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Putin falsely claims Ukraine invasion ‘in full conformity’ with UN Charter

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FACT CHECK: Putin falsely claims Ukraine invasion ‘in full conformity’ with UN Charter

Voice of America – 26-8-2022

Addressing the 10th Moscow Conference on International Security on August 16, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that his war on Ukraine does not violate the U.N. Charter and was launched to protect the residents of Ukraine’s Donbas region from “genocide.”

“We have taken the decision to conduct a special military operation in Ukraine, a decision which is in full conformity with the Charter of the United Nations. It has been clearly spelled out that the aims of this operation are to ensure the security of Russia and its citizens and protect the residents of Donbas from genocide,” he said.

That statement is false.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine violated not only the U.N. Charter but also international law and even Russian law. Moreover, under international criminal law, the invasion is viewed as a crime of aggression.

Latvia removes Soviet-era monument in Riga

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In view of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Latvia issued a decree that all objects glorifying totalitarian regimes must be destroyed by November 15. This included the Soviet victory monument erected in 1985.

DW.com

A controversial Soviet-era monument in the Latvian capital was brought down, despite protests from the Baltic state’s ethnic Russian minority to keep it.

Police officers and the press watch as the 80-meter high obelisk is torn down in Latvia’s capital Riga

A concrete obelisk topped with Soviet stars, which was the centerpiece of a monument commemorating the Red Army’s victory over Nazi Germany, was demolished in Latvia’s capital, Riga, on Thursday.

Two diggers with pneumatic hammers brought the 79-meter (261-foot) obelisk down to the applause of numerous onlookers. A number of large-scale bronze statues had already been removed from the monument in the preceding days.

In view of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Latvia issued a decree that all objects glorifying totalitarian regimes must be destroyed by November 15. This included the Soviet victory monument erected in 1985.

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Moscow fuels Myanmar war machine, then claims to bring peace

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Moscow fuels Myanmar war machine, then claims to bring peace

Voice of America – 20-8-2022

On August 3, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made an official visit to Myanmar, underscoring Russia’s support for the country’s military government.

The visit came just over a week after Myanmar’s military junta announced it had executed four pro-democracy activists – the country’s first executions in decades – sparking international condemnation.

Myanmar has spiraled into chaos since February 2021, when the military seized power by force from the elected government.

As of August 5, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, run by Myanmar citizens in exile, said 2,158 “people, pro-democracy activists and other civilians” have been killed as a result of the post-coup military crackdown.

Lavrov said Russia stood in solidarity with “efforts to stabilize the situation in the country” and welcomed planned elections next year. Analysts say the elections will be used to install a pro-military government.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova weighed in on what she described as Lavrov’s “rich visit.” In reference to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent trip to Taiwan, Zakharova said Lavrov visited “to promote cooperation,” rather than provoke China.

“Russia brings cooperation, peace, [and] stability to the region. Russia operates based on international law, mutual respect and the mutual consideration of interests,” Russian state broadcaster Sputnik quoted Zakharova as saying.

That is false. Russia, as a major supplier of arms to Myanmar’s military government, is doing anything but bringing peace and stability to the region.

Why is the US not pushing for an end to the Ukraine war?

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Al Jazeera English – 16/6/2022

The United States is principally responsible for creating the crisis in Ukraine, according to University of Chicago political science professor John Mearsheimer, and it has no current interest in reaching a negotiated settlement now.

Mearsheimer sees US sanctions against Moscow as an attempt to knock Russia out of the ranks of the great powers.

The way he sees it, the US has declared war against Russia, in effect, but the Ukrainian people are doing the fighting.

Join host Steve Clemons for this wide-ranging conversation about how both sides consider themselves locked in an existential threat, with no way out.

“Viết cho trẻ em là một trách nhiệm lớn lao”

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PHAN XUÂN LOAN 26/10/2017 2:10 GMT+7

TTCT – Quan sát Tamara Kriukova trò chuyện với các độc giả của mình tại hội sách quốc tế Matxcơva tháng 9-2017, khó tưởng tượng nữ nhà văn đã ngoài lục tuần. 

Tamara Kriukova với chú mèo (nhưng không phải là Barsik) của mình.-Ảnh: P.X.L.
Tamara Kriukova với chú mèo (nhưng không phải là Barsik) của mình.-Ảnh: P.X.L.

