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Putin and Kim Jong-un pledge ‘new multi-polar world’ at North Korea summit

Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un are sharing their “innermost thoughts” at a summit in North Korea, at which they have resolved to build “a new multi-polar world” and to unite against the US-led international order.

The two leaders will spend the day together in ceremonial events and face-to-face discussions during which they are expected to sign a “comprehensive strategic partnership treaty”. It will formalise a friendship which has already resulted in North Korean munitions being fired by Russian troops on the battlefields of Ukraine.

by Blazingcatfur•June 19, 2024June 19, 2024•0•North Korea, Russia

Russian forces end prison siege, kill ISIS hostage-takers

Russia’s special forces killed several men linked to the so-called “Islamic State” (IS) group who took two guards hostage at a detention center in the southern city of Rostov, Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service said Sunday.

“The criminals were eliminated,” Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service said in a statement, describing how a “special operation” had taken place to free the hostages.

“The employees who were being held hostage were released. They are uninjured,” the statement continued.

by Blazingcatfur•June 16, 2024June 16, 2024•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Russia

Russia to send combat vessels to Caribbean to project ‘global power’, US official says

Russia plans to send combat vessels into the Caribbean region this summer as part of naval exercises that will probably include port calls in Cuba and possibly stops in Venezuela, a senior US official said on Wednesday.

“As part of Russia’s regular military exercises, we anticipate that this summer, Russia will conduct heightened naval and air activity near the United States. These actions will culminate in a global Russian naval exercise this fall,” the official said.

The US does not see the move involving a relatively small number of vessels and planes as threatening, but the US Navy will monitor the exercises, the official told a small group of reporters.

h/t DS

by Blazingcatfur•June 7, 2024June 7, 2024•0•Russia, USA

When killers like Putin and Xi hint at nuclear annihilation, take heed

After a recent summit between new partners China and Russia, General Secretary Xi Jinping and Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin issued an odd one-sentence communique: “There can be no winners in a nuclear war and it should never be fought.”

No one would disagree, even though several officials of both hypocritical governments have previously threatened their neighbors with nuclear attacks.

But still, why did the two feel the need to issue such a terse statement — and why now?

by Blazingcatfur•May 27, 2024May 27, 2024•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Russia

What the China-Russia axis really means for the West

The marriage of convenience between Moscow and Beijing is a product of American decline.

The West has been sent into a wild panic by the prospect of a China-Russia alliance. Since last week, when Russian president Vladimir Putin brought a large, high-powered delegation to meet Chinese president Xi Jinping in Beijing, the Western media have been suffering from a neurotic spasm.

by Blazingcatfur•May 26, 2024May 25, 2024•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Russia

A very Cold War looms in Antarctica

Russia’s reported discovery of 510 billion barrels of oil in Antarctica has led to warnings of a new “Cold War” of sorts. “Russia could rip up a decades-old treaty and claim oil-rich Antarctic land,” Yahoo News told its readers. The Daily Telegraph said “Russia (has) sparked fears of an oil grab in British Antarctic territory.”

by Blazingcatfur•May 20, 2024May 20, 2024•0•Russia

U.S. Intelligence Warning to Moscow Named Specific Target of Attack

The U.S. warning to Russia ahead of a terrorist attack near Moscow was highly specific: Crocus City Hall was a potential target of the Islamic State, according to U.S. officials.

The warning had the right venue but imprecise timing, suggesting that the attack could come within days. Indeed, the public warning by the United States Embassy on March 7 warned of potential terrorist attacks in the next two days.

by Blazingcatfur•April 3, 2024April 3, 2024•0•"Islamophobia", Islam and violence, Russia, USA

Who really committed the Moscow terror attack?

Whenever an apparent terrorist attack occurs, one’s first thought is ‘who was responsible?’

In a reasonable country, one starts with the facts. But Russia is not a reasonable country. Indeed, since the terrible massacre which claimed 137 lives, the Kremlin’s first instinct was to pump out every conceivable conspiracy theory under the sun.

The first was that Kyiv was responsible, later extrapolated to include the Western intelligence services, such as MI6. This is despite the fact that, in private, it would appear that very few of the Russian elite believe that Ukraine or the West bear any responsibility. There are even reports that Putin himself is unconvinced by what his propaganda spews.

by Blazingcatfur•March 27, 2024March 27, 2024•0•Russia, terrorism

Is there a conspiracy behind the Moscow terrorist attack?

