RUSSIA WITHDRAWS ITS AMBASSADOR FROM UK
London’s Sunday Times (ST) reported today that Russia has withdrawn its ambassador to the UK, Andrey Kelin, and that the Kremlin has not submitted to the Foreign Ministry any candidates to replace him. Kelin, known for pointed attacks on Britain’s imperial and subversive activities, left on July 21, after serving for seven years. A spokesman […]
MOSCOW CONFIRMS GALLAGHER MEETS LAVROV TUESDAY
The Russian Foreign Ministry has confirmed that Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organisations—i.e., the Vatican’s foreign minister—will make a working visit to Russia August 24-28, and will hold talks with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on August 25. Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova gave the dates at her Aug. 20 briefing. The […]
WHAT A SYSTEM CAN NO LONGER MAKE, IT CAN ONLY FORBID
This week the State Department sanctioned Cuba’s mining companies and its Construction Ministry. Brussels amended its refugee policies to prevent Ukrainians from escaping conscription. Fifteen Western governments answered Israel’s E1 settlement tenders by advising construction firms to consider their reputations. Washington announced an “economic D-Day” against Iran with little effect. And 170 Haitians were deported […]
SOME OTHER NEW NAMES FOR PEACE
In Russian President Vladimir Putin’s interview with Pavel Zarubin for the Kremlin TV site on Saturday, he certainly made clear that he understood that the war aiming to “collapse” Russia’s economy is a war organized and intended by the nations of NATO; in other words, that it can become a world war in which Russia’s […]