Laura Ru

🇫🇷🇨🇳 The plot thickens First Emmanuel Macron agreed to pull one of the most common scams, known as bait-and-switch - he invited Xi Jinping to Paris for Sino-French bilateral talks, then Ursula von der Leyen was unexpectedly added to the programme. Last night his wheeling and dealing got an extra dimension: just before Xi's visit on Sunday, Macron had a secret dinner with Scholz to discuss European Union and China policy. According to Politico he wanted Scholz to brief him about the meeting with Xi in Beijing last month and to invite the German chancellor to take part in the trilateral with Xi next week, alongside the EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Scholz and Macron disagree on the potential imposition of EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. It's rather interesting that an American, Noah Barkin, leaked information about the dinner to Politico. Not only does Barkin work for the US German Marshall Fund, a US/CIA-controlled network of advisors, politicians and journalists whose job is to defend and further American influence over Europe and exert pressure over EU elites, he is also a Senior Advisor at Rhodium Group, which focuses on bolstering Washington-EU coordination vis-à-vis China. Last but not least, Rhodium Group is aggressively lobbying Brussels to slap higher tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles - it recommended a 50% import duty vs the 15-20% currently being discussed. @LauraRuHK

🐆 The exhibition of Leopard tanks in Moscow is "unfair competition," the city's zoo administration says Trolling continues following the opening of the exhibition of captured NATO military equipment in Moscow's Victory Park. Having kicked off on May 1, the exhibition includes 31 units of trophy equipment from 12 countries, including the over-hyped German Leopard tanks. Boost us! | Subscribe to @geopolitics_live

🕯 May 2 marks ten years since the tragedy in Odessa. On this day, the Euromaidan supporters committed atrocities against those who openly opposed the anti-constitutional government coup in Kiev perpetrated by nationalists, supported by the western sponsors. According to official statistics alone, at least 48 people died during these tragic events, including 42 who were killed or burned alive at the Trade Unions House, as well as another six who perished during the clashes on the streets of Odessa. In fact, the Kiev regime has repeated what the Bandera torturers did 80 years ago in Belarus' Khatyn. ❗️ Although some perpetrators have been identified, they have not received the punishment they deserve. The West remains silent regarding these bloody crimes of the Ukrainian neo-Nazis, the Kiev regime, which to this day continues to use terrorist methods to achieve its goals. 👉 We shan't let the world forget what happened on 2 May 2014 in Odessa: read the retrospective of this terrible day in the extended material. 👉 Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the 10th anniversary of the tragedy in Odessa

Today, as we pay tribute to the victims of the bloody reprisals in Odessa, we have no doubt that sooner or later those who perpetrated and inspired this barbaric crime, which has no statute of limitations, will have to face the punishment they deserve.

#NoStatuteOfLimitation

🇬🇪GEORGIA - The U.S. ambassador said that Georgian authorities have refused to negotiate a strategic partnership. ‘We recently invited senior Georgian government officials to discuss with senior U.S. officials issues related to strategic partnership and U.S. assistance. Unfortunately, the Georgian side chose to decline this invitation,’ Robin Dunnigan said in a statement. She was concerned that "the Georgian government's decisions in recent weeks have distanced the country from a Euro-Atlantic future." 😏 If i had a good bottle of Mukuzani now would be the right time to open it. @LauraRuHK

The reasons for the motivation of number of African countries to withdraw their gold-currency reserves from the US Several African nations are beginning to take decisions in order to repatriate their gold-currency reserves from the United States, notably Nigeria and Ghana. In fact – this process is in reality truly global in scope – both at the African continental level and internationally. De facto, Washington himself sawed off the branch on which he had been sitting for a long time. And with the current re... You can read the full version on our website: https://journal-neo.su/2024/05/02/the-reasons-for-the-motivation-of-number-of-african-countries-to-withdraw-their-gold-currency-reserves-from-the-us/?feed_id=9824&_unique_id=663325542d5eb ⚡️follow us: ➡️✅@NewEasternOutlook

As some of you already know, i have recently started to upload my older essays to Substack. Most of them are still very relevant as they contain information one can draw upon and analyses that stood the test of time. They are not behind a paywall, you can subscribe to Substack without pledging a monthly contribution. https://lauraruggeri.substack.com

As some of you already know, i have recently started to upload my older essays to Substack. Most of them are still very relevant as they contain information one can draw upon and analyses that stood the test of time. They are not behind a paywall, you can subscribe to Substack without pledging a monthly contribution. https://lauraruggeri.substack.com/https://lauraruggeri.substack.com/

The US government imposed sanctions on 21 Hong Kong and mainland Chinese companies on Wednesday for trading with Russia, along with dozens of other businesses and individuals based in Russia, Turkey and other countries. The US claims it wants to stop sales of technology and equipment that have both a civilian and military applications, from energy production to advanced manufacturing. Anything can be deemed "dual-use" by the country that keeps pumping Ukraine with heavy weapons. ▪️ China strongly opposes illegal unilateral US sanctions against Chinese companies, Liu Pengyu, the spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Washington, DC, has told TASS.

“The Chinese side firmly opposes the US’s illegal unilateral sanctions,” he stressed, while commenting on the anti-Russian sanctions imposed by Washington on Wednesday, which affected, among others, 21 companies in China. “We will uphold the legitimate and lawful rights and interests of Chinese companies,”

he added. Liu Pengyu said the Chinese government

“oversees the export of dual-use articles in accordance with the laws and regulations”. “China is neither the one that created the conflict [in Ukraine] nor a party to it, and has never provided lethal weapons or equipment to any party. We never fan the flames or seek selfish gains, and we will certainly not accept being the scapegoat.

Normal trade and economic interactions between China and Russia are in line with WTO rules and market principles. They do not target any third party and should not come under interference or coercion from any third party. We will uphold the legitimate and lawful rights and interests of Chinese companies.”

▪️The US State Department suggested in its announcement that more measures aimed at cutting Russia’s trade with China and other countries could be on the horizon. (Source: TASS/SCMP) @LauraRuHK

🇬🇪GEORGIA - Despite being subject to unrelenting US-EU pressure and interference, despite violent demonstrations sponsored by the usual regime change outfits, Georgian lawmakers on Wednesday passed the bill that will add transparency to the murky world of foreign-funded NGOs and lobby groups. Individuals, civil society organizations and media outlets that receive 20 percent of their funding from abroad will have to register as an "agent of foreign influence" with the Georgian Justice Ministry. Georgians have the right to know who funds their activities. As part of a second plenary vote on the bill, parliamentarians in the South Caucasus country backed the government’s proposals 83-23, paving the way for the law to pass in the coming weeks. Expect more riots and violence as agents of chaos are unlikely to give up their attempts to overthrow the democratically elected government. @LauraRuHK

С праздником Весны и Труда! Buon Primo Maggio! Happy Labour Day!