(2022-01-06). Headlines for January 6, 2022. democracynow.org Biden to Call Out Trump's "Singular Responsibility" for Jan. 6 Insurrection, Jimmy Carter: U.S. Is at "Genuine Risk of Civil Conflict and Losing Our Precious Democracy", CDC Endorses Boosters for 12-to-15-Year-Olds as COVID Cases Skyrocket, Dozens Killed in Kazakhstan as Protests Grow in Former Soviet Republic, North Korea Acknowledges Testing Hypersonic Missile, Chilean Constitutional Assembly Elects New President to Rewrite Pinochet-Era Document, 12 Die, Including 8 Children, in Philadelphia House Fire, Ghislaine Maxwell Seeks New Trial After Two Jurors Admit Being Sexual Abuse Survivors, As Guantánamo Turns 20…
(2022-01-06). Moscow: Events in Kazakhstan Are Attempt to Undermine Security of State, Inspired From Abroad. sputniknews.com The Kazakh authorities previously appealed to the country's allies within the CSTO bloc, requesting assistance amid violent riots in the city of Almaty.
(2022-01-06). 'Dozens eliminated' after trying to storm police stations in Kazakhstan — official. rt.com 
Central Asian state facing wave of anti-government protests provoked by fuel price hike | Kazakhstani security services have claimed that they prevented attempts to storm police buildings in the country's former capital, Almaty, on Wednesday night, killing dozens of protesters involved in the attacks. | Demonstrators tried to take over the force's headquarters and several stations across the city overnight, police spokeswoman Altanat Avirbek said on Thursday morning. | She indicated that those attempts had been curbed, while "dozens of attackers were eliminated." | "Their identities are being established now,"
(2022-01-06). Kazakhstan's president seeks CSTO assistance following violent protests. peoplesdispatch.org The Collective Security Treaty Organization has reportedly agreed to temporarily deploy peacekeeping forces following the protests continuing after the main demands of those on the streets were met…
(2022-01-06). What is the CSTO and Why Are Its Peacekeeping Forces Being Sent to Kazakhstan? sputniknews.com The Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) decided on Thursday to send its peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan amid raging protests in the Central Asian nation.
(2022-01-06). CSTO Sends Peacekeepers to Kazakhstan to Stabilise Situation After Violent Riots. sputniknews.com The situation in Kazakhstan deteriorated on Wednesday when rioters in Almaty stormed the mayor's office and the old presidential residence and attacked police forces.
(2022-01-06). Watch CSTO Peacekeepers From Russia Heading to Kazakhstan After Violent Riots in Almaty. sputniknews.com Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev previously reached out to his fellow heads of the CSTO member states, requesting their help in overcoming the "terrorist threat".
(2022-01-06). Bitcoin dives after Kazakhstan kills internet. rt.com 
Former Soviet republic, world's second-largest mining hub, is facing major internet disruptions amid nationwide anti-government protests | Bitcoin has seen a sharp decline as protests continue in Kazakhstan, the world's second-largest mining hub, where internet was shut down, forcing local miners to switch off their equipment. | The world's leading cryptocurrency has dropped to $42,786, which marked a daily drop of nearly 8.5%, extending losses recorded during the previous session. | The decline occurred after network data provider NetBlocks reported "significant disruption to internet service in Kazakhstan fr…
(2022-01-06). Made-in-the-USA Kazakhstan Violence? strategic-culture.org By Stephen LENDMAN | Time and again when destabilizing events happen on the world stage, hegemon USA's dirty hands are involved. | On January 2, violence erupted in Kazakh cities — including the country's largest, Almaty, and its capital, Nur-Sultan. | Allegedly over high fuel prices, Kazakh President, Kassym-Jomart Tokaev, promised to lower gas prices. | On Wednesday, he accepted Prime Minister Askar Mamin's resignation while saying the following: | "Calls to attack civilian and military offices are completely illegal." | It's "a crime! Power will not fall! We do not need conflict, but mutual trust and dia…
(2022-01-06). Uranium prices surge as world's top supplier rocked by riots. rt.com 
