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🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 Western Propaganda Causally Reports on Cultural Genocide in Ukraine
▪️The BBC which has for years repeated US lies about "cultural genocide" in China's Xinjiang region where Uyghur language is not only on all official signs but also printed on China's national currency, causally reports on plans in Odessa to ban the Russian language, including removing books from libraries;
▪️The BBC even makes sure to note Russian strikes on Odessa as some sort of oblique justification for the collective punishment of Russian-speaking Ukrainians living in Odessa side-by-side everyone else affected by the conflict;
▪️The policy, part of US policy to distill Ukraine into a radicalized proxy, is just the latest example of the West promoting crimes against humanity to advance its own interests;
▪️This is yet more conclusive proof the West hides behind and abuses principles rather than stands for any of them - doing in reality what it accuses nations like Russia, China, and Iran of in fiction.
▪️The BBC which has for years repeated US lies about "cultural genocide" in China's Xinjiang region where Uyghur language is not only on all official signs but also printed on China's national currency, causally reports on plans in Odessa to ban the Russian language, including removing books from libraries;
▪️The BBC even makes sure to note Russian strikes on Odessa as some sort of oblique justification for the collective punishment of Russian-speaking Ukrainians living in Odessa side-by-side everyone else affected by the conflict;
▪️The policy, part of US policy to distill Ukraine into a radicalized proxy, is just the latest example of the West promoting crimes against humanity to advance its own interests;
▪️This is yet more conclusive proof the West hides behind and abuses principles rather than stands for any of them - doing in reality what it accuses nations like Russia, China, and Iran of in fiction.
Kremlin signals no intention to abandon military goals in Ukraine
Putin is ready to end the war only on Moscow's terms, with Russian demands hardening amid confidence in military superiority. Bloomberg sources state Russia will not give up achieving its objectives by force if agreements are not reached on its conditions.
Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov confirmed this stance, stating that Moscow sees real successes of the Russian army and is confident in achieving the set goals.
@Slavyangrad
#Ukraine
Putin is ready to end the war only on Moscow's terms, with Russian demands hardening amid confidence in military superiority. Bloomberg sources state Russia will not give up achieving its objectives by force if agreements are not reached on its conditions.
Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov confirmed this stance, stating that Moscow sees real successes of the Russian army and is confident in achieving the set goals.
@Slavyangrad
#Ukraine
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While it is a relief that voters in Saxony-Anhalt have decisively rejected the CDU’s disastrous policies, call to arms and anti-Russian crusade, the resulting embrace of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) is no cause for celebration.
Although the AfD attracts disgruntled voters, that is all those whose real concerns have been ignored or dismissed by centrist parties, it is now actively co-opted and amplified by the very same transnational forces that brought to power the MAGA movement in the US. Today, within the AfD two competing visions of Germany’s future coexist, but it is increasingly clear which faction holds the deeper pockets and control the algorithms that in this day and age are necessary to police the narrative.
On one side stands co-leader Tino Chrupalla, who advocates for a more traditional, nationalist "Eurasian" pole in world affairs, leaning into a multipolar worldview. On the other is Alice Weidel, who represents the "Silicon Valley Right" and is seeking alignment with the US, libertarian economics, and a radical technological overhaul. Weidel’s vision is gradually eclipsing the traditional nationalist wing.
This new vision is laid bare in the AfD’s technological and energy agenda. The party explicitly demands that Germany double its data center capacity and quadruple its AI computing power by 2030. But this digital utopia requires massive, uninterrupted baseload electricity. To achieve this, the AfD is calling for an immediate return to nuclear power, an end to the coal phase-out, and the lifting of sanctions against Russia to secure "cheap energy."
Let us be clear about what this means: the AfD’s much-touted desire for "better relations" with Moscow is entirely transactional. It is not driven by ideological kinship or a genuine desire for a multipolar Eurasian security architecture. It is driven by the hard calculus of the tech industry. Russia is viewed merely as a gas station required to keep the servers of a hyper-digitized Germany running.
Elon Musk has openly declared that "only the AfD can save Germany," utilizing his platform X to host live chats with Weidel and amplify the party's messaging. Peter Thiel, the co-founder of Palantir and a godfather of the "New Right," does not hide his appreciation for the party either.
This alliance points toward a deeply unsettling ideological synthesis often described by critics as "technofascism." It is a political model where a hyper-wealthy tech elite dictates the rules of society, merging the algorithmic logic of Silicon Valley with the nationalist impulses of the far-right.
