Daily Archives: March 28, 2022

2022-03-28: News Headlines

Norman Solomon (2022-03-28). Biden's Unhinged Call for Regime Change in Russia. indybay.org Loose lips sink planets…

_____ (2022-03-28). US Launching a Paid anti-Russia Snitching Program is Yet Another Confirmation of America's Moral Decline. journal-neo.org The US authorities have launched another Russophobic "program" of informing and snitching, which is called the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Program. A reward is promised for information about the funds that were obtained as a result of cooperation with the Russian government. The United States, in the current difficult economic conditions (inflation is record high …

ecns.cn (2022-03-28). Ukraine looks for peace at fresh talks with Russia: Zelensky. ecns.cn Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Ukrainian delegation is looking for peace at the fresh round of talks with Russia, the presidential press service reported Monday.

rqorinoco (2022-03-28). Canceling Russian Reserves Boomerangs to a New International Monetary System. orinocotribune.com By Alastair Cooke — Mar 20, 2022 | The present military operation in Ukraine, in due time, will be relegated to little more than a footnote in global history, yet the total financial war which has repercussed onto Russia will be key in defining the upcoming new world order. | The reality is that the present military operation in Ukraine, in due time, will be relegated to little more than a footnote in global history, yet the total financial war which has repercussed onto Russia will be key in defining the upcoming new world order. In fact, we may have already witnessed the moment economic history changed tr…

Anonymous103 (2022-03-28). NATOstan: She's looking at YOU. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Written by Supratim BarmanNATOstan: she's looking at YOU. A Roma untermensch packaged by Ukrainian "democracy". | The above picture and text are from a tweet by Pepe Escobar. | Is this what you are supporting? That's great. I am not. I have never been to the territory of the Russian Federation nor of Ukraine; but; I don't need to; because there is no way I can support this anywhere on Planet Earth. | I do however understand chess, (although I am a fairly averagely capable player), but I got to k…

rqorinoco (2022-03-28). Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Signifies the End of an Era of Unipolar American Power. orinocotribune.com By Daniel Kovalik — Mar 24, 2022 | Russia had drawn a line in the sand and, once violated, defied Washington by acting to defend its interests. A lot of countries support Russia, and Washington is powerless to stop it. | If you are like me, you have been glued to the news about the Russian military operation in Ukraine and its implications for the world. Obviously, we cannot know about all of these implications at this point, and we may not for some time to come. Indeed, this recalls to mind Nixon's query to Zhou Enlai in 1972 about his thoughts on the French Revolution. Zhou, with his long-term view of the…

WSWS (2022-03-28). The homicidal irresponsibility of the German government's coronavirus policies. wsws.org Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has recorded 20 million infections in Germany. This sad record was reached on Saturday.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-28). Negotiate Peace in Ukraine Now! transcend.org Interestingly, most news sources in the U.S. and Europe continue to attribute Russia's military difficulties in Ukraine to their own incompetence or Ukrainian heroism, but seldom to the $3.2 billion worth of high-tech weapons that the U.S. has shipped to Kyiv since 2014. Joe Biden, of course, is an architect of this de facto Western alliance with Ukraine. What his end game is nobody can say.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-28). U.S. ambassador incites Georgians to confront Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geMarch 28, 2022 US Ambassador: Georgia's "greatest victory" will be building "prosperous, secure, vibrant democracy" Degnan…spoke about Russia's aggression against Ukraine, pointing out the invasion was "the latest reminder" of the importance of partnership. "Now is the time for unity and solidarity, as we face a revanchist Russia intent on undermining its neighbours and the …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-28). Putin's Invasion of Ukraine. transcend.org 3 Mar 2022 – To a hammer, everything looks like a nail. To an empire, everything looks like a crisis to justify a multi-trillion-dollar military-industrial-security complex as dictatress of the world. The crisis du jour for the American empire is Russia's aggression against Ukraine.

