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In the context of the increasing instability and unfairness of the transatlantic-dominated financial system, the Valdai Discussion Club of Moscow held a discussion on March 18 on the subject of new mechanisms for financial settlements that the BRICS could implement. One of the speakers was Brazilian economist Paulo Nogueira Batista, who was Vice President of the BRICS New Development Bank […]

Both Egypt and Ethiopia, two new members of the BRICS Plus, have been targeted by International Monetary Fund loan agreements with brutal conditions attached. For the last decade, both countries have been carrying out ambitious economic development policies and been active participants in China’s Belt and Road Initiative. However, a series of external circumstances, including the Covid 19 pandemic, the […]

On March 20, worldwide media were warning that the world is on the brink of destruction. Had the reality of the danger of nuclear war finally broken through the propaganda? No, the threat is man-made climate change, ultimately eliminating the human species, according to a report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) presented the day before. Even UN Secretary General […]

The re-election of Vladimir Putin for six more years was met in the West with the same hackneyed comments that could have been written weeks or months ago (autocrat, undemocratic, election fraud, etc.) Nonetheless, those who are in contact with Russian society must admit, however reluctantly, that President Putin enjoys a high rate of popularity. The election was also a […]

Since his initial suggestion on Feb. 26, French President Emmanuel Macron has repeatedly proposed that NATO troops be sent to Ukraine to directly do battle with Russia (cf. SAS 10/24). Fortunately, his proposal has so far been rejected by most other leaders, but that hasn’t stopped him. He boasted in an interview with TF1 on March 14 that France is […]

The French sovereignist weekly Marianne reveals in its last issue the content of several secret defense reports addressed to President Macron on the situation in Ukraine, which showed the total superiority of Russia on the front lines. They also point, indirectly, to the non feasibility of the proposals on NATO troops made since then by the French President. The first […]

The second motion introduced to the Bundestag by the opposition Christian Democrats in favor of the delivery of Taurus missiles to Ukraine was voted down by the government majority on March 14 (292 to 188), just as the first one less than a month ago had been. But this time, several members of the FDP and Greens deserted the government […]

In a statement issued March 13, the European Central Bank confirmed that the financial system is bankrupt and depends on a perennial life-support regime from central banks to survive. Therefore, quantitative easing (QE) will continue once it ends. The statement reads: “The Eurosystem will provide liquidity through a broad mix of instruments, including short-term credit operations (i.e. MROs) and three-month […]

Well-known anti-war militant George Galloway, of the small Workers Party of Great Britain, won a landslide victory Feb. 29 in a special parliamentary by-election to represent the town of Rochdale. He had made stopping U.K. support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza the front-edge plank in his campaign, and he came in with some 40% of the vote, nearly double the […]

What United States Senator Chuck Schumer said in a forty-plus minute address on March 14 sent shock waves across the world. Schumer, the Senate Majority leader and the highest level Jewish elected official in the U.S., seemed to be turning against Israel’s policy in Gaza, which has been condemned by many as ethnic cleansing and genocide against the Palestinians. At […]