Il mio commento di ieri https://t.me/LauraRuHK/7669 in merito al comunicato sulle foibe messo in bocca al conduttore del Festival di Sanremo per raggiungere milioni di italiani e non solo, ha provocato molte reazioni. Bene. Ho avuto scambi accesi ma per fortuna civili con molti iscritti al canale che mi hanno contattata in privato. Li ho invitati a chiedersi perché sia in atto da anni un tentativo, non solo in Italia ma in tutto l'Occidente, di riscrivere la storia della Seconda Guerra Mondiale dopo che sono morti non solo tutti i testimoni oculari ma anche gli storici che l'hanno studiata a fondo nel dopoguerra. Ora il revisionismo può procedere senza ostacoli, produrre la propria versione della storia, tacere gli eccidi commessi dai nazifascisti in Jugoslavia e moltiplicare a piacere il numero dei morti nelle foibe senza specificare chi erano quei morti e per quale motivo erano stati giustiziati. Vendette private ed eccessi sono sicuramente avvenuti, ma occorre contestualizzarli invece di farsi trascinare da emozioni pilotate ad arte dai nuovi padroni del discorso per confondere le acque. Chi ha visto sterminare i suoi familiari per una soffiata si è vendicato di chi li ha traditi, chi ha visto trucidare i suoi compagni nella lotta per l'egemonia politica del movimento partigiano si è vendicato. Succede in tutte le guerre, soprattutto in quelle civili. Dopo l'Unione Sovietica, la Jugoslavia è il paese che ha subito maggiormente la ferocia dell'occupazione nazifascista, uno sterminio che non ha risparmiato donne e bambini. Ma il paese è stato liberato e Tito, che aveva guidato i partigiani fino alla vittoria, ha ottenuto quello che spettava ai vincitori. Le condizioni le detta chi vince una guerra, non chi la perde. Fortunatamente negli anni successivi è avvenuta una riconciliazione, gli italiani che frequentavano la Jugoslavia per lavoro o per turismo negli anni di Tito lo sanno bene. Venivano accolti in amicizia, senza odio. Poi negli anni Novanta la Jugoslavia è finita di nuovo nelle mire di chi voleva alterare l'esito della Seconda Guerra mondiale, riscrivere ogni capitolo della storia europea. Il paese dove per decenni avevano convissuto in pace gruppi etnici diversi è stato distrutto e smembrato. Ma ancora non gli basta. La NATO deve continuare a proiettare l'immagine di "garante della democrazia" contro dittature immaginarie, passate e presenti. Ed è così che la Presidente del Consiglio Giorgia Meloni può ritornare in veste ufficiale nei luoghi in cui, per sua stessa ammissione, si recava da ragazzina militante del Fronte della Gioventù/MSI insieme ad altri camerati per onorare la memoria dei morti nelle foibe. Allora erano quattro gatti nostalgici che con il braccio teso andavano in pellegrinaggio alla foiba di Basovizza, ora hanno abbassato il braccio e occupato le istituzioni insieme agli atlantisti di destra, centro e sinistra. Non è un fenomeno isolato che riguarda solo l'Italia, come ben sa chiunque segua quanto avviene in Ucraina, nei paesi baltici e nell'Europa orientale. La riabilitazione del nazifascismo è in corso, e i collaborazionisti delle SS e i loro epigoni vengono spacciati per eroi nazionali. @LauraRuHK

Drugs for Western Pharma Firms Allegedly Tested on Mariupol Psychiatric Patients for Years — Rheumatological drugs had been allegedly tested for several years on patients of the Mariupol hospital's psychiatric ward at the request of major Western pharmaceutical companies and with the assistance of Ukrainian officials, according to documents seen by Sputnik.
These documents were discovered by builders in the basement of hospital No. 7 in Mariupol during its restoration.
The documents belonged to the psychiatric ward of the hospital and were drafted in 2008-2016. According to the initial inspection of the documents, it can be seen that certain drugs with numbers and without proper titles were tested on humans.

The primary purpose of the research was to evaluate the effectiveness of the drug in relation to the proportion of patients who achieved the response according to the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR).
Such companies like Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Celltrion, Novatris International AG, IQVIA, Sanofi, Galapagos NV, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, AbbottLaboratories, Covance, Merck KGaA, CentocorBiopharmaceutical and a branch of Samsung that produces medical equipment were mentioned in the documents.