 Trẻ trung, hóm hỉnh khiến các khán giả nhí cười vang, Tamara Kriukova cùng các nhân vật của mình đã chiếm một góc ấm áp và tin cậy trong tim những người đọc trẻ. Bà đã dành cho TTCT cuộc trò chuyện nhân cuốn sách đầu tiên của bà, Nhật ký mèo khôn, ra mắt độc giả Việt Nam.

Sinh nhật ngày cá tháng tư

Chị nổi tiếng ở Nga là nhà văn thiếu nhi với đủ các thể loại chinh phục, từ cổ tích, truyện tranh, nhật ký các chú mèo… tới những truyện dài về rung động đầu đời của tuổi thiếu niên… Vì sao chị chọn độc giả trẻ?

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‘We were all wrong’: how Germany got hooked on Russian energy – podcast

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LUBMIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 08: (From L to R, first row) French Prime Minister Francois Fillon, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and European Union Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger turn a wheel to symbolically start the flow of gas through the Nord Stream Baltic Sea gas pipeline at a cemerony on November 8, 2011 in Lubmin, Germany.
 Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

the guardian – Mon 20 Jun 2022 

Germany has been forced to admit it was a terrible mistake to become so dependent on Russian oil and gas. So why did it happen?

Written by Patrick Wintour, read by Andrew McGregor and produced by Tony Onuchukwu. Executive producers: Max Sanderson and Isabelle Roughol

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Những cuộc tập trận trên Thái Bình Dương

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DU LONG 13/6/2022 6:00 GMT+7

TTCT – Cuối tháng 6 này, thao diễn hải quân hằng năm RIMPAC của Mỹ, quy tụ hải quân 26 quốc gia, sẽ khai diễn. Trước đó, từ cuối tháng 5, hải quân Trung Quốc và Nga đã độc lập diễn tập cũng trên Thái Bình Dương. Bên cạnh quan hệ đối kháng sẵn có, năm nay còn thêm tác động của cuộc chiến Ukraine, nên các cuộc diễn tập này càng hàm chứa tính đối đầu.

Hôm 3-6, Hãng tin Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ AA loan tin 40 tàu chiến và 20 máy bay tham gia diễn tập thuộc hạm đội Thái Bình Dương của Nga tại phía đông nước này từ ngày 3 tới 10-6. 

Cũng theo AA, cuộc tập trận nhằm phối hợp nhóm tàu trên với không quân của hải quân trong việc rèn kỹ năng săn ngầm, tác xạ các mục tiêu trên mặt nước và trên không, đồng thời tổ chức tiếp tế trên biển cho hải quân trong vùng biển Thái Bình Dương.

 Binh sĩ các nước Úc, Mỹ, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Brunei, Nhật Bản, và New Zealand chụp ảnh chung trên tàu sân bay trực thăng HMAS Adelaide trong cuộc tập trận RIMPAC 2018. Ảnh: navy.mil

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Countering Russia’s kleptocrats: What the West’s response to the assault on Ukraine should look like

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Kleptocracy in Russia has thrived thanks to the complicity of advanced economies, who are now waking up to its dangers

Image: ev / Unsplash

transparency.org – 04 March 2022

In the wake of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, the international community is scrambling to deter President Vladimir Putin and his cronies – and to help end the military aggression as soon as possible.

Among other measures, European Union member countries, Canada, United Kingdom and the United States have all announced targeted sanctions against Kremlin-linked individuals and businesses – many of whom are suspected of large-scale corruption.

In a kleptocratic system such as today’s Russia, going after the elites can be meaningful. The vast wealth that Russian kleptocrats have amassed – and continue to enjoy – has helped President Putin tighten his grip on power, exert illicit influence over the affairs of other nations and embolden his geopolitical ambitions.

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How Putin’s invasion returned Nato to the centre stage – podcast

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For the first time in years, its role has become a topic of furious debate. But what do we talk about when we talk about Nato? 

