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Prestito storico in yuan tra Cina e Arabia Saudita

Il crollo del dollaro come valuta mondiale è sempre più evidente.
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actualite.housseniawriting.com/politique-et-g…
2/ Una prima assoluta per questo prestito in yuan tra la Export-Import Bank of China e la Saudi National Bank, che facilita il commercio bilaterale tra i due Paesi e dimostra il ruolo crescente dello yuan sulla scena internazionale.
3/ La China Export-Import Bank (China EximBank), la principale banca cinese per le politiche commerciali, ha annunciato martedì (14 marzo) di aver concluso la prima cooperazione di prestito con la Saudi National Bank, la più grande banca dell'Arabia Saudita, in yuan RMB,
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@IntlCrimCourt Broke?! Hobbyist level #Zaporizhzhia #FalseFlag. The cameraman was waiting for explosions that came from #inside the apartments to the #outside. He dared to go and take close-up pictures because he knew that no more #explosives had been #planted.
@IntlCrimCourt @KarimAAKhanKC This is just the appetizer from 'Thread 62'⬇️ mentioned:
#Ukrainian #fascists hold a party at #Kyiv's "BarHot" organized by #cartoonist Anton #Chadsky, eat a cake depicting a #Russian #baby
@IntlCrimCourt @KarimKhanQC
FROM: @amanpour “What is #Russia afraid of? #Democracy expanding,” says #Estonia’s Prime Minister @kajakallas | Mar 14
TO: #NATO #Stoltenberg On Air, Let's Count The [A]s | Mar 14, 2023.
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What are the effects of #sanctions on the opinions of Russians about the West and the war? There is a naïve pro-sanctions view: Sanctions lead to economic hardship which is then attributed to the war and leads to anti-war sentiment. This is certainly not happening. 1/
There is also a naïve anti-sanctions view: Sanctions lead to economic hardship, which is attributed to the West's hostility and leads to a "rally-round-the-flag" effect and stronger support for Putin. This is also not happening. 2/
From my experience, there are two groups: The "enlightened group" of educated Russians, a minority, and the "loyal group" of Russians, the majority, who rather believe in Putin and the official line on foreign policy. Interestingly, the sanctions effects on both is complex. 3/
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#Sanctions: UN humanitarian diplomacy aims to convince the EU to exempt Belarusian fertilizer exports. Lithuania and Poland are against any easing of restrictions on the export of Belarusian potash to not help Lukashenko. The sanctions were applied after⤵️
the Ryanair hijacking in 2021. Lukashenko's facilitation of the Russian war against Ukraine has reduced exports to the West. Belarus currently transports potash from Russia's St Petersburg and Murmansk airports. The potash producer (Belaruskali) is a⤵️
major source of income for the Lukashenko regime. The US shares the concern that sanctions on Belarus could have aggravating effects on food security. Canada has already taken the top spot as a world share of exports, planning to expand production capacity.⤵️
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@PM_ViktorOrban #US planned the #War and the #EnergyCrisis in #Europe | Sep 13
- In what appears to be an exceptional internal leak from the close-to-gov think tank #RAND Co., known among other things to have been behind American strategy for foreign and defense policy.
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@PM_ViktorOrban #RAND Co | Jan 25
- There is an urgent need for resources to flow into the national economy, especially the #banking system
Only European countries bound by #EU and #NATO commitments will be able to provide them without significant mil and pol costs for us
@PM_ViktorOrban #Rand Co | Jan 25
- 'The key objective described in the doc is to #divide #EU by placing #UsefulIdiots in political positions in order to stop #Russian #energy supplies from reaching the continent'
- The entire #EU #economy will #collapse.
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A force de regarder des vidéos de violences policières à Moscou, voilà t'y pas que je comprends le russe.

"Tiens, ramasse tes c..., enc...!"

J'espère que @EU_Commission édictera rapidement des sanctions contre ces abus d'un régime autoritaire et anti-démocratique! twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Les sbires de la police moscovite en action.

Les Médias des Démocraties Occidentales sont choqués et exigent des sanctions contre ce régime autoritaire.

Hein ouais, @RadioTeleSuisse?

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Les scènes de répression violente de la dictature policière de Poutine se multiplient. Les médias occidentaux sont scandalisés, toute l'Europe Démocratique exige des mesures, des sanctions contre ce régime autoritaire.

