Trump refuses to rule out use of military force to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal
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Denmark's Prime Minister responds to Trump's bid to buy Greenland as Don Jr. arrives in the territory
Greenland is not for sale, insists Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.
Donald Trump Jr. landed in chilly, arctic island territory on Tuesday morning for a surprise trip amid his father's latest threats to purchase it from Denmark.
But Frederiksen said on Tuesday that Greenland's Prime Minister Múte Egede 'has been very, very clear' that they don't intend to become part of the U.S.
'There is a lot of support among the people of Greenland that Greenland is not for sale and will not be in the future either,' Frederiksen insisted.
While multiple people said Don Jr.'s trip to Greenland is 'personal' and not political, the president-elect noted how his son was joined by his 'representatives.'
Trump also made it clear that his son's trip is intended to further his goal of the U.S. purchasing Greenland.
But the chairman of one of the largest political parties in Greenland denied a meeting with Don Jr. and reiterated that Greenland is not up for grabs.
Siumut party leader Erik Jensen told the press: 'I can confirm that I have not planned to meet with him. I say it again that Greenland is not for sale and never will be.'
'Everyone is welcome to visit our country, including Trump,' he added. 'When the future president's son, who is also his own advisor, shows interest in our country, it means that Greenland is serious.'
Don Jr. posted multiple videos and photos from Greenland on Tuesday morning.
Donald Trump Jr. landed in Greenland on Tuesday for a trip those close with him insist is only personal in nature
But President-elect Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social on Tuesday a post that suggests the trip is political by noting his 'representatives' went to Greenland with his eldest son
James Blair joins him on the visit to Greenland. Blair is incoming as deputy chief of staff for legislative, political and public affairs for Trump's second presidential term. He was the 2024 campaign's political director and oversaw a ground game seeking to reach low-propensity voters.
Also on the trip are conservative Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk and Sergio Gor, with whom Don Jr. co-owns Winning Team Publishing.
And Trump made it clear on his social media site that the trip is meant to move forward his intentions to have the U.S. buy Greenland in his second term.
'Don Jr. and my Reps landing in Greenland,' Trump wrote on Truth Social on Tuesday. 'The reception has been great. They, and the Free World, need safety, security, strength, and PEACE!'
'This is a deal that must happen,' he insisted. 'MAGA. MAKE GREENLAND GREAT AGAIN!'
During lunch with community members in Nuuk, Greenland, Don Jr. put his father on speakerphone so he could have a quick word with the locals.
Sources told DailyMail.com ahead of the trip that Don planned to shoot video and podcasting content and insisted he is not meeting with any government officials or political figures.
Some reports suggested the president-elect's oldest son was visiting at the request of Jensen, who is Greenland's minister of finance and supports the independence of Greenland.
Jensen now denies he intends to meet with Don.
Don Jr. posted images of himself and Charlie Kirk and Sergio Gor in front of the statue of Hans Egede, the Danish-Norwegian missionary who led mission efforts in Greenland during the late 1700s. Don Jr. also posted an image of the runway staff at the airport in Greenland
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen made it clear that its territory Greenland is not for sale
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Donald Trump Jr visits Greenland amid father’s interest in owning island
Donald Trump Jr touched down in Greenland on Tuesday, hours after his father reiterated his interest in taking control of the Arctic autonomous territory, pledging to “make Greenland great again”.
After arriving in the Greenlandic capital in a Trump-branded plane, he told a waiting crowd in the Nuuk airport arrivals hall – some wearing red Make America Great Again caps – that he was “very excited to be here”. It was, he said, “a little colder here than it is in Florida”, adding that the US president-elect “says hello to everyone in Greenland”.
Asked about his plans, he said he was visiting as a tourist, had no plans to meet politicians and declined to talk about US interest in Greenland, saying he was merely there to “see a lot of the sights, talk to some people and have a good time”.
He was later pictured outside a controversial statue of Hans Egede, a Danish-Norwegian missionary who is seen as a symbol of Danish colonialism.
Trump Jr said in a podcast that aired on Monday that he was “not buying Greenland” but that he was going on a “very long, personal day trip”. He added: “I’m hopping on Trump Force One and landing in Greenland tomorrow morning.”
Nevertheless, his arrival in the capital, Nuuk, prompted the Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, to break her silence to say the autonomous territory was “not for sale”. “Seen through the eyes of the Danish government, Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders,” the Social Democrat told TV2.
Describing the US as “our absolute closest ally”, she said “we always want to work more closely with the Americans”. But she called on “everyone to respect that Greenlanders are a people, a population,” adding: “Only they can define their future.”
The visit is taking place against the backdrop of escalating tensions between Greenland and Denmark as the Trump administration prepares to take office.
Greenland is a former Danish colony and remains part of the kingdom of Denmark, which continues to control its foreign and security policy.
As well as its supply of multiple in-demand raw materials for green technology – including 25 of the 34 that the EU needs – amid melting Arctic ice and strategically positioned between the US and Russia, Greenland is viewed as increasingly important for defence and emerging as an international geopolitical battleground.
The Danish King Frederik shocked some historians with a new year move to change the royal coat of arms to more prominently feature Greenland and the Faroe Islands, which was also seen as a rebuke to Trump’s advances.
A meeting between the Greenlandic prime minister, Múte Egede, and the king, scheduled to take place on Wednesday in Denmark, was cancelled on Monday without explanation. The royal house has since put it down to “calendar gymnastics”.
Trump Jr has said he is visiting the vast island in a private capacity and as a tourist. Others in his group include the political activist Charlie Kirk, who cofounded the pro-Trump conservative organisation Turning Point USA.
“We want to meet people,” the president-elect’s son said in his podcast, Triggered. “They seem like a great bunch of people.”
The Greenlandic government said no meetings had been scheduled with government representatives. The Danish and Greenlandic governments have both said it is a private visit.
“We have not been briefed on the nature of his programme, and therefore this is a private visit,” Mininnguaq Kleist, Greenland’s minister of independence and foreign affairs, told Reuters. He added that Trump Jr was expected to land at about 1300 GMT and stay for about four to five hours.
In a statement, Greenland’s ministry of foreign affairs said: “Greenland is open and those who wish to visit us are welcome.”
Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark with a population of just 57,000, boasts mineral, oil and natural gas wealth. But development has been slow, leaving its economy reliant on fishing and annual subsidies from Denmark.
The capital, Nuuk, is closer to New York than to the Danish capital, Copenhagen.
Trump, who takes office on 20 January, said his son and various representatives were going to visit “some of the most magnificent areas and sights”.
On his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump praised the island and promised to “MAKE GREENLAND GREAT AGAIN!”
“Greenland is an incredible place, and the people will benefit tremendously if, and when, it becomes part of our Nation,” he wrote.
Trump expressed interest in buying Greenland during his 2017-2021 term but was publicly rebuffed by Greenlandic and Danish authorities before any conversations could take place.
Over recent months, tensions have escalated significantly between Greenland and Denmark. There is intense anger in Greenland over investigations into the forced contraceptive scandal of the 1960s and 70s, prompting the Greenlandic prime minister to accuse Denmark of genocide. There are also continuing protests in Copenhagen and Nuuk over the separation of Greenlandic children from their parents.
Last week, Egede stepped up a push for independence from Denmark in his new year speech, saying he wanted it to break free from “the shackles of colonialism” to shape its own future, although he did not mention the US.
Aaja Chemnitz, a Greenlandic member of the Danish parliament, said the idea of a US takeover should be firmly rejected. “I don’t want to be a pawn in Trump’s hot dreams of expanding his empire to include our country,” she said.
Two weeks ago, Trump said on Truth Social that “the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity”.
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Denmark's king changes coat of arms with a message for Trump in his bid to buy Greenland
If Donald Trump thinks prying away Greenland from Denmark will be easy, King Frederik sent a message with a big club and a Polar Bear to disabuse him of the notion.
Frederik, who succeeded the Danish throne after the abdication of Queen Margrethe II last year, has released a new coat of arms that reaffirms his kingdom's longtime claim the territory.
The territory has been under Denmark's effective control since the 14th Century, but Donald Trump has once again revealed his interest in the U.S. buying or obtaining the territory, which lies between Canada and Scandanavia.
The new royal coat of arms released by the crown dispenses with a historic use of three crowns to representing the historic union of Scandanavian nations.
Instead, the new coat of arms shows an enlarged Polar Bear, as well as a ram signifying its dominion over the Faroe Islands, a self-governing part of the Kingdom.
A pair of Nordic men with ripped physiques now hold fatter and more prominent clubs – a Danish version of Teddy Roosevelt's 'speak softly and carry a big stick' rejoinder. The men are slightly more broad-shouldered, with bigger pectoral muscles, a wider torso, and taller stance, plus a bit more hair.
The Polar Bear, in addition being displayed larger, has a long menacing red tongue.
Word of the redesign spread on a day when Trump once again asserted his intention to expand the nation – after bringing back both his ambitions for Greenland and threatening to retake the Panama Canal in a pre-Christmas message complaining about 'ridiculous' fees.
The new flag issued by the King Frederik features a more prominent Polar Bear, in a signal of keeping Greenland within the realm. Two nordic men are also drawn as more more musclar and are brandishing bigger clubs
Trump has said it is an 'absolute necessity' to acquire the island.
He also also referenced ways to forge an expanded empire by issuing repeat statements about making Canada the 51st state.
The symbolic statement of dominion over Greenland, a self-governing territory of Denmark and former colony, comes despite a separatist movement there.
Greenland's Prime Minister Mute Egede gave a New Year's speech where he said 'we must work to remove the obstacles to cooperation – which we can describe as the shackles of colonialism – and move forward.'
'It is about time that we ourselves take a step and shape our future, also with regard to who we will cooperate closely with, and who our trading partners will be,' he added.
The new royal coat of arms has a larger polar bear, signifying Greenland, an a ram signifying the Faroe Islands
King Frederik X released the new coat of arms less than a year after taking the throne
Donald Trump, set to be sworn in January 20, has said it is an 'absolute necessity' to acquire Greenland
Egede has rejected Trump's offers to buy the island of 836,330 square miles (larger than Alaska) in 2019 and again last year. 'Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale,' Egede has said.
