RUSSIA
President Putin: Rivalry for world’s resources increasing, some try to disregard all rules
The world is seeing ever-stronger competition for resources, and some players try to disregard all the rules, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said, adding that potential for conflict is growing worldwide.
The situation across the world is becoming less predictable, Putin said at a meeting with Russian ambassadors and permanent representatives abroad.
According to the Russian president, the actions of NATO are aimed at upsetting the balance of power, but Russia “will not succumb to this militaristic craze.”
“We are noticing persistent efforts by certain partners to maintain a monopoly on geopolitical dominance. They use their centuries of experience in suppressing, weakening, pitting their rivals against each other, as well as modern political, economic, financial, and informational methods,” he said.
The examples of such methods are “interference in the domestic politics of other countries, provoking regional conflicts and triggering so-called ‘color revolutions,’” Putin added.
The Russian president believes that, at times, “terrorists, fundamentalists, far-right nationalists and even neo-fascists” are used as henchmen in achieving those goals.
“We can already see the direct consequences of such disastrous policies near our borders,” Putin said, in apparent reference to the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
“I am confident that only dialogue and cooperation can help avoid… uncontrolled development of the situation,” he said, adding that it is necessary to push for “a fair world order based on the principles of united and inseparable security and collective responsibility.”
Moscow is interested in “close cooperation with the US on international issues,” Putin said. However, Russia cannot accept Washington picking where to cooperate with Moscow, and where to increase “various pressures on us, including sanctions.”
“We stand for equal partnership that respects the interests of both sides.“
‘Brexit trauma will haunt UK for a long time’
The effects of Brexit will be felt in the UK for a long time, Putin said.
“We will closely watch how far the talks between London and Brussels go and what the consequences [of Brexit] for Europe and for us will be. The traumatic effect of the results of the referendum will be felt for a long time.”
According to Putin, Britain’s vote to leave the EU “has shaken the markets.”“But I think that everything will subside in the medium term.”
However, the Russian president stressed that Brexit is the choice of British people and “we have in no way interfered and are not interfering in this process.”
‘Don’t let Western media lie about Russia’
Vladimir Putin has called on Russian diplomats to resist the Western media monopoly and prevent facts about Russia from being falsified.
Russia stands for united and inseparable security in the world, the president said.
“We should resist the information monopoly of Western mass media and support Russian media working abroad.”
Putin added that “lies about Russia should not be tolerated and falsification of history should not be permitted.”
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Least we forget the Donbass front:
http://www.fort-russ.com/2016/06/osce-complicit-in-capture-of-dpr-mine.html
A little humor from Pepe Escobar….Killery as Attila the Hen
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/06/30/the-three-harpies-are-back/
Thankyou for bringing the piece on Adygea; another place to add to my “places to visit” list.
Especially interesting to me as it is part of the Caucasus that some have held gave rise to the first of the ancient Britons and thus the true ancient Welsh.
Very interesting.
Very good World sitrep. But some bad things are going on in Donbass as well. Here is a very important report from there. Its asks questions which I think I can answer:
“UAF Uglegorsk offensive: a wake-up call for DPR defense readiness”
“Yesterday’s UAF operation near Uglegorsk in the direction of Debaltsevo was a fairly successful reconnaissance mission for the enemy by means of battle. The military leadership of the self-proclaimed republics should soon draw necessary conclusions from the incident. The next blow by the Ukrainians could bear a more massive character and have far more serious consequences.
Blinking when the enemy is moving a sufficiently large number of units is costly. Of course, it is impossible to obtain precise information from military men, but by drawing upon information from disparate sources we can conclude that the NAF’s positions were attacked by a tank company supported by infantry and artillery. Why did no one know about this, and why did reinforcements come just at the moment when our solders were being driven back behind the first line of defense?
It is also unclear what exactly these lines of defense are if their garrison was pushed back 4km in an hour. When in winter of 2015 the UAF pulled out from Debaltsevo and Uglegorsk, they had built such fortifications that almost every strategic point had to be bombed for a day before throwing in assault troops. What prevented the NAF from digging in and building fortifications is unclear. After all, they’ve had more than a year.
However, it is very likely that the problem was an insufficient number of personnel in position or a lack of anti-tank weapons and sufficient ammunition. It must be a joke that the command is taking vitally important weapons from the front line and leaving only RPG-7’s and “Bumblebees” which can destroy armored vehicles only at a relatively close range.
As concerns personnel, the events of recent months have clearly shown that soldiers have nothing to do 40-50 km from the front line. Today, in the rear cities, an enormous number of servicemen is present which long ago should have been put at arm’s length from the front in order to avoid having to throw personnel into battle straight from trucks, which means large losses and disorder.
I’d also like to say a few words about the official version of emergency incident. When you hear reports that there are “no casualties,” there’s the impression that Tymchuk has crept here and bit everyone. Soldiers themselves, as well as medics close to them, are saying that there are losses, quite serious ones at that.