Violent protests in Kazakhstan impact the global nuclear fuel market | Global prices for uranium have leapt by almost 8%, as Kazakhstan, which accounts for more than 40% of the world's production, struggles to contain widespread ongoing anti-government protests. | On Wednesday, uranium prices on the international market soared to $45.25 a pound from the $42 recorded the day before, according to data from nuclear fuel market research and analysis firm UxC, as quoted by Bloomberg. | Meanwhile, shares in the nation's largest producer, Kazatomprom, were reportedly down 11% in London trading. At the same time, most…
(2022-01-06). Steppe on Fire: Kazakhstan's Color Revolution. strategic-culture.org Maidan in Almaty? Oh yeah. But it's complicated. | So is that much fear and loathing all about gas? Not really. | Kazakhstan was rocked into chaos virtually overnight, in principle, because of the doubling of prices for liquefied gas, which reached the (Russian) equivalent of 20 rubles per liter (compare it to an average of 30 rubles in Russia itself). | That was the spark for nationwide protests spanning every latitude from top business hub Almaty to the Caspian Sea ports of Aktau and Atyrau and even the capital Nur-Sultan, formerly Astana. | The central government was forced to roll back the gas price to the e…
(2022-01-06). UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss Delivers Address on Russia in Parliament. sputniknews.com Truss previously threatened Moscow, saying that Russia would face "severe consequences" if it invaded Ukraine.
(2022-01-06). U.S. F-16s arrive in Poland for Baltic Sea air patrols. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Story from NATO's Allied Air Command, photo from U.S. Air Force. U.S. F-16s Strengthen Air Policing Mission with Long-Planned Poland Deployment U.S. F-16 aircraft landed in ≈Åask, Poland on January 4 to work with the Polish Baltic Air Policing F-16s in Siauliai, Lithuania and enhanced Air Policing Belgian F-16s in Amari, Estonia. The Belgian, Polish …
(2022-01-06). China's largest land port bustles with China-Europe freight trains. ecns.cn The Chinese land port of Manzhouli on the China-Russia border handled 4,235 China-Europe freight trains in 2021, up 18 percent year on year, said the local railway authorities.
(2022-01-06). Police dogs pulled from duty over new animal rights law. rt.com 
Methods for controlling enforcement canines during police operations were found to contravene new German laws on animal welfare | German police have withdrawn highly trained dogs from the front line after a new law on animal rights prohibited the methods used to train and control canines when apprehending criminals. | Following a law that came into force on January 1, police dogs in Germany were put on an enforced break. The law, introduced by former agriculture minister Julia Klockner, bans the use of punitive stimuli to train or control dogs. | "We are currently unable to deploy a section of our service dogs…
(2022-01-06). One of Italy's Most-Wanted Criminals Arrested Thanks to Google Street View. sputniknews.com According to the Italian media, Gioacchino Gammino was the boss of the Stidda mafia group, which was engaged in a bitter feud with the infamous Cosa Nostra. In 2002, he was serving a life sentence for murder, but managed to escape from prison while a movie was filmed there. He had been on the run for almost two decades.
(2022-01-06). Mafia boss caught after 20 years following Google Maps blunder. rt.com 
Italian police have credited the app with capturing a photo of a crime group leader who'd been in hiding since 2002 | Anti-Mafia authorities in Italy have credited a Google Street View picture for revealing the location of a member of Sicily's Stidda Mafia group who escaped a Rome prison in 2002 partway through a life sentence for murder. | Gioacchino Gammino was convicted of murder and other Mafia-related crimes in 1998, and had been on Italy's list of most wanted criminals. He escaped prison three years later, during the making of a film. He was detained in the town of Galapagar, near the Spanish capital of…
(2022-01-06). Dutch double standards: punish Palestinians, embrace Israel. electronicintifada.net Netherlands sanctions Union of Agricultural Work Committees over staff, board members' alleged political affiliation.
