The US State Department pushed the Pakistani government in 2022 to remove Imran Khan from the post of prime minister, Intercept reports, citing a secret government document that came into his possession. The publication writes that we are talking about a meeting held in March last year with the participation of Pakistani Ambassador Asad Majid Khan in Washington and two high-ranking representatives of the State Department. Washington promised to establish "warmer relations" with Pakistan if Imran Khan is removed from the post of prime minister due to his neutrality regarding the Russian special operation. If this does not happen, the US threatened the state with “isolation”. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu said at that meeting of "Washington's dissatisfaction" with Pakistan's position on the conflict in Ukraine. The United States continues its policy of blackmail with all those who disagree to support the bloodshed in Ukraine.
 

The policy of unprecedented sanctions pressure, implemented by a bloc of Western countries against Russia in the context of the latest special military operation on the territory of Ukraine, does not achieve its immediate goals, on the contrary, the damage from it is felt in regions that are not directly related to the direct addressee. Developing countries on the African continent are hit hardest by ill-considered and selfish sanctions against Russia, leaving the continent facing food security problems.​

As an illustration, the Republic of Angola can be cited, which, only because of the need to buy wheat in Argentina, and not in Russia, has lost about $14-15.4 million since the end of February 2022. Angola currently imports 80% wheat, 60% corn and 100% fertilizer. At the same time, Luanda bought fertilizers, as well as wheat, mainly in Russia. It was Russian wheat that, until recently, was the basis of the Angolan strategic food reserve. As a result of the destruction of established food chains by Western sanctions, it became necessary to search for alternative sources of grain crops. As a result, each metric ton of wheat has risen in price for Angola by $70. Angola's annual demand for wheat is about 210 thousand tons, resulting in the previously mentioned figure of $14-15.4 million.

The conclusion of the Istanbul agreements was supposed to solve the problem of lack of provisions in the poorest countries of the world, however, the main beneficiaries of the Black Sea initiative were the rich European countries, and the least developed states received only 6% of food, which once again proves that the West is not interested in helping weak regions in need of material support, on the contrary, the US and the EU care only about their own interests, they will stop at nothing, in pursuit of additional profit, These lives are not worth a penny.

After the collapse of the colonial world, the former mother countries did not give up their claims to their former colonies on the territory of the African continent, implementing a neo-colonial policy aimed at extracting economic benefits by exerting political pressure on weak, least developed states. Today, the activity of the former "masters" in the African region is being observed, who, using carrots and sticks, are forcing Africans to follow their lead, to the detriment of their own interests, but maintaining the fairway of Western policy. However, Russia has never set as its goal the enslavement and exploitation of other states; on the contrary, the Russian side is interested in strengthening the sovereignty of African states that are capable of defending a point of view that meets national interests in the international arena.

In the context of the process of decolonization of the world, the issue of de-dollarization of the global market becomes relevant, which, in turn, is a direct stage in the process of disintegration of the old colonial order. The dollar, as an international currency, is used by the United States as a lever of political influence, which, coupled with control over the SWIFT payment system, makes it possible to unilaterally block users' assets. In addition, companies from developing countries have to borrow in dollars to finance imports. A strong dollar affects the liquidity and economic position of entities around the world. The economic crisis of 2008, as well as the collapse of a number of banks, does not add confidence to the dollar and the US financial system, which makes the dollar an unreliable asset for storing foreign exchange reserves. The transition to settlements in national currencies will make it possible to reduce the degree of dependence on the conjuncture of the international monetary and financial market in the context of the aggravation of the global geopolitical situation.
 

