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WWIII WatchSputnik International (Russian state-sponsored media)Polish Intervention in Ukraine Might Unleash World War III, Retired US Colonel [Douglas Macgregor] Warns ("The entry of Polish forces into the conflict in Ukraine to try to save a “shattered” Ukrainian military and “save face” for the Biden administration threatens to unleash a direct military confrontation between NATO and Russia, retired US Army colonel Douglas Macgregor has warned.")Why Biden's Ukraine Military Adventure Will Benefit China & Fail to Subdue Russia (analysis of Patrick Basham, founding director of the Democracy Institute)Ekaterina Blinovahttps://sputniknews.com/20220512/why-bidens-ukraine-military-adventure-will-benefit-china--fail-to-subdue-russia-1095468572.htmlUK Buys Soviet, Russian Weapons Across Globe
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WWIII WatchSputnik International (Russian state-sponsored media)Polish Intervention in Ukraine Might Unleash World War III, Retired US Colonel [Douglas Macgregor] Warns ("The entry of Polish forces into the conflict in Ukraine to try to save a “shattered” Ukrainian military and “save face” for the Biden administration threatens to unleash a direct military confrontation between NATO and Russia, retired US Army colonel Douglas Macgregor has warned.")Why Biden's Ukraine Military Adventure Will Benefit China & Fail to Subdue Russia (analysis of Patrick Basham, founding director of the Democracy Institute)Ekaterina Blinovahttps://sputniknews.com/20220512/why-bidens-ukraine-military-adventure-will-benefit-china--fail-to-subdue-russia-1095468572.htmlUK Buys Soviet, Russian Weapons Across Globe
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Sputnik International (Russian state-sponsored media)
Polish Intervention in Ukraine Might Unleash World War III, Retired US Colonel [Douglas Macgregor] Warns ("The entry of Polish forces into the conflict in Ukraine to try to save a “shattered” Ukrainian military and “save face” for the Biden administration threatens to unleash a direct military confrontation between NATO and Russia, retired US Army colonel Douglas Macgregor has warned.")
Why Biden's Ukraine Military Adventure Will Benefit China & Fail to Subdue Russia (analysis of Patrick Basham, founding director of the Democracy Institute)
UK Buys Soviet, Russian Weapons Across Globe to Send to Ukraine, Defence Secretary Says
https://sputniknews.com/20220512/uk-buys-soviet-russian-weapons-across-globe-to-send-to-ukraine-defence-secretary-says-1095470201.html
Ekaterina Blinova
https://sputniknews.com/20220512/why-bidens-ukraine-military-adventure-will-benefit-china--fail-to-subdue-russia-1095468572.html
https://sputniknews.com/20220512/uk-buys-soviet-russian-weapons-across-globe-to-send-to-ukraine-defence-secretary-says-1095470201.html
Meteorologists Warn ‘Megadrought’ in US Southwest is Worst in 1,200 Years
https://sputniknews.com/20220512/meteorologists-warn-megadrought-in-us-southwest-is-worst-in-1200-years-1095469057.html
US Navy Alleges China Creating an 'Umbrella' to Deny Washington 'Military Access' in Western Pacific
https://sputniknews.com/20220512/us-navy-alleges-china-creating-an-umbrella-to-deny-washington-military-access-in-western-pacific-1095454133.html
RT — Question More (Russian state-sponsored media)
Russia sanctions will trigger global food and energy crises – China
https://www.rt.com/news/555390-china-says-russia-sanctions-to-backfire/
Russia to take military-technical measures if Finland joins NATO, says Foreign Ministry ("Finland joining NATO will seriously harm bilateral Russian-Finnish relations and the maintenance of stability and security in the North European region. Russia will be forced to take retaliatory steps both of military-technical and of other nature in order to stop the threats to its national security that emerge as a result…")
https://tass.com/politics/1450057
Kremlin warns against attempts to interfere in Russia’s special operation in Ukraine
https://tass.com/politics/1449925
Russia sanctions will trigger global food and energy crises – China
https://www.rt.com/news/555390-china-says-russia-sanctions-to-backfire/
https://www.rt.com/news/555351-morawiecki-russian-nationalism-cancer/
TASS (Russian state media)
Gas prices up as Russia announce retaliatory sanctions, says German regulator’s chief
https://tass.com/economy/1450197
Russian sanctions prohibit Gazprom from using Yamal-Europe for gas transit via Poland (sanctions imposed by Russia rather than sanctions imposed on Russia.)
https://tass.com/economy/1450219
Gas prices up as Russia announce retaliatory sanctions, says German regulator’s chief
https://tass.com/economy/1450197
Russian sanctions prohibit Gazprom from using Yamal-Europe for gas transit via Poland (sanctions imposed by Russia rather than sanctions imposed on Russia.)
https://tass.com/economy/1450219
Energy firms under Moscow’s sanctions no longer involved in Russian gas supplies — Kremlin
https://tass.com/economy/1449981
Dollar rate falls below 64 rubles, euro rate drops below 66 rubles on Moscow Exchange
https://tass.com/economy/1450155
https://tass.com/economy/1450155
Gas price in Europe up above $1,200 per 1,000 cubic meters
https://tass.com/economy/1450089
Russia to take military-technical measures if Finland joins NATO, says Foreign Ministry ("Finland joining NATO will seriously harm bilateral Russian-Finnish relations and the maintenance of stability and security in the North European region. Russia will be forced to take retaliatory steps both of military-technical and of other nature in order to stop the threats to its national security that emerge as a result…")
https://tass.com/politics/1450057
West ready to sacrifice rest of the world for global domination, Putin says
https://tass.com/world/1450029
https://tass.com/politics/1449925
Western charges Russia threatens world with nuclear conflict are cynical — Medvedev
https://tass.com/politics/1449843
SouthFront ((sanctioned by the US Treasury Department)
https://tass.com/politics/1449847
French Volunteer, Outraged By Lies Of Western Media, Revealed Truth About War Crimes In Ukraine
Asia Times
Biden and the Democrats pivot to proxy war
https://southfront.org/french-volunteer-outraged-by-lies-of-western-media-revealed-truth-about-war-crimes-in-ukraine/
Biden and the Democrats pivot to proxy war
James Carden, former adviser to the US-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission at the US Department of State
Valdai Club
Prospects for De-Dollarisation of the World Monetary System and Settlements in National CurrenciesProspects for De-Dollarisation of the World Monetary System and Settlements in National Currencies
Yu Xiang | Adjunct fellow at the Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University, China Forum expert, and a senior research fellow at China Construction Bank
https://asiatimes.com/2022/05/biden-and-the-democrats-pivot-to-proxy-war/
Prospects for De-Dollarisation of the World Monetary System and Settlements in National CurrenciesProspects for De-Dollarisation of the World Monetary System and Settlements in National Currencies
Yu Xiang | Adjunct fellow at the Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University, China Forum expert, and a senior research fellow at China Construction Bank
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/prospects-for-de-dollarisation-of-the-world/
Zero Hedge
How Fast Are Countries Burning Through Natural Resources? (As resources become scarcer, the likelihood of resource wars increases. This was one of the chief reasons the DOD gave for the national security interest in Southeast Asia at the time of the Vietnam Conflict that spread to Laos and Cambodia.)
How Fast Are Countries Burning Through Natural Resources? (As resources become scarcer, the likelihood of resource wars increases. This was one of the chief reasons the DOD gave for the national security interest in Southeast Asia at the time of the Vietnam Conflict that spread to Laos and Cambodia.)
Tyler Durden
https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/how-fast-are-countries-burning-through-natural-resources