The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the shouting match phone call between Saudi Crown Prince MbS and Russian President Vladimir Putin that eventually launched a devastating oil price war.
Reports claim that the Saudi crown prince threatened Russian president over production cuts prior to flooding market. A source for the Middle East Eye reports that ‘the call ended badly.’
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris take a look at Russia’s lockdown in an effort to deal with the five day rise in Covid-19 cases, leading to the postponement of the May 9 Victory Day parade.
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the make or break meeting for Saudi Arabia, where Russia and the United States will push for an end to the oil production war launched by Saudi Crown Prince MbS.
Yesterday, the Washington Post published another piece on the deadly dysfunction the Trump Regime has brought to the pandemic response.
Authored by Sylvain LaForest via OrientalReview.org:
We live in exciting times.
The unknown that lays ahead for all of us is both exhilarating and scary. Exhilarating in the long term, but rather scary in the short term. All empires eventually die and we’re in the terminal phase of the New World Order that will not recover from the Russian roulette game it has been playing, for Vladimir Putin handed it a loaded gun and it pulled the trigger.
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the Monday phone call between US President Donald Trump and his Russian President Vladimir Putin. The leaders discussed plunging oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic.
The two leaders “expressed serious concern regarding the scope of the spread of the coronavirus” and “discussed closer cooperation,” according to a Kremlin statement on what it described as the a”lengthy” phone call.
A somewhat buried article on the Russia Today (RT) English-language site, and more prominently shown on the Russian site, notes that Russia sent a plane full of needed helpful supplies and equipment to help the United States combat the coronavirus pandemic and help its people. On the morning of March 31st, the USA has over 164,000 cases – twice as many confirmed cases of the virus as China presently is reporting.
From the English-language piece (with slight corrections for language):
We’re facing something that’s more difficult than a medical emergency. We’re facing a political fight against the most powerful corporations…
The post Our nativist freakout about China hides the real origin of the coronavirus. It’s political, global, and made in the USA. appeared first on The Grayzone.
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the virtual, video G20 summit of world leaders.
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