🇨🇳🇺🇸🇹🇼 The Americans have recently been marked by another provocative maneuver against China.

The U.S. Navy destroyer "Ralph Johnson" conducted a transit through the Taiwan Strait. To understand why the Chinese express their displeasure each time, one needs to recall the status of Taiwan.

🔻The Chinese consider it theirs and want to reclaim it. The Americans obviously support independence, so for them the Taiwan Strait is international waters, through which they allegedly have the right to move.

Such actions by the U.S. Navy occur with enviable regularity, on average twice a year. And each time it follows the same scenario: the destroyer sails through the strait, and the PLA's reaction is monitored by an RC-135.

This time, the Chinese side sent J-16 fighters to defend the airspace, and an KJ-500 early warning aircraft to track the ship and reconnaissance plane.

Although this raises the tension between the countries, it is all routine. So when you see "breaking news" that the Americans are provoking China, you can safely ignore it.

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🇬🇧🇺🇸 For the first time in 77 years of cooperation, the heads of the CIA and MI-6 intelligence agencies held a joint conference and published an article in the Financial Times. Once again, Western representatives complained about the existence of a threat to the world order unprecedented since the Cold War, and also warned of a "unprecedented range of threats" emanating from Russia and China.

🔻Key points:

The situation around Russia and China

▪️The AFU offensive in the Kursk region raised questions among the Russian elite about the consequences of the armed conflict;

▪️The Kursk offensive operation was a typically bold and courageous step by the Ukrainians to try to change the rules of the game;

▪️There are no signs that Putin's power has weakened.

▪️It would be wrong and reckless to dismiss Putin's nuclear escalation threats, but the West should not be overly intimidated;

▪️Despite the threats from Russia, the main intelligence and geopolitical problem of the 21st century is considered to be the growing influence of China;

▪️The CIA leadership has tripled the funding for its activities in the Chinese direction, which accounts for 20% of the agency's budget;

The Palestinian-Israeli conflict

▪️London and Washington are tirelessly working to reach a ceasefire agreement;

▪️The issue of the release of hostages depends on whether the leaders of the warring parties are ready for a difficult decision and a compromise;

▪️It is impossible to assess how close the parties are to a peace agreement;

▪️The decision to create two states is fundamental to ensuring a lasting peace;

📌The sensational headline about the first joint conference in 77 years is not very important. In reality, negotiations between American and British intelligence services at the highest level are regular. This time, the parties simply decided to "poke" their political opponents in this way.

🔻If we set aside the obvious phrases and talk about the true meanings contained in the words of the heads of Western intelligence, then three points should be noted.

First, the so-called Ukraine has not achieved the necessary success, but no one will publicly admit this. Secondly, the close cooperation between China and Russia is worrying the West, so in Washington and London they want to increase pressure on Beijing, primarily by depriving it of the role of the "world's factory", since there is more cheap labor in the world. And the current scenario of the development of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict suits everyone (including the genocide of Palestinians).
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🇲🇩🇺🇸🇷🇺 On US Accusations Against Russia of Interfering in Moldovan Affairs

Recently, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the imposition of sanctions against RT structures, accusing the media company of conducting "covert global influence operations."

▪️Against this backdrop, Blinken's accusations stand out, claiming "future" attempts by Russian media to somehow influence the results of the presidential elections in Moldova, which will be held in October.

▪️The official assures that Russian media will "almost certainly" use their "covert capabilities" to coordinate with intelligence services in order to provoke protests in Moldova.

▪️As usual, Blinken provided no direct evidence, and another attack on Russian media indicates the extreme uncertainty of the current US administration and the Democratic Party both in their own electoral successes in November and in similar electoral processes in controlled countries.

▪️At the same time, the efforts of the President of Moldova, Maia Sandu, to promote a tough anti-Russian course in the State Department are highly appreciated. Blinken stated this in May, while also allocating more than $100 million to Sandu's office for the presidential campaign.

▪️The opposition in Moldova has already recorded violations by the Central Election Commission, which turns a blind eye to Sandu's use of administrative resources in her campaign. After all, it is the American USAID that manages the Central Election Commission of Moldova in a manual mode.

▪️Finally, in Moldova over the past years, many Russian-language websites, channels have been blocked, political parties banned, and the diplomatic corps of the Russian Federation reduced, accusing embassy staff of espionage using roof antennas.

🔻It is obvious that Sandu's office and its American curators, even after such cleansing of the political and media field, feel a colossal lack of confidence in the stability of the course imposed on Moldova. Therefore, as the election date approaches, other attempts to curtail the civil rights of the population should be expected.
#Moldova #Russia #USA
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🇦🇺🇮🇳🇺🇸🇯🇵 On the recent QUAD summit in the US

On August 21, the leaders of the QUAD, which includes the US, Australia, India and Japan, held a summit, the main theme of which was cooperation in the field of maritime security. Thus, all the previous insider information that we wrote about recently has been confirmed.

