For now, links to reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, Tass, National Public Radio, Newsweek, and Agence France-Presse; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Then, via Consortium News, links to two alternative views of Western media treatment of a summit meeting last week in Uzbekistan. — MCM
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Russia’s Medvedev: new regions can be defended with strategic nuclear weapons. From Reuters. LONDON — Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said today that any weapons in Moscow’s arsenal, including strategic nuclear weapons, could be used to defend territories incorporated in Russia from Ukraine. Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, said that referendums being organised . . . READ MORE . . .
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Zelenskyy lays out his case against Russia to UN, by Jennifer Peltz | AP UNITED NATIONS — Ukraine’s president laid out a detailed case on Wednesday against Russia’s invasion at the United Nations and demanded punishment from world leaders in a speech delivered just hours after Moscow made an extraordinary announcement that it would mobilize some reservists for the war effort. Buoyed by a counteroffensive that has retaken . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia will fight for its independence for great future, Putin says. From Tass. VELIKY NOVGOROD, Russia — Russia will continue to defend its freedom and independence, culture and traditions for the sake of future generations and a great future, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday at the festivities on the occasion of the 1,160th anniversary of the inception of Russian statehood. “We will fight for our Fatherland, for our Motherland, the only one we have, for our . . READ MORE . . .
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What Putin’s partial mobilization announcement means for Ukraine. A Martinez of NPR talks with retired Marine Corps Col. Mark Cancian about what Putin’s partial mobilization of the Russian military and attempts to annex Ukrainian territory tell us about the next phase of the war. Click HERE to listen and, tomorrow, read.
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Russia’s Sergey Lavrov warns U.S. it risks becoming combatant in Ukraine war, by Tom O’Connor | Newsweek In an interview with Newsweek, the Russian foreign minister said U.S.-Russian interstate dialogue “has been practically frozen owing to the United States. It is objectively not possible to maintain normal communication with Washington declaring the strategic defeat of Russia as an objective.” Click HERE for a transcript.
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UK government lifts energy fracking ban in England. From AFP. The UK government today lifted England’s moratorium on fracking, a controversial method to dig for fossil fuels, to boost energy output after key supplier Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Prime Minister Liz Truss had flagged the move two weeks ago, shortly after taking office, in a vast energy package . . . READ MORE . . .
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Defensive West smears Samarkand summit, by Joe Lauria | Consortium News At its peril, the West continues to dismiss a movement of most of the world seeking to break free of U.S. global domination which has dramatically accelerated since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. While Western media pushes the line that the whole world is standing with Ukraine and . . . READ MORE . . .
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Appointment in Samarkand, by Patrick Lawrence | Consortium News The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is dedicated to Eurasian unity and is of a piece with the famous World Island thesis of Halford MacKinder, who postulated in 1904 that the Eurasian landmass was destined to emerge as “the geographical pivot of history.” The Eurasian Economic Union, the Belt and Road Initiative, the SCO: These are the organizational hardware as this turn of history’s wheel comes to be. Of this we read next to nothing last week . . . READ MORE . . .
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TO BE CONTINUED