Suspending Russia: A Precedent that Undermines the Credibility of the Human Rights Council

April 8, 2022 BY ALFRED DE ZAYAS

On 7 April the UN General Assembly decided to suspend Russia’s membership in the Human Rights Council. This establishes a destructive precedent not only for the future of the Human Rights Council, but for the future of other United Nations institutions.

Suspending Russia: A Precedent that Undermines the Credibility of the Human Rights Council

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YouTube: UN Vote Russia out of Human Rights Council – No Investigation, No Impartial Ruling (via The New Atlas)

Russia’s Exclusion from the Human Rights Council Sets a Dangerous Precedent

RT: What is Russia’s Sanctions Survival Plan?

The launch of the military operation in Ukraine has drawn the ire of the US and its allies, who have hit Russia with unprecedented sanctions in order to destabilize the country’s economy and pressure Moscow into ending the conflict. Among the many penalties imposed on the country over the past month, its financial system, energy exports, and forex reserves have been targeted. However, hard times call for prompt response measures, and Russia has come up with a few.

RT: What is Russia’s Sanctions Survival Plan?

Updated: Russian Military Operation Prevented Launch Of U.S. Bio-Laboratories In Ukraine. Kiev Hiding Evidence.

Russian Military Operation Prevented Launch Of U.S. Bio-Laboratories In Ukraine. Kiev Hiding Evidence.

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US official: Russian invasion of Ukraine risks release of dangerous pathogens

US Embassy Quietly Deletes All Ukraine Bioweapons Lab Documents Online – Media Blackout + More

Is Russia in Ukraine because of the USA’s 13-plus exclusive-use WMD germ warfare laboratories there? Not to mention Ukie-Nazis killing 10,000s of their own citizens for the last eight years?

Contrary to the state funded “fact checkers” and other spokespeople, evidence supports the existence of U.S. bio-laboratories in Ukraine and elsewhere.

The birth of the baby twins: Russia’s strategic swing drives NATOstan nuts

The birth of the baby twins: Russia’s strategic swing drives NATOstan nuts

By Pepe Escobar, 02-22-2022

(Written this morning in Istanbul, BEFORE Putin buried the Minsk agreements. Everything else – and beyond – stands.)

History will register that the birth of the baby twins – Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics – only a few hours before 2/22/22, was simultaneous to the birth of the real, 21st century multipolar world.

Russian-led military bloc could send peacekeepers to Ukraine – top general

By Layla Guest | RT | February 19, 2022

With fears of an all-out military conflict in Ukraine’s war-torn Donbass region, troops from a major Moscow-led military faction could be sent on a mission to stabilize the tense situation if Kiev and the international community agree on the plan, the bloc’s secretary general has said.

Russian-led military bloc could send peacekeepers to Ukraine – top general