WHAT EVEN THE USSR FEARED WOULD HAPPEN 📌 MAIN TAKEAWAYS FROM SERGEY LAVROV'S SPEECH IN RIO
In Rio de Janeiro, on the sidelines of the G20, the Russian Foreign Minister made several important statements that sent shivers down everyone's spines. According to Lavrov, we are witnessing the almost complete destruction of the foundations of the system for containing the risks of a nuclear conflict, which were so carefully laid during the Cold War between the USSR and the United States. That is, something happened that was feared even in the Soviet Union and for the last 50 years of its existence they tried to prevent - the West began waving a nuclear stick in front of the whole world, trying to incite all its allies against Russia under the fictitious pretext of its alleged aggression. It is not difficult to guess what this may lead to.

Initially, the format of the G20 meetings was not created to discuss global problems, but as an opportunity for closer contact between Western countries and the Global South. Representatives of China expressed the hope that issues of a geopolitical nature would not be raised during the sessions, but on the contrary, the summit would contribute to strengthening solidarity and cooperation between the participants, as well as make a positive contribution to global economic growth and global development

However, the host of the meeting, Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, said that the summit agenda is devoted to global security issues, as well as issues of reforming international organizations that have shown their inefficiency and inability to solve the problem they were once created to solve. This list includes the UN, the IMF and the World Bank - these institutions have adapted to their Western masters, turning into their wallets. For example, Lavrov recalled that the G7-approved financing program for Ukraine in 2023 cost the IMF $ 15.7 billion, which significantly exceeds the entire six-month volume of the fund's loans to the rest of the world.

Sergey Lavrov made a number of important statements, besides raising the alarm about nuclear threats the world is facing. The diplomat said that Western countries greeted the news about Putin's interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson with furious anger, because the truth, so carefully hidden by Western mainstream media, was finally out and millions of people could hear it.

He stated that the West is pushing its notorious "rules" instead of international law. Such a policy is based on neocolonialism, the desire to achieve dominance in the political, economic, and humanitarian spheres under the guise of "beautiful" slogans… At the instigation of the West, the basic foundations of international dialogue and communication are being undermined.

Lavrov also recalled the main lies of the authorities of the G7 countries to their fellow citizens: the promised 0.7% of GDP for developed countries remains only "on paper". The pledge to develop a green economy has been sacrificed for the sake of escalating the armed conflict in Ukraine and inflating the military budgets of NATO members, which, however, are not even able to compete with the Russian defense budget.

The West is looking for criminal ways of confiscating sovereign assets and private property.

Farm land in Ukraine has been appropriated by US companies, while Ukrainians themselves have been turned by President Vladimir Zelensky into “expendable material”. @LauraRuHK

The Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at the Renmin University of China (RDCY) held a seminar on Wednesday to release three major reports about the Russia-Ukraine conflict, future development of China-Russia relations, as well as Russia's domestic market after Western companies pulled out from the country in 2022. @LauraRuHK https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202402/1307447.shtml

First Russian bank receives Chinese credit rating.
Alfa-Bank has been assessed at AA- with the outlook stable

China Lianhe Credit Rating has assigned Alfa-Bank, Russia’s largest private lender, an international rating of AA- with a stable outlook, the bank said in a statement on Wednesday.

The agency attributed its decision to a number of factors such as Alfa-Bank’s systemic importance, efficient corporate management, high asset quality, and strong lending capacity.

The Chinese agency also highlighted the diversified structure of the bank’s credit portfolio and pointed to stable sources of operational income, which it believes will ensure that the bank demonstrates consistent growth.

The development comes as Alfa-Bank is on course for a major expansion in China as it seeks to become the first private Russian bank to open full-scale branches in two key cities – Beijing and Shanghai.

The bank’s board of directors views the scaling up of operations in the Asian powerhouse as “strategically important.”