In addition, boxes containing many ready-made envelopes from logistics companies and containers for biomaterial with recipient addresses of laboratories in Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States were found on the site of the hospital. (Source: Sputnik) @LauraRuHK

I was criticized by a self-appointed Red Guard for writing about Tucker Carlson's interview with Putin. He accused me of "promoting a Sinophobic American imperialist" etc. https://t.me/LauraRuHK/7665 ▪️Chinese media actually devoted more air time to the interview than this zealot can even imagine. I think he should offer his apologies, but i am sure he won't. All the remarks of the Russian president were noted in China and found to be absolutely correct. Moreover, according to the press organ of the CPC Central Committee, Putin's statements, "based on an objective, deep and accurate understanding of Chinese diplomacy," help correct the West's biased understanding of China and ease the concern of Western societies about its peaceful development.

"Analysts welcomed Putin's remarks, as they objectively demonstrate the nature of China's diplomatic desire for peace and stability," the Global Times writes. https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202402/1306963.shtml

🇫🇷🇺🇦Emmanuel Macron has postponed his visit to Ukraine for security reasons, French magazine Challenges reported, noting that some Ukrainian diplomats were stunned when they heard about it.

It was expected that the French president might announce the signing of a bilateral agreement on security guarantees during his visit to Ukraine on February 13 and 14.

@europeandusanews

Don't worry, Uncle Sam Joe will come to your rescue...he is now talking to Helmut Kohl 🤣 @LauraRuHK

In G7 countries mainstream media and political leaders are still trying to scare citizens with the "Russian threat", but as fewer people trust them this tactic is no longer working. RIA Novosti, citing a survey conducted as part of the Munich Security Index 2024, reports that only the citizens of the UK (!) and Japan still consider Russia to be their main threat. Canadians fear Russia less than extreme weather and the destruction of natural habitats, US citizens fear cyberattacks, political polarization, China and then Russia. The French now see Russia as the 6th greatest concern. It is the 7th in Germany (it was the first in 2022-23) and only the 12th in Italy. @LauraRuHK https://securityconference.org/assets/01_Bilder_Inhalte/03_Medien/02_Publikationen/2024/MSR_2024/MunichSecurityIndex2024.pdf

The US and Britain are trying to convince other G7 countries to create the post of "special envoy" for Ukraine and appoint Stoltenberg 🤣

According to Sergey Naryshkin, head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia, this appointee will have permanent access to Zelensky, he will also block the steps of the Ukrainian leadership that are not coordinated with the US and Britain, .

It is unlikely that the appointment of a special envoy will lead to the desired results. Whoever fills this position will have to "stay afloat in the Kiev swamp of mutual hatred, intrigues, deception, flattery and betrayal".
The West takes into account that many Ukrainians have begun to realize the inevitability of Russia achieving the goals of the special military operation, Naryshkin emphasized. In this regard, the US and Britain began to fear betrayal on the part of representatives of the Kiev elite, who may try to "play ahead of the curve" by switching to the side of the future winners in advance. Such fears are quite justified, Naryshkin concluded. (Source: RIA Novosti) @LauraRuHK

Kiev metro: as part of a de-Russification campaign, name of "Lev Tolstoy" metro station is being destroyed.

Inna's note:  I could do many cruel jokes on this, like the train could come any moment, etc... but basically, I do prefere those people to believe that cancelling their past can change their future (not really).

@Slavyangrad

The Russian Security Council does not rule out the risk of nuclear war due to Biden's dementia
Russian Security Council: because of dementia, Biden may accidentally start a nuclear war

The issue of an "accidental" nuclear war caused by the US because of the memory problems of American President Joe Biden has become a concern, said Mikhail Popov, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council.

"This issue is being widely discussed. Especially after the publication the other day of the report of special prosecutor Robert Hur, appointed to investigate the case of secret documents that Joe Biden and his entourage took out of the White House. The prosecutor described the US president as "an elderly man with memory problems, who in many cases can hardly remember basic facts and details," Popov said in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper.
At the same time, as Popov recalled, Biden is the only person in the United States who can authorize a nuclear strike.