Staff (2022-03-28). Next round of Russian-Ukrainian talks to be held in Turkey. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 28 (MNA) — The Ukrainian Negotiator David Arkhamia on Sunday announced that the next round of talks between Ukraine and Russia will resume in Turkey on Monday.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-28). Rand Report Prescribed US Provocations against Russia and Predicted Russia Might Retaliate in Ukraine. transcend.org 26 Mar 2022 – According to the 2019 Rand Report: "Overextending and Unbalancing Russia", the US goal is to undermine Russia. Rather than "trying to stay ahead" or to improve the US relations, the emphasis is on efforts and actions to undermine the designated adversary Russia. Rand is a think tank that receives three-quarters of its funding from the US military.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-28). The Impact of Ukraine on Yemen. transcend.org 22 Mar 2022 – The People of Yemen Suffer Atrocities, Too – The Western economic war on Russia over Ukraine is having a spillover effect on the forgotten war in Yemen. The ghastly blockade and bombardment of Yemen, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, is now entering its eighth year.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-28). Ukraine Being Destroyed by Proxy War, Not for Peace or Sustainable Future-Making. transcend.org 23 Mar 2022 – Witness to Killing and Destruction: Ukraine Fast Becoming the Epic Centre of Cataclysm…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-28). Ukraine Déjà Vu 1984: Political Egocentrism, Nuclear Narcissism and Political Maturity. transcend.org 25 Mar 2022 – In 1984 I went to the USSR with the Association of Humanistic Psychology as a citizen diplomat during the height of the Soviet-American nuclear arms race. That was the good old days when Reagan called the USSR "the Evil Empire." I put aside my shyness to become a speaker for Physicians for Social Responsibility on the psychology of the arms race.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-28). Georgia won't invade Abkhazia, S. Ossetia, wage war with Russia on Ukraine's orders: ruling party. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The United National Movement was founded by now imprisoned former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, a citizen of Ukraine and former leading official in the Zelensky administration. Saakashvili's trial began today.* Agenda.geMarch 28, 2022 Ruling party head: Georgia "remains committed" to peaceful de-occupation The Georgian Government remains committed to the policy of peaceful de-occupation and will …

ecns.cn (2022-03-28). Another flight carrying Chinese citizens evacuated from Ukraine arrives. ecns.cn A temporary flight carrying Chinese citizens evacuated from Ukraine arrived in Fuzhou, east China's Fujian Province, on Monday morning.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-03-28). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 update. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Last week marked two years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic. While infection rates and hospitalizations in the U.S. continue to decline, there are some areas of concern globally. "China, Hong Kong, Ireland, the U.K. and Denmark are seeing surges back up again," explains Dr. Gregory Poland, head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "These countries, many of us experts believe, prematurely dropped mask-wearing and nonpharmaceutical interventions, and really have stopped pushing…

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-28). Kazakhstan demonstrates "gratitude" to Armenia, Russia for CSTO deployment in January. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azeri Press AgencyMarch 28, 2022 Chair of Azerbaijan's Milli Majlis meets chairman of Kazakhstan Parliament's Senate Chair of the [Azerbaijani] Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova had a meeting with Chairman of the Senate of the Kazakh Parliament Maulen Ashimbayev on 28 March as part of the current working trip to the Republic of Kazakhstan, APA reports. …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-28). Draining Russia: NATO member Turkey runs Azerbaijan's military — MP. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Panorama.amMarch 28, 2022 MP Abrahamyan: Azerbaijani army's 'control package' in Turkey's hands since August 2020 MP Abrahamyan: Azerbaijani army's 'control package' in Turkey's hands since August 2020The "control package" of the Azerbaijani military has been in the hands of Turkey since August 2020, Armenian MP Tigran Abrahamyan from the opposition With Honor faction said on …

Staff (2022-03-28). Iran, Armenia discuss expanding coop. in energy field. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 28 (MNA) — Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji on Monday met with the advisor to the Armenian prime minister on bilateral cooperation in the field of energy.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-28). Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey to launch special operations exercise. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Trend News AgencyMarch 28, 2022 Azerbaijani, Turkish, Georgian Special Forces to hold joint exercises The Azerbaijani Parliament will approve a memorandum of understanding on the Caucasian Eagle Special Forces exercises, Trend reports referring to the parliament. In this regard, the bill "On approval of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Governments of Azerbaijan, Turkey and …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-28). Azerbaijan adds Nagorno-Karabakh to list of Russian temporarily-occupied territories. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Along with Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria, the Donbass and Crimea. As detailed on this site almost daily for over a year. Azeri Press AgencyMarch 28, 2022 Azerbaijan's MFA: Azerbaijan's MoD gave detailed response to issue regarding peacekeepers "When it comes to the issues regarding Russian peacekeepers that temporarily deployed in the territories of Azerbaijan, the …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-28). Caucasus: Azerbaijan continues armed incursion into Russian peacekeeper zone. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Panorama.amMarch 28, 2022 Azerbaijani troops remain deployed on one slope of Karaglukh, Artsakh says The situation along the line of contact between Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and Azerbaijan, including the eastern section, was relatively stable from Sunday evening to Monday afternoon, the Artsakh Information Center said in a statement. "No major ceasefire violations have been registered. The …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-28). Azerbaijan continues taunting Russian military over Nagorno-Karabakh. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azeri Press AgencyMarch 27, 2022 MoD: "Russian MoD's statement shows disrespect to the signed declaration" Also see: Azerbaijan preparing to evict Russian troops from Nagorno-Karabakh We remind you once again that there is no administrative and territorial unit called "Nagorno-Karabakh" in the territory of Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry told APA. The use of the …

