At least we have each other
Edward's weekly news roundup & open thread (September 24, 2023)
Sunday greetings to you, internet friend. Browse the weekend link dump at your leisure and feel free to share your own URLs. Or just say hello in the comments section.
News from Russian media
The people are the source of power in Russia, Vladimir Putin said in a speech marking the 30th anniversary of the country’s Central Election Commission. [RIA Novosti]
What happened to Moscow’s “red lines”? [Katyusha.org]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the 78th session of the UN General Assembly that “a new world order is being born right before our eyes”. He said there is currently a struggle between “the world majority, which advocates a more equitable distribution of global goods and civilizational diversity” and “those few who apply neocolonial methods of subjugation”. [Interfax]
Russia’s GDP grew by 2% in the seven months of 2023, according to preliminary estimates from the Ministry of Economic Development. [Vedomosti]
Rospotrebnadzor chief Anna Popova says there is currently no need to introduce a nationwide mask regime in Russia, adding that employers can instruct their workers to mask up if they so desire. [TASS]
Moscow now has 700 cameras that can identify drivers who aren’t wearing seatbelts and automatically issue them fines. [Nakanune]
The former head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, was appointed senator from the Zaporozhye region. [Gazeta.ru]
Kaspersky Lab is recording a dynamic increase in cyber attacks around the world, said the head of the company, Evgeny Kaspersky. According to him, every day Kaspersky Lab encounters 400 thousand new malicious files. [Kommersant]
A curfew on weekdays was introduced in the Donetsk People’s Republic. Residents are barred from walking the streets or gathering in public places between 23:00 to 04:00, Monday-Friday. [Interfax]
Will Covid restrictions return to Russia? “The pandemic is increasingly being called a pretext for social engineering.” [Free Press]
The Russian government will allocate more than 5 billion rubles to provide a grant to the state fund for supporting SMO veterans. [Kommersant]
Are Russia’s food exports causing prices to rise at home? [Free Press]
The Turkish Ministry of Culture said that 2.5 million Russians visited the country in the summer of 2023, 19% more than in June-August of the previous year. [Gazeta.ru]
A survey conducted by Russia’s Agency for Ethnic Affairs found that 43% of respondents (immigrants) preferred Sharia over Russia’s secular laws. [Zavtra]
Edward’s dispatches in foreign languages
La Russie doit combler le fossé en matière de marquage de bétail! [nouveau-monde.ca]
Страны-участники БРИКС тоже хотят «устойчивого развития» [Anna Rudneva]
Edward’s media appearances
I had the honor of chatting with John OLoughlin (listen/watch here) and Jesse Zurawell (listen here) about Russia-related topics and also just life in general.
The people are the source of power. Usually this is good to hear.
But in the age of technocracy/Matrix, not really sure does he mean societal power or is he jeering with equivocal language like the rest of them.
"Sergei Lavrov told the 78th session of the UN General Assembly that “a new world order is being born right before our eyes”. He said there is currently a struggle between “the world majority, which advocates a more equitable distribution of global goods and civilizational diversity” and “those few who apply neocolonial methods of subjugation."
There's a bit of a difference between international ruling elite hoodlums having internecine battles between one another for more "stuff" and an agreed upon synchronized agenda established by the same bunch of gangsters under the auspices of the UN in order to suppress outraged billions.