In the difficult and nervous political situation in the United States, the price of managerial error has greatly increased. "And that price may include a global catastrophe," the Deputy Secretary of the Security Council added.

Concerns that the management of US nuclear weapons is in a dubious state periodically arise, Popov also said. The American nuclear shield, in fact, cracked after the secret hospitalization of Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin, he stated.
"The Minister of Defense is not in place, and no one knows where he is, who replaces him. According to the press, some of his duties were assigned to Deputy Minister Kathleen Hicks. But she was on vacation in Puerto Rico at that moment," said the Deputy Secretary of the Security Council.
According to him, this apparently prompted Mike Rogers, chairman of the US House of Representatives Committee on Armed Forces, to write to Austin with a request to testify before lawmakers.

In a situation like Austin's hospitalization, a sense of responsibility and official duty should be clarified, because we are not talking about a "banana republic", but about a state with nuclear weapons and constantly claiming to be a world hegemon, he added.
Last week, the United States published a report by Special Prosecutor Robert Hur on Biden's improper storage of classified documents. It says that the head of state could not remember the dates and was confused in details, so he kept the papers "because of an innocent mistake." The US president was described as a "sympathetic elderly man with good intentions and a weak memory." The Special Prosecutor decided that there was no need to open a criminal case against Biden.

At the end of December, the Pentagon chief underwent surgery to treat prostate cancer, and on New Year's Day returned to the hospital due to inflammation of the urinary tract and fluid accumulation in the abdominal cavity. He was discharged on January 15, worked from home for a while, and at the end of the month showed up at the department, but appeared noticeably thinner and haggard.
The hospitalization of the minister caused a scandal, because for several days his condition was hidden not only from the public, but also from President Joe Biden. Austin later admitted the mistake and issued a public apology.
On Monday, it became known that Austin was admitted to hospital again, he was in the intensive care unit due to bladder problems. (Source: RIA Novosti) @LauraRuHK https://ria.ru/20240214/voyna-1927207741.html

Yesterday I managed to speak with a dear friend who has been displaced many times with his family, by the IOF. On the last occasion they were forced to evacuate Khan Younis on foot, to Rafah. An IOF tank crushed his car in front of him. Now, they are in Rafah. Two days ago the IOF bombing campaign was 300m from their rented apartment. 100 plus civilians were murdered.

He told me "Vanessa, I realise we never appreciated what we had before. We took everything for granted, the water from the tap, a pan to cook with, food. We were not thankful enough."

He also told me the collective trauma is so great "people are dead people walking in the streets. They lost their minds. It's a jungle, everyone starving and terrified".

People talk about decades to rebuild Gaza infrastructure. How many decades to rebuild souls?

Despite everything, we could still joke about my poor Arabic and the craziness of his situation. In true war time style. Impossible to understand if you have not been in that situation. Humour is a survival mechanism.

Russian historian Fursov on the reasons for the destruction of education in the West:

The struggle for traditional values is now taking on a completely different dimension. It is formally a struggle for the old, but since the main thing in post-capitalism is the alienation of the intellectual factors of production, the struggle for traditional values is a new form of class struggle in post-capitalist society.
Because values, education and information become the most important thing. It is no coincidence that in the last decades of the twentieth century the destruction of education is taking place in the West. My son studied in an American school, I taught in American universities, and not the worst - Yale, Columbia University, in England - Durham University. The level of destruction of education there - our school, even the current one, could not dream of the level of stupidity that exists in good public schools in the USA.
They need to destroy education, they need to create a generation of ticktockers - so that they are ready as objects of new exploitation. Part of this young ticktocker generation here can't read long texts. It's a problem with students now - many students, even in elite universities, can't read more than 5-6 pages.
The Chinese have a good saying: "If you can't read long texts, you work with your hands, not with your head". By the way, the same WEF recently published a little memorandum on what will be valuable in the future. The first is the ability to read long texts and the second is the ability to analyse them.
If they're dismantling the education system, they know what they're doing. What are Oxford, Cambridge and the Sorbonne today? For the middle class, it's a kind of postponed unemployment. We go back to the point that we have to break education in order to prepare people to be subjected to a new system, a post-capitalist system of exploitation.

@ukraine_watch

Indonesia votes for continuity. Former general Prabowo Subianto has claimed victory in Indonesia's presidential election, with early unofficial results giving him a huge lead.