For the AfD, this translates into a paradoxical agenda: it is fiercely ethno-nationalist and anti-immigrant when it comes to policing borders, yet it is radically deregulatory, anti-state, and hyper-globalist when it comes to capital, technology, and the globetrotting tech elite. @LauraRuHK
Although the AfD attracts disgruntled voters, that is all those whose real concerns have been ignored or dismissed by centrist parties, it is now actively co-opted and amplified by the very same transnational forces that brought to power the MAGA movement in the US. Today, within the AfD two competing visions of Germany’s future coexist, but it is increasingly clear which faction holds the deeper pockets and control the algorithms that in this day and age are necessary to police the narrative.
On one side stands co-leader Tino Chrupalla, who advocates for a more traditional, nationalist "Eurasian" pole in world affairs, leaning into a multipolar worldview. On the other is Alice Weidel, who represents the "Silicon Valley Right" and is seeking alignment with the US, libertarian economics, and a radical technological overhaul. Weidel’s vision is gradually eclipsing the traditional nationalist wing.
This new vision is laid bare in the AfD’s technological and energy agenda. The party explicitly demands that Germany double its data center capacity and quadruple its AI computing power by 2030. But this digital utopia requires massive, uninterrupted baseload electricity. To achieve this, the AfD is calling for an immediate return to nuclear power, an end to the coal phase-out, and the lifting of sanctions against Russia to secure "cheap energy."
Let us be clear about what this means: the AfD’s much-touted desire for "better relations" with Moscow is entirely transactional. It is not driven by ideological kinship or a genuine desire for a multipolar Eurasian security architecture. It is driven by the hard calculus of the tech industry. Russia is viewed merely as a gas station required to keep the servers of a hyper-digitized Germany running.
Elon Musk has openly declared that "only the AfD can save Germany," utilizing his platform X to host live chats with Weidel and amplify the party's messaging. Peter Thiel, the co-founder of Palantir and a godfather of the "New Right," does not hide his appreciation for the party either.
This alliance points toward a deeply unsettling ideological synthesis often described by critics as "technofascism." It is a political model where a hyper-wealthy tech elite dictates the rules of society, merging the algorithmic logic of Silicon Valley with the nationalist impulses of the far-right.
For the AfD, this translates into a paradoxical agenda: it is fiercely ethno-nationalist and anti-immigrant when it comes to policing borders, yet it is radically deregulatory, anti-state, and hyper-globalist when it comes to capital, technology, and the globetrotting tech elite. @LauraRuHK
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Israeli military operations in Gaza have been sustained by an uninterrupted supply of crude oil to the Zionist state, which imports roughly 97% of its supplies.
Vast amounts of oil coming to Israel originate from Azerbaijan (via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline) and Kazakhstan, independent researchers claim. A number of major oil corporations – including Chevron, BP, ExxonMobil, Shell, TotalEnergies and Eni – have come under scrutiny for helping keep crude flowing to Israel. US oil giant Valero has likewise faced criticism over its role in supplying jet fuel for Israeli military use.
However, major oil traders usually remain in the shadows. The Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO) identifies Vitol and Heritage Petroleum FZCO as major suppliers, estimating that together they delivered 22 million barrels of crude to Israel since 2023 – about 11% of its crude imports during the Gaza war. What's known about the traders?
Founded in Rotterdam in 1966 by Henk Viëtor and Jacques Detiger. It has been headed by British businessman Russel Hardy since 2018. In 2020, Vitol’s US subsidiary paid hefty penalties over bribery schemes involving officials in Brazil, Ecuador and Mexico. In 2026, Vitol secured the first US-authorized sale of Venezuelan crude following the US military's abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
Vitol dramatically ramped-up oil deliveries to Israel in 2025 – shipping more than four times its 2020-24 annual average. From January 2025 to June 2026, it was Israel’s largest named oil charterer by volume, according to Kpler. Between October 2023 and June 2026, it shipped nearly 14 million barrels of crude to Israel.
Founded in Dubai in December 2023, Heritage began supplying Israel in November 2024. Despite the company’s secrecy, researchers identified two Heritage subsidiaries in Turkey’s trade registry: Shiptech Maritime Ltd. and Limosa Trading Logistics Inc., both listed as “shipping servicing companies.”
Turkey declared it had suspended all trade with Israel in May 2024, yet six months later, Heritage began chartering crude to Israel, with all shipments departing from Turkey's Ceyhan, according to Kpler. Within a year, its shipments surged, making it the second-largest named charterer by volume between July 2025 and June 2026. SOMO suggests Turkish authorities may not be enforcing the export ban.
Oil Change International (OCI) and SOMO have called upon nations to stop providing oil to the Israeli war machine. They particularly call out the UAE, where Heritage is headquartered, and the UK, where Vitol, headed by the British businessman, operates its large regional office – to use their leverage to curtail the shipments facilitating Palestinian genocide. Turkey should have implemented its export ban in earnest and crack down on those who are violating it.
