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Saturday 10 June 2023
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"The Kyiv authorities, at the suggestion of Western curators, continue making a dangerous bet on the escalation of hostilities. A clear example of this is the barbaric action to destroy the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station..."
Russia has fully controlled the Kakhovka plant since early 2022, there is no evidence of outside impact causing the dam’s destruction. -
“This is not about ‘freedom of navigation,’ but rather hegemony of navigation. This is the root cause of security risks at sea and in the air.”
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“Reports appeared in the Ukrainian media about the death of GUR head Budanov.”
A Russian propaganda telegram channel fabricated the Ukrainian news report about the death of Ukraine Defense Intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov, and state-owned RIA Novosti amplified the fabrication. -
“India was the first to use visas as a weapon…now, even the channels for journalists and media coverage have been cut off. The West is making a big deal out of it because they want to further stir up tensions between China and India.”
Source: Global Times Twitter May 31, 2023India was not the first to use visas as a weapon. The two Asian giants are equally at fault for denying visas to each other’s journalists. China has a record of using visas as a weapon to stifle opposing views. -
“U.S. 'Javelin' misses mark: Anti-tank missile meant for Ukraine lands up with Mexican gangster”
The anti-tank missile in the report is not a U.S. Javelin and there is no evidence it came from U.S. stocks or was intended for Ukraine. -
“Dollar domination is on the verge of collapse.”
U.S. dollar continues to dominate global markets, even as its still outsized share in global foreign exchange reserves has dropped in recent decades. -
"Funded by the United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), the Central Reference Laboratory near Almaty, Kazakhstan's most populous metropolis, is researching lethal pathogens that could be used in bio-terrorist attacks like plague and cholera, according to media reports."
The lab, funded by the U.S., is researching lethal pathogens that could have dual-use purposes. The goal, however, is exactly the opposite: to study these dangerous pathogens and prevent them from being misused or becoming the next epidemic. -
“The deployment of any kind of nuclear weapons in Belarus is not only a violation of international commitments such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Budapest Memorandum of 1994. It also violates our non-nuclear status under the Constitution...”
Belarus’ international obligations and its 1994 constitution prohibit deploying nuclear weapons on its territory. -
“There is no oppression at all. You have to visit this place if you want to find out the truth.”
China uses young vloggers to spread Communist Party propaganda and cover up state-directed crimes as part of its disinformation strategy, including on Tibet. -
“U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan ordered Ukraine to hit Crimea.”
Jake Sullivan did not order Ukraine to strike Crimea in his interview with CNN; he reaffirmed the U.S. position that Crimea is part of Ukraine. -
“To claim China [is] engaging in the so-called 'economic coercion' is no more than lodging trumped-up charges, and the accusation is totally untenable.”
Beijing is accelerating the use of economic coercion to pursue its foreign policy goals. -
“As repeatedly stated before, Iran's nuclear program has only peaceful purposes, and nuclear weapons have no place in the Iranian defense doctrine.”