'It is important to signal from the Danish side that Greenland and the Faroe Islands are part of the Danish realm, and that this is not up for discussion. This is how you mark it,' Royal expert Lars Hovbakke Sørensen told TV2.
Trump continued to use the language of expansion as recently as Monday in an interview with Hugh Hewitt where he vowed to 'un-ban' President Biden's new protections of millions of acres of offshore lands from drilling.
Speaking about the wealth of U.S. energy resources, Trump said: 'You know, we have something that nobody else has. I mean, nobody has, to the extent we have it, and it'll be more by the time we finish, because I'll be able to expand, you know, we're going to expand our country,' Trump said.
Не знаю уж, что сумеет сделать Трамп во время второго срока, но начинает он нескучно.
Расчёт понятен: быстрые успехи в урегулировании украинского конфликта весьма сомнительны, экономика США живёт своей неспешной жизнью и даже борьба с мигрантами не сулит оглушительных побед.
Поэтому он просто решил переделать мир. Именно так – создать новую, трамповскую политическую географию. Новый яркий и цветной глобус, который сильно отличен от нынешнего скучного и серого. Все идеи сугубо прожектёрские и абсолютно нереальные. И тем не менее.
1. Сначала гигантское приращение Америки: забираем эту деревенскую Канаду (а что, будет хороший огромный штат, тогда весь континент принадлежит янки) и заодно Гренландию у Дании (непонятно, что это, но земли там до фига).
2. Переименование Мексиканского залива (неважно зачем, просто Америка старшая, а залив по какому-то недоразумению напоминает о латиносах).
3. Борьба с «насильником Стармером» и «придурком Шольцем» руками Илона Маска в Х. Цель проста, а затрат никаких – знай, кто в доме хозяин. Плюс Британию до кучи можно включить в суповой набор территориальных притязаний Пиндостана.
Таким образом, ещё не став новым президентом США, Трамп одержал несколько важных виртуальных побед. А главное, сформировал свою повестку дня космического масштаба и, как говаривал незабвенный проф. Преображенский, космической же глупости. Но это только на первый взгляд, тем более что в исторической схватке Филиппа Филипповича за чистоту клозетов у нас победа осталась всё-таки за Полиграфом Полиграфовичем. И неважно, что ничего из названного ни сегодня, ни завтра не случится, а обзывалки для глуповатой европейской обслуги забудутся через неделю. Важно другое: последняя декада пребывания маразматика в Овальном кабинете идёт по сценарию оранжевого кудесника Трампа.
Короче, компания Trump, Musk and sci-fi brothers, LLC приступила к активной работе.
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Russia's Greenland warning to Trump: Kremlin tells US 'we are present in the Arctic zone' and says it is 'watching' after Donald's refusal to rule out using military force to seize vast territory
The Kremlin has issued a warning to Trump over Greenland, telling him that Russia is 'watching' and 'present in the Arctic zone' after the US President-elect refused to rule out using military force to seize the vast territory.
Trump refused to rule out military action to take control of the Arctic island at a press conference Tuesday and had earlier vowed to slap high tariffs on Denmark if it refused to cede its autonomous territory.
'We are very closely watching this rather dramatic development of the situation, which is, thank God, at the level of statements so far,' Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in response to Trump's comments.
'We are present in the Arctic zone, and we will continue to be present there,' he added. 'We are interested in preserving peace and stability in this zone and are ready to co-operate with any parties for this peace and stability.'
He also suggested the people of Greenland be consulted about what they wanted, pointing to Russia's annexation of four Ukrainian regions in 2022 based on referendums.
'We should show the same respect for the opinion of these people,' Peskov said. Western countries and Kyiv denounced Russia's annexations of four regions in Ukraine as illegal and the referendums as a sham.
Peskov said that US attempts to gain Greenland, that date back to the 19th Century, were a matter for the United States and Denmark, but he noted that Europe was reacting very cautiously to Trump's statements.
'Europe reacts very timidly and it is of course scary to react to Trump's words, therefore Europe reacts very cautiously, modestly, quietly, almost in a whisper,' Peskov said.
'We are very closely watching this rather dramatic development of the situation, which is, thank God, at the level of statements so far,' Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Putin's regime, said
Donald Trump (pictured) shocked the world this week when he hinted at the incendiary idea of invading Greenland for 'national security purposes'
Trump refused to rule out military action to take control of the Arctic island at a press conference Tuesday (pictured: the US military base in Greenland)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed surprise at Trump's comments about Greenland and Canada, saying European partners agreed that the inviolability of borders was a fundamental principle of international law.
When asked about Trump's remarks about the Panama Canal, which the United States built and owned before handing it to Panama in 1999, the Kremlin said it had heard the remarks but that they were for the United States and Panama to sort out.
'The only hands that control the canal are Panamanian and that's how it will continue to be,' Foreign Minister Javier Martinez-Acha told reporters on Tuesday.
Greenland is part of the Danish realm along with the Faeroe Islands, another semi-autonomous territory, and has its own government and parliament.
Greenland's 57,000 residents got extensive home rule in 1979 but Denmark still handles foreign and defense policies, with an annual subsidy of $670 million.
Its indigenous people are not wealthy, and vehicles, restaurants, stores and basic services are few.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen addressed Trump's intent to buy Greenland on Tuesday, saying that she did not believe that the US will use military or economic power to secure control over the island.
She also called the US Denmark's 'most important and closest ally' and repeated that she welcomed the US taking a greater interest in the Arctic region, but that it would 'have to be done in a way that is respectful of the Greenlandic people'.
Greenland's key strategic position
Trump ramped us his threats to take over Greenland as his son Don Jr. landed in the territory
Donald Trump Jr. visits Nuuk, Greenland, on Tuesday, January 7, 2025. Republican lawmakers are largely in lockstep with Trump's Greenland plans
'At the same time, it must be done in a way that allows Denmark and the United States to still cooperate in, among other things, NATO,' Frederiksen said.
This came after Trump posted a video of his private plane landing in Nuuk, the Arctic territory's capital, in a landscape of snow-capped peaks and fjords on Tuesday.
'Don Jr. and my Reps landing in Greenland,' Trump wrote. 'The reception has been great. They, and the Free World, need safety, security, strength, and PEACE! This is a deal that must happen. MAGA. MAKE GREENLAND GREAT AGAIN!'
In a statement, Greenland's government said Donald Trump Jr.'s visit was taking place 'as a private individual' and not as an official visit, and Greenlandic representatives would not meet with him.
Don Jr. also posted a picture with locals wearing MAGA hats on X with the caption: 'Greenland loves America and Trump!!! Incredible people with an equally awesome reception.
'They just want to be able to utilize some of the incredible resources that they have and allow themselves, their country, and their kids to flourish.'
This it not the first time an American president suggested buying the island.
There were two failed attempts by U.S. to purchase it: President Harry Truman tried to buy it for $100 million in 1946 and the State Department inquired about it in 1867.
Британия создаёт новые малозаметные катера для ударов по России с моря.
22 января Министерство обороны Великобритании проведёт в Лондоне конференцию по новому проекту COOKSON по разработке универсальной, быстрой и малозаметной морской системы, предназначенной для операций на Украине.
Проект предусматривает создание небольшого быстроходного ударного катера, оснащенного модульной полезной нагрузкой и способного работать в сложных условиях. Рассматриваются варианты катеров и полностью без экипажа. Министерство обозначило желаемые характеристики COOKSON:
▪️Максимальная скорость: от 40 узлов
▪️Дальность: 800 морских миль с полной загрузкой
▪️Автономность: не менее 72 часов
▪️Малозаметный силуэт
▪️Высокая помехоустойчивость
▪️Возможность нести сразу несколько модулей с оружием с дальностью действия 30-100 км.
▪️Наличие средств противовоздушной обороны
Система должна иметь возможность оперативно поставляться Украине наземным путём на прицепе длиной около 6-12 метров. Каждое дальнобойное средство поражения будет нести 80-килограммовую фугасную боеголовку. Первичными целями являются незащищенные участки суши, вторичными целями являются надводные корабли.
В требованиях к проекту числится масштабируемость и сроки производства с целевым показателем 2-3 судна в первые месяцы с 20 модулями вооружения. Великобритания планирует начать закупку в первом квартале 2025 года первых 10 систем COOKSON вместе с сотнями оружейных модулей.
✨ Примечательно, что подобные системы напрямую готовят конкретно под британские миссии в Чёрном море под видом деятельности укров. Действуют планомерно: сначала тестируют МБЭКи, максимально затрудняя работу флота крупных военных кораблей, потом модернизируют МБЭКи с целью снизить эффективность нашей авиации. Теперь перешли к следующему этапу — будут пытаться атаковать с моря прибрежную полосу и объекты в тылу, где традиционно меньше плотность ПВО. Важным требованием к системе является возможность удаленной отправки информации о миссии, а обнаружение цели, идентификация и планирование могут осуществляться третьими сторонами.
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NATO's maritime show of force on Putin's doorstep: Alliance sends fleet of 10 ships to the Baltic to protect Europe's crucial undersea cables after sabotage attacks
In a stunning show of force, NATO has sent a fleet of ten ships to the Baltic to protect Europe's crucial undersea cables after a spate of sabotage attacks.
The ships are set to remain at sea until April and will be strategically positioned near energy and data cables in an effort to deter any attempts to destroy them.
The decision to bolster the alliance's engagement follows a number of disruptions in the Baltic Sea in recent months.
Finland is currently conducting a criminal investigation into the oil tanker Eagle S, a Russia-linked ship, after its anchor was suspected of causing damage to the Estlink-2 power cable on Christmas Day.
The vital cable takes electricity from Finland to Estonia across the Baltic Sea.
The incident cut the electricity connection on Estlink 2 between EU and NATO states Finland and Estonia on December 25 and sparked uproar in Europe, with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte vowing to 'enhance the military presence in the Baltic Sea.'
The UK-led collection of mainly Baltic and Nordic countries that join forces in defence, the Joint Expeditionary Force, announced Monday it will increase the monitoring of ship traffic by using AI.
It comes as Lithuania said Wednesday that it would bring forward increased security of a key electricity cable linking it to neighbouring Poland, citing the potential for sabotage.