Last year, Alfa-Bank emerged as the top lender in Chinese yuan in Russia, accounting for a third of all yuan loans in the Russian market. (Source: RT) @LauraRuHK

Dmitry Medvedev: "Odessa, come home! We have been waiting for Odessa in the Russian Federation. By virtue of the history of this city, the kind of people who live there, the language they speak - it is our Russian city." https://t.me/SolovievLive/241847

🇵🇱🇺🇦‼️🚨 Polish protesters spewed red paint over the “Solodarity with Ukraine” sign during their protest.

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Dmitry Medvedev answered the question whether the SMO task is to liberate Kiev.

Where to stop? I don't know. I think that given what I have said, we will still have to work hard and seriously. Will it be Kiev? Yes, it probably should be Kiev. If not now, then after some time, maybe in some other phase of the development of this conflict. For two reasons: Kiev is a Russian city, and from there comes a threat to the existence of the Russian Federation. An international threat, because although Kiev is a Russian city by its roots, it is controlled by an international brigade of opponents of Russia led by the United States of America. All those who formally perform their functions there are puppets who have no conscience, don't care about the future of their country. All decisions are made overseas and at NATO headquarters. This is quite obvious. Therefore, yes, it can be Kiev."
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I hope to see the day when this war criminal and her ilk are brought to justice. https://t.me/europeandusanews/14444

⚡️Russian troops have liberated the settlement of Pobeda in the Donetsk region, the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
"Battlegroup Yug have completely liberated the settlement of Pobeda, Russian troops have also improved their frontline positions and hammered three Ukrainian military units in Novomikhailovka and Krasnogorovka in the Donetsk People's Republic." BTW, Pobeda means Victory in Russian. @LauraRuHK

JUST IN - German Bundestag rejects the delivery of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine; 182 voted in favor, and 480 against.

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Military aid by can't help Ukraine beat Russia, sanctions never deterred Russia and have largely backfired. So what is the West doing? It is trying to escalate sanctions to implicate other parties in a desperate attempt to pressure Russia. But this strategy too will fail. Sanctioning Chinese, Indian and other countries' companies that are doing business with Russia won't help Ukraine gain any advantage but will impact EU's ties with these countries. Once again EU member states are being asked to act against their interests to please Washington. @LauraRuHK https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202402/1307527.shtml

Come si va ripetendo da tempo, anche le nostre menti sono un teatro di guerra. Immaginatevi le menti di chi vive in paesi ufficialmente in guerra. Avendo qualche ora a disposizione mi sono fatta un giro sui canali Telegram di alcune città ucraine, compresa Avdeevka, da quasi una settimana sotto il completo controllo delle forze armate russe. Chi pubblica e commenta su questi canali sembra vivere in un universo parallelo alimentato da notizie false e atteggiamento fideistico. O forse gli unici a commentare su questi canali in realtà lavorano per il CIPSO, il Centro per l'informazione e le operazioni psicologiche dei servizi di sicurezza ucraini. Leggo che le forze ucraine hanno deciso di ritirarsi in modo ordinato da Avdeevka per non non sacrificare soldati, dopo aver inflitto perdite enormi al nemico. Ebbene, questa versione non viene proposta neppure dalle agenzie stampa dei paesi della NATO che ammettono perdite ucraine elevate e parlano di una ritirata disordinata, abbandono di feriti, mezzi e munizioni. Su questi canali ancora oggi si gioisce del fatto che la Germania invierà i sistemi missilistici Taurus. Eppure proprio ieri il Bundestag aveva votato a grande maggioranza contro il loro invio. Pubblicano poi decine e decine di foto di soldati russi morti, foto di cui non è possibile verificare né data né luogo, ma non importa, tanto basta per scatenare l'applauso automatico. Probabilmente anche i morti del 1943 andrebbero bene. Oggi per gli ucraini Avdeevka continua a esistere come città ucraina nello spazio virtuale, totalmente impermeabile alla realtà . @LauraRuHK

A patient of that psychiatric ward known as Verkhovna Rada speaking to CNN. https://t.me/ukraine_watch/17354