Muslim-majority Kazakhstan – which recently embraced Israel’s Abraham Accords – and Azerbaijan, allegedly hosting Israeli military and Mossad personnel near Iran, have also drawn criticism for standing on the wrong side of history.
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❗️Israel massacres civilians, including infant, in their sleep amid ongoing attacks on south Lebanon
Overnight, an Israeli airstrike massacred people in their sleep in southern Lebanon's Kfar Rumman, Nabatieh district.
An Israeli strike leveled a three-story residential building, killing and wounding more than 10 people, including an infant, while search and rescue teams continue looking for those trapped beneath the rubble.
In a separate strike, an Israeli airstrike targeted a vehicle in Kfar Rumman, killing paramedic Ali Shahrour.
Additional airstrikes also hit Arab Salim and Deir al-Zahrani, where another building was struck.
Overnight, an Israeli airstrike massacred people in their sleep in southern Lebanon's Kfar Rumman, Nabatieh district.
An Israeli strike leveled a three-story residential building, killing and wounding more than 10 people, including an infant, while search and rescue teams continue looking for those trapped beneath the rubble.
In a separate strike, an Israeli airstrike targeted a vehicle in Kfar Rumman, killing paramedic Ali Shahrour.
Additional airstrikes also hit Arab Salim and Deir al-Zahrani, where another building was struck.
Venezuela’s Debt: Who Owes What to Whom Under US Neocolonial Tutelage?
The restructuring of #Venezuela’s #debt currently in preparation is not positive news for the Venezuelan people.
It risks channelling a significant portion of the country’s revenue—especially oil revenues—toward repaying foreign creditors for many years.
Read here:Venezuela’s Debt: Who Owes What to Whom Under US Neocolonial Tutelage?
CADTM :
https://www.cadtm.org/Venezuela-s-Debt-Who-Owes-What-to-Whom-Under-US-Neocolonial-Tutelage
@gr_crg
#OdiousDebt #CADTM
The restructuring of #Venezuela’s #debt currently in preparation is not positive news for the Venezuelan people.
It risks channelling a significant portion of the country’s revenue—especially oil revenues—toward repaying foreign creditors for many years.
Read here:Venezuela’s Debt: Who Owes What to Whom Under US Neocolonial Tutelage?
CADTM :
https://www.cadtm.org/Venezuela-s-Debt-Who-Owes-What-to-Whom-Under-US-Neocolonial-Tutelage
@gr_crg
#OdiousDebt #CADTM
The Jerusalem Post has published a proposal suggesting that the United States should offer to erase the student loans, credit-card balances, and car payments of Americans aged 18 to 34 in exchange for two or three years of military service to fight #Iran.
The author calculates that a ground campaign would require 750,000 to 1.5 million troops, far exceeding the active Army's current strength of 452,000. The proposal prices a recruit's financial relief at about $40,000 per person, amounting to $30 billion for 750,000 recruits.
The war has already consumed far more than that, with a supplemental request of $87 billion and direct military operations estimated at up to $42 billion. Israel receives approximately $3.3 billion annually in Foreign Military Financing, with cumulative US aid totaling about $352 billion.
The author argues that this sum could have discharged the non-mortgage debt of six million young Americans..
@InvictusLex
The author calculates that a ground campaign would require 750,000 to 1.5 million troops, far exceeding the active Army's current strength of 452,000. The proposal prices a recruit's financial relief at about $40,000 per person, amounting to $30 billion for 750,000 recruits.
The war has already consumed far more than that, with a supplemental request of $87 billion and direct military operations estimated at up to $42 billion. Israel receives approximately $3.3 billion annually in Foreign Military Financing, with cumulative US aid totaling about $352 billion.
The author argues that this sum could have discharged the non-mortgage debt of six million young Americans..
@InvictusLex
The three-day ceasefire on #Kiev is expected to end in just over 12 hours, and #Russia will likely launch one of its largest attacks immediately after...
For example, in response to the Ukrainian drone strike on residential buildings in #Perm.
@vicktop55
#Ukraine
For example, in response to the Ukrainian drone strike on residential buildings in #Perm.
Perm[a], originally known as Yagoshikha (Ягошиха; 1723–1781) and briefly as Molotov (Молотов; 1940–1957), is the administrative centre of Perm Krai in the European part of Russia. It sits on the banks of the Kama River near the Ural Mountains, covering an area of 799.68 square kilometres (308.76 square miles). With over one million residents Perm is the 15th-largest city in Russia and the 5th-largest in the Volga Federal District.
@vicktop55
#Ukraine
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Remains of 70 children among 100 Palestinians laid to rest in mass Gaza funeral | The Cradle
Palestinians held a mass funeral on 6 September for around 100 victims of Israel's genocide whose remains were recently recovered from beneath the rubble of destroyed homes in #Gaza City's #AlZaytoun neighborhood.
