Some days ago, Belgian Energy Minister Tinne Van der Straeten requested the European Union to reduce importing Russian gas and get rid altogether of fossil fuels by 2027. This after the Global Witness NGO released data showing that Belgium is currently the third-largest importer of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG). Belgium accounts globally for 17% […]
The Biden administration has acknowledged neither its responsibility for the pipeline bombing nor the purpose of the sabotage.
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By Rhod Mackenzie For the first time in at least three years, Russia has more than doubled its grain exports. According to the Federal Customs Service, by mid-September exports had reached 44.6 million tonnes. At the same time, the share of agricultural exports to ‘so called’ friendly countries rose to 87%. This information was contained […]
Including Zelensky’s UNGA pantomime Zelensky watches his own speech at the UNGA. The grain dispute between Poland and Ukraine is gathering fury. Poland and other neighbouring countries have extended the grain embargo on Ukraine despite the EU not extending the block. After Zelensky insinuated at the UNGA that Poland was playing into Russia’s hands after maintaining curbs on Ukrainian grain […]
More than 50 people attended the action. People brought to the action posters with the words: “Russian oil = work in the ports”, “Stop sanctions against Russian oil”, “Don’t use our ports for the war in Ukraine”, “Greeks should determine with whom they will co-operate for their own benefit”, “Russian oil will save farmers in […]
Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator More than 30 years of conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is drawing to a close, and Armenia is the loser. On September 19, following the death of four soldiers and two civilians, Azerbaijan pushed aggressively to control Nogorno-Karabakh, and the next day the Armenian separatist forces agreed to lay […]
Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) The U.S. regime has always opposed Italy’s participation in China’s international trade-and-infrastructure “New Silk Road” construction project, which was supposed to be boosting EurAsian trade like had happened until “the Silk Road abruptly lost its importance with the rise of the Ottoman Empire in 1453, which almost immediately severed trade […]
FILE PHOTO. © Luke Sharrett/Getty Images The failure of Ukraine’s much-hyped counteroffensive – which began in June of this year and has stuttered for over three months – has by now become a universally recognized fact. It has been acknowledged not only by Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin, but also by Western media and experts. […]
Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The US military occupation of the oil fields in north east Syria came under attack recently, and there were some who said it could foreshadow a US military withdrawal. However, the violence ceased, and the US supported Kurdish separatists are continuing to hide under the Pentagon’s wings. The […]
Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) On September 20th, the unelected President of the anti-democratic bureaucracy that runs the EU, the European Commission, who is the German aristocrat Ursula von der Leyen (pronounced like Lyin’, so that her name can be simplified, in English, to Mrs. Lyin’) introduced with high praise the extremely unpopular-in-Japan leader of […]