(2022-01-06). British Intelligence Intensifies its Struggle against Russia and China in Central Asia. journal-neo.org 
In a recent interview for the The Telegraph Damian Hinds, the British Minister of State for Security and Borders, named the most threatening states with which British politicians and secret service agents must contend. According to him, clear dangers are posed by Russia, China, and Iran. That a representative of Britain's present-day political and military …
(2022-01-06). Why Did the Soviet Union End? zcomm.org It is important to try to find a rational explanation now because false and mythical explanations of why the Soviet Union ended are being used for bad political purposes in many countries, including Russia and America.
(2022-01-05). Updates: CSTO invokes Article 4, sends troops to Kazakhstan. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The world news is uniformly vague about what constitutes the opposition and who the insurgents are. Much is made of the word nationalist but no information is available about the role of pro-Western, pan-Turkic and Islamist factions, for example. The government Kazinform news site has been offline all day. ==== TASS: CSTO Council decides to …
(2022-01-05). First VIDEO of Protesters Storming Mayor's Office in Almaty, Kazakhstan Emerges Online. sputniknews.com There have been multiple reports of clashes between protesters and police as the crisis in Kazakhstan escalates.
(2022-01-05). Airport takeover, palace fire & promise of 'tough' response: Here's how Kazakhstan's unrest escalated. rt.com 
The Central Asian state continues its apparent descent into chaos as street protests triggered by a hike in gas prices grow increasingly violent | The situation in Kazakhstan took a sharp turn for the worse on Wednesday, as several cities saw violent unrest, with administrative buildings stormed, a presidential residence set on fire, and the main airport allegedly seized. | The protests began after a twofold hike in the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) at the start of the new year. The price caps that had existed in the country for years had turned LPG into an extremely popular type of fuel, widely utili…
(2022-01-05). Internet switched off in Kazakhstan amid unrest — reports. rt.com 
TV broadcasting has also been disrupted in the Central Asian country faced with a wave of protests over a spike in fuel prices | The internet was reportedly switched off across Kazakhstan on Wednesday, as the country remains gripped by violent protests that began in response to a hike in fuel prices after the New Year. | NetBlocks, a British organization that monitors internet freedom, has described the situation in the country as "a nation-scale internet blackout." | Access to the web was cut off completely following a day of mobile internet disruptions and partial curbs on Tuesday, it added. | "The incident…
(2022-01-05). President of Kazakhstan Accepts Resignation of Government Amid Mass Protests Across Nation. sputniknews.com ALMATY (Sputnik) – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree on the resignation of the government after a wave of protests swept the nation amid outrage regarding the rising cost of liquified petroleum gas.
(2022-01-05). Nationwide state of emergency declared in Kazakhstan. rt.com 
President vows 'tough' response to ongoing violent protests | Kazakhstan's authorities have imposed a state of emergency across the country in an attempt to get a grip on a deteriorating security situation, after widespread demonstrations were sparked by a gas price hike. | President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev reached for the sweeping measures late on Wednesday, hours after saying he intended to act "as tough as possible" against the violence. | The state of emergency vastly expands the powers of the country's police and military, as well as allowing the handing down of heavy penalties, including lengthy prison ter…
(2022-01-05). Kazakhstan's main airport seized by protesters — reports. rt.com 
Almaty transit hub overrun after president promised 'tough as possible' response to unrest | Flights to Kazakhstan are being canceled after Almaty International Airport, the country's busiest, was reportedly seized by protesters on Wednesday, amid mass unrest triggered by a hike in the price of liquefied gas. | While no visual evidence was immediately available from the airport due to a mass internet blackout said to be happening in Kazakhstan, locally-sourced Telegram news channel Orda cited the airport's press service as confirming they were no longer in control of the location. | It claimed the media team h…
(2022-01-05). "No new Yalta": EU joins U.S., NATO military buildup in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com New division of Europe is impossible — Borrell From 2009: EU, NATO, US: 21st Century Alliance For Global Domination A new division of Europe among world powers, like a "new Yalta" agreement, is impossible, so all European security issues should be resolved with the participation of Europeans, as well as Ukraine, which is part of …
(2022-01-05). Ukrainian troops drill on "de-facto border with temporarily occupied territory of Crimea" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukrainian grenade launcher operators in active training near de-facto border with occupied Crimea Ukraine Army's operators of automatic and man-portable anti-tank grenade launchers are undergoing a live-fire training session in Kherson region, near the de-facto border with the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. That's according to the press service of the …
(2022-01-05). NATO-Ukraine Commission to meet in five days. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kuleba to participate in meeting of NATO-Ukraine Commission on Jan 10 Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will take part in a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Commission on Monday, January 10. ==== NATO-Ukraine meeting to take place January 10, — Foreign Minister The NATO is going to have a meeting with Ukraine on January 10. Dmytro …
(2022-01-05). Turkish DM, NATO chief discuss war in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com àáavu≈üoƒülu, NATO chief discuss Ukraine-Russia row ahead of key meeting Foreign Minister Mevlàºt àáavu≈üoƒülu and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg have held a phone conversation to exchange views ahead of a key NATO meeting on the continued row between Ukraine and Russia. The NATO foreign ministers will hold an extraordinary meeting upon the call by the …
(2022-01-05). Sullivan, Nordic Partners Talk Readiness to Impose Costs on Russia Over Ukraine – NSC. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US national security adviser Jake Sullivan and his counterparts from the Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden discussed by telephone each country's readiness to impose consequences on Russia should it escalate tensions with Ukraine, Nation Security Council spokesperson Emily Horne said.