Finnish Coast Guard vessel Uisko patrols near to oil tanker Eagle S (not in picture) anchored near the Kilpilahti port in Porvoo, on the Gulf of Finland on January 9, 2025
Estonia has begun naval patrols to protect an undersea cable supplying electricity from Finland following suspected sabotage of another one on Christmas Day
Finnish authorities announced on January 8, 2025 that they had banned the oil tanker Eagle S, suspected of belonging to the Russian 'ghost fleet' and of having caused damage to five submarine cables, from sailing due to 'serious faults'
The EU and NATO member, along with its Baltic neighbours Latvia and Estonia, is set to decouple from the Russian power grid next month, the culmination of decades-long efforts to reduce reliance on Moscow.
The government said the Public Security Service agency would begin protecting key facilities of the Lithuania-Poland energy connection, known as LitPol Link, starting January 15, instead of in April as previously planned.
'All possible scenarios of sabotage or diversion are being assessed, from cybersecurity to certain physical actions,' Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas told reporters after a government meeting.
Lithuania also maintains an electricity grid connection with Sweden via the Baltic Sea, which will come under Public Security Service protection in April as scheduled.
Sweden said Tuesday that its navy had recovered the anchor of the alleged Russian 'shadow fleet' tanker, which is suspected of damaging telecom and power cables on the floor of the Baltic Sea.
The EstLink 2 electricity cable and four telecom cables that lie on the seafloor linking Finland and Estonia went offline after suspected sabotage.
The incident occurred just weeks after other cables in the Baltic sea were severed in similar incidents that experts and politicians say are part of a hybrid war between Russia and Western countries.
Suspicion over the December 25 incident has fallen on the Eagle S, an oil tanker flying the Cook Islands flag and that's thought to be part of Russia's so-called 'shadow fleet' - ships that carry Russian crude oil and petroleum products, which are embargoed over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
The Estlink 2 power cable in the Gulf of Finland was ruptured in suspected Russian interference
The Estlink 2 submarine cable was disconnected from the grid on December 25, just over a month after two telecommunications cables were severed in Swedish territorial waters in the Baltic Sea
Finnish authorities said on December 26 that they were investigating a Russian oil tanker, named Eagle S, that sailed from a Russian port over suspected 'sabotage'
Finnish police said on December 29 that they had found a drag trail stretching dozens of miles along the seabed.
Investigators suspect that the cables were damaged after the tanker's anchor was dragged over them.
Sweden last week sent a submarine rescue vessel to assist Finland in the investigation and on Tuesday said that the anchor had been recovered.
'The HMS Belos has located and lifted the anchor and handed it over to Finnish authorities,' Swedish navy spokesman Jimmie Adamsson told AFP.
Finland seized the tanker on December 28 and has banned eight crew members from leaving Finnish territory.
Finnish telecom operator Elisa said Monday that two of the four damaged telecom cables had been repaired.
The Estlink 2 power cable has not yet been repaired.
Energy and communications infrastructure in particular have been targeted as part of what experts and politicians call Russia's 'hybrid war' with Western countries.
The Baltic is surrounded by a number of NATO member states.
Two telecommunications cables were cut on November 17 and 18 in Swedish territorial waters, prompting German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius to say he assumed it was sabotage.
A Chinese-flagged bulk carrier, the Yi Peng 3 is suspected of involvement.
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A Reuters analysis of MarineTraffic data showed that the ship's coordinates corresponded to the time and place of the breaches.
'From the Swedish side we have had contact with the ship and contact with China and said that we want the ship to move towards Swedish waters,' Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told a press conference at the time.
'We're not making any accusations but we seek clarity on what has happened,' Kristersson said.
China's foreign ministry said the communications channels with Sweden and other relevant parties were 'unobstructed', when asked about Sweden's request.
'I would like to reiterate China's consistent support working with all countries to maintain the security of international submarine cables and other infrastructure in accordance with international law,' ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told reporters.
Western intelligence officials from multiple countries have said they are confident the Chinese ship caused the cuts to both cables.
But they expressed different views on whether these were accidents or could have been deliberate.
Когда же Зеленский предложит США помощь в тушении лесных пожаров?
Напомню, год назад, в феврале 2024 года Агентство США по международному развитию (USAID), возглавляемое незабвенной любительницей девичьих панк-групп (или в переводе на английский «Pussy Riot lover») Самантой Пауэр, поставило 16-ти украинским противопожарным подразделениям «защитное снаряжение, мотопомпы, бензопилы, спасательные моторные резаки, перезаряжаемые прожекторы, огнетушители и гидравлические спасательные инструменты».
Кому только Зеленский не «помогал». Даже весь голодающий мир как-то обещал накормить. Grain from Ukraine ведь уже было. Теперь по логике должны объявить об очередной фальшивой инициативе — Rain from Ukraine.
На самом же деле единственная программа, которая была по-настоящему реализована при поддержке англосаксонских ультралибералов, — это Pain from Ukraine.
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Los Angeles can't put out the fire because all the equipment was sent to help Ukraine.
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Vital LA Firefighting Equipment Was Handed to Ukraine, Reports Show, as Americans Now Caught in Raging Inferno
This should infuriate every American.
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Donald Trump Jr.’s visit was ‘staged,’ says Greenland lawmaker
“We know how they treat the Inuit in Alaska. Make that great before trying to invade us,” Pipaluk Lynge tells POLITICO.
A senior Greenlandic politician slammed Donald Trump Jr.’s visit to the island as “staged,” and warned the United States not to “invade us” given its historical treatment of Alaska’s indigenous people.
Pipaluk Lynge, an MP from Greenland’s largest party and chair of the parliamentary foreign and security policy committee, told POLITICO that Greenland wants “our own independence and democracy,” not to be beholden to the U.S.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s eldest son landed on the self-ruling Danish territory Tuesday and spent the day meeting with local residents, who he claimed were supportive of a U.S. takeover. But Lynge said it was a stunt.
“No journalists were allowed to interview him. It was all staged to make it seem like we — the Greenlandic people — were MAGA and love to be a part of the USA,” Lynge said.
Local media said that the Trump Jr. camp passed out MAGA hats to residents on the day of the visit, while video footage from the trip showed the president-elect talking to cap-wearing Greenlanders on speakerphone during a lunch event.
His welcome was not entirely warm, Lynge added. “People were curious, but some took pictures giving him [the] finger at the airport … Some wrote on Facebook: yankee go home,” she said.
A spokesperson for Trump Jr. denied that the visit was staged and called the criticism "ridiculous."
Trump declared Tuesday he would not exclude using economic or military force to gain control of Greenland or the Panama Canal, in a dramatic threat that would reshape the global security architecture.
“We know how they treat the Inuit in Alaska,” Lynge hit back. “Make that great before trying to invade us.”
Alaska Natives — part of the indigenous peoples who inhabit North America’s Arctic regions, like the Greenlandic Inuit — face a wide range of economic, education and health disparities, including some of the highest rates of alcoholism and suicide, and the lowest life expectancy in the U.S.
In the 1970s, U.S. Congress passed a law that directly gave Alaska Natives financial compensation and land rights, and their political influence has seen a boost in recent years. But they were also historically subjected to segregation, including boarding schools that sought to forcibly assimilate indigenous children, and Jim Crow laws.
As global powers seek to expand their reach and footprint in the Arctic, mineral-rich Greenland — which hosts a U.S. military base — is coveted for its strategic security and trade value.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who rebuffed Trump’s first proposal to purchase Greenland in 2019, calling it “absurd,” reiterated Tuesday that “Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders.”
“There is a lot of support among the people of Greenland that Greenland is not for sale and will not be in the future either,” she added.
As tensions mount, Frederiksen called a meeting of Danish party leaders Thursday to discuss Trump’s threats, according to AFP.
Greenlandic Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede said Tuesday the island’s focus was on independence.
“While others, including Danes and Americans, are entitled to their opinions, we should not be caught up in the hysteria and external pressures distract us from our path,” he said.
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Donald Trump Jr. finds way to blame Ukraine for spread of Los Angeles wildfires
But firefighters said the real reasons were a lack of personnel to combat out-of-control blazes in Southern California.
Donald Trump Jr., eldest son of United States President-elect Donald Trump, dragged Ukraine into MAGA world’s furious mudslinging against California Democrats over the response to wildfires ravaging Los Angeles.
“Oh look of course The LA fire department donated a bunch of their supplies to Ukraine,” Trump Jr. wrote on X on Wednesday.
Los Angeles County Fire Department sent a plane full of surplus supplies like boots, hoses, nozzles, body armor and medication to Ukraine, where first responders work under threat of strikes from invading Russia — but the donation was in 2022.
This year, Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone reported a lack of personnel and had to request help from nearby counties.
“There are 9,000 firefighters in Los Angeles County between the county’s fire department and 29 other fire agencies, which is still not enough to address all the fires in the region,” Maronne told the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday.
Fox News reported that firefighters were unable to contain fires raging since earlier this week because of strong winds, extreme dry weather, lack of visibility and outdated water supply systems in the region.
Donald Trump Sr. lashed out at California Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday, calling him “Newscum” and the fires “virtually apocalyptic” in a Truth Social post that pointed the finger at state rules protecting endangered species for limiting the amount of water that gets sent south from Northern California.
It is a part of a yearslong blazing feud Trump has had with top Democrats in California — a solidly Blue state that is constantly at risk of deadly blazes — about forest management processes and wildfire containment plans.
Meanwhile, in Ukraine, first responders were extinguishing fires and evacuating dozens of victims in Zaporizhzhia after Russia attacked the center of the city with several glide bombs, killing 13 and injuring more than 100 people on Wednesday.
The Trump camp has derided Ukraine, criticizing its President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a salesman, and threatening to halt American military aid to Kyiv, while it has been resisting Russia’s full-scale invasion for almost three years.
Kyiv, for its part, is mourning with California, where thousands of people had to flee their homes due to raging wildfires and at least five people have died so far.
“Los Angeles. Condolences to the victims and relatives of those who died in the fires, as well as to all the American people,” said Andriy Yermak, head of Zelenskyy’s office, in a statement on Thursday.
ФИНАЛ газовой истории. Россия, Украина и Европа: сотрудничеству КОНЕЦ?!
