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The Great Game Returns To Central Asia
26.04.2024, 05:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Great Game Returns To Central Asia Via EurasiaNet.org, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has reanimated US and EU interest in Central Asia. China has eclipsed Russia as the region's largest trade partner. Central Asian trade is diversifying away from Russia and towards the West. The Great Game is playing out once again in Central Asia, but it is getting...
Russia Vetoes US-Authored UN Resolution Banning Nuclear Weapons In Space
25.04.2024, 03:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia Vetoes US-Authored UN Resolution Banning Nuclear Weapons In Space Russia has just vetoed a very rare and interesting resolution set before the United Nations Security Council focused on banning nuclear weapons in space: The treaty bars signatories, including the U.S. and Russia, from placing "in orbit around the Earth any objects carrying nuclear...
"That's Concerning": US Indo-Pacific Commander Warns China Becoming More Aggressive As Economic Recovery "Failing"
24.04.2024, 04:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "That's Concerning": US Indo-Pacific Commander Warns China Becoming More Aggressive As Economic Recovery "Failing" One of the biggest questions of our time is whether China and the United States can escape Thucydides's Trap. It seems that, in the short term, the US will likely avoid direct conflict with China, but in the long term, there will be...
Russia Vows To Ramp Up Attacks On Western Weapons In Ukraine
24.04.2024, 00:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia Vows To Ramp Up Attacks On Western Weapons In Ukraine Russia's response to the Republican-led House passing Biden's foreign aid package which includes $61 billion in new military assistance for Ukraine has been to promise stepped-up targeting of the Western weapons store houses. A new statement by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu additionally said "The...
Poland "Ready" To Host NATO Nuclear Weapons, President Duda Says
23.04.2024, 10:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Poland "Ready" To Host NATO Nuclear Weapons, President Duda Says Poland has upped the nuclear rhetoric with Russia, on Monday suggesting NATO nuclear warheads could soon be positioned on its territory. It comes amid general NATO euphoria in the wake of the US House finally passing Biden's giant aid package for Ukraine, despite widespread acknowledgement...
Sweden Wants EU To Sanction Russia's Shadow Fleet And Ban Its LNG
23.04.2024, 09:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Sweden Wants EU To Sanction Russia's Shadow Fleet And Ban Its LNG By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com The next round of EU sanctions against Russia over the invasion of Ukraine should include measures to address the shadow fleet of tankers helping Russia move its oil and a ban on EU imports of Russian LNG, Sweden’s foreign minister said on Monday...
US & Philippines Kick Off Largest Ever Joint Drills On 'China's Doorstep'
23.04.2024, 05:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US & Philippines Kick Off Largest Ever Joint Drills On 'China's Doorstep' Tensions are soaring in waters off China as the US and its close regional ally the Philippines launched expansive joint war drills Monday, not far from hotly disputed maritime areas. At over 16,000 troops, the exercises called the "Balikatan" drills (or "shoulder to shoulder")...
REPO Act Passage Has Authorized Biden To Confiscate Russian Assets & Transfer To Ukraine
22.04.2024, 16:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - REPO Act Passage Has Authorized Biden To Confiscate Russian Assets & Transfer To Ukraine When the House voted to pass Biden's long sought after foreign aid package Saturday, which will deliver over $60 billion to Ukraine, included in this was passage of the REPO Act, which paves the way for the Biden administration confiscate billions in Russian sovereign...
Ukraine Claims First-Ever Shootdown Of Russian Strategic Bomber, Moscow Denies
20.04.2024, 13:39 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ukraine Claims First-Ever Shootdown Of Russian Strategic Bomber, Moscow Denies Another Russian military aircraft has fallen from the sky in a fiery wreck, social media video widely circulating on Friday shows. But precisely how it happened is being hotly disputed. Ukraine is now touting that for the first time ever, its forces have downed a Russian...
Desperation Behind European Politicians' Latest Russiagate Hoax
18.04.2024, 09:34 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Desperation Behind European Politicians' Latest Russiagate Hoax Authored by Peter Sourek, Cecile Jilkova, and Michael Shellenberg via Public Substack, The success of right-wing German political party AfD led European politicians to abuse their powers, perhaps illegally... European Commission Vice President Věra Jourová (left) Prime Minister of the...
