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IMF calls on US to get its gargantuan debt under control

IMF deputy managing director Gita Gopinath has given Washington an unusually blunt warning about its debt and spending levels, demanding that the United States and other developed economies take steps to get their largesse lifestyles under control.

๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œFor the US, we see ample ground for them to reduce the size of their fiscal deficits, also given the strength of the US economy,โ€ Gopinath said in an interview with the Financial Times that was published Saturday.

๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œThe temptation to finance all spending through borrowing really is something that countries should avoid,โ€ the official urged, emphasizing that Western economies have โ€œno way of getting aroundโ€ โ€œfundamental reforms,โ€ including to their social sectors and in the realm of taxation.

Gopinathโ€™s comments follow on the heels of an IMF forecast in April warning that Americaโ€™s ballooning debt and deficit were โ€œout of line with what is needed for long-term fiscal stability,โ€ and that the projected US federal deficit of 7.1 percent for 2025 was more than three times the 2 percent average showing by other advanced economies. US public debt is expected to more than double by 2053.

๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œIt cannot go like this forever, because theโ€ฆburden on the US is going to cripple spending that is necessary to make for servicing the debt. To pay 17-plus percent in debt service is just mind-boggling,โ€ IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva, who the Biden administration tried to oust in 2021, said in an interview last month.

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Confirmed in St. Petersburg:

No less than 59 NATIONS - and counting - plan to join BRICS, SCO and EAEU.

It's happening. NOW. And it's exhilarating. I've been following and writing about these three for years, non-stop - and tracking how they established themselves on the forefront of the drive towards the MULTINODAL - and to quote Putin in his St. Pete address - "harmonic multipolar world".
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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ This week's Moscow Mules ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช

It's Gay Pride month, which is all about Equality. So I laugh at it Equally as much as I laugh at Sleepy Joe, Kamala, and the ongoing Clown show in Europe.

Enjoy.

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โ€“ Zelenskyโ€™s entourage is shocked by his assistant Yermakโ€™s thirst for power โ€“ The Times

โ€“ The number of American troops who are part of NATO troops on the territory of the allianceโ€™s member countries is 80 thousand โ€“ Biden

โ€“ Zimbabwe wants to join BRICS, this issue was discussed tete-a-tete with Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg โ€“ President Mnangagwa

โ€“ Japan plans to conclude an agreement with Ukraine on providing assistance, a document with a 10-year validity period is planned to be signed at the G7 summit โ€“ NHK

โ€“ The Ukrainian Armed Forces left their positions in the eastern part of Chasov Yar โ€“ TASS

โ€“ More than 980 agreements worth 6.4 trillion rubles were signed at SPIEF-2024 โ€“ the forumโ€™s organizing committee

โ€“ 59 countries declare their intention to join the BRICS, SCO and EAEU associations โ€“ adviser to the Russian president Kobyakov

โ€“ NATO plans to create a post of special representative for Ukraine โ€“ Foreign Policy

โ€“ Stoltenberg abandoned the plan for a five-year military aid fund for Ukraine due to the refusal of NATO members. Instead, he asks countries to continue current contributions โ€“ Bloomberg

โ€“ A court in Kiev sentenced a conscript from Donetsk to 5 years for refusing to fight in the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces โ€“ RIA Novosti

โ€“ Austrian Defense Minister Claudia Tanner called the permission given by Western countries to attack targets in the territory of the Russian Federation a crossing of the red line โ€“ due Presse

โ€“ Germany is considering the possibility of transferring another Patriot complex to Ukraine โ€“ Bloomberg

โ€“ Kiev has reached agreements with Western countries on the supply of additional air defense systems โ€“ Zelensky

โ€“ Political prisoner Aivo Peterson, labeled a "pro-Kremlin" politician in Estonia, is among the top 10 most popular candidates for the European Parliament. He is currently in prison on charges of treason due to his trip to Donbass โ€“ Norstat data

โ€“ NATO is preparing for a potential ground war with Russia. Alliance Develops 'Land Corridors' from EU Ports โ€“ New York Post

โ€“ Putin Must Realize He Won't Win This War and That Peace for Ukraine Must Be Concluded on Fair Terms โ€“ Scholz

โ€“ Man Who Attacked Danish Prime Minister Turns Out to Be Polish Citizen โ€“ Danish Media