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Diplomacy Watch: Russia dumps on Trump team’s deal ideas
Moscow says it is less than enamored by NATO moratoriums and peacekeeper plans
President-elect Donald Trump has made Ukraine peace talks a focus of his foreign policy, previously saying he’ll get a Ukraine deal “within 24 hours” and readying his envoy Keith Kellogg for a fact finding/listening tour of Ukraine and European capitals first thing after inauguration.
But Russian officials don’t appear all together convinced by ideas that Trump and his team have been putting out in circulation, suggesting a steep hill to climb regarding Ukraine negotiations.
Namely, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov posits that some of these proposals, if implemented, will simply pass the war effort on to Europeans while failing to address the conflict’s root causes.
“Judging from numerous leaks and Donald Trump’s interview with Time magazine on December 12, [the Trump team’s] idea is to suspend hostilities along the line of contact and transfer responsibility for confrontation with Russia to the Europeans,” Lavrov said in an interview with Russian News Agency TASS.
“We are not happy, of course, with the proposals made by members of the Trump team to postpone Ukraine's admission to NATO for 20 years and to station British and European peacekeeping forces in Ukraine.”
The idea of peacekeeping forces in Ukraine has reportedly been floated several times among the Trump team and European officials in recent months. “As long as Ukraine is not in NATO, this aspect can be considered,” Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky had said, while emphasizing NATO membership was the only way to ensure Ukraine’s security against future attacks from Russia.
According to Lavrov, Russia instead wants agreements “that would eliminate the root causes of the conflict and seal a mechanism precluding the possibility of their violation." Lavrov also said Russia is open to restoring relations, but the U.S. must make the first move since it cut them off at the start of the war.
Meanwhile, the Biden administration is only shelling out more Ukraine aid on its way out, announcing $5.9 billion in military assistance and budget support on December 30. This includes HAWK air defense munitions, Munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS), Stinger missiles, and various ammunition packages.
“I’ve directed my Administration to continue surging as much assistance to Ukraine as quickly as possible,” President Joe Biden said in a statement. “At my direction, the United States will continue to work relentlessly to strengthen Ukraine’s position in this war over the remainder of my time in office.”
In other Ukraine war news this week:
As of January 1, Russia’s state-owned energy company Gazprom has halted gas supplies to Moldova amid a debt dispute between the two countries. Russia says Moldova owes $709 million; Moldova claims it owes $8.6 million, with former Energy Minister Victor Parlicov charging that "the Kremlin's real goal here is to destabilise Moldova and plunge it into chaos.” According to AP, Moldovans are bracing for possible energy shortages; the country has declared a state of emergency.
More broadly, Ukraine has halted Russian gas exports to Europe by refusing to renew relevant transit agreements, according to the New York Times. Ending an era of Russian dominance in the European gas market, Zelensky hailed the halt as “one of Moscow’s greatest defeats” on X. The European Commission says the EU is prepared for the expected change, yet European gas prices are already soaring in light of the halt. Hungary and Slovakia, which had relied on the now-closed route for nearly two-thirds of 2023’s gas demand, are likely to be among the most impacted by the change.
An Azerbaijan passenger plane crashed in Kazakhstan on Christmas day after rerouting from its original destination, Grozny in Chechnya, Russia, where it apparently came under fire from the ground. The crash killed the majority of passengers. In days since, how the plane was downed has become a source of controversy. Sources told Reuters that Russian air defenses downed the plane, with U.S. officials telling NBC the defense systems may have misidentified the plane amid a then-ongoing Ukrainian drone attack on the Grozny airport. Russia subsequently apologized for the incident taking place in Russian air space, but has not taken responsibility for it, angering Azerbaijani officials. Investigations by multiple countries are ongoing.
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Stranded Oil Tanker in Baltic Sea: 99,000 Tons at Risk!
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В Балтийском море потерял управление и взят на буксир танкер с российской нефтью
В день, когда США ввели масштабные санкции против российского нефтегазового сектора, в Балтийском море у берегов Германии потерял управление и после нескольких часов дрейфа был взят на буксир танкер с российской нефтью, который не фигурирует в санкционных списках, но подозревается в принадлежности к российскому теневому флоту.
Как сообщает специализированное издание gCaptain, танкер Eventin c 99 тысячами тонн нефти потерял управление к северу от немецкого острова Рюген в пятницу около полудня по местному времени.
Через три часа
до него дошел немецкий буксир Bremen Fighter и потащил за собой в ближайший порт.
(выделено а.п.)
По официальным данным, Eventin везет нефть из российской Усть-Луги в египетский Порт-Саид — порт на Суэцком канале. Судно сейчас ходит под панамским флагом.
Украина считает, что, что танкер Eventin входит в российский «теневой флот» танкеров, который перевозит нефть и нефтепродукты, продаваемые в обход санкций.
Судно связано с зарегистрированной в ОАЭ фирмой Wanta Shipping LLC-FZ, которая, по данным Украины, аффилирована с компанией Fractal Marine DMCC, а против этой компании Британия ввела санкции за торговлю российской нефтью в обход ограничений.
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Putin's weapon of mass disruption: Finland parades enormous anchor 'used by oil tanker in Russian shadow fleet' to snap critical undersea cables on Baltic Sea bed
Finland has paraded the enormous anchor allegedly used by an oil tanker belonging to Russia's shadow fleet to snap several critical undersea cables on the bed of the Baltic Sea.
The anchor, presumed to belong to the Eagle S oil tanker, is being held by Finnish investigators after it was recovered from the Baltic Sea.
Finland is currently conducting a criminal investigation into the oil tanker Eagle S, a Russia-linked ship, after its anchor was suspected of causing damage to the Estlink-2 power cable on Christmas Day.
The Eagle S is thought to be part of Russia's so-called 'shadow fleet' - ships that carry Russian crude oil and petroleum products, which are embargoed over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
The vital cable takes electricity from Finland to Estonia across the Baltic Sea.
The incident cut the electricity connection on Estlink 2 between EU and NATO states Finland and Estonia on December 25 and sparked uproar in Europe, with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte vowing to 'enhance the military presence in the Baltic Sea.'
Finnish police said on December 29 that they had found a drag trail stretching dozens of miles along the seabed.
Investigators suspect that the cables were damaged after the tanker's anchor was dragged over them.
The anchor (pictured), presumed to belong to the Eagle S oil tanker, is being held by Finnish investigators after it was recovered from the Baltic Sea
Sweden last week sent a submarine rescue vessel to assist Finland in the investigation and on Tuesday said that the anchor had been recovered.
'The HMS Belos has located and lifted the anchor and handed it over to Finnish authorities,' Swedish navy spokesman Jimmie Adamsson told AFP.
Finland seized the tanker on December 28 and has banned eight crew members from leaving Finnish territory.
Finnish telecom operator Elisa said Monday that two of the four damaged telecom cables had been repaired.
The Estlink 2 power cable has not yet been repaired.
Energy and communications infrastructure in particular have been targeted as part of what experts and politicians call Russia's 'hybrid war' with Western countries.
The Baltic is surrounded by a number of NATO member states.
In a stunning show of force, NATO today sent a fleet of ten ships to the Baltic to protect Europe's crucial undersea cables after a spate of sabotage attacks.
The anchor was allegedly used to cut a critically important cable on the bottom of the Baltic Sea
The anchor belonged to the Eagle S, a Russian-linked oil tanker believed to be part of the Kremlin's Shadow Fleet
The ships are set to remain at sea until April and will be strategically positioned near energy and data cables in an effort to deter any attempts to destroy them.
It comes a week before Finland is set to host a summit of NATO countries bordering the Baltic Sea to discuss security in the region, as the alliance boosts its maritime presence following several subsea cable cuts.
The January 14 meeting in Helsinki will focus on 'measures required to secure the critical underwater infrastructure', a statement from the office of Finland's President Alexander Stubb said.
'The discussion will focus on strengthening of NATO's presence in the Baltic Sea and responding to the threat posed by Russia's shadow fleet.'
The 'shadow fleet' consists of ships that carry Russian crude oil and petroleum products embargoed over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
The often ageing vessels operate under dubious ownership or without proper insurance.
Among those due to attend the meeting are NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, the leaders of Denmark, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden, and the executive vice-president of the European Commission Henna Virkkunen.
Finland's President Alexander Stubb and Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal will co-host the meeting.
Finland became a NATO member in 2023, dropping decades of military non-alignment after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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Спасатели ФРГ передали экипажу из 24 человек, застрявших на танкере Eventin, электрогенераторы и обогреватели, сообщают СМИ.
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Танкер из "теневого флота" РФ, потерявший управление близ побережья Германии, буксируют на восток.
Три буксира в целях безопасности пытаются отвести судно Eventin с 99 000 тоннами нефти на борту от побережья острова Рюген. Этому препятствует девятибалльный шторм, который сносит танкер на юг, сообщило немецкое Центральное командование по чрезвычайным ситуациям на море (Havariekommando). Суда продвигаются медленно, волны достигают 3-4 метров. Конечная цель буксировки - рейд порта Засниц на востоке острова, танкер планируется доставить туда в воскресенье.
По данным Havariekommando, у Eventin отказали системы электропитания и двигатель, но ситуация с танкером стабильная. Чтобы равномерно распределить нагрузку между буксирами, на Eventin с вертолета спускались четверо немецких моряков, которые провели на борту судна три часа и были вывезены тем же путем. Кроме трех буксиров, на месте проведения операции находится также немецкое многоцелевое судно Arkona.
По данным портала VesselFinder, танкер Eventin вышел с грузом нефти 6 января из российского порта Усть-Луга и направился в Египет. В Havariekommando ранее сообщали, что на судне нет протечек, окружающей среде ничего не угрожает. Eventin входит в список судов "теневого флота" РФ, который ведет Greenpeace.
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Немецкие власти взяли на буксир аварийный танкер «Eventin», следовавший под флагом Панамы из Усть-Луги в Египет. Сообщается, что в районе штормовые условия и судно ограничено в возможности маневрировать.
🔻 В настоящий момент танкер удерживается от дрейфа тремя буксирами к северу-востоку от мыса Аркона в территориальных водах Германии. Неподалеку дежурят патрульный корабль «Bamberg» Береговой охраны и специальное судно «Arkona» Федерального управления водных путей и судоходства Германии.
По данным немецких властей на борту танкера загружено 99 тыс. тонн нефти.
