As in the horrific days of the USSR, Russia's group of support relies on impoverished #kleptocracies, ones in which small sums of cash can buy local officials in exchange for allowing Russians to control their foreign and domestic policies.
So, like all corrupt third world African #kleptocracies, the US will have foreign military bases on its soil, and the ruling family will be spectacularly enriched for it.
#Trump's domestic power grabs and greenlighting #America's enemies are giving cover to all the world's worst #kleptocracies, now an excuse to go much further in their own repression and dictatorial control.

Increasingly, its the dirty old #kleptocracies wherein 30% of population still shit in buckets that are keeping #Putin in power.

Indian components found in #Russian "#shaheds" - Yermak

#RussiaIsATerroristState

The #US is open to recognizing #Crimea as Russian in #Ukraine deal.

Fixed it: The US to join that pantheon of hellish #kleptocracies - North Korea, Belarus, Russia, Nicaragua and Venezuela - the only nations on earth that recognize Crimea as #Russian.

#SlavaUkraini #War #russia #trump

https://www.euronews.com/2023/12/26/turkey-escalates-airstrikes-in-syria-and-iraq-following-the-deaths-of-12-soldiers

Another #ForeverWar to keep petrol dollars flowing into #Kleptocracies in Turkey and the #CheneyBushRumsfeldWereWMDs Iraq to build vultures capital debt buying American weapons, and achieve petro regime change in the violent tyranny of Syria, by suppressing Kurdish independence.
#GenocideJoeKnows

Turkey intensify airstrikes in Syria and Iraq after 12 soldiers killed

Turkey intensified its airstrikes against Kurdish groups in Syria and northern Iraq in retaliation for the deaths of 12 Turkish soldiers in Iraq over the weekend.

euronews
Switzerland Becomes Stumbling Block for Western Military Aid to Ukraine

Alpine nation’s reluctance to authorize ammunition transfers to Kyiv frustrates Ukraine’s Western partners

The Wall Street Journal

The #ColdWars hot wars were in national #liberation struggles to gain control of #resources and overthrow #colonialism in the #GlobalSouth. The Soviet Union claiming the mantle of the people against #land #labor and #ResourceTheft lead #liberation. The #kleptocracies that followed used western #banking institutions and the #dollar to maintain control over resources leading to the current control fence sitting in #Ukraine.

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/2/23/africa_ukraine_neutrality

Kenyan Writer: History Explains Why Much of Africa Chooses Neutrality Over West’s Support of Ukraine

One year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many African countries have tried to avoid strong denunciations or shows of support for either side in the conflict, walking a diplomatic tightrope even as the war has had a major impact on food and fuel prices across the continent. Kenyan writer and political analyst Nanjala Nyabola says that neutrality is influenced by memories of Africa as a conflict zone during the Cold War, as well as a desire to chart foreign policies independent of former colonial European powers.

Democracy Now!
Criminalizing #solidarity for people fleeing oppression, persecution, #violence, and #poverty from #kleptocracies installed for mining #fossilfuel resources In a process called #capitalism.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/01/1132432
Greece in spotlight over trial of activists, volunteers who rescued migrants

The Greek authorities faced an appeal on Friday from the UN human rights office, OHCHR, to dismiss the trial of two dozen aid workers who rescued migrants in distress at sea.

UN News

South Korea alleges that the sophisticated cyberattacks from North Korea have stolen USD$1.2 billion of cryptocurrency in the past five years, with half coming in the past year: https://www.npr.org/2022/12/22/1144996480/crypto-hacking-north-korea-billion

#npr #associatedpress #northkorea #hacking #blackhat #blackhathacking #theft #crime #cybercrime #cryptocurrency #kleptocracy #kleptocracies

North Korea has hacked $1.2 billion in crypto and other assets for its economy

North Korean hackers have stolen an estimated $1.2 billion in cryptocurrency and other virtual assets in the past five years, more than half of it this year alone, South Korea's spy agency says.

NPR