".. this sanctions free-for-all, it is clear that all these values our Western colleagues had constantly preached to us about the freedom of expression, a market economy, the inviolability of private property & the presumption of
"Today a real hybrid war, a 'total war' has been declared against us. This term, which was used by Nazi Germany, is now used by many European politicians when they explain what they want to do to the Russian Federation. And their
(4) goals are not hidden: to destroy, to break, to strangle the Russian economy, and Russia as a whole"
Mr Lavrov sums it up well & the imperial West doesn't care that many people outside of their little Western "world" have come to the same conclusion
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(1) Biden has reportedly indefinitely postponed a “historic” summit with leaders from across Southeast Asia (ASEAN) scheduled for next week - Biden will instead meet on Tuesday with Singapore’s PM Lee Hsien Loong to discuss US interests in the region & the Ukraine crisis
(2) "conflicting schedules" was cited as a reason.... sadly it seems that the White House was not able to convince ASEAN leaders to make it a priority to agree to it after the White House released a statement on 28/2 saying it was “proud to announce” that the “historic” ASEAN
(1) Welcome to the WTF Hong Kong Protest Series - "We're too chicken to play hero in Ukraine but admire refugees" Special Edition #RaamWTF
3 McBNO migrants from Hong Kong, who now live in the UK, headed for Ukraine to join the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Foreign Volunteer
(2) Corps, hoping to take up logistical & medical positions- some also hoped to do less dangerous tasks such as picking up refugees & distributing supplies
Meet Spencer, 25-year-old McBNO migrant, who "can't sit still" seeing the conflict in Ukraine after having experienced HK's
(3) 2019 riots - armed with his amateur shooting training in Taiwan, he declared: "freedom is not free. Many people use corpses & blood to exchange for the freedom of this generation", but failed to explain whether he'd accept it if he turned into one of those useful corpses or
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev has just dedicated his first post on Telegram today to the West’s unprecedented pressure on Russia.
"The West’s flagrant hatred of Russia will apparently never hit rock bottom
(2) NATO’s expansion towards our borders, an all-out economic and information war against our country, non-stop threats and intimidation attempts and the fierce persecution of our citizens overseas are the reason for the extreme rise in international tensions that the world is
(3) going through
"They have an urgent need to corner our country, bring it to its knees and reform it based on the Anglo-Saxon world’s blueprints, to make it weak and obedient, or better yet, to tear it to pieces. It won’t work. Russia is strong enough to put all of its brazen