Russia Restoring Oil Refining Capacity After Ukrainian Suicide Drone Strikes
18.04.2024, 00:43 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia Restoring Oil Refining Capacity After Ukrainian Suicide Drone Strikes With Western sanctions widely failing against Russia, as well as Ukraine's depleted air force unable to patrol its skies, Western leaders have said General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets would be game-changing in the war (these are the same leaders that said the...
Russia's Military Is Bigger Than Before Invasion
16.04.2024, 11:03 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia's Military Is Bigger Than Before Invasion Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, A top US general told Congress last week that Russia’s military is 15% bigger today than it was before the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, an acknowledgment that the goal of "weakening" Russia has failed. "The army is actually now larger — by 15% — than...
Zelensky Condemns Iran, Uses Attack On Israel To Ask For More Money
15.04.2024, 19:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Zelensky Condemns Iran, Uses Attack On Israel To Ask For More Money Once again the specter of a major Middle East war has overshadowed the much bloodier and fiercer Russia-Ukraine war, and coming at a moment the Zelensky government is deeply struggling to attract more weapons and funding from Western capitals, most notably Washington. President Zelensky...
Javier Blas Outlines Ten Takeaways For Crude Market Following Iran's Direct Attack On Israel
14.04.2024, 21:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Javier Blas Outlines Ten Takeaways For Crude Market Following Iran's Direct Attack On Israel Iran's direct attack on Israel on Saturday evening is viewed certainly as an escalation in the Middle East conflict. Tehran's missile and drone attack (widely unsuccessful) has been well-telegraphed (read: here & here) for the last two weeks, pushing up...
Russia Now Says It Expects 'Unconditional Capitulation Of Zelensky Regime' Before Peace
13.04.2024, 21:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia Now Says It Expects 'Unconditional Capitulation Of Zelensky Regime' Before Peace Ukrainian cities and especially the country's energy infrastructure have been getting pounded by intensified Russian missile and airstrikes over the past several days and weeks, leading to widespread power outages across the country. Russia's defense ministry said...
US Restricts Diplomats' Travel In Israel, Bracing For Iran Attack By Week's End
12.04.2024, 15:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Restricts Diplomats' Travel In Israel, Bracing For Iran Attack By Week's End Iran is expected to attack Israel by week's end, or at least within the coming days. However, the degree of telegraphing has almost taken the teeth out of the threat and what Iran hopes to accomplish in its retaliation. "Iran is calibrating its plans for a major retaliatory...
EU Parliament Refuses Decision On Budget Until Ukraine Gets More Patriots From Member States
12.04.2024, 11:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - EU Parliament Refuses Decision On Budget Until Ukraine Gets More Patriots From Member States The latest intense Russian bombardment of Ukraine has resulted in the European Parliament taking the unprecedented decision to delay approval of the council budget until EU leaders get fully on board with approving additional Patriot air defense systems for...
Iran Blames UN Security Council 'Inaction' For What Comes Next
11.04.2024, 18:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Iran Blames UN Security Council 'Inaction' For What Comes Next We previously reported that Iran now considers Israel's embassies and diplomatic sites abroad as essentially fair game in the wake of Israel's April 1st airstrikes on Iran's embassy in Damascus, which killed two high-ranking IRGC generals and at least five others. An analyst from the Middle...
Russia Bombards Ukraine With Hypersonic Missiles & Drones, Damaging Power Plants, NatGas Facilities
11.04.2024, 12:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia Bombards Ukraine With Hypersonic Missiles & Drones, Damaging Power Plants, NatGas Facilities Russia launched a major missile and suicide drone offensive on Thursday, bombarding Ukraine's power grid and underground natural gas storage sites. Bloomberg reports Russia air-launched six hypersonic Kinzhal missiles that hit critical infrastructure...
German Troops In 'Line Of Fire': First Foreign Deployment Since WW2
11.04.2024, 08:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - German Troops In 'Line Of Fire': First Foreign Deployment Since WW2 This week Germany has begun deploying troops to the Baltic state of Lithuania, which marks the first such external deployment of its kind for Germany's military since World War II — and which is the result of Berlin adopting a firmer 'counter-Russia' posture after more than two...
