The recent “protests” against Orban in Budapest were a storm in a teacup. Although less than 0.01 percent of Hungary’s population participated, they made the front pages in the mainstream press. What was behind them? Eurocrats’ fear of Orban’s chairmanship at the EU Council of Ministers, which starts in July, and his call for dialogue with Russia.
Orban’s Political Longevity: Hatred from EU Bigwigs Makes Him Popular at Home
I’ll try to look into this more, later.
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This claim that Azerbaijan is establishing itself under the autocractic influence of Russia explains most of the perception managing narrative presented via the media lately.
Armenia is pivoting to the West, it’s time for Europe to step up
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‘Armenia is pivoting to the West. It’s time for Europe to step up’
For the past year, I have been working with and advising the Armenian government on their efforts to strengthen their democracy and promote peace in the South Caucasus. This is something I believe deeply in. That is why I launched the independent Friends of Armenia Network – a high-level group that includes former prime ministers, European commissioners, ministers, and sitting parliamentarians. In a report published on March 27, we proposed a detailed approach that the European Union should take to help make Armenia’s Western, democratic trajectory irreversible.
– Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Rasmussen Global: Anders Fogh Rasmussen launches high-level group to support democratic Armenia
Rasmussen’s Report: Deepening EU-Armenia relations: More Europe in Armenia
“Friends of Armenia” turned out to be crooks, schemers and chumps
Russia MFA: Friends of Armenia Network report objective is to tear Armenia from Russia, EAEU
USAID: U.S. Enhances Support For Armenia At The U.S.-EU High-Level Meeting
2002: Divided They Conquer: Armenian Ethnic Lobbies in the United States (Most are still active) – H/T: Penny2
‘Xinjiang card’ an opportunistic, exaggerated political campaign against China
IPAC Members Campaign for German Chemicals Giant BASF to Withdraw from Xinjiang
Now they’re working on the Taiwan Strait:
IPAC urges studying the effects of conflict in Strait
Read More »Attacks by the Rwanda-backed M23 have led to another wave of mass displacement in the province of North Kivu. The rebel group has tried to make advances towards the provincial capital of Goma, attacking the town of Sake which lies just 25 kilometers away.
Tens of Thousands Forced to Flee Democratic Republic of Congo as US/Rwanda-Supported M23 Attacks Intensify (+Coltan)
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CONGRESS: Do Not Allow Our Tax Dollars To Fund Conflict In The Congo!
Slovakia banned contacts with Russian and Belarusian cultural institutions two years ago
Slovakia to resume cultural cooperation with Russia
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Organic? 🧐💭
Thousands rally across Slovakia to condemn changes to penal code proposed by populist prime minister
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Earlier, supporters of the Serbian opposition, who disagree with results of the recent snap elections, surrounded the National Assembly in the capital city of Belgrade, climbing the steps and trying to break down the doors.
Russian Foreign Ministry on Unrest in Serbia: West Tries to Shake Up Situation in Belgrade
Previously:
Serbia’s ruling populists say weekend elections were fair despite international criticism, protests
Front orgs behind it:
History of US-sponsored color revolutions:
It’s not surprising that the CIA structures anti-Russian organizations. It is, however, surprising that it doesn’t hesitate to choose Nazis and mainstream nationalists ostensibly to defend freedom and democracy.
The CIA revives Ukrainian Nazism (archived)
During a speech at the EU Parliament’s foreign affairs committee on Thursday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg clearly and repeatedly acknowledged that Putin made the decision to invade Ukraine because of fears of NATO expansionism.
NATO Chief Openly Admits Russia Invaded Ukraine Because Of NATO Expansion
Fiona Scott Morton withdraws from candidacy after backlash to the appointment of a non-European.
Top US economist quits EU job after Macron speaks out
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