Hein?... J'ai pas juste?

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Imagine being disabled to the extent where the DWP have already confirmed your inability to work and then suddenly having to go to the Job centre where a work coach who has never met you before and has no knowledge of you disability can say 'you can work now, and...1
If you don't start looking, you will be sanctioned.' Now this might seem ridiculous, but unless I'm reading it incorrectly, that is the reality of the system which the Tories are looking to introduce. I get that allowing people to try work while receiving benefits is a,,,
Good idea, however this system will punish those who absolutely have no prospect of working, the White Paper pledges that such individuals will indeed be protected, but in practice how will this happen when decisions are solely at the discretion of work coaches?It won't 3
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@amanpour @kajakallas Canned meat distributed by the #Ukrainian #Nazi A. #Gramanchuk with fascist symbols such as the shield of the Ucronazi collabrs and the colors of the OUN-UPA, on the label it says: "#meat of Russian-speaking #babies"
Alluding to dead children in #Donbas
@amanpour @kajakallas Thread 19
FROM: #Marin in #Nazi -funeral #Ukraine | Mar 7, 2023
TO: #Kotsyubaylo eliminated | Mar 7, 2023
- when the #Americans visited the positions in #Avdiivka, he said that he was feeding the tamed #wolf "the #bones of #Russian-speaking #children.
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Russia to the bottom
March 12, 2023

From time to time, materials appear in the leading Western media about disagreements between the allies & the Ukrainian authorities, as well as within the allies themselves regarding the definition of Ukrainian victory
1/
and therefore the goals in the war, and accordingly the types, volumes and pace of aid.

However, the observers themselves point out that issues of such complexity as supporting Ukraine in the war against Russia are never without discussion.
2/
In order to speed up these discussions, & to speed up the provision of weapons to Ukraine for the offensive & the liberation of territories (namely, victories are the best motivation for further assistance), the Ukrainian authorities should take fairly simple & logical steps.
3/
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“The US nuclear power industry gets up to 20% of its enriched #uranium from #Russia… France imports 15%. Framatome, which is owned by state-backed nuclear power operator, EDF, signed a cooperation agreement with #Rosatom in December 2021, two months before Russia’s invasion…”🤔
“The #Czech Republic’s energy company, CEZ, has signed contracts with Pennsylvania-based Westinghouse Electric Company and the #French company Framatome to supply fuel assemblies for its [#nuclear] plant in Temelin.”🤔 #sanctions #competition
“In #Finland, Fennovoima, an energy company, terminated a… project with #Rosatom to build a #nuclear reactor. Another company, Fortum, has hired Westinghouse to design, license and supply a new fuel type for its plant in Loviisa, Finland, after its current contracts expire.”🤔
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“In five EU countries, every reactor — 18 in total — was built by #Russia. In addition, two more are scheduled to start operating soon in #Slovakia, and two are under construction in #Hungary, cementing partnerships with #Rosatom far into the future.”🤔 #sanctions #Ukraine
“… in countries where support for #Russia’s gov’t has held up, #Rosatom’s one-stop shopping and financing remain enticing. Russian-built reactors can be found in #China, #India#Iran#Armenia & #Belarus. Construction has begun on #Turkey’s first #nuclear power plant…”🤔
#Russia’s tightest grip is on the market for nuclear fuel. It controls 38% of the world’s #uranium conversion & 46% of the uranium enrichment capacity — essential steps in producing usable fuel. ‘That’s equal to all of #OPEC put together in terms of market share and power’…”🤔
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“The oligarchs’… business partner Andrei Kosogov, who has not been targeted by #sanctions, has agreed to buy the #Russian #bank… from its #Cyprus-based parent company… Subject to regulatory approval [they] would cease to be indirect shareholders of Alfa-Bank…”🤔 #compliance
“The US & UK placed punitive measures on Alfa-Bank last year after [#Russia’s] invasion of #Ukraine, while the EU introduced its measures last month. Fridman and Aven have received no indication that selling Alfa-Bank will convince the EU to remove the #sanctions…”🤔 #compliance
“[Fridman and Aven], who have challenged the EU #sanctions in court, have submitted letters of support from #Russian opposition figures such as jailed war critic Ilya Yashin and Leonid Volkov, the head of jailed opposition leader Alexei #Navalny’s Anti-#Corruption Foundation.”🤔
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Russia to the bottom
Mar 9, 2023

Racist propagandists relish the publication in The Washington Post that, they say, "the USA will need 15 years" to restore its potential - due to the reduction of defense spending and aid to Ukraine, which exceeded $32 billion.
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Trying to present this as a problem, the Rashists do not see the unpleasant conclusion: the more the US and its allies help, the more interested they are in the victory of Ukraine.