teleSUR, yart, JGN (2022-03-28). Separatistas de Córcega protestan contra antidisturbios franceses. telesurtv.net Tras la publicación de un video donde los cuerpos de seguridad se burlan en el entierro del independentista Colonna, vino la protesta.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-28). More Kurds killed in Turkey's ongoing war in Iraq. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Xinhua News AgencyMarch 28, 2022 Turkey's drone attack kills 3 PKK members in northern Iraq At least three members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were killed in a Turkish armed drone attack in northern Iraq, Turkey's Defense Ministry said on Monday. The PKK members were "neutralized" in the area of Turkey's "Operation Claw-Lightning," …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-28). Widening vortex: Financial Times says Austrian Defense Ministry is "aircraft carrier" for Russian military. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Until all of Europe is sucked into the morass. B92March 28, 2022 Russia conducts secret operations in Austria: Defense Ministry in the hands of GRU? Russia is accused of conducting secret operations in Austria, writes the Financial Times. In its text, this paper refers to one European intelligence officer, as well as one European diplomat. …

WSWS (2022-03-28). National Opera of Belgium announces season "in which Russian titles feature more prominently than ever" wsws.org Outstanding Russian conductors, singers and musicians such as Valery Gergiev, Tugan Sokhiev, Anna Netrebko and Alexander Malofeev have become victims of the hysteria incited by the Biden administration and Western European governments.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-03-28). Iran FM responds to Nowruz message of Slovakian counterpart. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 28 (MNA) — In response to a congratulatory message from foreign minister of Slovakia, Iran's Hossein Amir Abdollahian expressed hope for expansion of bilateral relations with the European country.

teleSUR, JDO, JL (2022-03-28). Caravanas solidarias exigen fin del bloqueo de EE.UU. a Cuba. telesurtv.net Hubo acciones en Canadá, Bolivia, Finlandia, Panamá, México, Eslovaquia, Belice, Bahamas, El Salvador, Brasil y EE.UU.

teleSUR, JCM (2022-03-28). Partido Laborista en Malta gana elecciones generales. telesurtv.net El primer ministro Robert Abela dijo en una llamada con el canal TVM News que su partido de centro-izquierda había obtenido la mayoría.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-28). Reporting from Moscow: Sanctions May Achieve the Opposite of Biden's Stated Long-Term Goals. transcend.org 27 Mar 2022 – In Russia, sanctions have taken a bite out of the Russian economy, but interviews and data suggest they cannot fulfill the West's strategic motives for imposing them.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-28). More Evidence That the U.S. Is Trying to Prolong This Ukrainian War. transcend.org 25 Mar 2022 – "Secretary of State Antony Blinken has not attempted any conversations with his counterpart, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, since the start of the conflict. So the US government is continuing its policy of refusing to attempt any high-level diplomatic resolutions to this war despite its public hand-wringing…

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-03-28). UAE minister says energy market needs Russian oil. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 28 (MNA) — The United Arab Emirates energy minister Suhail al-Mazrouei said on Monday that Russian oil is needed by energy markets and no producer can substitute its production.

Staff (2022-03-28). No major progress made in Russian-Ukrainian talks: Peskov. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 28 (MNA) — Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov on Monday said that no major progress had been made in the talks themselves, or on the idea of a potential meeting between Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

WSWS (2022-03-28). Socialist Equality Party holds successful event against imperialism and war. wsws.org "The war is the reactionary response of Russian nationalism to NATO's decades of aggression," said Christoph Vandreier, chairman of the SGP, at the beginning of the discussion.

WSWS (2022-03-28). Australian workers and youth oppose US-NATO war drive and Russia invasion. wsws.org "They are trying to unify us to fight big bad Putin, rather than the bosses who are trying to force us back to work."

