Taliban deputy prime minister expresses hopes for “further strengthening” of Russia-Afghanistan ties. (Sputnik)

“On behalf of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, we are pleased to welcome you, the esteemed representative of Russia [Security Council chief Sergei Shoigu]. We hope that this meeting will further strengthen our relations. We are grateful to Russia for supporting the Islamic Emirate in the international arena,” Taliban* interim government deputy prime minister for political affairs Abdul Kabir Mohammad told Russian officials in Kabul on Monday.

“We thank the esteemed Zamir Kabulov, Russian special representative, for his contribution to the development of relations between Russia and the Islamic Emirate,” the senior Taliban official added.

* An organization under UN sanctions for terrorist activities.

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Year ago I said this…

What we see today in America (and its Western-bred dogs) is as old as the human race. We see the standard patterns of a dying empire: the decline of justice and the decline of human compassion, matched by the increase in wars and murders necessary to expand the territory of markets and resources to sustain the dying empire. Soon the enemies of the empire and the victims will have chewed up the body of the dying empire, and the rest is history. – kKEETON…

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US needs Ukraine’s rare earth metals, including lithium — Lavrov

“MOSCOW, November 25. /TASS/. The United States needs Ukraine’s rare-earth metals, including lithium, and intends to take them as payment for military assistance, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a meeting with participants in the academic and educational program of the A. M. Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Support Fund “Dialogue for the Future.”

“It is no coincidence that US Senator Lindsey Graham said outright (he is not a diplomat and does not hide his thoughts), that the US needs to ensure that Russia suffer a defeat in Ukraine, because there are many rare-earth metals, including lithium,” Lavrov said. “He said so to Vladimir Zelensky when he visited him recently. He said that the US needs these riches. And he added that they would help Ukraine and in return they would take all this from it as payback.”

Lavrov noted that American companies had already bought up most of the fertile land.

“They keep talking about the ‘Black Sea initiative’, about the need to feed Africa. First of all, the West exported more than 50% of grain to the European Union, and not to Africa. American corporations made money on this grain. And they want to do the same to the rest of our neighbor’s wealth,” Lavrov stressed.”

TASS

https://tass.com/politics/1877305

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Medvedev and he gives a Sunday Review…

SUNDAY REVIEW
Five events that have already happened

1. First on the list, of course, is the firing of the ‘Oreshnik,’ Russia’s new hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile carrying a MIRV payload, used (this time) with non-nuclear warheads. Europe is at a loss, speculating how much damage the missile would cause with nuclear warheads, whether it can be shot down at all, and how quickly the missiles would reach the capitals of the Old World. Let me answer all three: the damage would be catastrophic; no, you cannot shoot them down using current-day systems; and it will be a matter of minutes. No, bomb shelters will not save you. The only hope is that Russia, out of the kindness of its heart, gives advanced warning about the launch.
So how about you stop supporting the war, instead.

2. Responding to the launch of the Oreshnik missile, Ukrainian propagandists came up with their own special ‘missile defense’ of the imaginary kind: according to them, the missile simply doesn’t exist. Who needs rocket science, anyway? Just shut your eyes and nothing bad will happen. If you can’t see the problem, it doesn’t exist!

3. The Western media are tripping over themselves to insist the United States arm puppet-state Ukraine with nuclear weapons. An excellent idea, especially in light of Russia’s updated nuclear deterrence doctrine.
Now let’s come up with a list of Washington’s potential enemies with whom we could share our own nuclear technologies.

4. Speaking in the Rada, the green-rag wearing banderite announced his new ten-point ‘resilience plan’ for Ukraine. What they really need is a 1-point plan that just says, “Stop snorting white stuff and face facts.” Ukraine’s parliament is full of sellouts ready and waiting to pack their bags when faced with a tough scenario (see paragraph 1).

5. And last but not least. US Senator Lindsey Graham, a die-hard Russophobe and overall degenerate (listed in Russia’s register of terrorists and extremists), said Washington should sanction and destroy the economies of countries assisting the ICC with the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
So, it appears that the US recognizes the power of the ICC – a totally illegitimate organization, by the way – when it comes to specific countries and leaders, but is willing to go absolutely medieval on any other nation that complies with the ICC’s rulings, especially when they’re aimed at US satellites and their public figures.

Nothing quite like a consistent and honest stance.