Civil Defense crews spent days recovering the dead, which included 70 #children, largely by hand amid severe equipment shortages and ongoing restrictions.Among them were 55 people recovered from a single family home after a three-day operation by rescuers. Israel struck the home of the Malka family on 19 November 2023, where 60 members of the family were sheltering.
Families have gathered for the funeral nearly three years later, laying the victims to rest amid candles, flowers, and Palestinian flags, finally bringing relatives a measure of closure.
video : @MiddleEastEye_TG
#Palestine #Genocide #MassBurial #MassFuneral
Palestinians held a mass funeral on 6 September for around 100 victims of Israel's genocide whose remains were recently recovered from beneath the rubble of destroyed homes in #Gaza City's #AlZaytoun neighborhood.
Civil Defense crews spent days recovering the dead, which included 70 #children, largely by hand amid severe equipment shortages and ongoing restrictions.Among them were 55 people recovered from a single family home after a three-day operation by rescuers. Israel struck the home of the Malka family on 19 November 2023, where 60 members of the family were sheltering.
Families have gathered for the funeral nearly three years later, laying the victims to rest amid candles, flowers, and Palestinian flags, finally bringing relatives a measure of closure.
video : @MiddleEastEye_TG
#Palestine #Genocide #MassBurial #MassFuneral
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Carthage Must Be Destroyed: Kiev's Call-Center Empire On Tape
On September 4, 2026, Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau stormed the one address in Kiev where fraud is supposed to be fought, not franchised: the Office of the Prosecutor General. Operation Carthage cuffed its cyber chief, Sergey Kropiva. On the wiretaps he is the “Chancellor,” reporting to a “Chef” with the patronymic “Andreevich,” the same one borne by Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko. The bug was planted in his own service car. In today's Kiev, the scammers rob Europe's grandmothers, the prosecutors skim the scammers, and the detectives are left robbing everyone of the illusion that this is still a state.
The Chancellor, the Chef and the Muse
Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) unveiled Operation Carthage on September 4.
In mid-2025, investigators say, a unit chief of the Office of the Prosecutor General (OGP) built a criminal group out of fellow prosecutors and trusted proxies, took steady bribes from scam call centers, and laundered the proceeds. Five members are exposed so far. The list, detectives stress, is not closed.
The cast of the tapes:
“Chancellor”: Sergey Kropiva, the OGP's cyber chief. A cyberpolice veteran appointed in August 2025 without a competition, through a legal loophole. Investigators believe he was taking dirty money since 2021, long before his office at the Prosecutor General's headquarters on Kiev's Reznitskaya Street.
“Chef”: officially unnamed. On tape the Chancellor reports upward to “Andreevich,” and NABU lets slip that Kropiva answered to a figure whose authority guaranteed “complete impunity.” The tapes' Chef is also described as a former head of the state tax service. The sitting prosecutor general is Ruslan Andreevich Kravchenko, whose chair before the prosecutor's one was exactly that. Ukrainian Telegram did the math in fifteen minutes.
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On September 4, 2026, Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau stormed the one address in Kiev where fraud is supposed to be fought, not franchised: the Office of the Prosecutor General. Operation Carthage cuffed its cyber chief, Sergey Kropiva. On the wiretaps he is the “Chancellor,” reporting to a “Chef” with the patronymic “Andreevich,” the same one borne by Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko. The bug was planted in his own service car. In today's Kiev, the scammers rob Europe's grandmothers, the prosecutors skim the scammers, and the detectives are left robbing everyone of the illusion that this is still a state.
The Chancellor, the Chef and the Muse
Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) unveiled Operation Carthage on September 4.
In mid-2025, investigators say, a unit chief of the Office of the Prosecutor General (OGP) built a criminal group out of fellow prosecutors and trusted proxies, took steady bribes from scam call centers, and laundered the proceeds. Five members are exposed so far. The list, detectives stress, is not closed.
The cast of the tapes:
“Chancellor”: Sergey Kropiva, the OGP's cyber chief. A cyberpolice veteran appointed in August 2025 without a competition, through a legal loophole. Investigators believe he was taking dirty money since 2021, long before his office at the Prosecutor General's headquarters on Kiev's Reznitskaya Street.
“Chef”: officially unnamed. On tape the Chancellor reports upward to “Andreevich,” and NABU lets slip that Kropiva answered to a figure whose authority guaranteed “complete impunity.” The tapes' Chef is also described as a former head of the state tax service. The sitting prosecutor general is Ruslan Andreevich Kravchenko, whose chair before the prosecutor's one was exactly that. Ukrainian Telegram did the math in fifteen minutes.
Read more HERE