Shifted SWIFT

So, India and Russia have finalised an alternative transaction platform. SWIFT replacement to be on Apr, 1.

There have been a lot of reports in the last few days on Moscow and New Delhi's moves away from global settlement practices and replace the much-abused SWIFT.

The new payment system is likely to be installed at the headquarters of both the Reserve Bank of India and Vnesheconombank in Russia and will be operational within a week, firing "seamless transmission of import or export documents for transactions in rupees and roubles", the Economic Times said.

Bloomberg had earlier reported that the new system is the Financial Message Transfer System (FMTS). According to the Bloomberg, New Delhi is yet to take a final decision on the issue.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is visiting India today. This may be one of the issues on the agenda.

Originaly @ https://t.iss.one/c/1634612780/11

⚡️ Live footage of Sergei Lavrov's arrival in New Delhi

Russian foreign minister arrives in India today with an official visit

https://t.iss.one/zvezdanews/75044

Fake photo use brings La Stampa to the court

URA.RU has decided to sue the Italian newspaper La Stampa, which used editorial photos to promote fakes. Reminder: Italy's largest publication used a photo of the agency from real tragedy site in Donetsk to fake the "massacre in Kiev".

The famous photo of an grieving old man was taken on March, 14 by URA.RU correspondent Eduard Kornienko, who witnessed Ukrainian Tochka-U killed 24 civilians in the centre of Donetsk. La Stampa posted this photo on the front page of its newspaper, reporting on the "massacre in Kiev" claimed to have been carried out by the Russian army.

URA.RU's editorial board says that it intends to make every effort for the justice: the Italian newspaper must face punishment for spreading the fake news and photo faking.

Originally @ https://t.iss.one/karaulny/370426

🔥🔥🔥 Take them alive! Exchange for Bout, Yaroshenko and others! Or, why Macron calls Putin so often?

Our intelli sources report that a group of American and British military advisers of the Mariupol guerrillas, as well as several British SSU advisers, who did not manage to leave the city in time, totaling about 20 people, are surrounded at Azovstal factory along with Azov.

An attempt to involve French President Macron in this flock evacuation to get all the Azov squad out by seaships was abandoned because of Moscow's refusal to negotiate. Now there are attempts to evacuate them in an emergency.

(Two helicopter attempts to break through).

Originally @ https://t.iss.one/rtechnocom/341

SHE SAID YES!!!

Austrian OMV is awaiting information from Gazprom on payments for gas supplies in roubles, while payments in Euros remain the basis of the contract, the company said.

Originally @ https://t.iss.one/tass_agency/123813

Working class is drawn into protests, both from the left (anti-fascists, anti-imperialists, trade unionists) and from the right (Eurosceptics, nationalists, separatists). At the moment, “fuel protests” are far from structural unification and do not reach the organizational level of “Yellow vests”, but if the crisis escalates, stronger protest could have a serious impact on domestic political agenda in the EU.

Various right-wing and left-wing populist parties could take advantage of this - they can not only appeal to the “highest democratic ideals” of Europe, which Putin allegedly threatens, but to the empty wallets of fellow citizens.

In addition to economic protests, political protests are also beginning spark in Europe: rallies in support of Russia (particularly Serbia), and objections to supply weapons to Ukraine.

Italian workers openly protested when they found out that military supplies were being sent to Ukraine disguised as humanitarian aid. In fact, 100 years later, they reproduced the protests of Italian workers who opposed sending weapons to the interventionists who invaded Soviet Russia, and this is a symbolic trend, although not yet widespread. Meanwhile there is a direct relationship between the supply of weapons to Ukraine (which allows the conflict to be taken “to the last Ukrainian”) the deterioration in the living standards of the working class of Europe: the more weapons they bring to Ukraine and the longer the conflict goes on, the worse the life of an ordinary European will be. Not everyone is ready to pay the Nazi regime out of their own pockets.

In this situation, Russia has a choice to observe Europe trying to cope with new problems, while leaving European politicians a chance to agree and continue political games with countries that “oppose” Brussels -for example Hungary or Western European Euroskeptics.

On the other hand, Russia could seriously hurt the European economy and European living standards simply by cutting off gas and oil supplies to Europe, as the US wants. The demand put forward by Putin for Europeans to buy gas using rubles is the first point when Europe will have to make a choice in building a new format of relations with Russia. The old format has been reset, and the new one has not yet been formed. Therefore, Europe was given time until the end of March to decide whether they would take the path of escalation, or agree to Russian conditions to not force a crisis within the European Union. Moscow is waiting for a response.