โ€“ Czech Republic Will Not Send Its Instructors to Ukraine: The Country Can Train Up to 4,000 Ukrainian Armed Forces Soldiers, but Will Do It on Its Own Territory โ€“ Defense Minister Chernokhova

โ€“ Ukraine is going to create a coalition with the West in order to attack the Russian Federation in the information space โ€“ head of the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting Gerasimyuk

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๐Ÿ‘”๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บโŒ๐Ÿ‘”๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿคก Dmitry Medvedev has some advice for German Chancellor Olaf Scholz:

"Rotten liverwurst Scholz unexpectedly got into conversation and started a frank blizzard. Or, as they would say in the language we know, he confused the Ramses. Scholz said that the Russian President must admit that Ukraine is strong and cannot be brought to its knees.

Ukraine? What is this? Today ex-Ukraine, to put it simply, is something like a dominion, which is directly controlled by the United States and NATO countries. It is, although not without difficulty, is completely contained by them. It, despite the protests of its own population, receives all types of the most lethal weapons.
Even the strange guy with the nasty, lumpy face, Borrell, admitted that the conflict in Ukraine could be ended in a couple of weeks if the transfer of weapons to Kiev was stopped.

What's the power then, sausage man? In the insane gushing corruption? In the total plundering of Western aid by the Zelensky clique? In a dying nation, half of which lives in Russia and Europe?

Ashamed. He, the asshole, should just kneel down and repent to the Ukrainians.
For lying about the inevitable โ€œvictory.โ€
For dooming them to extermination, at the same time sacrificing the well-being of the Germans entrusted to him.
For the revival of Nazism in the form of Bandera.
For the indescribable mediocrity of management.
For the historic loss of confidence in the SPD, from which Willy Brandt and Helmut Schmidt turned over in their graves many times over.

However, a nonentity is a nonentity in everything.

Dixi."


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The Ural company Fores announced a prize of 15 million rubles for the first downed F-16 fighter

This was stated by the director of the company Sergey Shmotiev

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿณ๏ธ Russia plans coal exports to India via Iran's railways - IRNA

The announcement was made at a meeting of BRICS transport ministers on Saturday on the sidelines of the 27th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

Russia said it will make use of the International North-South Corridor to export coal to India.

Igor Levitin, Russiaโ€™s presidential aide, said the first coal-carrying wagons will be sent to India after passing through Iran and Bandar Abbas.

โ—๏ธAt the end of the first meeting of BRICS transport ministers on Friday, Minister of Roads and Urban Development of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mehrdad Bazrpash said via video conference that the International North-South Corridor can improve synergy among the BRICS member states in the field of transportation and transit.

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๐ŸšŠThe first unmanned tram in Russia was launched in Moscow.
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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑโš”๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธIsrael-Gaza Conflict: June 8-9 (Recap)

1๏ธโƒฃ Gazaโ€™s Government Media Office says the โ€œIsraeli massacreโ€ at the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza killed 210 Palestinians and wounded more than 400.

2๏ธโƒฃ Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza is a โ€œnightmareโ€, treating an โ€œoverwhelming number of severely injured patients, many of whom are women and childrenโ€, after the Israeli attack on Nuseirat.

3๏ธโƒฃ Israeli forces โ€œrescued four captivesโ€ in the attack at Nuseirat refugee camp, with one of its officers dying during the operation.

4๏ธโƒฃ Hamasโ€™s military spokesperson says that Israel killed captives in its Nuseirat operation, not specifying the circumstances or how many were killed.

5๏ธโƒฃ Calls for investigation as serious claims Israel used humanitarian work cover during Nuseirat attack.

6๏ธโƒฃ US military denies Gaza aid pier had role in Nuseirat camp attack. โ€œThe humanitarian pier facility, including its equipment, personnel, and assets were not used in the operation to rescue hostages today in Gaza,โ€ CENTCOM said in a post on social media.

7๏ธโƒฃ US Secretary of State Antony Blinken welcomed the release of captives, saying a truce deal outlined by the US president โ€œcould lead to the release of all hostagesโ€ฆ and an enduring end to the warโ€.

8๏ธโƒฃ The EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell condemned reports of โ€œanother massacre of civiliansโ€ in Gaza and underscored support for a truce deal.