And the Rashists, on the other hand, are shelling Ukrainian cities,
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adding weight to the arguments about providing weapons as soon as possible. To complete the picture, Ukraine must demonstrate in every possible way that it is an outpost of freedom and democracy - and the pressure on Russia will increase.
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#Russia has become much more dependent on #China as a result of war and #sanctions. This is about shifting trade volumes, but also the changing character of economic cooperation: It increasingly resembles the classic relationship of a petrostate with a modern economy. 1/
Most of the signature projects of the Russia-China economic partnership since 2014 have failed. Highspeed railway between Moscow and Kazan? Cancelled. The Russian-Chinese long-range airliner CR929? Practically dead. Russian 5G networks with Huawei technology? Nowhere in sight. 2/
What is thriving is Russian exports of oil, coal and gas, and Russian import of finished machinery, finished vehicles and finished electronics. This is in line with the "simplification" of Russia's economy that takes place gradually due to technological isolation. 3/
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4/1
A request from the editorial office of The #DailyTelegraph and the answer:
Good afternoon, Evgeny Viktorovich! My name is Natalia Vasilyeva. I am a correspondent for the British newspaper Daily Telegraph. We would like to ask you to comment on today's decision of the #EU ImageImage
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court to lift the #EU sanctions previously imposed on your mother.
Are you going to challenge in court the sanctions against you personally and against PMC “#Wagner”? What was your mother's motivation to go to court and how did she react to this decision?
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The commentary of E.V. #Prigogine:
“Unfortunately, I am on a business trip in the territory of #Donbass. In the near future I will deal in detail with the trial that my mother won, since she dealt with this, mostly on her own.
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#USA brought a #nuclear #command center to #Iceland on the same day that the #Finnish #Parliament approved joining #NATO.
The whole #HorrorStory of #Finland in a #nutshell
- This is how #WEF-#NATO-#GoldmanSachs-#Zionists #castrate Finland.
- A country driven to #breadlines for 60 years cannot resist digital #control, nor an #archipelago of #NATO #NuclearWeapon bases.
The #MFA @Ulkoministerio organized an #official opinion poll on joining #NATO, which ended on Nov 23, 2022.
- The #Finnish people (92%) #REJECTED joining NATO
- The MFA, in #violation of the #PublicityAct, refuses to hand over copies of stats free of chrg
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#RaisinaDialogue2023 | We are live tweeting the In Conversation with Sergey Lavrov and @SunjoyJ

Stay tuned for live updates!

@orfonline

#Raisina2023
.@SunjoyJ: We live in a troubled neighbourhood. We do not choose our friends or allies. But we do not go into war over it. What leads #Russia into this protracted war on #NATO expansion?

#Raisina2023 #RaisinaDialogue2023
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1. It seems that #Russia has found another opportunity to circumvent #EU and #US #sanctions.
Which one? - mass purchase of tankers. Over the past six months, 240 vessels have been sold in the world,⬇️
@SecBlinken @POTUS
@RishiSunak @AndrzejDuda
mind.ua/en/news/202541…
2. and all of them have unknown owners. And this is already the largest shadow fleet in the history of shipping.
#Russia is buying 25 to 35 large tankers every month to increase the number of ships it can carry to bypass #sanctions.⬇️
#RussiaIsATerroristState #SanctionsRussia Image
3. The shadow fleet of the country already reaches 600 tankers, which is 10% of the world volume of vessels of this class, - #CNN

Tankers carrying Russian oil are divided into two categories: "gray" and "dark" ships.

