Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the plenary session of the 9th St Petersburg International Cultural Forum – the Forum of United Cultures.
His opening remarks note the value of traditional national culture in forms of art, literature, music, language, and values, while noting the growing trend in Western countries of “cancel culture” that, in his view, deviates from historical development and contribution.
This opening address is part of a two-hour segment devoted to the St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum, which Putin was the main guest at the Plenary Session.
The remaining parts will be uploaded in 25 – 30 minute segments that include questions and comments from participating members of the audience.
The whole series is available in a new Playlist “2023 St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum“.
In original Russian with English subtitles
Recorded November 17, 2023
Vladimir Putin Promotes Traditional Culture over “Cancel” Culture – English Subtitles
Tag: Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
US accused over huge ‘covert pro-Western’ digital campaign targeting Middle East
Dozens of social media accounts operating for years in an attempt to influence people in the Middle East and Asia have been shut down. Now a major new study believes the US is likely behind it
US accused over huge ‘covert pro-Western’ digital campaign targeting Middle East
Related:
CONOPs
Evaluating Five Years of Pro-Western Covert Influence Operations
The US government got caught using sock puppets to spread propaganda on social media
The data analyzed came from 146 Twitter accounts (which tweeted 299,566 times), 39 Facebook profiles, and 26 Instagram accounts, along with 16 Facebook pages and two Facebook groups. Some of the accounts were meant to appear like real people and used AI-generated profile pictures. Meta and Twitter didn’t specifically name any organizations or people behind the campaigns but said their analysis led them to believe they originated in the US and Great Britain.
For anyone who’s ever been within 15 feet of a history book, the news that the US is using covert action to push its interests in other countries won’t come as a surprise. It is, however, interesting that these operations were uncovered just as social media companies are gearing up to deal with a wave of foreign interference and misinformation in our own elections.
The report also comes right on the heels of a bombshell whistleblower report from Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, Twitter’s former head of security, which accused the company of lax security practices and misrepresenting the number of bots on its platform (something the US government is investigating and that Twitter has strongly denied).
St. Petersburg sets the stage for the War of Economic Corridors
In St. Petersburg, the world’s new powers gather to upend the US-concocted “rules-based order” and reconnect the globe their way
St. Petersburg sets the stage for the War of Economic Corridors
Afghanistan braces for new war
There is media buzz lately about an anti-Taliban insurgency struggling to be born in Afghanistan. A former Afghan army general, Sami Sadat, has sailed into view as the West’s favourite to don the mantle of leadership of a pan-Afghan “resistance” movement against repressive Taliban rule.
Afghanistan braces for new war
Related:
National Endowment for Democracy Provided $1.2 Million to Kazakhstan to Help Spark Color Revolution Against Pro-Russian and Pro-China Regime
Kazakhstan turns into graveyard for US diplomacy + More
The Kazakh Ministry of Health issued an innocuous disclaimer today denying social media reports about the seizure of a “military biological lab near Almaty by unidentified people.”
Kazakhstan turns into graveyard for US diplomacy
Related:
The US is Preparing a Biological Time Bomb in Kazakhstan
What Viruses are Being Studied by US Military Bio-Laboratories in Kazakhstan?
Calmer in Kazakhstan- Opposition Banker aka Leader Calls for Western Involvement
The battle over fugitive billionaire Mukhtar Ablyazov stretches from Kazakhstan to Knightsbridge
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Protests in Kazakhstan! Why Kazakhstan?
I’m quite sure this has western backing. That’s my relatively educated and insightful opinion. A“protest” of this size coming out of nowhere? Not credible.
Protests in Kazakhstan! Why Kazakhstan?
My thoughts, as well!
Related:
Kazakhstan: This is NOT a protest.
Further Reading Recommended by Penny (archived because it’s behind a paywall for me):
Will Unrest in Kazakhstan Inflame Tensions Between Russia and the West?
Previously:
Moscow: Events in Kazakhstan Are Attempt to Undermine Security of State, Inspired From Abroad
Moscow: Events in Kazakhstan Are Attempt to Undermine Security of State, Inspired From Abroad
Moscow: Events in Kazakhstan Are Attempt to Undermine Security of State, Inspired From Abroad
What happened:
Kazakhstan unrest: Dozens killed, about 2,000 arrested as protesters clash with police in Almaty
Kazakhstan is a major energy power, among the top exporters of oil globally and in the leading 20 for gas. The country’s government has subsidized liquefied petroleum gas for years, but when it lifted price controls on LPG, it argued that keeping them in place was no longer sustainable.
Previously:
BRI will make the whole region a well-connected village: Kazakhstan envoy
Terrorists operating in Afghanistan targeting CPEC projects: Pakistan
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