Moscow Accuses Hunter Biden-Linked Company Burisma Of Financing Terror Attacks
10.04.2024, 01:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Moscow Accuses Hunter Biden-Linked Company Burisma Of Financing Terror Attacks Russia says it has uncovered more damning evidence connecting the US and NATO to recent terror and assassination campaigns in Russia, including making connections to the March 22 Crocus City Hall terror attack which resulted in over 140 Russians dead and hundreds more wounded...
US Sent Seized Iranian Weapons, Ammo To Ukraine As Resupply Efforts Hit Desperation
09.04.2024, 20:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Sent Seized Iranian Weapons, Ammo To Ukraine As Resupply Efforts Hit Desperation The Pentagon announced Tuesday it has delivered thousands of small arms previously seized from a shipment intended for Yemen's Houthi rebels, along with over half a million rounds of ammunition. The US believes the seized arms were supplied by Iran, and recent years...
'Foreign Interference': China Hits Back At Yellen While Welcoming Russia's Lavrov To Beijing
09.04.2024, 16:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Foreign Interference': China Hits Back At Yellen While Welcoming Russia's Lavrov To Beijing US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen at the end of her four day trip to China chose to deliver a stark warning on an ultra-sensitive topic in US-China relations. She warned against any actions of Beijing to bolster Russia's military capacity by supplying ammunition...
Here's What Will Push Oil Above $100/Bbl
08.04.2024, 21:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Here's What Will Push Oil Above $100/Bbl Back in early December, just after Powell's dovish pivot shocked everyone, many closet oil bulls like BofA's energy strategist Francisco Blanch, predicted that a dovish Fed would send oil back to $100. Unfortunately for him, oil did nothing and just one month later, as no oil buying had materialized, Blanch threw...
'Dangerous Provocation': Kremlin Blasts Ukraine For Drone Strike On Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant
08.04.2024, 18:24 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Dangerous Provocation': Kremlin Blasts Ukraine For Drone Strike On Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant The International Atomic Energy Agency is once again sounding the alarm over the potential that disaster could strike the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in southeastern Ukraine, which is the largest in Europe. On Sunday, for the first...
More Cold War Era Treaties Collapse As Turkey Suspends EU Arms Limitation Deal
07.04.2024, 13:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - More Cold War Era Treaties Collapse As Turkey Suspends EU Arms Limitation Deal Via The Cradle Turkey has followed suit with its NATO allies and Russia in suspending an arms treaty that imposed limitations on conventional military equipment in Europe. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a decree on April 4 to suspend Ankara's duties under...
Biden Official Admits Russia Has Reconstituted Nearly All Military Losses In Ukraine
06.04.2024, 14:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Official Admits Russia Has Reconstituted Nearly All Military Losses In Ukraine A top level Biden administration official has issued surprising remarks assessing Russian resiliency in the face of two years of Washington sanctions, and after a grinding war which has likely resulted in at least tens of thousands of troop losses. Deputy Secretary...
Ukrainian Drones Hit Russia's Third-Largest Oil Refinery, Prompting White House Anger
02.04.2024, 15:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ukrainian Drones Hit Russia's Third-Largest Oil Refinery, Prompting White House Anger As discussed in our morning wrap, US equity futures are dipping lower as bond yields in the US continue to move higher as crude continues to surge and is up another 2% on growing fears of middle-eastern escalation after a senior Iranian commander was killed by an Israeli...
In Russia Mass Deportations Of Muslim Migrants Surge After Moscow Terror Attack
02.04.2024, 04:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - In Russia Mass Deportations Of Muslim Migrants Surge After Moscow Terror Attack There have been widespread reports of mass deportations of Muslim migrants from Russia in the wake of the March 22 terror attack on the Crocus City Hall venue in a Moscow suburb which killed at least 140 people and left hundreds more wounded and injured. This trend is said...
Why Is NATO And The Kiev Regime Terrified Of Russia's 'Zircon' Hypersonic Missile?
01.04.2024, 08:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Why Is NATO And The Kiev Regime Terrified Of Russia's 'Zircon' Hypersonic Missile? Authored by Drago Bosnic via infobrics.org, Even before the horrendous Crocus City Hall terrorist attack, the Russian military's long-range strike capabilities were sending shivers down the spines of NATO aggressors and their Neo-Nazi junta puppets. Weapons such as the...