At least 36,801 people including more than 15,000 children, have been killed and over 83,680 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll from the October 7 attack in Israel stands at 1,139.

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โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธโš”๏ธ Escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Zone until the End of 8 June 2024โšก๏ธ

๐Ÿ”นIn the northern #GazaStrip, the situation is relatively stable: the Israelis have carried out strikes in several areas of the capital of the Palestinian enclave, while in Jabaliya the exhumation of bodies continues.

๐Ÿ”นIn the central part of the Enclave, IDF units carried out an operation in Nuseirat to free four hostages: according to the Palestinian side, over 200 people were killed as a result of Israeli actions.

๐Ÿ”นIn the south of the Enclave, Israeli troops expanded their zone of control in the Tell al-Sultan area. In turn, Palestinian forces respond with mortar fire at IDF positions along the border corridor, as well as regular incursions.

๐Ÿ”นIn the West Bank, Israeli security forces carried out another series of raids in several settlements, detaining at least 20 people. At the same time, there were clashes with local fighters in Jericho.

๐Ÿ”นAlong the border with #Lebanon, the usual strike exchange continued. Hezbollah reported firing rockets at at least five IDF targets, while Israeli troops fired throughout southern #Lebanon, wounding two people.

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๐Ÿ“œ RYBAR; 8 June 2024, 20:25

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โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆโš”๏ธ #Chronicle of the Special Military Operation for 8 June 2024โšก๏ธ

๐Ÿ”นUkrainian Formations, over the past day, carried out another massive kamikaze drone raid on various regions of #Russia. For the first time, North Ossetia came under attack, where a military airfield in #Mozdok was attacked, and in the #Krasnodar territory one of the substations near #Taman was damaged.

๐Ÿ”นRussian Troops destroyed the Nova Poshta branch in #Pokrovskoye during a drone raid.

๐Ÿ”นOn the #Kharkov front, there are heavy battles in the northern part of #Volchansk, where Russian troops are assaulting the fortified area of โ€‹โ€‹the AFU on the territory of the Aggregate Plant.

๐Ÿ”นIn the #Kupyansk-#Svatovo front section, Russian troops are advancing in the direction of Stepova Novoselovka, north of the village. West of Kupyansk-Uzlovoy, a crossing over the Oskol River was destroyed during an air raid.

๐Ÿ”นIn the #Liman sector, fighters from the RFAF 20th Combined Arms Army's 144th Motorised Rifle Division assaulted a stronghold on the outskirts of the Zhuravka Beamy west of #Golikovo.

๐Ÿ”นIn the #Bakhmut direction, in the suburb of #ChasovYar, assault units of the RFAF advanced into the central part of the Kanal Microdistrict, occupying an enemy stronghold.

๐Ÿ”นIn the #Kherson direction, according to some reports, Ukrainian formations left #Krynki, but it is not yet possible to confirm or refute this information.

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โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆโš”๏ธ According to Tradition, the Situation in Key Settlements in the #Ugledar & #Avdeyevka Directions at the Beginning of the Day on 9 June 2024 was as followsโšก๏ธ

๐Ÿ”ด#Konstantinovka - they haven't entered yet, there are fights going on.

๐Ÿ”ด#Paraskoviyevka - everywhere they declare the capture.
The enemy has been knocked out of the residential area itself, but a firing point remains within the settlement. โš ๏ธ RF MoD announced the liberation, apparently premature, as meanwhile traditional.

๐Ÿ”ด#Georgiyevka - fighting continues with varying success.

๐Ÿ”ด#Krasnogorovka is a meat grinder...

๐Ÿ”ด#Karlovka - they entered the wall point, they have not yet entered the residential building.
Fighting continues on the approaches.

๐Ÿ”ด#Yasnobrodovka - the enemy is trying to hold the line for now, even very cheerfully.

๐Ÿ”ด#Novosyolovka1st - there was a good and unexpected breakthrough, the enemy overslept, then it froze.

๐Ÿ”ด#Novopokrovskoye - fighting on the eastern outskirts of the village, the task is to gain a firm foothold.

๐Ÿ”ด#Sokol - we reached the middle of the village.
The enemy has a good defence here, you shouldn't swear, but there is success.

๐Ÿ”ด#Novoalexandrovka - no data available.