Last weekend’s terrorist attack in Moscow has renewed debate about the capabilities and reach of Islamic State (IS) but also who, exactly, was behind the killing of at least 139 people at Crocus City Hall.

Much of the media coverage has so far focused on Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), an Afghanistan-based IS contingent that was likely involved in the atrocity. But this should not be misunderstood as a separate entity: IS’s “provinces”, such as ISKP, all take their cue from the “centre” in Iraq and Syria.

by Blazingcatfur•March 27, 2024March 26, 2024•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Russia

Was Russia right to torture the Moscow attackers?

The court appearance of the four men accused by Russia of carrying out the Moscow massacre of 137 innocent concert goers at the Crocus City Hall venue told its own grim story. All the suspects bore marks of torture: one was wearing a bandage on his ear, following reports that it may have been at least partially severed and forcibly fed to him during his interrogation; another was semi-conscious and appeared to be missing an eye. Meanwhile, a video did the rounds seemingly showing one of the men’s genitals hooked up to an electricity generator.

by Blazingcatfur•March 26, 2024March 26, 2024•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Russia

The barbarism of the Moscow terror attack

More than 130 killed, more than 140 injured – that is the grim toll of an attack by gunmen on the Crocus City Hall in the north-western suburbs of Moscow on Friday evening. Responsibility was quickly claimed by an Islamic State affiliate, with the United States endorsing that attribution as credible. The US also made it known that it had warned Russia, via some of the few channels still open between the two countries, of a pending terror attack, although Russia appeared not to have acted on the tip.

by Blazingcatfur•March 26, 2024March 25, 2024•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Russia

Russian forces torture Moscow terror suspect by hooking his genitals up to 80v battery leaving him foaming at the mouth – and feed another his own EAR

Footage of Russian forces torturing the men they arrested over the Moscow terror attack emerged tonight, with one man given electric shocks to his genitals and a second forced to eat his own ear.

One image shows a suspect named as Shamsuddin Fariddun foaming at the mouth as he lies on a gym floor with his trousers pulled down and wires attached to his groin area. At the other end they are attached to a military radio powered by an 80-volt battery.

Separate video sees another man, Saidakrami Murodali Rachabalizoda, having his ear severed and then spitting it out as he is forced to eat it.

by Blazingcatfur•March 25, 2024March 24, 2024•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Russia

Zelensky hits back after Russia links Ukraine to Moscow attack

As news of the Moscow concert hall attack broke on Friday, Ukrainians knew what was coming: Kyiv would be blamed.

The next thing they expected was more drones and more missiles.

The accusations began almost immediately.

They were just hints at first, until President Vladimir Putin openly claimed that the men who attacked Moscow had tried to flee to Ukraine, helped by contacts there.

Then shortly before dawn on Sunday came the sound of explosions in Kyiv.

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by Blazingcatfur•March 24, 2024March 24, 2024•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Russia

Putin is as deluded about the Islamist threat as the West

From the outset it was obvious to seasoned observers who massacred more than 130 Russians at a concert hall Moscow on Friday evening. It wasn’t, as some in the Kremlin claimed, Ukraine. What would they stand to gain from such indiscriminate slaughter?

The people who opened fire in the Crocus City Hall cleaved to the same ideology as those who have this century murdered thousands of innocent men, women and children in New York, Bali, Madrid, London, Brussels, Paris, Manchester and Nice. According to reports, the group that carried out the Moscow attack is known as Islamic State Khorasan (Isis-K) and it has a reputation for ‘extreme brutality’.

by Blazingcatfur•March 23, 2024March 23, 2024•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Russia

Putin Claims Suspected Terror Shooters Attempted to Flee Into Ukraine

(AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday vowed to punish those behind a “barbaric terrorist attack” on a Moscow concert hall that killed at least 133, saying Russia had arrested four gunmen who were trying to flee to Ukraine.

Kyiv has strongly denied any connection, and Putin made no reference to claims of responsibility by the Islamic State in his first public remarks on the attack.

by Blazingcatfur•March 23, 2024March 23, 2024•0•Russia