(2022-01-05). Guest contribution: What will happen if Russia and Ukraine go to war in the next year? antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Posted with the permission of the author. What will happen if Russia and Ukraine go to war in the next 1 year? Don Hank, MA Russian, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania The not-so-carefully crafted narrative in the West is that Ukraine is the victim of the cruel aggressive Russian regime that enjoys watching others suffer, like a …
(2022-01-05). Neutralization measures: Turkish, Ukrainian military intelligence chiefs "deepen and intensify cooperation" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukraine, Turkey military intelligence leaders agree to deepen cooperation "The other day, head of the domestic military intelligence, Brigadier General Kyrylo Budanov made a visit to the Republic of Turkey and met with his Turkish counterpart, Lieutenant General Rafet Dalkiran," the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine [said]. The military …
(2022-01-05). S Korean delegation's visit 'nothing to do with Vienna talks'. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 05 (MNA) — An informed source close to the Iranian negotiating team said that visit of South Korea's delegation to Vienna has nothing to do with the talks which is ongoing in Austrian capital Vienna.
(2022-01-05). Progress 'visible', main stumbling blocks becoming clearer. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 05 (MNA) — As the new round of Vienna talks on the removal of US anti-Iranian sanctions continues, the Russian diplomat said that progress in Vienna talks is visible and main stumbling blocks are becoming clearer.
(2022-01-05). The US Transformed A Tiny African State Into A Hub Of Imperial Aggression. popularresistance.org In a blatant threat to China's presence, Djibouti recently hosted the US-led "Allied Appreciation Day," in which Britain, France, and Japan showcased "a variety of equipment that is part of their military operations in the Horn of Africa" (HOA). The Pentagon's Combined Joint Task Force-HOA reported that the events fused Armistice, Remembrance, and Veterans' Days. Attendees participated in "demonstrations featuring a variety of allied military capabilities to include a military flyover." | Successive Djiboutian regimes have clung to power by promoting their small country in the Horn of Africa as a vital tool in th…
(2022-01-05). 'I Really Want to P*** Them Off': French President Macron Vows Crackdown on Unvaccinated. sputniknews.com Last summer saw massive protests in France against the COVID-19 vaccine passport mandate to visit places of leisure, with President Emmanuel Macron stressing at the time that avoiding vaccination was a demonstration of "irresponsibility".