The "grey" ships were mainly sold by #European⬇️
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Mar. 1:
1/ #Russia Near #Fiscal #Collapse

#Putin's #Money for the #War may run out in the summer - @Forbes. A few important figures:

🔸#Russia is approaching a #Fiscal #Collapse
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2/
#UkraineRussiaWar #Ukraine .@ZelenskyyUa .@DmytroKuleba
t.me/Crimeanwind/23…
Mar. 1:
2/ #Russia Near #Fiscal #Collapse

Report by #Telegram @CrimeanWind
See for yourself:

- In 2022, #Russia's #Monthly check for the #War averaged $9.5 billion, @Forbes.

- In 2023, #Putin increased ..continued

3/
#UkraineRussiaWar #Ukraine #Budget
t.me/Crimeanwind/23…
Mar. 1:
3/ #Russia Near #Fiscal #Collapse

.. increased the #Defense #Budget to about $12 billion a #Month.

The #Cost of the #War in tandem with a record drop in #Oil & #Gas #Revenues will empty the ..continued

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#UkraineRussiaWar #Ukraine #Money #War
t.me/Crimeanwind/23…
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Feb. 28:
2/ #Russians #Rob #Grain in #Ukraine

In the morning, a #Train of more than 30 #Train #Wagons/[#Cars] was moving from the temporarily #Russian-#Occupied #Zaporozhye/#Zaporizhzhia towards ..continued

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#UkraineRussiaWar #Scandal .@ua_parliament
t.me/Crimeanwind/23…
Feb. 28:
3/ #Russians #Rob #Grain in #Ukraine

..towards the [#Crimean] peninsula.

Similar [#Train] #Wagons/[#Cars] were seen in #Berdyansk in Dec. 2022, taking #Grain out of #Warehouses on the territory ..continued

4/
#UkraineRussiaWar #Crimea #Robbery
t.me/Crimeanwind/23…
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1/4 Infographics published by Council of the European Union.

Russian Economy:

The Russian economy is tanking. Projections by the WB and WMF should be treated with scepticism - they are not based on facts or reporting, Russia stopped reporting to them in Q2 of 2022.

#IMF ImageImage
2/4 - Sanctions:

Sanctions are biting. Hard.

These infographics show you who is sanctioned and what is sanctioned

#Russia #Sanctions ImageImage
3/4 - Sanctions contd..

#Russia #Sanctions #RussiaisATerroistState ImageImageImage
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"For the 6.3 billion people who live outside of #TheWest, 66 percent feel positively towards #Russia and 70 percent feel positively towards #China, and, among the 66 percent who feel positively about Russia the breakdown is 75 percent in #SouthAsia, ...

eurasiareview.com/24022023-5-rea…
... 68 percent in Francophone #Africa, and 62 percent in Southeast #Asia. Public opinion of #Russia remains positive in #SaudiArabia, #Malaysia, #India, #Pakistan, and #Vietnam. ...
... Sentiments of this nature have caused some ire, surprise, and even anger in the West. It is difficult for them to believe that two-thirds of the world’s population is not siding with the West. What are some of the reasons or causes for this?
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I. Alors que l’UE réfléchit sur une 10ème vague de #sanctions contre la #Russie, et portant tant sur les imports que les exports, petit #Fil ou #Thread sur leur impact sur le commerce extérieur de la #Russie
@ArnaudDubien @EQuidet
II. Les sanctions décidées par l’UE avaient pour but de paralyser ou « d’effondrer » l’économie de la #Russie (poke @BrunoLeMaire) en la privant des ressources financières des exports et en la coupant de ses imports. Voyons un peu le résultat général
III. La balance des paiements est donc largement positive. Mais, ont voit qu’elle se resserre au 4ème T de 2022. Regardons alors le mouvement des importations. La chute est nette au 1er T de 2022, mais la récupération se manifeste rapidement.
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How to protect #China from #Russia-like sanctions?

This question continues to be debated by Chinese analysts.

▫️ Ye Yan's solution: Beijing should build an international alliance of businesses to circumvent and neutralise Western #sanctions

A THREAD 🧵
sinification.substack.com/p/countering-w…
🔹About the author: Ye Yan (叶研) is currently a senior economist at the international R&D arm of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and an adjunct professor at China’s Southwest University of Political Science & Law.
🔹Some background: China was taken aback by the scale of Western sanctions on Russia following the outbreak of the #UkraineWar. Government officials and experts have since been assessing how best to protect their country from such a doomsday scenario.

theguardian.com/world/2022/may…
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