Written by Thomas Meaney, read by Simon Vance and produced by Jessica Beck. Executive producer was Max Sanderson

Mon 16 May 2022 05.00 BST

The NATO Star sculpture stands during the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday, July 12, 2018. Photographer: Marlene Awaad/Bloomberg via Getty Images
 Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

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NATO: Lịch sử một tổ chức quân sự

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YÊN BA 26/3/2022 6:00 GMT+7

TTCT – Để hiểu được cuộc xung đột ở Ukraine hiện tại, không thể không nhìn lại một lịch sử rất dài, ít ra là từ những ngày ngay sau cuộc chiến lớn gần nhất ở châu Âu.

 Việc mở rộng NATO là một trong những vướng mắc lớn nhất của quan hệ Nga – Mỹ suốt thời gian ông Putin cầm quyền, trải 5 đời tổng thống Mỹ. Ảnh: The New York Times

Ngày 5-3-1946, trong bài phát biểu tại Đại học Westminster, bang Missouri, Mỹ, Thủ tướng Anh Winston Churchill, người kiên định sự nghi kỵ không giới hạn với nhà lãnh đạo Liên Xô Joseph Stalin (ngược lại cũng thế), tuyên bố: “Từ Stettin ở Baltic tới Trieste ở Adriatic, một bức màn sắt đã buông xuống trên khắp lục địa”.

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How Britain let Russia hide its dirty money – podcast

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This week, as Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, we revisit this piece by Oliver Bullough from 2018. For decades, politicians have welcomed the super-rich with open arms. Now they’re finally having second thoughts. But is it too late?

 theguardian – Fri 4 Mar 2022 10.00 GMT

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Read the text version here

Photo by Amer Ghazzal Sale of Chelsea football club, Stamford Bridge.
 Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/REX/Shutterstock

 

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How the Soviet Union’s fall pushed Putin to try and recapture Russia’s global importance

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While serving in the KGB in East Berlin, Putin was shocked and humiliated to experience the collapse of Soviet power firsthand.

History – SHAUN WALKER – FEB 28, 2022

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union stood for nearly half a century as one of the two lodes of global power. When it dissolved in 1991, Russia found itself losing relevance.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was a young KGB officer during this era, and the events of that time influenced many of the moves he made in the early years of his administration, with the goal of regaining the importance in the world the Soviet Union used to hold—and restoring Russian pride.

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India’s ‘neutrality’ on the Ukraine conflict could hurt it in the long run

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New Delhi has been silent on Russia’s actions in Ukraine so far.

thediplomat – By Sudha Ramachandran – February 25, 2022

India’s ‘Neutrality’ on the Ukraine Conflict Could Hurt It in the Long Run
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Russian President Vladirmir Putin during the summit in New Delhi, India on December 6, 2021.Credit: Facebook/ Ministry of External Affairs, India

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24 has put India in a particularly difficult spot. Since the conflict between Moscow and the U.S. over Ukraine began escalating late last year, India has avoided taking sides. But with Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, that cautious approach will become increasingly untenable for New Delhi. It could hurt India’s interests in the long-run.

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Putin’s War at Home

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Recent public pushback shows that Vladimir Putin could be meeting his match – not just with Ukrainians, but also his own people who are tiring of constant wars.

usnews – By Elliott Davis Jr. – March 4, 2022, at 5:00 a.m.

The Associated Press

Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest against Russia’s attack on Ukraine in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Feb. 27. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Russian President Vladimir Putin might not have predicted the resistance he has seen since he ordered an invasion of Ukraine.

But it’s not just the Ukrainian people who are putting up a surprising fight.

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Liberal Illusions Caused the Ukraine Crisis

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The greatest tragedy about Russia’s potential invasion is how easily it could have been avoided.

foreignpolicy.com

By Stephen M. Walt, a columnist at Foreign Policy and the Robert and Renée Belfer professor of international relations at Harvard University.

Bill Clinton and Joe Biden at a meeting of the U.S. Congressional delegation to the NATO summit in Spain on July 7, 1998.

JANUARY 19, 2022, 5:49 AM

The situation in Ukraine is bad and getting worse. Russia is poised to invade and demanding airtight guarantees that NATO will never, ever expand farther to the east. Negotiations do not appear to be succeeding, and the United States and its NATO allies are beginning to contemplate how they will make Russia pay should it press forward with an invasion. A real war is now a distinct possibility, which would have far-reaching consequences for everyone involved, especially Ukraine’s citizens.

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