So far, only Bulgaria and Moldova have agreed to buy gas for rubles. Main EU countries say they do not want to do so, but this brings relations to a standstill, as the seller does not want to sell the goods for euros or dollars. The rejection of the compromise scenario will most likely lead to a further increase in protest moods in Europe. Brussels is to make a choice.

Originally @ https://riafan.ru/22573318-chto_viberet_evropa_sanktsii_protiv_rossii_ili_protisti_protiv_bryusselya

WHEN YOU GOT MONEY, BUT LOST YOUR COUNTRY

The Weeknd, Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively, Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis, Bridget Macron, Samsung, Bundesliga, Queen of Denmark, Roger Federer Foundation - what unites them? It is the report of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the amount of the financial aid the ones listed above sent to support Ukraine’s confrontation with Russia.

In the documents leaked by XakNet Team hackers, we found a nine-page table listing everyone who has already sent the money. We carefully counted and simplified everything so that you do not have to worry about translations - as of March 20, €337,749,200 was raised with more than €150,000,000 coming from the Netherlands.

Here’s the example of the request from the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Kazakhstan: "With all due respect, pass the urgent financial support request letter to the responsible authorities, with all due respect." However, not everyone favors these requests. For instance, Mexico has only provided humanitarian aid and Moldova has denied it all together, due to the limited funds caused by influx of Ukrainian refugees.

Originally @ https://t.iss.one/breakingmash/33455

⚡️⚡️⚡️Ministry of Defence Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Defence Management Centre of the Russian Federation. Main:

- Mariupol residents' exit through the humanitarian paths has been disrupted by repeated shelling by Ukrainian militants;

- as of 10:00 Moscow time on April 1, the Russian Armed Forces reopen the humanitarian path from Mariupol to Zaporozhye;

- The Russian Armed Forces evacuated 18,182 people, including 3,412 children, from dangerous areas in Ukraine, the Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics to Russia in 24 hours;

- A total of 527,607 people have been evacuated since the start of the special operation, with 115,347 rescued from Mariupol;

- neo-Nazis continue to hold more than 4.5 million civilians as human shields in Kiev, Kharkov, Chernigov, Sumy and other cities;

- Ukrainian authorities try to pass off naval mines in the Black Sea as Russian;

- Russia has delivered 6,769.3 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Ukraine since 2 March.

Originally @ https://t.iss.one/rt_russian/103344

What would Europe choose: sanctions against Russia or protests against Brussels?

Military expert Boris Rozhin explains how anti-russian sanctions affected Europe

The special military operation in Ukraine and the subsequent campaign of sanctions pressure on Moscow quite expectedly led not only to diplomatic, informational and economic attacks on Russia, but also to serious consequences for the countries that directly took part in organising and taking part in the anti-Russian campaign. The sanctions’ boomerang not only hit third countries that have nothing to do with Ukraine, but also began to hit the countries that initiated them.

The leaders of the EU promptly declared that sanctions against Russia would cause serious economic damage and affect the standards of living of europeans. «We must tighten our belts" and endure "for the sake of our fight for democracy», they said.

However, few weeks after imposing the most significant sanctions on Russia, the EU began to back down: they stated that the “limits of sanctions restrictions” in the financial sector had been reached, Brussels had imposed all possible sanctions, and now they’re only able to add secondary restrictions.

It is noteworthy that Russia had not yet imposed serious sanctions against the EU, limiting itself to the decision to sell gas for the national currency, rubles.

In early April Europe would have to make a difficult choice. On the one hand, they does not want to be led by Moscow and buying gas for rubles, as this will allow Moscow to neutralise the sanctions’ pressure.

On the other hand, the EU, according to its leaders, cannot give up on russian gas and oil in the near future - despite the fact that the United States and its most deranged satellites (like Poland or the Baltic limitrophes) demand to give up Russian fossil fuels ASAP.

As a result, even before the economic sanctions by Russia (supply of energy resources, as well as various metals), Europe is dealing with serious costs. In the future, the current crisis will worsen. Therefore, Europe is trying to simultaneously maintain the current level of sanctions and avoid further aggravation of the economic war with Russia. In the event of an escalation, the Russian Federation may lose some energy profits in Europe, but this will provoke an explosive rise in energy prices, followed by a significant price rise of gasoline and consumer goods.

It is a problem of not so distant future and Europe is already experiencing serious difficulties. We can point out the following trends of the sanctions war:

1) Gasoline and diesel price raise

2) Food price raise

3) Shortage of certain consumer goods

4) Shutdown of some industries due to loss of profitability

5) The threat of bankruptcy of many small and medium-sized businesses

EU governments and Brussels bureaucracy realise these problems. They assure that replacing Russian oil and gas by 2027-2030, various programs will be implemented to support economic stability, and subsidies will be handed out to businesses and the low-income population. Brussels officially admits that these measures will not solve the problem, but will only help mitigate the effect of the sanctions war.