ВОСКРЕСНОЕ
МЕЖДУНАРОДНОЕ ОБОЗРЕНИЕ
про пять событий, которые уже случились

1. Конечно, первое – это применение гиперзвуковой баллистической ракеты средней дальности «Орешник» с разделяющимися боеголовками в неядерном исполнении. Европа гадает, какой ущерб система может причинить, если головки будут ядерными, можно ли всё-таки сбить эти ракеты и как быстро ракеты достигнут столиц Старого Света. Ответ: ущерб неприемлемый, сбить современными средствами невозможно и речь идёт о минутах. Бомбоубежища не помогут, поэтому надежда только на то, что добрая Россия будет предупреждать о пусках заранее.
Поэтому лучше прекращать поддержку войны.

2. Свою любопытную, инициативную ПРО в отношении БГРСД «Орешник» обнародовали хохляцкие пропагандисты: «Никакого «Орешника» вообще не существует». Правильно, надо быть проще! И для защиты достаточно просто зажмуриться. Для тех, кто зажмурится, проблема исчезает автоматически.

3. Западные СМИ наперебой предлагают США наделить б. Украину атомным оружием. Отличная мысль, особенно в свете новой доктрины ядерного сдерживания России.
Остаётся ещё подумать о том, кому потенциально из врагов США мы могли бы передать свои ядерные технологии.

4. Зелёная бандеровская футболка провозгласила в своей Раде «план стойкости» из десяти пунктов. На самом деле ей нужен личный «план стійкості» из одного пункта: меньше нюхать и быть ближе к реалиям. Сама же «Верховная зрада Украины» сидит на чемоданах в ожидании трудного развития событий (см. п. 1).

5. И на закуску. Американский сенатор-русофоб и попросту редкий урод Грэм (включён в реестр террористов и экстремистов в РФ) сказал, что Вашингтон должен ввести санкции и уничтожить экономику всех стран, которые помогут МУС арестовать премьер-министра Израиля Биньямина Нетаньяху и экс-главу Минобороны Йоава Галанта.

Ну что ж, США (да, и Европа) признают нелегитимный МУС в отношении руководителей одних стран и готовы просто рвать на части любые другие государства за исполнение актов МУС в отношении должностных лиц их сателлитов.

Честная, открытая позиция.

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Better remember Nixon and Vietnam. Are you listening Trump?

Recall in 1969 that when President Nixon took over and inherited Johnson’s Vietnam War and they pinned all the blame upon Nixon…

Run Trump Run…

Dump all and I mean all blame right on Biden and friends head. Do not carry this baggage for them…

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Bitcoin nears $100k: Exploring its market value and growing dominance

I guess that shows that the dollar is almost dead and we will soon eat so much inflation it is gonna be a Wiemar Republic Party…

Bitcoin exchange rate exceeded $98 thousand for the first time on November 22, updating its all-time high. The cryptocurrency may be on track to reach the $100,000 mark.
As the Bitcoin price topped $99,000 on November 22, setting a new all-time high, we look at how many bitcoins exist, their share in the global currency supply and what drives up their value. (Read More)

I believe when we see Gold hit $100k per ounce, it is definitely game over for the dollar. But it is looking interesting with Bitcoin already…

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I find it a little bit ignorant that a stranded hedgehog living on a deserted island of Indonesia appears to be better informed than President’s of the United States about future, current and past affairs. – kKEETON…

~~ Shouldn’t the hedgehog “be at least second” in line to find out about stuff? ~~

Or is our US president the actual peak of our society in America?

At least that means we do not have far to fall, we already are in free-fall for quite awhile…

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Ballistic missile not ICBM, get it right people…

Oreshnik or Hazel Nut…

I like Hazel Nuts!

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Do you see that I was wrong?

We (plebs) really are not wanted…

Everything is pointing at what I was thinking in 2015…

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Volodin of Duma about will we and are they ready?

⚡️ Answer

The permission of the US and its allies to use long-range weapons of Western manufacture against our country once again confirms that NATO is fighting against Russia.

Without the participation of their military specialists and satellite data, it is impossible to aim the weapons at the target and put them into action.

US and UK missiles struck military targets in the Kursk and Bryansk regions.

The Russian Federation has repeatedly emphasized – and we have spoken about this – that such actions will be responded to. And more powerful.

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin made a decision that we support.

In a situation where the US and its European allies are using missiles to strike the territory of the Russian Federation, this is the correct and long-awaited response.

Our country has the right to use its weapons against military facilities of those states that attack us.

When voices are heard in the West that Russia will not dare, it will certainly dare. And he has every right to do so!

We are obliged to do everything to protect the territorial integrity and security of our citizens.

The outgoing Biden, together with his friends in Europe, is deliberately complicating the situation. Doing everything to not lose the remnants of hegemony. Not thinking about people and the security of the world as a whole. His decisions lead to an escalation that becomes global in nature.

Our country is ready for any development of events.

And politicians in Western countries need to ask themselves: are they ready for this and do they understand the consequences?!

Volodin of Duma

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