"All the calculations, all the survey agencies, including the ones that are on the side of the other candidates, show that the Prabowo-Gibran pair won in one round,” he said, referring to his running mate Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the eldest son of outgoing President Joko Widodo. @LauraRuHK

More than 200 foreign guests will attend "For the Freedom of Nations!", a forum against neocolonialism to be held in Moscow on February 15-17.
The forum will see the participation of delegations from the Central African Republic, China, North Korea, and South Africa and other countries.
Supporters of the fight against modern practices of neocolonialism will gather in Moscow said Andrey Klimov, First Deputy Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Forum, Deputy Chairman of the Commission of the General Council of United Russia on International Cooperation and Support of Compatriots Abroad.

"Delegations are already beginning to arrive in Moscow. In total, about 200 foreign citizens were accredited to the forum. They come from more than 50 countries of the world, and most of them represent about 60 political parties and public organizations, movements and some international organizations", Klimov said.

As the senator emphasized, the forum was conceived as a socio-political international event. He noted that the delegation from the Central African Republic, headed by President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, as well as a "large, important delegation" from the Communist Party of China and representatives of the DPRK aroused particular interest.

The forum will also be attended by a delegation from South Africa, represented by members of the African National Congress.

Among the participants of the forum will be more than 30 people holding the positions of leaders or deputy heads of political parties, most of whom are ruling their countries or are members of ruling coalitions. In addition, many guests hold prominent positions, from heads of State to members of the Government and heads of parliaments. Klimov stressed that, thus, the level of representation at the forum is very high.
He also emphasized that the time of the plenary session of the forum coincides with the Munich Security Conference.

"They expect 150 participants, and we already have 200," the senator said.
Klimov also said that Western countries, primarily the United States, are doing everything to silence the forum in Moscow, as well as directly impeding its work.
The founding meeting of the international inter-party forum of supporters of the struggle against modern practices of neocolonialism "For the Freedom of Nations!" will open tomorrow in Moscow. (Source: RIA Novosti) @LauraRuHK https://ria.ru/20240214/forum-1927299954.html

Facebook And Instagram Flooded With Hundreds Of AI Spies

Hundreds of AI-generated personas were thrown off Facebook and Instagram, after Meta found they were being used to snoop on journalists and political activists.

As many as 900 fake profiles were created by Rome-based Cy4Gate and its subsidiary RCS Lab using artificial intelligence to generate the profile photo, according to Meta.

These accounts posed as everything from protesters, journalists and young women, the tech giant said.

The fakes would also try to trick people into sharing emails and phone numbers, and get them to click on phony links, the tech giant said. (Source: RT) @LauraRuHK

Facebook e Instagram invasi da centinaia di account spia generati dall'Intelligenza Artificiale

Centinaia di profili generati dall'intelligenza artificiale sono stati banditi da Facebook e Instagram, dopo che Meta ha scoperto che venivano usati per spiare giornalisti e attivisti politici.

Secondo Meta, ben 900 profili falsi sono stati creati da Cy4Gate, con sede a Roma, e dalla sua sussidiaria RCS Lab, utilizzando l'intelligenza artificiale.

Secondo Meta, questi profili si spacciavano per manifestanti, giornalisti, giovani donne ecc. per ingannare i loro contatti e convincerli a condividere e-mail, numeri di telefono, informazioni private e a cliccare su link che infettavano i loro dispositivi elettronici. (Fonte: RT) Ovviamente si tratta solo della punta dell'iceberg visto che queste piattaforme sono da sempre usate dai servizi di intelligence. @LauraRuHK

Back in 2012, seven of the top ten most popular films in China came from Hollywood. Last year, not a single US blockbuster of any description broke into the list of the ten highest-grossing movies in China. Over the same period, the film market generated 55 billion yuan at the box office, 83.77 percent of which was provided by domestically-produced films. These takings were a four-year peak. By contrast, the total Chinese market for foreign movies was worth just eight billion yuan. China seems to have fallen out of love with Tinseltown. @LauraRuHK https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202402/1307019.shtml?fbclid=IwAR11IJ8jgz8VHIFLrz4tZq5A4tyGTRPFLCiFZTpy3WshZLa3RkB-40RWvjs