Not everyone in Europe is happy with this. There is an understanding in European society that the reason is in the policy of Brussels, not Putin, who they blame for the deterioration of life in Europe and the United States. During rallies and protests in various European countries, Russia was not mentioned - all the anger was directed at local authorities and those of the EU. They are blamed for the fact that the gas and food prices are rocketing which is sensitive for those who live on the verge of poverty.

It is the lower part of the middle class - farmers, truck drivers and workers that constitute the ground for the protests.

By now, protests have swept through a number of countries - France, Italy, Spain and Greece. People are demanding lower gas prices, handling of inflation and lower consumer prices.

KIND REMINDER:

Vladimir Putin: The US will once again try to solve its problems at other people's expense, including launching global emissions and budget deficits tsunami.
It has already grown dramatically, with record inflation hit leading European economies and in the US. At the same time, they are trying to blame us in their mistakeful economic policy.

The US will also try to capitalise on the global instability, as it did during the First and Second World Wars, during its aggression against Yugoslavia, Iraq and Syria. Global markets are falling, while the value of the US military-industrial market shares is only increasing.

Same is intended to be twisted with switching Europe to american LNG. Europeans are not only being forced to pay the price, but also to demolish the competitiveness of European companies with their own hands and splash them from the global market. For Europe, this means large-scale de-industrialisation and the loss of millions of jobs, and with the rising prices of food, petrol, electricity and housing and utilities, the decline in living standards.

Originally @ https://t.iss.one/dimsmirnov175/31879

MORE FRIENDS THAN FOES

69 countries, including the US, the UK, Germany, France, Japan, China and India, have confirmed participation in SPIEF-2022, Roscongress (organiser of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum) confirmed

Originally @ https://roscongress.org/en/news/predstaviteli-uzhe-iz-69-stran-i-territorij-podtverdili-svoe-uchastie-v-jubilejnom-pmef-2022/

EU Parliamentarian Farage in 2014: We have a huge list of contradictions - the bombing of Libya, our desire to arm the rebels in Syria. These were unjustified provocations against Putin. It is the European empire, expanding, demanding Ukraine's territory to make things even worse. NATO would also like Ukraine to join its bloc. We directly support the unlawful takeover of power in Ukraine, which led to the overthrow of Yanukovych. And that made Putin react. If you poke a stick at the Russian bear, don't be surprised at his reaction. A treaty with Ukraine was hastily concluded and NATO soldiers were conducting joint exercises on Ukrainian territory. Are we even out of our minds? Do we seriously want war with Putin? If so, we are heading in the right direction. Understand that the West is now facing its biggest crisis in 70 years! Putin is actually on our side. We need to grow up and recognise the real threat to our countries, stop playing war games in Ukraine! Let's not provoke Putin, whether we like him or not.

Originally @ https://t.iss.one/dimsmirnov175/31882

THE LAST CHINESE WARNING

BEIJING, March 31. / by TASS/. Chinese authorities think of possible switch to roubles or yuan in energy trade with Russia. The Chinese Foreign Ministry told TASS on Thursday. Can’t wait for it, comrades! Get in there!!! 🔥

Originally @ https://tass.com/economy/1430065

⚡️ German Ministry of Finance mulls nationalisation of German subsidiaries of Gazprom and Rosneft - Handelsblatt

Russia says: «OK. You took away my buildings and paperwork»… BUT DO YOU REALLY THINK I KEEP GAS IN OFFICES???

HAPPY FOOLS DAY!!!

Originally @ https://t.iss.one/bbbreaking/121518

USD to RUR is below 81 rubles since 23 February at Moscow Exchange

Originally @ https://t.iss.one/rt_russian/103412

«Shock concent» is to be hidden by Ukranian army

💥 The Ukranian Army Command has forbidden the publication of prisoners of war and opponents of the Zelensky regime tortures and executions.

It has not banned tortures and killing at all, but has forbidden making these facts public. Real Nazis!

@ https://t.iss.one/Army_Russia/18117

TUNING REALITY YouTube style

A subscriber sent a new YouTube policy. It is being sent to the moderators in relation to the Russian Special Military Operation in Ukraine.

The right to free speech, all right

#YouTube, #FreeSpeech

Originally @ https://t.iss.one/ssigny/14486

NO FOOLS DAY. Vanity Fair changes US blaming strategy. “This Shouldn’t Happen”: Inside the Virus-Hunting Nonprofit at the Center of the Lab-Leak Controversy

Originally @ https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/03/the-virus-hunting-nonprofit-at-the-center-of-the-lab-leak-controversy

The americans really love their president


https://t.iss.one/dimsmirnov175/31927