Improvement Of US-Russia Relations 'Impossible' Under Biden, Ambassador Says
29.03.2024, 14:34 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Improvement Of US-Russia Relations 'Impossible' Under Biden, Ambassador Says Russian ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov has issued a dire assessment of the current state of US-Russia relations in an interview with Russia's Channel One. He said that no one should expect relations with Washington to improve at all under President Joe Biden, and at one...
Why Morgan Stanley Says To Buy Energy Stocks Right Now
29.03.2024, 11:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Why Morgan Stanley Says To Buy Energy Stocks Right Now By Alex Kimani of OilPrice.com The AI boom and Big Tech might be hogging all the media limelight right now, but the smart money is quietly piling into energy stocks. Indeed, the energy sector is the most crowded of all 11 U.S. market sectors, with the sector’s favorite benchmark, Energy Select...
Watch: Russian Su-35 Jet Reportedly Shot Down Over Crimea
29.03.2024, 08:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Watch: Russian Su-35 Jet Reportedly Shot Down Over Crimea A Russian military fighter jet has crashed into the Black Sea near Sevastopol, Crimea on Thursday, the region's Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev has confirmed. The announcement came after several social media videos surfaced showing what appears to be a Russian Su-35 aircraft falling from the sky...
Putin Threatens To Attack Western Air Bases Hosting Ukrainian F-16s
29.03.2024, 01:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Putin Threatens To Attack Western Air Bases Hosting Ukrainian F-16s This week Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Torzhok air base in Tver Region which hosts the 344th Training Center for Russian combat pilots. Some or many of these aviators who will likely go on to fly missions in Ukraine. In an address to the pilots, Putin referenced accusations...
Bitcoin, Bond Yields, & Black Gold Bounce Amid Big Auction & Bad Data
25.03.2024, 21:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bitcoin, Bond Yields, & Black Gold Bounce Amid Big Auction & Bad Data A quiet day with some uglier than expected housing data (new home sales miss) and manufacturing (Dallas Fed survey sunk) left bond yields and black gold higher, but bitcoin stole the headlines. The bad data prompted a dovish drift in rate-cut expectations... Source: Bloomberg The...
Russian Hypersonic Missiles Pummel Kiev After Ukraine Drone Damages Rosneft Refinery
25.03.2024, 20:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russian Hypersonic Missiles Pummel Kiev After Ukraine Drone Damages Rosneft Refinery Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on Monday morning, with US Ambassador Bridget Brink writing on X that she observed "Loud explosions in Kyiv" as "Again this morning Russia is attacking Ukraine with hypersonic missiles. Loud explosions in Kyiv. Over the...
Oil Surges As US Production Unexpectedly Tumbles After Shale Merger Wave Fizzles; Russia Orders Companies To Cut Production
25.03.2024, 17:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Oil Surges As US Production Unexpectedly Tumbles After Shale Merger Wave Fizzles; Russia Orders Companies To Cut Production A few weeks ago we looked at the current state of M&A play in the US shale patch, and concludes that with most E&P companies - from small to XXX-large - either set acquire (or be acquired) and/or have opted for an independent future...
"Kill Them All": Putin Allies Lobby For Return Of Death Penalty After Terror Attack
25.03.2024, 17:07 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Kill Them All": Putin Allies Lobby For Return Of Death Penalty After Terror Attack Russia's notoriously outspoken former president and current senior security official Dmitry Medvedev channeled the Russian populace's outrage in wake of the Crocus City Hall terror attack which happened Friday, and resulted in 137 people killed and at least 182 others...
Double-Bottom? European NatGas Jumps On Russia Missile Attacks On Ukraine's Energy Grid
25.03.2024, 15:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Double-Bottom? European NatGas Jumps On Russia Missile Attacks On Ukraine's Energy Grid European natural gas prices have constructed what appears to be a double-bottom, around the 25 euros a megawatt-hour level. Prices are moving higher Monday morning as a war risk premium returns following Russia's massive aerial attack on Friday in what Ukrainian...
