the DGSI subcontracts to London
read a brief evocation on April 18, found it difficult to believe, until a first French article [English] in the evening, in Libération.
Mind-blowing: the French State is relocating political repression
Ukraine could be looking at another Maidan
Meanwhile, Zelenskyy’s assurances don’t assuage some veteran observers of the country either. “We have not seen significant enough efforts to address corruption — although perhaps with one important exception,” said a former senior U.S. diplomat who has considerable experience in Ukraine. “I think they really are trying to prevent diversion of any of the massive Western assistance they’re receiving. I believe they do understand the risks, if there were to be a major scandal.”
But the former diplomat said that what struck him in recent meetings with opposition politicians and civil society leaders in Kyiv was how, “on the one hand, they truly appreciate Zelenskyy’s strength as a war leader,” but are “deeply worried also about corruption and his authoritarian style.”
“In their minds, there is going to be a reckoning as soon as the war ends,” he said. “And I think that’s probably going to be true.”
We cannot even begin to imagine the uninterrupted cascading effects of the geopolitical earthquake of 2023 that shook the world: Putin and Xi, in Moscow, effectively signalling the beginning of the end of the Pax Americana.
Waiting for the end of the world
Seeking “balance” after Macron remarks?
French Delegations to Visit Taiwan
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Taipei Times: Two French delegations to arrive
Separately, a Taiwanese delegation of 16 cross-party legislators arrived in France on Friday for meetings with French lawmakers.
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French lawmaker Constance Le Grip, who is to visit Taiwan for the first time as part of Bothorel’s delegation, said she hopes to learn as much as possible about Taiwan in the fields of economy and politics, including geopolitics, cross-strait affairs and next year’s presidential election.
France 24 channel deleted this report after Ukraine’s demand (Backup 1), (Backup 2), via R&U Videos
Related:
France 24’s story from occupiers’ camp: channel deletes video, Ukrainian embassy responds
Details: The story titled War in Ukraine: Russian Troops Prepare for Battle Before Counter-Offensive is no longer available on the channel’s website or on the France 24 YouTube channel.
France 24’s going on the Myrotvorets’ list!?
Al Jazeera says at least 40 people were killed, whereas Western media is claiming 100+. Zarni is asking for Biden to release Myanmar’s frozen assets so that Myanmar’s “democratic resistance” can purchase more weapons.
And the second is China’s recent resumption of its backing of the military. China decided that they are going to back the military, because the democratic resistance is at least notionally backed by the United States and the European Union.
Related:
Myanmar military confirms air raid that killed dozens in Sagaing:
“During that opening ceremony, we conducted the attack. PDF members were killed,” Zaw Min Tun told the military broadcaster Myawaddy, referring to the civilian militias known as People’s Defence Forces.
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Some media reports put the toll at more than 100 but Al Jazeera was unable to verify the figure. If confirmed, the attack on Pa Zi Gyi would be the deadliest in the country since the military toppled Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government in a coup in February 2021.
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“According to our ground information we hit the place of their weapons’ storage and that exploded and people died due to that,” he added.
Myanmar Strikes Concert (at Rebel Army Base): How & Why the West Lies
US-backed Proxy War Against China Rages in Myanmar
U.S., allies may be planning Ukraine proxy war model for Myanmar
Notes on Zarni:
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President Macron is not a king but a pawn of global finance
The current tenant of the Elysee Palace has been called by NUPES, the left coalition opposition in France, a President-King. To do so is to give him a bigger role and more power than what he has. In reality, Macron is just one of the numerous figure heads of the billionaire class that meets in Davos once a year. The power resides there, concentrated, often anonymous and always brutal in a masquerade of do-gooders. In Davos, the financial Masters of the Universe, posturing as philanthropists, have been in reality jealously protecting the complex Gordian Knot that is global capitalism. Perhaps France’s radical protesters, in their quasi insurrection form, are trying to emulate Alexander the Great by putting this giant Gordian Knot to the sword!
French Radical Protests: Can the Sinister Fascist Traits of Capitalism be Overcome?
A Pentagon document that has appeared on the internet as part of a trove of leaks shows the number of NATO special operations forces that are inside Ukraine, according to The Guardian.
Leaked Document Appears to Show NATO Special Operations Forces are in Ukraine
From March 24 to June 9, 1999, NATO bombed Serbia for 77 days. It was the first major war on European soil since the Second World War—even this fact is suppressed and denied today in view of the war in Ukraine.
Kosovo Liberation Army leader Hashim Thaçi on trial for war crimes
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