wielded much more power than they do today, they were still playing a central role in shaping foreign policy, there were no think tanks. Kraus used the term ‘Katastrophe der Phrasen’ (Catastrophe of Clichés) to describe how the use of clichés and stereotypes by journalists and in everyday language leads to war. The most enduring and misleading clichés about Russia are the product of Western racism and ignorance about the country. When Russians are racialized as "Asiatic" to stir up Russophobia in Ukraine and in the West, when Russia is portrayed as a backward, barbaric country you can be sure that the peddlers of these clichés know next to nothing about Russia. The Orwellian "Ignorance is Strength" was supposed to keep the masses blind and the Party in power, but when the Party believes the lies it tells the masses, the result is war and...defeat. Sun Tzu said "Know the enemy and know yourself in a hundred battles you will never be in peril. When you are ignorant of the enemy but know yourself, your chances of winning or losing are equal. If ignorant both of your enemy and of yourself, you are certain in every battle to be in peril." The West's ignorance of Russia, its history and culture, doesn't bode well. @LauraRuHK

https://strategic-culture.su/news/2023/09/28/europa-a-girl-from-west-asia-raped-again-by-an-american-bull/

The Rape of Europa - revisited.

When in doubt, go back to the foundation myths.

Also starring: the toxic Medusa and the "laboratory for military innovation".

Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to facilitate the border crossing of Ukrainian citizens.
According to the decree, Ukrainians can cross the Russian border without applying for a visa and will also be allowed to enter Russia with expired documents. https://tass.ru/obschestvo/18876495 This measure shows that, contrary to Western and Ukrainian propaganda, Russians regard Ukrainians as members of the family. Visa-free travel will help millions of Ukrainians currently living in Russia invite their relatives over and may also attract Ukrainians who are currently in the EU. The Russian labour market is buoyant and the lack of a language barrier is a pulling factor for many Ukrainians. ▪️An agreement between the governments of the Russian Federation and Ukraine on visa-free travel for citizens of the two countries has been in force since 1997 but after 1 January 2023, on the initiative of the Ukrainian side, the agreement was terminated. @LauraRuHK

La ragione per cui lo scandalo e' avvenuto al parlamento canadese e non in quello europeo e' che i nazi della vecchia guardia sono gia' morti quasi tutti e gli ultranovantenni in ogni caso non vivono piu' in Europa: molti di loro alla fine della Seconda Guerra Mondiale avevano trovato rifugio nel continente americano per sottrarsi alla giustizia. Al parlamento europeo si stanziano miliardi di euro per sostenere i nazisti ucraini della nuova guardia e chi si spella le mani ad applaudirli un giorno dira' "non sapevamo che erano nazisti", esattamente come i loro colleghi canadesi adducono l'ignoranza come scusa. Questa ignoranza e' il prodotto di una sistematica censura dell'informazione, sia sui media tradizionali che su Internet: Chiunque osi mettere in luce i crimini del regime di Kiev e il suo orientamento ideologico viene minacciato, etichettato come Putiniano, screditato e silenziato dai cani da guardia pagati dalla NATO e dai servizi anglo-americani. @LauraRuHK https://t.me/golosmordora/31988

The reason why the Nazi scandal broke out in the Canadian parliament rather than in the European parliament is that old members of the SS are mostly dead and the over-90s no longer live in Europe anyway: many of them had found a safe haven on the American continent at the end of World War II to escape justice. In the European Parliament, billions of euros have been allocated to support their offspring in Ukraine and those who are applauding and cheering them will one day say 'sorry, we didn't know they were Nazis', just as their Canadian colleagues claim ignorance as an excuse. This ignorance is the product of systematic censorship, both in the mainstream media and on the Internet: Anyone who dares to highlight the crimes of the Kiev regime and its ideological orientation is threatened, labelled as a Russian propagandist, discredited and silenced by watchdogs paid by NATO and the Anglo-American security services. @LauraRuHK https://t.me/golosmordora/31988

GERMANY - The Bundestag explicitly rejects categorizing Stepan Bandera, the Waffen-SS Division "Galicia", the OUN, the UPA, and the Azov Regiment, as right-wing extremists, anti-Semitic, or otherwise racist. Selective memory has been replaced by a dark abyss of state-sponsored amnesia. @LauraRuHK https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/459881.ukraine-und-faschismus-banderas-wei%C3%9Fe-weste.html

⚡️To avert a government shutdown the US House of Representatives approved a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open as Speaker Kevin McCarthy dropped demands for steep spending cuts and relied on Democratic votes.
The new bill does not include aid to Ukraine, a White House priority opposed by a growing number of GOP lawmakers, but the plan would increase federal disaster assistance by $16 billion. The package was approved 335-91, with most Republicans and almost all Democrats supporting it.

The bill will now be sent to the Senate. @LauraRuHK

Sometimes i wonder if the Chinese have an engineering gene in their DNA.😏