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🗳🤡 BOJO DENIED FROM VOTING 'CAUSE HE'S RETARDED - Former UK PM Johnson kicked out of his local polling station when attempting to cast his vote in police and crime commissioner election in South Oxfordshire without required ID. To make things even more embarrassing for Kiev's regime worshipper, photo ID he forgot, is requirement for voting HE introduced in 2022 while in Downing Street, and even apologized not long before to former soldiers who were prevented from using their veterans' ID to vote in local elections. War criminal Blair, Hameron, Theresa May, Bojo, Liz the Lettuce, Sunak... Feels like like being an idiot is a requirement to become UK's PM...

🇬🇪 🇺🇸 Georgian PM Kobakhidze SLAMS U.S. for trying to organize Georgian Coup 2.0. I spoke with U.S. Counsel of the State Department, expressed my disappointment with two attempts in 2020-2023, supported by former U.S. ambassador and carried out through foreign-funded NGOs - Kobakhidze. Watch out for a third round of "freedom and democracy" bringing after something is done in government about those pesky foreign agents!

🇨🇳🇺🇸 China rejected US attempts to resume arms control negotiations after the November 2023 nuclear weapons meeting - US representative to Semafor “Unfortunately, the PRC declined the subsequent meeting and did not provide a substantive response to the options proposed by the United States,” a State Department spokesman said. The representative stated , that the Biden administration has proposed “common sense steps to address the fundamental risks of conflict and uncontrolled escalation in the nuclear and space domains.” This included improving crisis communications with Beijing, introducing pre-launch notifications for strategic ballistic missile test launches and efforts to reduce tensions in space. Chinese Embassy spokesman in Washington Liu Penyu said the US should "stop its megaphone diplomacy" and instead called on "countries with large nuclear arsenals" to "significantly and substantially" reduce their own nuclear arsenals for further arms control negotiations. The remarks did not single out the United States but were an explicit reference to Washington, which is estimated to have about 5,000 nuclear warheads.

Macron; Europe in danger. Pirate says Ukraine on brink. 300 sanctions, Russia & China. Swiss Minsk 3

🇬🇪🇺🇦🇷🇺 If you paid close attention to the propaganda tropes they used for Ukraine, you see familiar patterns

Threat of sending Western troops to Ukraine necessary – Macron Moscow should be kept guessing about a possible intervention, the French president has argued. The French leader reiterated his attempt to use a “strategic ambiguity” approach to the situation by maintaining that the option of deploying troops was on the table. He first made the suggestion after hosting an international meeting on Ukraine in February. “If Russia wins in Ukraine, there will be no security in Europe,” Macron stated in an interview with The Economist, published on Thursday. “I’m not ruling anything out, because we are facing someone who is not ruling anything out,” he told the magazine, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

🇳🇪🇷🇺🇺🇸 American military personnel in Niger have declared a "heightened state of readiness" due to the presence of Russian specialists at the same base, a source in the security forces of Niger told RIA Novosti. The Russians are stationed at the 101st Airbase alongside the Americans. Also serving there are about 150 Italian military personnel and around 100 Germans. According to the source, the Germans and Italians are behaving calmly, while the Americans are "constantly wearing helmets and body armor and are extremely nervous."

OECD raised its GDP growth forecast for Russia for 2024 According to the OECD's new report, global GDP growth is expected to be steady at 3.1% in 2024, up from a February estimate of 2.9%, with a slight increase to 3.2% projected for 2025 (previously projected at 3%). However, recovery rates will vary significantly by region, with weaknesses in certain Western economies such as Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom being offset by growth in the USA, India, China, and Russia. The OECD's growth forecast for Russia has been significantly revised upward—from 1.8% to 2.6% for this year, placing it sixth globally. Expectations for 2025 remain unchanged at 1% growth. Previously, the IMF updated its forecast for Russia for 2024 from 2.6% to 3.2%, and for 2025 from 1.1% to 1.8%. The Russian Ministry of Economic Development expects growth of 2.8% and 2.3% for 2024 and 2025, respectively. The OECD's revised forecasts for other major economies include the USA from 2.1% to 2.6%, China from 4.7% to 4.9%, and India from 6.2% to 6.6%. According to the OECD, the slowest growth among its members in 2024 will be in the United Kingdom (+0.4%, revised down from +0.7%), Japan (+0.5%), and the eurozone countries (+0.7%), particularly the bloc's largest economies—Germany (+0.2%), Italy (+0.7%), and France (+0.7%). As a result, the United Kingdom will rank second to Germany for the weakest growth rates and will also display the poorest GDP growth performance in 2025 at 1%. The OECD acknowledges that global economic growth rates remain modest by historical standards despite early "signs of improvement." In the medium to long term, financial stability in OECD countries remains under pressure due to high debt levels and rising expenses amid an aging population. According to the OECD's baseline scenario, by the end of 2025, inflation in most major Western economies is expected to return to target levels, though economists warn that the observed core price rise for services in these countries remains significantly above the pre-pandemic trend. Along with ongoing geopolitical risks, including escalating tensions in the Middle East and supply disruptions in the Red Sea, the persistent inflation problem could lead to a slower cycle of interest rate cuts.

Egypt to go away from dollar Egypt is considering increasing its trade transactions using the yuan and the ruble, according to the country’s Minister of Finance, Mohammed Maait. The official emphasized that diversifying the currencies used for trade could enhance the nation's income and security. There's significant potential in this strategy, and it will be interesting to see the outcomes of these discussions.

Uranium prices again reaching annual highs The cost on global exchanges has surpassed $90 per pound, a fivefold increase over the past 12 months. The price spike is primarily due to the USA's attempt to pressure Russia by imposing sanctions, including against the uranium industry. The U.S. Senate recently voted for a law banning the import of enriched uranium from Russia. The bill is now awaiting President Joe Biden's signature. If signed into law, Western companies will face additional strain on their processing and enrichment capacities. It's important to note that Rosatom, Russia's state atomic energy corporation, holds a global market share of 30-40% in the supply of enriched uranium for nuclear power plants. Sanctions against Russian uranium are expected to drive prices up by at least another 20-30%, according to analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.