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Chinese President Xi Jinping will not hold a separate bilateral meeting with Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in New Delhi, scheduled for September 12-13. The announcement was made on Thursday by Yuri Ushakov, adviser to the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, reports the TASS agency, cited by The Moscow Times. “At the BRICS summit in New Delhi, a bilateral meeting (between Putin and Xi Jinping) is not planned,” said Ushakov, who however suggested that Putin and Xi Jinping might “talk on the sidelines” of the summit. “They will be able to hold a so-called informal meeting, standing…

The NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, stated that Russia is suffering “huge losses” in the war in Ukraine and “is failing to achieve its objectives.” Present at the conference of German ambassadors, on Thursday, in Berlin, the NATO chief stated that, every month, in Ukraine over 40,000 Russian soldiers are killed or seriously injured. “The brutal attacks of Russia against Ukraine do not cease. Russia suffers enormous losses, now estimated at over 40,000 dead or severely wounded each month. Think about that. Over 40,000 each month,” said Mark Rutte, quoted by The Guardian. On the other hand, he warned that…

Veterans of the British Special Air Service (SAS) would train Russian citizens for combat in Ukraine, according to an information note leaked to The Telegraph publication. The assessment, prepared for the “Five Eyes” information alliance, asserts with “a high degree of certainty” that veterans of Western armies have been hired to train both ordinary Russian citizens and active military personnel of the Russian Federation. The Telegraph had access to a copy of the note, prepared by the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) based on interviews with two former Australian special forces soldiers and an active reservist. They stated that they…

The USA is trying to mobilize its NATO allies in a campaign for the “systematic dismantling” of the International Criminal Court (ICC), further straining the already tense transatlantic relations. During a closed-door meeting of the 32 NATO ambassadors, held in Brussels in mid-July, the US envoy, Matthew Whitaker, asked NATO countries for help in dismantling this international body and urged them to withdraw from the founding document of the ICC, the Rome Statute, three NATO diplomats who were granted anonymity told News.ro, according to Politico. Whitaker concluded his speech by saying, “We will carefully watch who is on America’s side,”…

The candidacies of Ukraine and Moldova for EU membership have so far evolved in parallel, but a report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), published on September 8, has separated Kiev from Chisinau and included Moldova in the same category as the countries of the Western Balkans, several of which are more advanced in the accession process, according to kyivindependent.com. Moldova and Ukraine had their EU accession applications treated together when they opened the six so-called negotiation clusters, that is, lists of reforms that the countries must implement to align with EU standards. So far, each of the two countries…

Transport and customs documents obtained by Politico and analyzed by Western authorities provide, according to the publication, the clearest evidence to date that a Chinese state enterprise is supplying Russia with essential materials for the production of kamikaze drones. A delivery of 46 tons of precursors for carbon fiber would have been destined for a sanctioned Russian company, which produces components for drones used by Moscow in attacks on Ukraine. Transport and customs documents show that the Chinese company shipped 46 tons of carbon fiber-based chemicals to a subsidiary of the Russian company Rosatom, earlier this year. The company develops…

The Mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, made public on Tuesday over 170,000 pages of internal documents revealing how municipal authorities misled the public about the air safety around Ground Zero, following the September 11 attacks, reports The Independent. At a press conference at City Hall, alongside activist and actor Jon Stewart, Mamdani condemned former leaders for lying about the toxic air, a lie that led to the illness of numerous rescuers and residents. “People fell ill because the leaders they trusted lied to them and told them they could safely breathe toxic air,” Mamdani declared. The documents were…

The Atlantic Council has made a radiography of Europe’s situation in the hybrid war waged by Putin’s Russia against it, analyzing who could be the Kremlin’s newest victim, given that Western intelligence services information is that Putin actually plans a at least limited attack on a NATO country. On August 25, the CIA director, John Ratcliffe, went to Moscow on an unannounced visit. One of the reasons given for the trip was to warn Russian leaders not to attack NATO allies. Russia has long been waging a hybrid war in Europe, through acts of sabotage, disinformation, and cyber attacks. Moreover,…

Sergei Lavrov’s beloved, the head of Putin’s diplomacy, as well as his daughter, obtained passports from the United Arab Emirates immediately after the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. The information was published by the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) and is cited by The Moscow Times. Svetlana Poliakova, whom FBK claims to be Lavrov’s mistress, despite the minister being officially married to another woman, Maria Lavrova, received UAE citizenship “for merits to the state” on December 28, 2022. Her daughter, Polina Kovaleva, Lavrov’s stepdaughter, became a citizen of the Emirates a short time before, based on the fact that she was…

The European Union announced on Tuesday that it has agreed for Ukraine to purchase interceptor missiles for the American Patriot anti-aircraft systems using 3.2 billion euros from the 90 billion euro European financial assistance program. This financial assistance program consists of a loan from which Ukraine receives in tranches until the end of next year 60 billion euros for military purchases and 30 billion euros to cover the budget deficit. Kiev will have to repay the loan only if Russia will pay it “war reparations”, otherwise it will be paid by the EU states that have agreed to guarantee it,…