🔺О характере неисправностей танкера в пресс-релизе не сообщается. Не исключено, что с улучшением погодных условий в районе на борт танкера поднимется инспекция для оценки технического состояния судна, которая выявит какие-нибудь существенные нарушения в эксплуатации и обслуживании танкера «Eventin» и удержит его от выхода в море под предлогом угрозы экологической безопасности.
Напоминаю, что в декабре 2024 года Германия присоединилась к коалиции стран Объединенных экспедиционных сил (JEF) для борьбы с российским «теневым флотом» на Балтике.
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Глава МИД Германии Бербок назвала ржавые танкеры «теневого флота» РФ «угрозой для ЕС». Дрейфующий без управления у берегов Германии танкер Eventin с 99 тысячами тонн нефти — это часть «теневого флота» России, а его ветхие суда угрожают европейской безопасности, сказала Бербок. Одновременно она обвинила президента Путина том, что он, «цинично используя флот ржавых танкеров», не только обходит введенные против Москвы санкции, «но и сознательно идет на то, чтобы туризм в Балтийском регионе оказался под угрозой». 10 января германское Центральное командование по чрезвычайным ситуациям на море сообщило, что близ немецкого острова Рюген потерял управление нефтяной танкер Eventin, следовавший из российского порта Усть-Луга. Судно вошло в дрейф, и к нему были направлены три немецких буксира. По данным немецкой стороны, утечки нефти на судне не обнаружено, угрозы окружающей среде нет, как и необходимости эвакуации экипажа. Eventin ходит под флагом Панамы.
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Неуправляемый танкер Eventin под флагом Панамы с 99 тысячами тонн нефти взяли на буксир суда Германии в Балтийском море к северу от немецкого города Рюген.
Судно потеряло возможность маневрировать, но эвакуация экипажа не требовалась, после чего суда ФРГ уже взяли его на буксир.
Танкер направлялся из российского порта Усть-Луга в египетский Порт-Саид.
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Суда ФРГ взяли на буксир потерявший управление танкер Eventin в Балтийском море. Они помогают ему оставаться на месте. Об этом сообщило агентство DPA.
Согласно информации германской аварийно-спасательной службы, на борту судна под флагом Панамы находится около 99 тыс. тонн нефти. Танкер направлялся из российского порта Усть-Луга в египетский Порт-Саид.
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Polish general is sacked and four soldiers face up to five years in jail after 240 anti-tank mines go missing and turn up in IKEA
To lose one anti-tank mine may be regarded as a grave misfortune, but to lose 240 - and then have them turn up near an Ikea warehouse - has been deemed a serious dereliction of duty by a district prosecutor in western Poland.
An army general has reportedly been sacked and four soldiers face prison sentences of up to five years following the blunder, which occurred last summer when a cargo of mines bound for an ammunition depot in the northern village of Mosty was not fully offloaded on arrival.
The mines were transported by rail from Hajnowka, on Poland's eastern border between July 4-7 last year.
According to reports in the Polish media, the dismissal of Major General Artur Kępczyński, head of the Armed Forces Support Inspectorate, was related to the incident.
While the defence ministry did not offer an explanation for Maj Gen Kępczyński's dismissal, it is understood his duties included oversight of the logistics support system.
'I believe that more could have been done, which is why the final decision concerned the head of the inspectorate,' said Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, the Polish defence minister.
Lukasz Wawrzyniak, a spokesman for the District Prosecutor's Office in Poznan, told Reuters that the soldiers also faced potentially serious consequences after the dangerous cargo was discovered in a rail siding near a furniture store warehouse on July 16.
'The suspects are four soldiers, the case concerns neglect of duty regarding the unloading of a transport of munitions,' said Mr Wawrzyniak. '[They face] up to 5 years of imprisonment.
'None of the suspects have pleaded guilty.'
Major General Artur Kępczyński, head of the Armed Forces Support Inspectorate, was dismissed by the defence ministry on Thursday. The reasons were not given
Reports in the Polish media suggest Maj Gen Kępczyński was deemed responsible for the temporary loss of 240 anti-tank mines which eventually turned up near an Ikea store
The anti-tank mines, similar to the one shown here, were discovered in a secure state, said a spokesman for the District Prosecutor's Office in Poznan
Malgorzata Dobies-Turulska, the chief executive of Ikea Industry Poland, said the army picked up the explosives from one of the wagons that arrived at a warehouse belonging to Ikea Industry Orla.
'The box was collected by the military police on the same day,' she said. 'Cooperation with the military police went very smoothly.'
Mr Wawrzyniak confirmed that the army found the mines in a secure state.
'All the elements were sealed and they were immediately secured by the army,' he said.
Mr Kosiniak-Kamysz confirmed in a radio interview that the incident was handled in accordance with the necessary security protocols.
'Civilian supervision played a key role in this matter,' he told the commercial radio station RMF. 'Security procedures, explanatory procedures, corrective actions related to preparation, training, sending appropriate inspections and drawing personnel conclusions.'
Polish media reported that Maj Gen Kępczyński's was prompted by an initial failure to report the incident.
Those responsible for the lost equipment allegedly falsified documents, with the number of mines in the warehouse reported as correct and the truth only coming to light when the lost equipment was found.
The Polish army press office did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
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Liz Truss: The Deep State, Grooming Gangs, Economic Reform & Free Speech | The Peter McCormack Show
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МИД Польши отрицает, что самолету с делегацией парламента Словакии было отказано в пролете над республикой в Россию. По словам представителя МИД, Словакия "отправила неполные документы" и изменила маршрут самолета в ответ на просьбу дополнить их.
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Словацкая делегация во главе с вице-спикером парламента Андреем Данко прибыла в Москву с визитом, сообщил РИА Новости информированный источник.
Он уточнил, что в составе делегации более 10 человек.
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Польша не разрешила пролететь через свое воздушное пространство самолету делегации парламента Словакии, которая направляется в РФ с визитом, в итоге депутатам пришлось лететь в Москву через Чехию и Германию, сообщил вице-спикер словацкого парламента Андрей Данко.
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Дрейфовавший у немецкого острова Рюген танкер Eventin, почти со 100 тыс тонн нефти на борту, отбуксирован к порту Засниц. Немецкие СМИ и политики причисляют танкер под флагом Панамы к российскому теневому флоту. Построено судно в 2006 году. Сроки ремонта пока не определены.
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Потерявший управление танкер Eventin отбуксирован к порту Засница на острове Рюген в Балтийском море. Об этом сообщил представитель морской аварийно-спасательной службы ФРГ.
Танкер при поддержке двух буксирных судов теперь будет стоять там на рейде примерно в 5 км от берега, пока не будет принято решение о дальнейших с ним действиях.
No pants? No problem. London tube riders bare their legs for a day
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Londoners strip down for the infamous No Trousers Tube Ride with dozens braving the cold with bare legs... and cheeks
A parade of semi-naked Londoners hit the Underground on Sunday afternoon to take part in the annual No Trousers Tube Ride.
Despite biting temperatures in the capital, attendees donned their tighty-whiteys, budgie smugglers and whatever else needed to protect their modesty - while showing off a lot of leg.
Started in January 2002 with only seven people in New York, the craze has spread around the globe and this year's London iteration attracted hundreds of participants.
Speaking to the BBC, the event's original creator Charlie Todd said: 'The whole point is just to create unexpected moments of joy, delight and confusion.'
He added: 'It's meant to be a bit of harmless fun. Certainly, we are living in a climate where people like to have culture war fights and my rule in New York was always that my goal is to amuse other people, to give people a laugh.
'It's not to be provocative or to irritate someone so hopefully the spirit of that continues.'
After gathering at the entrance to Chinatown, dozens of folk made their way through the icy streets to the Piccadilly Circus Underground station in central London where they boarded their first train - at this point still fully-dressed.
The only hiccup was that the cars were so crowded due to the cold weather that some people didn't have the space to shed their trousers.
Three women bare their legs on the Underground in honour of London's annual No Trousers Tube Ride
A man holds his phone as he waits for the train doors to open in a short pair of orange underpants
'There's so much bad, so much not fun going on,' said ringleader Dave Selkirk, a 40-year-old personal trainer. 'It's nice to do something just for the sake of it.'
Scantily-clad participants posed on platforms, rode trains and took selfies - much to the bemusement of locals who hadn't got the memo and tourists alike.
Mr Todd, a comedian, came up with the idea that it would be funny if someone walked onto a subway train in the middle of winter wearing hat, gloves, scarf - everything but trousers.
He told the BBC: 'It would be unusual in New York, although you can see anything on our subway system, but what would really be funny is if at the next stop, a couple of minutes later, when the doors open and additional persons got on, not wearing trousers as well.
'And they act like they don't know each other, and they act like - it's no big deal and they just forgot their trousers.'
The idea took off, and no pants days have been since been held in cities as diverse as Berlin, Prague, Jerusalem, Warsaw and Washington, D.C. - with London holding its first event in 2009.
Basil Long, a lawyer, showed up at the meeting point in a down coat and hat on a freezing winter afternoon.
But after his journey underground in the warm tunnels of the Tube, he had been transformed, wearing only a white shirt with bold rainbow stripes, pink underwear and Underground-themed socks.
Three women dressed in the spirit of London's now-yearly No Trousers Tube Ride
Some participants bared a little more than others, including this lady about to pass through the ticket gates
Two men walk off the escalator at Westminster tube station, laughing as they show off their hairy legs
A carriage divided: one side of an Underground carriage contains clothed people, while the others are more scantily-clad
'I just saw it online and I just thought, why not? It's always a question, isn't it?' he said. 'When someone is asked why they climbed Everest, they were just like, why not?'
But Miriam Correa had a purpose. The 43-year-old chef wanted to come because she had seen pictures of previous no trouser rides that featured lots of thin, scantily clad women.
'I am a real woman,' she said, adding that there was no reason to be ashamed of her shape. 'All bodies are perfect.'
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You've been wearing your dressing gown all wrong! People left stunned after discovering the 'correct' way to tie a robe
As ice-cold temperatures sweep the UK, many Brits will be looking for ways to lock out the chill and stay snug.
One technique for locking in the heat at home is to slip into a comfortable dressing gown.
But millions of Brits may be tying them up wrong.