As for the losses of the enemy, they are “being counted.” There is no doubt that the UAF’s losses are also significant because a storming party, even with significant numerical superiority, always has large losses. But the whole point is that this is not important for the UAF, as to this day Kiev still possesses considerable superiority in numbers and equipment.
In the near future, we can expect new attempts at a breakthrough. Kiev has tried and realized that breaking the defense of the NAF is possible. Yesterday, the UAF did not have an intention of consolidating, but next time they could strike at a certain point and then dig in and thus create a dangerous, disturbing bulge like what happened near Yasinovataya.
It is time for the command of the 1st and 2nd corps to analyze the situation and urgently adopt the necessary measures to prevent further trouble.”
The article asks why they weren’t prepared for the attack? Why were they not dug in at the front? Why were there not enough troops and equipment near by to repel the attack at the start? The answers to all those questions lay with “Minsk 2”. They weren’t dug in because Minsk won’t let them.The troops and equipment wasn’t there because Minsk forbids it. While the NAF is forced by the OSCE and Russia to abide by Minsk. The junta doesn’t obey it at all. And they have no fear of the OSCE forcing them to. Its the same as many here have said from day one of Minsk.It does not serve the security interests of Donbass and its people. And its “pastime” that they stop letting the OSCE and Russians objections undermine their security and get their people killed.I’m outraged that Russia continues sitting by and letting people in Donbass die.The volunteers ,who did not come under Russian orders as the West believes.Need to start returning to defend their brothers again.When this crisis started I talked to a man in Russia involved at the beginnings of the volunteer movements. I asked him about volunteers going to Donbass. And if the Russian government was helping them. He told me that they were having to sneak in. That the government stopped them at the border if they knew they were going to fight in Donbass. That the “lack” of government support was a real problem. Some of the border guards were privately helpful,but the government wasn’t. Now that changed somewhat overtime. They started to “turn a blind eye”. And later even “unofficially” help.But they have never been the “hidden hand of Moscow” that the West wants to believe. And since they seem to care nothing for what the junta is doing. Its time for the “private volunteers” to return and help out.
A ruusian envoy to UN was saying this should be called an incursion which must be a militsry term ,suficient to warrant saying minsk is deceased surely….and reportedly a group of dnr sappers demining an area had notified osce in advance where they would be at shironiko?? and AFU captured 8, killed 2…..poroshenko apparently has dt report on implementation of minsk and security of ukraine at forthcoming nato at Warsaw….so it will be interesting to see what is truth or lies and whether nato is suckered in with it all….or that there may be moments of realisation.
The world has gotten a lot more dangerous. As if Putin hadn’t enough on his plate, the potential threat of a transgender army now threatens his borders…
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-lgbt-pentagon-idUSKCN0ZG2MM
Interesting too that yesterday Shoigu dismissed head of Baltic Sea fleet for failures in readiness exercises.
Almost everyday on some site or the other we see a story about ,this or that ,EU,politician,Parliament,government official,etc,etc,denouncing the sanctions against Russia. And spouting BS about how they should be removed. Well today the EU extended them for another six months.Maybe a better idea,(certainly a more honest one) would be to stop posting such stories on those sites.Its all fakery. The Russian government “knows” the sanctions aren’t going anywhere.And if they don’t they need to fire some of their “intelligence” service people,and hire “me”.I’d work a lot cheaper and give them a better read on the West’s intentions than they seem to be getting.I’ll start with a “free” piece of information for them. The West has “zero” intention of “really” removing the sanctions until the US orders them to. They ordered them to put them on at the start. And have to stop them with another order. That isn’t about to happen anytime soon.All the other things we hear are smokescreens and “feel good” reports.If we counted all the EU “officials and parliaments” that said the sanctions should be removed (remembering it only takes “one” government in the EU to officially dissent to halt them) they should have been gone a long time ago.But they aren’t,because the “one and sole” government that “counts” for the EU,the US,won’t let them. Personally,I consider the sanctions, in the long run a plus for Russia. It exposes for “all” Russians (and the Chinese) the slavish subservience of the “great and powerful” EU to the US.There is no more hiding that possible anymore.And it breaks “some” of the vastly unhealthy relationships that Russia’s economy has with the “West”. Anything (within reason) that slows Western economic control of Russia is a “good thing”.It also gives Russia the “opportunity” ,if used. To free domestic production in the country.And certainly make themselves self sustaining in food supply (all that is a mixed bag so far.But there are some good signs).So to close,forget about “any” story you see anywhere about the EU “maybe,possibly,kinda,thinking about, etc” going to remove sanctions,”until” it is done.They are all just more phony “wishful thinking”.
On a somewhat “more”positive note.RT is reporting the Austrian Presidential election has been overturned. And another election ordered.