❗ Despite claims that the Government of #Georgia is “in full control” of the biological laboratory and in charge of its funding, the research conducted thereat is actually supervised and bankrolled by the #US Department of Defence and its affiliates. https://is.gd/LSGSmc

🎙Kremlin spox #Peskov:

❗️Boris Johnson’s claims are a lie. There were no missile threats.

Speaking on threats to Russian security, President #Putin said that if Ukraine joins NATO potential deployment of NATO/US missiles near Russian borders would mean that any missile could reach Moscow in minutes.

#Russia #UK #BorisJohnson #NATO #US #RusEmbUK

Oct 31, 2023, Jordan: "From Starbucks to Coca-cola, people in Jordan have been boycotting American brands over Washington’s support for Israel in the ongoing conflict in Gaza. It started after videos were broadcast of free MacDonald’s meals being given to the Israeli army."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnGnmyZwmH4

Oct 15, 2023: "US fast-food chain McDonald's has been facing heat after its Israeli franchise announced to give free meals to hospitals and troops of the Israel Defence Forces. Several people on social media site X (formerly Twitter), protested the move and the hashtag #BoycottMcDonalds started trending. In Lebanon, pro-Palestinian groups attacked a McDonald's outlet in Sidon."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyPVnMszH90

🎙 Interview of Russia's President Vladimir Putin to TV host and Rossiya Segodnya Director General Dmitry Kiselev (March 13, 2024):

Key talking points

💬 Russia is not at the crossroads. It is on the strategic path of its development and will not deviate from its path.

#MultipolarWorld

• Many people in the world are looking at us, at what is happening in our country and in our struggle for our interests. <...> They associate our struggle for our independence and true sovereignty with their aspirations for their own sovereignty and independent development.

• This is aggravated by the fact that there is a very strong desire in Western elites to freeze the current unjust state of affairs in international affairs. They've spent centuries filling their bellies with human flesh and their pockets with money. But they must realise that the vampire ball is ending.

#Ukraine

• Are we ready to negotiate? We are. But we are not ready for talks that are based on some kind of ”wishful thinking“, but we are ready for talks based on the realities that have developed on the ground.

• We are open to a serious discussion, and we are eager to resolve all conflicts by peaceful means. However, we must be sure that this is not just another pause that the enemy wants to use for rearmament, but rather a serious conversation with security guarantees for Russia.

#US #RussiaUS

• We know what it is to have American troops on Russian soil. They are interventionists. That is how we will treat them even if they appear in the territory of Ukraine.

• I have said many times that it [achieving the goals of the special military operation & resolving the conflict] is a matter of life and death for us, while for them it is a matter of improving their tactical position in the world on the whole as well as maintaining their status among their allies in Europe in particular.

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