"Drone Attacks" Hit Another Russian Refinery As Swing Producer's Refining Capacity Drops
23.03.2024, 17:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Drone Attacks" Hit Another Russian Refinery As Swing Producer's Refining Capacity Drops Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil refineries continued in the overnight hours, with two separate attacks. The latest wave of drone attacks on the Russian refinery system has forced the swing producer's daily average oil refining rate to drop to a ten-month...
Putin Vows Revenge For "Bloodbath" Moscow Attack, Points Finger At Help From Ukraine, As 11 'Terrorists' Captured
23.03.2024, 16:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Putin Vows Revenge For "Bloodbath" Moscow Attack, Points Finger At Help From Ukraine, As 11 'Terrorists' Captured The official death toll from Russian authorities in the wake of Friday's terror attack on a Moscow concert hall has reached 133 dead, with some unofficial reports saying there could be as many as 140 or more. As the scene continues to be...
Swathes Of Ukraine Go Dark After Russia Pummels Electrical Power Facilities In Huge Retaliation
23.03.2024, 12:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Swathes Of Ukraine Go Dark After Russia Pummels Electrical Power Facilities In Huge Retaliation We reported earlier on the clear escalation in Ukraine's cross-border strikes on Russia's energy infrastructure, during which time Moscow has in turn ramped up its own major airstrikes on Ukraine's facilities. The Russian Defense Ministry (MoD) in a press...
Moscow's Largest Concert Hall Attacked; Explosions & Mass Shootings Reported
22.03.2024, 19:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Moscow's Largest Concert Hall Attacked; Explosions & Mass Shootings Reported Some kind of major attack just occurred at a Moscow concert hall with contradictory breaking reports emerging from on the ground and several circulating unconfirmed videos. There are possibly at least ten casualties and videos from the scene showing a large fire and plumes...
Over 30 Missiles Used In First Russian Attack On Kiev In 44 Days
21.03.2024, 14:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Over 30 Missiles Used In First Russian Attack On Kiev In 44 Days The Ukrainian capital of Kiev had not been targeted by airstrikes since February, but that changed when overnight and in the early morning hours Russian ballistic and cruise missiles rocked the city, reportedly wounding at least 13 people and causing damage to multiple buildings. Ukraine...
France Blasts Russian Spy Chief's Remarks As 'Irresponsible' Provocation
21.03.2024, 09:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - France Blasts Russian Spy Chief's Remarks As 'Irresponsible' Provocation France's defense ministry has angrily denounced remarks made by chief of Russia's foreign intelligence service (SVR). SVR chief Sergey Naryshkin claimed Tuesday that France's Macron is already preparing a large contingent of troops to be sent to Ukraine. "Initially, it will include...
French Units In Ukraine Will Be 'Priority' Target, Warns Russia
20.03.2024, 10:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - French Units In Ukraine Will Be 'Priority' Target, Warns Russia Russian intelligence has alleged that France is preparing a military contingent of 2,000 troops to be deployed on the ground in Ukraine. The claim was made by Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Sergey Naryshkin on Tuesday, and was quickly picked up in international...
Piers Morgan Vs Jeffrey Sachs On Putin: "Russia's War With Ukraine Was Completely Avoidable"
20.03.2024, 04:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Piers Morgan Vs Jeffrey Sachs On Putin: "Russia's War With Ukraine Was Completely Avoidable" Economist Jeffrey Sachs has appeared this week on Piers Morgan Uncensored where the two discussed Russian leader Vladimir Putin just being elected to a fifth 6th year term as president. Sachs speaks from within the establishment, having long served as a...
Russia Mulls Security Buffer Zone As Ukraine Drones Shut Down 600,000 Barrels Of Daily Refining
18.03.2024, 23:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia Mulls Security Buffer Zone As Ukraine Drones Shut Down 600,000 Barrels Of Daily Refining After Russian President Vladimir Putin's post-election victory speech and Q&A with the press wherein he first unveiled the possibility of creating a buffer zone between Ukrainian land and Russian border regions, the Kremlin has issued more details of the...
Escobar: Will BRICS Launch A New World Order In 2024?
18.03.2024, 04:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Escobar: Will BRICS Launch A New World Order In 2024? Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Cradle, BRICS doubled its membership at the start of 2024, and faces huge tasks ahead: integrating its newest members, developing future admission criteria, deepening the institution's groundings, and most importantly, launching the mechanisms for bypassing the US...