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-28). UN Condemnation of Russia Endorsed by Countries Run by the Richest, Oldest, Whitest People on Earth. transcend.org 24 Mar 2022 – The statistics below show that only 41% of the world's people live in countries that joined the US in voting for the UN resolution: Divided World…

WSWS (2022-03-28). How the anti-Russian sanctions were planned. wsws.org According a Wall Street Journal article, detailed sanctions planning began shortly before Thanksgiving last year when US Treasury Secretary Yellen met with senior military and intelligence officials.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-28). Zelensky: Russia will be driven out of Caucasus, Transnistria, Crimea, all post-Soviet space. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Which of course has been the West's plan for the past thirty years. Rustavi2March 28, 2022 Russia will certainly lose everything, including Abkhazia — Volodymyr Zelensky Vladimir Putin's plans are non-strategic, Russia will certainly lose everything, including Abkhazia. Such a statement made Volodymyr Zelensky. "…There are a number of stories: the Caucasus is the Caucasus, …

Ramona Wadi (2022-03-28). The US Should Remember that Israel's Squatter-Settlements in Palestine are War Crimes. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — US Ambassador to Israel, Tom Nides, engaged in further diplomatic contradictions, as he fluctuated between asserting the Biden administration's stance purportedly against Israeli settlement expansion, yet making concessions for earlier encroachment upon Palestinian land. "We can't do stupid things that impede us from a two-state solution," Nides reportedly told …

Anonymous103 (2022-03-27). Another Crime Of Ukrainian Local Defence Against Civilians Revealed In Zaporizhia (Photos 18+). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | After the decision of the Kiev regime to distribute weapons to civilians, numerous cases of violence were registered in different cities of Ukraine. The units of the so-called territorial defense, consisting mainly of civilian volunteers, were given weapons and sent to fight with the Russian army. Unfortunately, not all of them are ready to fight the Russian aggressors and prefer to attack civilians. | Numerous crimes of members of the so-called territorial defense were recorded in Kiev, Kharkiv,…

Anonymous103 (2022-03-27). The War Of The Wheat And The Famine To Come. southfront.org Children look for food scraps in a pile of trash in the Rukban camp in Syria, Nov, 2018 | Written by Piero Messina | Famine will come. 100 million tons of wheat will be missing from the world food market. 26 are those produced by Ukraine, the remainder is that relating to Russian production, even that blocked for international exports. The conflict being fought in Ukraine risks causing thousands of deaths in Africa and the Middle East. They are the collateral damage of the conflict. The specter of famine emerges from the stop…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-27). Ukrainian Forces Want to Surrender and Azov Forces Started Shooting At Them — They Are At War With Each Other. libya360.wordpress.com The Exposé US Navy veteran and independent journalist, Patrick Lancaster, has been making regular reports from Ukraine since the beginning of the crisis. His reports reveal that what is happening on the ground is not what Western corporate media would have you believe. "Over the 8 years of the Ukraine War I made more video…

Nathaniel Manderson (2022-03-27). Some evangelicals claim Ukraine war means the end times — as usual, they're wrong. salon.com Every few years, my fellow evangelicals claim the Antichrist has risen and the world is ending. It's never true…

D. Watkins (2022-03-27). The "race-obsessed liberal" nightmare: "We have to fight for a country that doesn't love us back" salon.com Playwright Wajahat Ali stopped by "Salon Talks" to discuss his new book, incarceration, Ukraine and white privilege…

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-27). Karabakh: Azerbaijani troops invade Russian peacekeeping zone, use Turkish drones against defenders. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Massis PostMarch 26, 2022 Russia and US Call on Azerbaijan to Withdraw Troops From Karabakh Village ==== Also see: "Occupied territories" in the way: Azerbaijan, Ukraine push Eurasian corridor through GUAM format Nagorno-Karabakh model for Crimea, Donbass: Azerbaijan, Ukraine deepen strategic partnership ==== Russia has accused Azerbaijan of violating a Russian-brokered ceasefire that stopped the …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-27). Full circle: with war in Ukraine, conflict in Kosovo, "NATO's child," is reignited. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com B92March 27, 2022 President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vuƒçiƒá, as a guest on B92 TV, commented on the situation in Kosovo and Metohija and the protests of Serbs "Additionally, you now have Ukraine. When you have that, Albanians think that it is an ideal opportunity to further stigmatize Serbs, ask for support for joining NATO. Certainly, …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-27). NATO grooming yet another new member: Ireland. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com PoliticoMarch 27, 2022 Poll: More Irish want to join NATO in wake of Ukraine invasion ==== Also see: Europe without neutrals: NATO lures Ireland into global military network Europe under the NATO aegis: Alliance official visits Irish partners Interoperability in the cyber domain: NATO completes exercise with "defenders from all NATO Allies, as well as …

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