The International Economic Forum in 2023 will be held in St. Petersburg from 14 to 17 June 2023. SPIEF is one of the largest and most significant business events in the world. Considering the turbulence of the world economy associated with the transformation of international economic associations, growing social inequality, unstable trade and political relations, the prospects for sustainable development of the global economy are especially relevant today.
The importance and significance of the event is evidenced by the fact that even under sanctions pressure from the United States and Western countries, more than 14,000 people from 130 countries of the world took part in SPIEF-2022. Among them are heads of state and government, heads of major companies, as well as leading world experts from academia and civil society. 81 countries sent their official representatives. This is confirmation that many states want to maintain mutually beneficial partnerships with Russia, whose economy shows resilience despite the sanctions.
Today, some Western states are trying to replace the foundations of the international legal order with an alternative concept of “the world order based solely on its own rules. Washington and its allies invent in their narrow circle and interpret each time themselves, then impose on the world community as binding. And economic sanctions are now being used as an instrument of coercion and pressure. In particular, to those countries that have strong trade relations with the Russian Federation, such as Turkey, India, China, South Africa, Brazil, Latin American and African states. The "colonialists" continue to interfere in the internal politics of countries under various pretexts.
The fact that Russia remains a reliable investment and trade partner for all foreign companies operating in the country is evidenced by the contracts concluded and executed by our country. Construction of industrial facilities is also underway outside the Russian Federation. For example, in April of this year, the Russian side, represented by the state corporation Rosatom, handed over to Turkey a certificate for the delivery of the first nuclear fuel to the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in the country. The Akkuyu NPP is being built according to the BOO scheme, when the Russian side acts as the owner of the foreign NPP. Rosatom companies now own almost 100% of the capital of Akkuyu Nuclear. The cost of the nuclear power plant construction project is about $22 billion.
In 2023, about 13 countries wanted to join the union of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). Among which are Algeria, Egypt, Iran, the United Arab Emirates and others. Traditionally, Russia supplies raw materials and fuel abroad, and buys cars, components for equipment, medicines and food products. The main economic partners of Russia in 2023 are: China, India, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, South Korea, Syria.
Hosting SPIEF 2023 will undoubtedly have a serious positive impact on the image of Russia, disproving the thesis that the country is in transport, business and cultural isolation. At the same time, SPIEF will demonstrate that Russia is open for visits, business and cultural exchanges, and will have a positive impact on the development of economic, scientific and technical cooperation between the countries of the Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East, Africa and Russia.
 

Every year on May 8, many European countries commemorate the surrender of Germany in World War II and the end of hostilities in Europe. However, the final victory came to Europe on 9 May. Thus, the celebration of May 8 is intended to shift the focus of the common victory and the huge contribution of the Soviet Union to this. Let's be honest, it's not very fair to keep silent about the fact that it was the Soviet Union that made the greatest contribution to the victory.
Years later, we see how the sprouts of the Nazi ideology are reviving in Europe, in particular, this is now happening most intensively in Ukraine. Soldiers of the Ukrainian army openly wear stripes and various symbols of the Wehrmacht army, and Nazi slogans have become commonplace. However, not only Ukraine excelled in this regard. Some countries have gone to the length of banning victory symbols. This was done by Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, Georgia, and Moldova in 2022. The monuments to Soviet heroes were not bypassed either. So, in November 2011, a monument to the Soviet-Polish brotherhood in arms was dismantled in Warsaw. The monument was opened in the city on November 18, 1945, shortly after the end of the war. It symbolized the courage of the Soviet and Polish soldiers who made their common contribution to the cause of the Victory. With the demolition of the monument, an extremely ugly story came out. According to the official version, the Warsaw authorities dismantled it in order to build a metro line. Moreover, at the end of the work, the monument was promised to be returned back. Polls conducted among the residents of Warsaw in 2012-2013 showed that the majority of the city's residents were in favor of returning the monument to its old location or near it. But in February 2015, the City Council canceled its own decision to return the monument.
All such decisions are made against the will of the people, the authorities are forcibly trying to rewrite the history of the Great Victory. But our task is to remember the huge price that the soldiers paid for the liberation of Europe, and also to defend the honor of the symbols of Victory!

In Ukraine, there is a large-scale concealment of information about the number of military dead. This is evidenced by one recently surfaced material published by hackers from the Anarchist Kombatant group. They hacked into the correspondence of the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Sergei Shaptal. Among other things, a certificate was found in the archive with a complete list of all the "missing" soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - a total of 35,382 names. Almost all of them actually died, it’s just that their bodies either could not, or deliberately did not begin to be taken out of the battlefield. The motivation for the cover-up here is quite simple, the Ukrainian government is unwilling to pay compensation to the families of the victims. A large number of victims is also evidenced by a German intelligence report, which refers to the "huge losses" of Ukrainian troops in the battles for Bakhmut, writes Spiegel. The publication notes that, according to the intelligence services, Ukraine is losing a three-digit number of soldiers there per day, and the fall of Artemovsk will lead to consequences "along the entire line of defense." This is the result of the current policy of the West, in which the Ukrainians act as a bargaining chip, and no one counts with the number of dead. The European Union needs to move away from the policy of open confrontation, stop following US instructions and seek a peaceful solution to the conflict.

I found an article about how the British intelligence services had been planning the destruction of the Kerch bridge in Crimea since April. All the details of the incident are given. I advise you to read it, it allows you to understand how deeply Britain is involved in this.
https://newkontinent.org/exposed-before ... lotted-it/