Taking to TikTok, British creator, Levi-Mariah, shared the 'correct' way to tie robe, guaranteeing a draft-free evening.
Captioning the clip, she wrote: 'I was today years old when I found out how to tie my dressing gown properly. Who else knew this?'
'Now I’ve done it this way I’m never going back. My dressing gown has never felt better,' she added.
While most of us rely on weaving the belt of a dressing gown around the back and through the loops on either side of the body - Levi offered a novel method for securing a robe.
Revealing the clever trick, Levi demonstrated tying her own dressing gown by taking the long string and threading it through the two front loops.
One technique for locking in the heat at home is to slip into a comfortable dressing gown - though the downside of this heat-preserving method can be the frustrating tendency of the ties to come loose
Taking to TikTok , British creator, Levi-Mariah (pictured), shared the 'correct' way to tie robe, guaranteeing a draft-free evening
Avoiding taking the belt around her back, Levi then pulled the two ends together as one normally would, tucking in either side of the gown to properly secure it in.
She then finished by tying both ends together in a normal fashion, showing off the finished look with a thumbs up.
The neat trick aims to stop the robe from 'bursting open' when using the usual technique of wrapping the belt around the back and then tying at the front.
The video has proved popular on TikTok, gathering a whopping 3.3 million views and 69,700 likes on the app.
Many viewers were delighted to discover the hack, with one noting that it would resolve the back pain felt by sitting down against the belt.
One wrote: 'Aww I’ve been in pain leaning on my belt on the sofa saw this last year was meaning to look for it.'
A second agreed adding: 'wow such a great idea!! I have sensory problems and hate the part around my back especially when I'm laying down or leaning back, love thisss thank you girlyyy.'
A third said: 'This is actually very helpful bc it’s so annoying that I have to keep retying my robe bc it keeps getting undone. Def have to try.'
Captioning the clip, she wrote: 'I was today years old when I found out how to tie my dressing gown properly. Who else knew this?'
More agreed that it was the perfect way to secure a loose gown writing: 'I LOVE THIS!!! To all those who aren't getting it... my robe/house coat NEVER STAYS TIED! I'm sure if I do this however, that will not be a problem! I get what you're trying to do sis!'
While many were impressed by the dressing gown trick, others were divided over the hack, insisting it only added the complication.
One wrote: 'This hurt my brain, Because you have to take the belt out each time... It's easier the normal way.'
Another pointed out that the novel method might be tricky to loosen in a hurry. They wrote: 'Then going into a panic when you’re going to bed half asleep trying to get out of your dressing gown…nah I’ll stick to fastening the normal way.'
A second worried it might be 'too difficult for access in an emergency.'
'That's one way to put strain on the loops and rip them off,' lamented another viewer.
One mused: 'the only time I wear my dressing gown is when I'm suffering from a good night and I am certainly not trying like that incase of a sudden need for the bathroom.'
Others even went as far to sat hey were 'offended' by the hack. They said: 'Well this offended me. Not sure why, I think it’s because I now don’t know what the heck to do for the best.'
'Well this offended me. Not sure why, I think it’s because I now don’t know what the heck to do for the best.'
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Not Just Hybrid, Russia Is Destabilizing Baltic: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte At European PCS
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Baltic Sea undersea 'sabotage' sets stage for escalating NATO-Russia contest
LONDON -- A spate of alleged sabotage operations against undersea cables in the Baltic Sea has raised the prospect of a dangerous 2025 in NATO's northern theater, with allied leaders vowing closer surveillance of and tougher action against Russian- and Chinese-linked and other ships accused of nefarious efforts there.
"NATO will enhance its military presence in the Baltic Sea," alliance chief Mark Rutte said in late December, after the last such instance of suspected sabotage, condemning "any attacks on critical infrastructure."
Rutte's commitment came after the most recent of three alleged sabotage operations in the Baltic Sea -- the damaging of the Estlink 2 power cable and four internet cables on Christmas Day. The Estlink 2 cable -- along with the Estlink 1 cable -- transfers electricity from Finland to Estonia across the Gulf of Finland.
Finnish authorities quickly seized control of the ship suspected of the damage to the Estlink 2 cable -- the Eagle S. Though flagged in the Cook Islands, Finnish and European Union authorities said the Eagle S is part of Russia's so-called "shadow fleet" of tankers.
A handout photo released by the German Central Command for Maritime Emergencies on Jan. 10, 2025 shows the Eventin tanker being towed by the Bremen tugboat north of the German Baltic Sea island of Ruegen.
On Jan. 3, Finnish authorities said repair work on the cable had begun and forensic samples would be taken as part of the investigation. Eight sailors were still under a travel ban as the probe continued, they added.
NATO accuses Moscow of using tankers and other vessels to evade an international sanctions campaign on its fossil fuel exports prompted by the Kremlin's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The Atlantic Council described this "shadow fleet" as made up of ageing vessels often sailing without Western insurance, under opaque ownership and with regularly changing names and national registrations.
Allied officials say some of the ailing ships are doubling as low-tech saboteur vessels.
There may be as many as 1,400 ships in Russia's shadow fleet, according to the Windward maritime risk management firm. In December 2023, the energy cargo tracking company Vortexa calculated that 1,649 vessels had operated in what the Atlantic Council called the "opaque market" since January 2021, among them 1,089 carrying Russian crude oil.
Cat-and-mouse at sea
December's round of suspected sabotage prompted the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force -- a defensive regional bloc also including Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden -- to launch an advanced AI-assisted reaction system to "track potential threats to undersea infrastructure and monitor the Russian shadow fleet."
A Jan. 14 meeting of NATO's Baltic states in Helsinki, meanwhile, will focus on "measures required to secure the critical underwater infrastructure," Finnish President Alexander Stubb said, and the "strengthening of NATO's presence in the Baltic Sea and responding to the threat posed by Russia's shadow fleet."
But allies face a major challenge in surveilling some 145,560 square miles of sea crisscrossed by as many as 4,000 ships per day.
NATO tracking efforts are complicated by "the sheer scale of the global commercial shipping sector and the fact that ownership structures are often quite opaque and complex," Sidharth Kaushal -- the sea power senior research fellow at the British Royal United Services Institute think tank -- told ABC News.
An Estonian naval ship sails in the Baltic Sea on Jan. 9, 2025, as part of stepped-up NATO patrols in the region following suspected sabotage of undersea cables.
Hendrik Osula/AP
"A vessel may have multiple beneficial owners, its owners may not necessarily be from the state where it's registered and so actually attributing its activity to a given state becomes very difficult," he explained.
Russian- and Chinese-linked vessels could play a role, but so could ships seemingly unconnected to Moscow or Beijing.
"The Russians have quite a broad spectrum of commercial vessels to choose from," Kaushal said. "It's actually quite odd, in some ways, that they opted for a vessel that's associated with their shadow fleet."
The Baltic Sea is also relatively shallow. Its average depth is around 180 feet, compared to 312 feet in the North Sea and 4,900 feet in the Mediterranean Sea.
Reaching cables or pipelines at the bottom of the Baltic is far easier than in the world's largest bodies of water, like the Atlantic Ocean with its average depth of 10,932 feet or the Pacific Ocean at 13,000 feet.
"In the Atlantic, for example, one has to use some pretty specialized equipment to go after undersea infrastructure," Kaushal said. In the Baltic, "much simpler tools -- things like dragging an anchor -- are perfectly feasible means of attack."
NATO's toolbox
Guarding specific sites appears more realistic than identifying and surveilling all potential saboteurs. After the damage to Estlink 2 was reported, for example, Estonia said it dispatched naval vessels to protect Estlink 1.
November's Bold Machina 2024 naval exercise in Italy also saw special forces divers test underwater sensors that NATO said could one day be used to protect underwater infrastructure.
"That's the only way to narrow the problem -- to focus on the critical infrastructure, rather than trying to achieve wide area surveillance over an area like the Baltic," Kaushal said.
But NATO ships will still be limited in what action they can take to stop damage occurring. "International freedom of navigation limits what navies can do on international waters, or even within their own exclusive economic zone," Kaushal said.
This handout photo released by the Finnish police on Jan. 9, 2025 shows the presumed anchor of oil tanker Eagle S displayed at an undisclosed location after it was hoisted from the Gulf of Finland.
Handout/Lehtikuva/FINNISH POLICE (POLIIS)
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea does note that freedom of navigation may be challenged if a ship's passage "is prejudicial to the peace, good order or security" of coastal states.
Historic agreements -- like the 1884 Convention for the Protection of Submarine Telegraph Cables -- might also offer allies some latitude to act against suspect vessels.
But challenging the passage of civilian shipping might have unwelcome consequences elsewhere. More muscular policing by NATO in the Baltic might encourage more assertive Chinese naval activity in the South China Sea, for example, or encourage more Iranian interdictions in the Persian Gulf.
"I think that's something that nations, particularly Western nations, have shied away from," Kaushal said.
Local allied leaders, at least, appear to be clamoring for action. December's alleged attack is only the most recent of a spate of suspected sabotage incidents in the Baltic.
In November, two intersecting submarine cables -- the BCS East-West Interlink connecting Lithuania to Sweden and the C-Lion1 fiber-optic cable connecting Germany to Finland -- were damaged in the Baltic Sea.
Authorities suspected the Chinese-flagged cargo ship Yi Peng 3 of causing the damage. German, Swedish, Finnish and Danish officials boarded the ship off the Danish coast to inspect the vessel and question the crew. The Yi Peng 3 later set sail for Egypt.
The first notable alleged cable sabotage incident in the Baltic Sea occurred in October 2023, when the Hong Kong-flagged Newnew Polar Bear vessel dragged its anchor across and damaged the Balticconnector gas pipeline linking Estonia and Finland. The nearby EE-S1 telecoms cable was also damaged.
Investigators recovered a damaged ship's anchor from the seabed close to the damaged cables, with gouge marks on either side of the cables indicating its trajectory. Finland's National Bureau of Investigation said the Newnew Polar Bear was missing one of its anchors.
In August, the Chinese government admitted that the vessel damaged the underwater infrastructure "by accident," citing "a strong storm."
2025 in the Baltic theater
Even before ships began damaging cables in the Baltic region, the strategic sea -- referred to by some allied leaders as the "NATO lake" after the accession of Sweden and Finland to the alliance -- played host to covert operations apparently linked to Russia's war on Ukraine.
The Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines carrying natural gas from Russia to Germany were bombed in September 2022, marking the first notable incident of alleged sabotage in the Baltic Sea since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
The pipelines had long been fiercely criticized by those in North America and Europe skeptical of Berlin's business dealings with Moscow, particularly leaders in Ukraine and the Baltic region who saw the pipelines as a plank of Russian hybrid warfare.
Investigators are yet to establish who was responsible for the apparent sabotage to the pipelines, with a series of unconfirmed reports variously accusing Russia, the U.S. and Ukraine for the blasts. All have denied involvement.
The Baltic, then, is already an important theater in the wider showdown between Russia and the West.
A photo taken on Dec. 28, 2024 off Porkkalanniemi, Finland, shows the Eagle S (C) tanker with Finnish border guard ship Uisko (L) and tugboat Ukko (front R).
Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images
The potential value for Russia is clear. With a handful of tankers, Moscow can force its NATO rivals to commit significant time and resources to guarding undersea infrastructure. When sabotage does occur, the Baltic's relative ease of access and the energy needs of regional nations might amplify its impact.
"The gas grid in the area is not particularly well integrated with the rest of the European grid," Kashaul noted. "In much of Europe, this would be a bit of a nuisance, but in the Baltic Sea limited sabotage -- particularly to the gas pipelines -- can actually have some pretty disproportionate effects."
European nations are highly sensitive to gas outages given the knock on economic -- and thus polling -- effects. Energy insecurity has been one of the major themes undermining the continent's response to Russia's war. Moscow has been keen to exploit this weak spot.
But undersea escapades in the Baltic are not necessarily a free hit for Russia.
Moscow's shadow operators have "thus far enjoyed the freedom of navigation and the ability to move Russian oil at above price cap rates quite freely through NATO controlled waters," Kashaul said.
If NATO nations can demonstrate that sanctions-busting vessels are involved in sabotage, the ghost ships might yet face more tangible retaliation.
But that too could prompt escalation. A Danish intelligence report cited by Bloomberg, for example, noted that Russia may begin attaching military escorts to tankers transiting the Baltics.
Such a development is "quite plausible," Kashaul said, though noted the intensity of regular convoy operations may be beyond Russia's relatively small Baltic Fleet.
A more militarized approach, he added, may also unsettle the non-Russian nationals crewing the vessels.
"Whether the people on those ships want to take the risk, even if the Russians are offering escorts and convoys, is another factor," Kashaul said.
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Sweden to send three ships, aircraft to NATO's Baltic patrol mission - PM
This photograph shows a Russian parchim class on a surveillance camera of the French navy patrol airplane Atlantique 2 on mission above the Baltic Sea (AFP photo)
STOCKHOLM — Sweden on Sunday said that it would contribute up to three warships and a surveillance aircraft to monitor critical infrastructure and Russia's "shadow fleet" in the Baltic Sea following recent underwater cable sabotage.
Several subsea telecom and power cables have been severed in the Baltic Sea in recent months in incidents that experts and politicians say are part of hybrid war actions orchestrated by Russia.
Leaders of NATO countries bordering the Baltic Sea are to meet in Helsinki on Tuesday to discuss security in the region, with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte expected to attend.
The meeting will focus on the "strengthening of NATO's presence in the Baltic Sea and responding to the threat posed by Russia's shadow fleet," Finland's President Alexander Stubb said in a statement last week.
Finland has said NATO would contribute two vessels to the monitoring mission, while the British-led Joint Expeditionary Force [JEF], which comprises Nordic and Baltic States as well as the Netherlands, also said it would increase its surveillance.
"The [Swedish] government has commissioned the Swedish Armed Forces to contribute up to three warships and an air and sea surveillance plane, the ASC890," Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told reporters on Sunday.
On December 25, the Estlink 2 electricity cable and four telecom cables linking Finland and Estonia were damaged, just weeks after two telecom cables in Swedish waters of the Baltic Sea were severed on November 17-18.
Suspicion over the Christmas Day incident has fallen on the Eagle S, a Cook Island-flagged oil tanker believed to be part of Russia's "shadow fleet".
The "shadow fleet" consists of ships that carry crude oil and petroleum products embargoed over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
The often ageing vessels operate under opaque ownership or without proper insurance.
Finnish police seized the Eagle S on December 28 as part of a criminal investigation into suspected sabotage.
The ship is anchored in Porvoo, east of Helsinki.
Finnish authorities last week deemed the ship unseaworthy following an inspection, barring it from sailing, and had previously banned eight crew members from leaving the country while police carry out a probe.
Investigators suspect the cables were damaged by the tanker's anchor being dragged over them.
Police earlier this week said that the anchor had been recovered from the seabed.
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Sweden to contribute up to 3 warships to reinforced NATO presence in the Baltic
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden will contribute up to three warships to a NATO effort to increase the alliance’s presence in the Baltic Sea as it tries to guard against sabotage of underwater infrastructure, the government said Sunday.
The Swedish military also will contribute an ASC 890 surveillance aircraft, the government said in a statement. And the country’s coast guard will contribute four ships to help monitor the Baltic, with a further seven vessels on standby.
Sweden became the Western military alliance’s 32nd member in March. It followed neighboring Finland into NATO after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The government said this will be the first time that Sweden as a NATO ally contributes armed forces to the alliance’s defense and deterrence.
The decision comes as a string of incidents in the Baltic has heightened concerns about possible Russian activities in the region.
The undersea cables and pipelines that crisscross the sea link Nordic, Baltic and central European countries, promote trade, energy security and, in some cases, reduce dependence on Russian energy resources.
Ten Baltic Sea cables have been damaged since 2023, affecting Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Germany and Lithuania. At least two incidents involved ships later accused of dragging their anchors.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said at an annual security conference Sunday that Sweden is not at war, but there is also no peace, Swedish news agency TT reported.
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На фоне атаки ВСУ на станцию «Турецкого потока» Зеленский выставил себя беспредельщиком и террористом, а США — спонсором терроризма.
Об этом RT заявил председатель партии «Справедливая Россия — За правду» Сергей Миронов:
«Глава МИД Венгрии прав: атака на «Турецкий поток» — это атака на государства, которые участвуют в проекте.
Все это понимают, и все видят, что пресловутая Пятая статья договора НАТО о взаимопомощи не просто не работает, а используется для обмана союзников».
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Атака дронов ВСУ на станцию «Турецкого потока» в Краснодарском крае — это акт энергетического терроризма Украины, подчеркнули в Госдуме.
Первый зампред комитета ГД по международным делам Алексей Чепа заявил RT, что Киев начал менять цели для терактов, всё чаще выбирая межгосударственные объекты:
«Как «Северный поток», так и «Турецкий поток» — это попытка воздействовать на Европу, попытка шантажировать неким образом для принятия ими определённых решений. Это ещё носит характер некой агонии».
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Попытка киевского режима атаковать компрессорную станцию "Русская" в населенном пункте Гай-Кодзор Краснодарского края является для европейских потребителей очень опасным звеном в цепи подобных действий, заявил пресс-секретарь президента РФ Дмитрий Песков.
"Это новое, очень опасное для европейских потребителей звено в цепи действий по взрывам, организации проведения взрывов, диверсий на "Северном потоке". Это остановка транзита газа, остановка компрессорных станций в Судже и т. д.", - сказал представитель Кремля.
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Венгрия заявляет, что атака на "Турецкий поток" "равнозначна посягательству на суверенитет использующих его стран".
Заявление сделал глава МИД Венгрии Сийярто.
Напомним, Россия сегодня обвинила Украину в ударе по компрессорной станции, которая обеспечивает подачу газа по трубопроводу «Турецкий поток». Поставки газа продолжаются.
Украина этого не комментировала.
Основными получателями газа через этот трубопровод являются Венгрия и Сербия.
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Минобороны России: 11 января киевский режим, с целью прекращения поставок газа в европейские страны, предпринял попытку атаки с применением 9 БпЛА самолетного типа по инфраструктуре компрессорной станции «Русская» в населенном пункте Гай-Кодзор (Краснодарский край), обеспечивающей подачу газа по трубопроводу «Турецкий поток».
В ходе отражения налета подразделениями ПВО все БпЛА были сбиты. Пострадавших среди обслуживающего персонала компрессорной станции и разрушений нет. В результате падения осколков одного БпЛА получило незначительные повреждения здание и оборудование газоизмерительной станции на территории КС «Русская». Последствия падения осколков оперативно устранены, оборудование восстановлено.
Компрессорная станция осуществляет подачу газа в трубопровод «Турецкий поток» в штатном режиме. Сбоев в работе не допущено.
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Последствия атаки на компрессорную станцию на Кубани оперативно устранили, она работает в штатном режиме — Минобороны.
Целью нападения было прекращение поставок газа в европейские страны, подчеркнули в ведомстве.
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Киев 11 января попытался дронами атаковать компрессорную станцию «Русская» в Гай-Кодзоре на Кубани, заявили в Минобороны.
Эта станция обеспечивает подачу газа по «Турецкому потоку». Все БПЛА были сбиты, осколками незначительно повреждены здание и оборудование газоизмерительной станции.
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У Словакии есть несколько рычагов давления на Украину для возобновления транзита российского газа в ЕС, считает Игорь Мальцев.
Какие из них могут сработать и зачем словацкая делегация приехала в Россию, публицист объяснил в канале «Специально для RT».
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Немецкая партия выступила за возобновление поставок российского газа и мирное разрешение украинского конфликта.
Соответствующие положения закрепили в программе партии «Союз Сары Вагенкнехт — за разум и справедливость». Документ приняли почти единогласно, сообщает телеканал ZDF.
Ранее Вагенкнехт заявила, что санкционная политика США не имеет отношения к украинскому конфликту и нужна лишь для стимулирования американской экономики.
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НОВЫЕ САНКЦИИ против России: БЛЕФ ИЛИ РЕАЛЬНАЯ УГРОЗА? Факты и цифры
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Зачем Брейгель спрятал Рождество? Погружение в картину «Поклонение волхвов в снегу». Михаил Кукин
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Дежуров. Мистики Северного Возрождения: Питер Брейгель и Альбрехт Дюрер
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Питер Брейгель - художник, говорящий притчами. Лекция Михаила Кукина
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More than 100 Olympic athletes 'RETURN their Paris 2024 medals' after stars revealed their shocking state during the Games
More than 100 disgruntled athletes have returned their Olympic medals just five months on from the Paris 2024 Games because of damage and rust, according to a new report.