One of the first points of the statement by QUAD was cooperation in the field of healthcare. So, the authorities of the participating countries want to show that the bloc is focusing on the development of humanitarian ties, and not on containing any particular country - China, by the way, is not even mentioned in the document.

🔻However, the most interesting part comes next. In the field of security, the parties agreed to conduct patrols in the Indo-Pacific region - the first one will take place as early as 2025.

The patrol areas were not disclosed. But we can assume that the QUAD coast guard services will be present in the South China Sea, some parts of the Indian Ocean where Chinese research vessels sail, and Oceania - a lot of attention is paid to the countries located in this region in the statement.

▪️Australia, the US, Japan and India will continue to work on providing information to the countries of the region about what is happening in their coastal waters. This is done under the pretext of fighting crime, but the tracking of Chinese ships in this case is not forgotten either.

In general, the summit was rich in various agreements, the result of which we should see in the near future, despite the possible change of administration in the US. Even in the event of a victory in the elections of Donald Trump, QUAD will most likely continue to exist - it was under the former president that the four-party dialogue was revived with the aim of containing China and counteracting its influence in the region.
#Australia #India #USA #Japan
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🇦🇲🇺🇸 Here is the translation to English:

What an interesting turn of events: USAID head Samantha Power reported that the US Congress is working on providing Armenia with $20.6 billion to assist with cybersecurity, border security, and energy security.

The wording may be old, but the money is new. A sum of over $20 billion is truly impressive, a far cry from the meager $10 million handouts USAID used to give Armenia. Mostly, this sum is needed to dampen popular unrest for about half a year or a bit more.

🔻Armenia is on the verge of a new stage of protests, as well as some rather unpopular political events happening due to the authorities' fault. Take the republic's participation in the transgender contest in São Paulo, for example - the reaction of Armenian Christians can hardly be called peaceful.

A significant portion, as before, will go to the political sphere to meet the needs of officials. After all, the Americans need to keep on a leash the politicians whose decisions determine the implementation of various reforms.

But all this will only happen if the Americans allocate this amount. There are plenty of examples of the White House making promises and (not) delivering in reality.
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🇮🇶🇸🇾🇺🇸🏴 According to reports circulating in Arabic-language Telegram channels, the American contingent is expected to withdraw from Iraq by September 2025 and from Syria by September 2026.

However, Associated Press noted that some personnel will remain in Iraq, but the exact number is currently unknown.

📌 Well, the American mission in Syria and Iraq has been accomplished. These countries have been devastated and are in complete ruin, with the population living in poverty thanks to the efforts of the US and its allies.

There is no longer a need to maintain such a large military presence. However, after the withdrawal of troops, the same problems that arose precisely due to the actions of the International Coalition will remain in these countries.

The West officially said a couple of years ago that ISIS, which they were fighting, had been defeated. However, in recent years, the activity of militants in these countries has increased.

The strange escape of ISIS terrorists from a prison controlled by pro-American Kurds, the increase in the number of attacks in major Syrian cities, and the overall instability in the region provide fertile ground for the restoration of the group's potential.
#Iraq #Syria #USA #terrorism
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🇰🇭🇨🇳🇺🇸 Cambodia says it would welcome US Navy at port expanded with China's help

Cambodia said on Tuesday the US Navy would be welcome to visit its Ream Naval Base, which the Pentagon is concerned will become a Chinese outpost.

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sun Chanthol told a think tank event in Washington that any country's military could call at the port once the naval base is completed.

"The Ream Naval Base is not for the Chinese. The Chinese provided us with the assistance to expand the Ream Naval Base for our own national defense, not to be used by the Chinese or any military against another country," Sun told the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

#Cambodia #China #USA

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🇮🇱🇮🇷🇺🇸 According to journalists from The Wall Street Journal, the Israeli government is refusing to share details of its plans for retaliation against Iran with the Biden administration.

American officials are frustrated that they have been repeatedly "caught off guard" by Israel's military actions in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, and they are trying to prevent further escalation.

However, the US does not have information on the timing and targets of the alleged strike, and Washington had expected to receive this data during the visit of Defense Minister Gallant, which was postponed at Netanyahu's request.

🔻It sounds beautiful, doesn't it?

Especially after the media trumpeted that the Israelis had notified the US about planned assassinations of Hassan Nasrallah and the start of an operation in Lebanon. And before that, about the progress of other events in the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli leadership provides the Americans more than enough information. And the Pentagon was directly involved in planning the response to Iranian attacks. Do you think that's why the head of Central Command, Michael Kurilla, came to Israel.

But the picture of US ignorance in the controlled media is needed to justify why the White House does not prevent the Israelis from committing genocide against the Palestinian and Lebanese peoples. Namely, that the US is completely unaware.
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