๐Ÿ“Œ The Problems are serious losses. In war like in war. The period between the military enlistment office and the frontline is about a week or two. โš ๏ธ
๐ŸŸกOne problem follows from another. A man comes to the service, gets into the stormtroopers and in a couple of weeks he is already wounded in a hospital.

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๐Ÿ“‹๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆโš”๏ธ Two Majors #Review #Summary for the Morning of 9 June 2024; pub. 07:01๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The past week has been characterised by increased rhetoric from European politicians about the need to prepare for war with #Russia. #Germany has developed a domestic action plan that includes compulsory conscription, evacuating country parts, distributing food and preparing hospitals. The German DM gives a 2029 deadline for the conflict readiness. The tasks of the past #NATO exercise Steadfast Defender 24, which involved more than 90,000 troops from all 32 NATO countries, 50 ships, 80 aircraft, 1,100 AFVs, 133 tanks and 533 IFVs, have been publicly confirmed. As stated in the media, such tasks were the preparation of 5 routes to transfer military contingents from the #US to the eastern front. 300,000 NATO soldiers and officers are already ready for deployment to the Ukrainian direction, is mentioned.

โš”๏ธOn the front, the RFAF increase pressure on the AFU defence in several directions.

๐Ÿ”นOn the #Kharkov front, the enemy has pulled up large forces and launched a counterattack, trying to dislodge our troops from #Volchansk, where there is a battle for every building, and to push the Russians north of #Liptsy. Heavy fighting is ongoing.

๐Ÿ”นIn the #Kupyansk direction, the RFAF offensives have formed front protrusions near #Ivanovka, #Kislovka, #Tabayeka and #Berestovoye, our troops are trying to expand the control zone.

๐Ÿ”นNear #Belogorovka, it was reported that our units attempted to attack enemy positions head-on without taking into account the work of enemy artillery and drones, which led to a sad natural result.

๐Ÿ”นIn #ChasovYar's eastern outskirts they report the successes of our paratroopers in the Kanal Microdistrict. Enemy resources report the loss of many AFU positions and withdrawal to its western part. The main part of the town is west of the Seversky Donets-Donbass Canal, it is along it that the enemy is building defensive lines.

๐Ÿ”นWest of #Avdeyevka our troops are advancing with fierce fighting to the #Sokol settlement, the enemy is bringing in armoured vehicles for counterattacks. The line #Umanskoye - #Netaylovo was levelled.

๐Ÿ”นIn #Krasnogorovka, the enemy is fiercely resisting, with Ukrainian officers giving commands via radio to kill local residents if they create problems in the organisation of the AFU defence in the built-up area.

๐Ÿ”นOn the #Zaporozhye front, the destroyed #Rabotino has come under the control of the RFAF, with nowhere to entrench in the northern part under constant attacks by the AFU's artillery and drones. Now the enemy is holding defences in strongholds north of the village, our heavy flamethrower systems are working on them. An important element is the capture by our troops of AFU positions south of #Sherbaki and the expansion of the control zone at #Novopokrovka.

๐ŸŽฏ The RFAF strikes on Ukraine's energy system are resulting in massive power outages, as well as a ban on the use of air conditioners in government agencies and businesses for the entire summer. Nevertheless, there is enough power for military facilities.

๐Ÿ“Œ Thus, the situation on the front has not changed significantly. While the plan to create a buffer zone near the #Belgorod region cannot be realised, the AFU is increasing the intensity of terrorist strikes. The enemy is inflicting economic damage by knocking out oil refineries and petrol stations, including by aircraft type long range UAVs, and hitting civilians in #Lugansk with cluster ATACMS. A new factor was yesterday's strike by AFU UAVs on #NorthOssetia. Attacks by enemy drone boats on Crimean shores continue. One effective way to destroy sea drones remains fire from helicopters, which is associated with the risks of increasing the number of drone boats armed with missiles to hit air targets.

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โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆโš”๏ธ The 98th Airborne Paratroopers hoisted a Flag in Kanal Microdistrictโšก๏ธ

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ In #ChasovYar, the enemy set up a flag in the central part of the Kanal Microdistrict:
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๐Ÿ’ฌ Reported on 8 June 2024 at 23:35

โญ๏ธ According to the map, the AFU fled almost the entire microdistrict. And Petrenko seems to be absent today due to a depression.

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