(2022-01-05). Haiti's acting Prime Minister survives assassination attempt. peoplesdispatch.org 
The office of the head of Haitian government, on January 3, reported that acting Prime Minister and President Ariel Henry "survived an assassination attempt" during an event commemorating the country's independence on January 1. The government office, in a statement, said that "bandits and terrorists" had opened fire at the Prime Minister and his delegates when they were leaving a church in the GonaàØves city, where the ceremony marking the 218th anniversary of Haiti's independence from France was taking place. | According to reports, at least one person was killed and several others were wounded. Henry, w…
(2022-01-05). Five Countries Join the UNSC as Non-Permanent Members. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) began to assume responsibilities as non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). | RELATED: | Their two-year term officially started on Jan. 1. But Tuesday is the first working day of the council for 2022 after the Christmas and New Year break. A flag installation ceremony was held to mark the start of their responsibilities. | K…
(2022-01-05). Video: German-led NATO battle group trains for war on Belarus, Kaliningrad borders. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Video: enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup Lithuania Comprised of units from six Allied nations: Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands and Norway, NATO's enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup Lithuania is a key asset for providing deterrence and defence to the eastern flank. As part of their mission, NATO's enhanced Forward Battlegroup Lithuania is continuously executing training exercises …
(2022-01-05). Succumbing to artists' protest, Belgium suspends restrictions on cultural activity. mronline.org 
The artist community and workers in the cultural sector have claimed that the Belgian government's COVID-19 regulations targeting the cultural sector were not advised by experts.
(2022-01-05). Belgium complicit in killing of popular African leader, book claims. rt.com 
New evidence shows Belgium turned a blind eye as its officials plotted the assassination of Burundian PM Prince Louis Rwagasore in 1961 | Belgium has "overwhelming responsibility" for the killing of Prince Louis Rwagasore, the popular Burundian leader who sought to unite the country's ethnic groups as it gained freedom from the colonial power, new evidence shows. | Weeks after being elected prime minister in a landslide, Rwagasore, the 29-year-old son of a former king, was assassinated in October 1961. The governing Belgian elite masterminded the shooting while Brussels turned a blind eye, according to archive…
(2022-01-05). Estonian ex-official calls for NATO Article 4 to be invoked. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com MP: Estonia should launch NATO Article 4 consultations NATO's article 4 should be invoked by Estonia to start discussions about additional forces in the Baltic states and Poland, former Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Reinsalu said on Tuesday. Article 4 would start collective discussions amongst the alliance. Reinsalu called for like-minded countries to invoke the …
(2022-01-05). What India needs to learn from spiraling gas, electricity prices in Europe. peoplesdispatch.org The current crisis in The European Union (EU) has made its problem of a green transition worse by choosing a completely market-based approach for gas pricing. As we saw in Texas ea…
(2022-01-05). European Union funds Greece's fascistic anti-refugee offensive—Part 2. wsws.org The camps being built in Greece, with the fulsome praise of bourgeois politicians across the continent, are prisons, enforcing total surveillance and control over detainees.
(2022-01-05). Meet the activists on the Kent coast, trying to save lives. thecanary.co 
We live in a disgraceful time; a period when generations after us will look back and wonder how we could have been so cruel. They will wonder why so many of us, in our comfortable lives in Europe, left our fellow human beings to drown at sea; how we remained silent. | They will ask us how we could have let our government invade other countries for profit, or how we pretended not to notice that weapons used to arm Saudi Arabia, Israel, or the US were made in
(2022-01-05). Finland, Sweden: door to Western world's preeminent banquet, NATO, wide open. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com From Foreign Policy. Finland and Sweden Are Done With Deference to Russia Throughout its short history as an independent nation, Finland has been left uninvited to many banquets, but these days, the doors to the Western world's preeminent banquet, NATO, are wide open to Finland and its neighbor Sweden. And as Finland's president and prime minister …
(2022-01-05). White House engineers talks on collective action with NATO Quint, Bucharest 9 "eastern flank" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish presidential aides discuss security with US, German, French, Italian, UK counterparts Pawe≈Ç Soloch, head of Poland's National Security Bureau (BBN).PAP/Radek PietruszkaPawe≈Ç Soloch and Jakub Kumoch, who advise Polish President Andrzej Duda on security and foreign policies, joined an existing format that brings together the United States and four of its allies, Britain, Germany, Italy …
(2022-01-05). Photos: Greek Divers Uncover Wreckage of Italian WWII Submarine in Aegean Sea. sputniknews.com Eighty years ago an Italian submarine was sunk off the coast of Greece during World War II. In a recent interview with Reuters, Greek diver Kostas Thoctarides confirmed that he and his team members found the Italian submarine in November 2021.