Concerns over the poor quality of medals handed out by Paris organisers emerged during last year's event, with American skateboarder Nyjah Huston going viral after he revealed the shocking state of the bronze he won in the French capital.
Several other athletes then shared images of the rapid deterioration of their medals, including Team USA stars Nick Itkin and Ilona Maher.
Two French Olympians last month became the latest to publicly complain about the state of their cherished gongs.
Clement Secchi and Yohann Ndoye-Brouard both took to social media to reveal the sorry state of their own bronze medals which they won together in the 4x100-metre medley relay.
And a report from French daily La Lettre now claims the number of athletes to have given back their medals to Paris organisers has surpassed the 100 mark.
Nyjah Huston shared the shocking condition of his bronze medal days after the Olympics
Huston's bronze medal from Paris started chipping after his celebrations in the States
French swimmer Clement Secchi shared a picture of his medal last month alongside the caption 'crocodile skin'
The publication also reports the management of the company who produced the medals, Monnaie de Paris, has been sacked due to the issue.
It has been claimed problems arose because of a ban on the use of a component in the medals and a lack of testing time.
Houston shared an image of the medal he won just 10 days after his event at last year's Games. He said: ''Alright, so these Olympic medals look great when they’re brand new, but after letting it sit on my skin with some sweat for a little bit and then letting my friends wear it over the weekend, they’re apparently not as high quality as you would think,' he said.
'I mean, look at that thing. It’s looking rough. Even the front. It’s starting to chip off a little. So yeah, I don’t know, Olympic medals, you maybe gotta step up the quality a little bit.'
British diver Yasmin Harper also revealed that her medal was showing signs of deterioration within a week of winning bronze with partner Scarlett Mew Jensen in the women's 3m synchronised springboard diving.
'There's been some small bits of tarnishing,' said Harper who won Britain's first medal of the Games.
'I think it's water or anything that gets under metal, it's making it go a little bit discoloured, but I'm not sure.'
The medals were designed by French luxury jeweller Chaumet and are set with a piece of iron taken from the Eiffel Tower during renovation in the 20th Century.
Another French Olympian, Yohann Ndoye-Brouard, posted his own rusty bronze medal on X
Paris 2024 medals contain a sliver of the Eiffel Tower as a nod to the host city but the exact make up of medals vary between Olympics.
Gold medals are mostly made of silver with a gold coating. Bronze medals are usually a mix of copper, zinc and tin.
Bronze naturally oxidizes when exposed to air and moisture. How quickly bronze degrades depends on the proportion of metals in the alloy, although cheaper metals often quicken the process.
Mail Sport has contacted the International Olympic Committee and Paris 2024 for comment.
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British literary giant George Orwell famed for his novels 1984 and Animal Farm to be honoured on £2 coin
George Orwell, author of 1984 and Animal Farm, will be celebrated on a new £2 coin design.
Released to mark 75 years since the author’s death, the reverse or tails design of the Royal Mint coin pays tribute to 1984, a dystopian novel centred around the character of Winston Smith, who lives in a society restricted by totalitarian rule and mass surveillance.
Coin artist Henry Gray created what appears to be an eye but is a camera lens at the centre of the design.
The quote ‘Big Brother is watching you’ encircles the camera lens, while the coin’s edge inscription bears another quote: ‘There was truth and there was untruth.’
Other literary figures who have been commemorated on £2 coins include William Shakespeare, Jane Austen and JRR Tolkien, the Royal Mint said.
Rebecca Morgan, director of commemorative coin at the Royal Mint said: ‘The works of George Orwell have influenced generations, and his most famous works are still being studied today - decades on from their first publication.
‘I am delighted to share this unique design with collectors and fans of Orwell’s work, paying tribute to one of the most world-renowned authors of the 20th century.’
Author, journalist and visionary thinker Eric Blair, who wrote under the name of Orwell, highlighted social injustices through his work.
Coin artist Henry Gray created what appears to be an eye but is a camera lens at the centre of the design
The coin has been released to mark 75 years since the British literary giant's death
1984 is a dystopian novel centred around the character of Winston Smith, who lives in a society restricted by totalitarian rule and mass surveillance
Orwell also wrote Animal Farm, a story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer
His lasting influence and impact on society can be heard in language used today.
The term ‘Orwellian’ is often used to describe destructive regimes where the truth is being distorted and personal freedoms are being eroded, while ‘Big Brother’ is also commonly used to describe situations where people lack privacy or where they are being severely controlled.
The George Orwell commemorative £2 coin will be available to buy in brilliant uncirculated, gold proof and silver proof versions from the Royal Mint’s website at 9am on January 15, with prices starting at £17.50.
From January 20, visitors to the Royal Mint Experience in Llantrisant, South Wales, will also be able to strike their own George Orwell £2 collectable coin.
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С праздником и старо-новогодним пожеланиями, Dimitriy.
Стратегия «крымский мост». Логика действий украинских властей накануне инаугурации Трампа
Последние дни отметились активизацией украинских ударов по российским тылам – бьют ракетами и дронами.
Масштаб ущерба и влияние на способность РФ продолжать войну от удара, например, по топливному хранилищу в Энгельсе, по химпредприятию или по газовой цистерне в Казани и по химическому заводу под Брянском – вопрос открытый. Но картинка, безусловно, получается яркая.
Тем более, что в РФ, в отличие от Украины, до сих пор так и не запретили законодательно снимать последствия прилетов и публиковать их подробности, поэтому в российском информполе много соответствующих видео с указаниями конкретных объектов, куда прилетало (для сравнения можно посмотреть – много ли говорили и писали в Украине о том, что прилет в Запорожье 8 января был по заводу «Мотор-Сич»).
Удары по тылам противника, по его инфраструктуре и по военным заводам, для любой войны обычное дело. Россия это делает регулярно в отношении украинских тылов. Украина пытается отвечать тем же, наращивая свои дальнобойные возможности. И это, безусловно, имеет не только символическое значение, но и приносит практический ущерб для России.
Однако, помимо чисто военного аспекта, у этих ударов есть и информационно-политический.
И он лежит примерно в той же плоскости, что и разрешение на удары западным дальнобоем по РФ, убийства российского генерала и деятелей ВПК, мат Зеленского в отношении Путина и его обещание «мстить» России даже после окончания боевых действий.
Мы уже писали, что все это работает на усиление позиции российской «партии войны», которая заявляет, что «с Украиной не о чем договариваться, это террористическое государство, которое всегда будет представлять угрозу для России, а потому оно должно быть уничтожено. Также не о чем уже договариваться и с Западом».
Задача – минимизировать вероятность того, что Путин найдет на некой компромиссной основе общий язык с Трампом, чтоб завершить войну по линии фронта в ближайшее время.
Украинские власти не хотят такого варианта завершения войны. Как говорят их сторонники, вести переговоры о прекращении огня сейчас нет смысла, потому что Украина находится в слабой позиции и условия мира будут плохие. Поэтому нужно подождать, так как время работает против России и там уже скоро начнутся большие проблемы. Оппоненты Зеленского говорят, что намерения Банковой воевать дальше объясняются желанием и далее сидеть на огромных и практически бесконтрольных военно-коррупционных потоках, а также нежеланием проводить выборы. По мнению оппонентов, время работает против Украины и далее условия мира могут быть только хуже.
Но, как писалось выше, у украинской власти другая точка зрения.
Однако прямо перечить Трампу, если тот примет решение договариваться с Путиным, Киев не может. Попытки повлиять на избранного президента через республиканский истеблишмент и убедить его не идти на компромиссы с Путиным пока видимого успеха на приносят (хотя, как говорится, «еще не вечер» и работа в этом направлении продолжается).
Поэтому большая ставка делается на то, чтобы на компромиссы отказался идти Путин и именно он, а не Зеленский, выглядел тем человеком, который сорвал мирные переговоры.
При этом, хоть официальная позиция Москвы повторяет уже озвученные Путиным в июне 2024 года условия окончания войны (передача РФ всей территории четырех областей с официальным признанием Украиной российской юрисдикции над ними, нейтральный статус, «демилитаризация и денацификация», снятие санкций), из РФ идут сигналы и о готовности к более гибкому подходу (например, недавнее заявление Маргариты Симоньян).
Мы также писали, что есть немало причин, по которым Кремль может занять не столь жесткую, как официально озвучивается, позицию и согласиться на остановку войны по линии фронта и нейтральный статус Украины, при выполнении ряда других условий.
Но есть в Москве сторонники и другой точки зрения, которые полагают, что воевать нужно дальше «до победного конца». И именно им в последнее время дают все больше «подач» украинские власти.
Можно предположить, что, чем ближе и реальнее будут договоренности о завершении войны, тем сильнее будут эти «подачи». Например, нельзя исключать новые удары по крымскому мосту или же попытки нанести удар по Кремлю и другим знаковым объектам в центре Москвы.
Тем более, что у Киева уже есть успешный опыт реализации подобной стратегии в 2023 году, когда Россию подтолкнули к выходу из «зерновой сделки».
«Зерновая сделка» была одним из немногих в последние годы примеров гибкого подхода Москвы, исходящего из трезвой оценки своих реальных возможностей и рисков. К середине лета 2022 года, после потери острова Змеиный и части кораблей ЧФ РФ, стало понятно, что Россия уже не может препятствовать возобновлению судоходства в украинские порты. А система ПВО ВСУ не позволяла россиянам использовать авиацию и ракеты для полного уничтожения портовой инфраструктуры. Поэтому заключенная тогда «зерновая сделка» стала выгодным решением для Москвы, так как, во-первых ограничивала украинский экспорт лишь сельхозпродукцией, а во-вторых, позволила россиянам осуществлять контроль за перевозимым грузом и, при желании, тормозить проход судов (что РФ часто и делала). Поэтому Киев вскоре пришел к выводу, что «зерновая сделка» ему не выгодна и начал искать способы из нее выйти. Но это было непросто, так как проект был уже распиарен в мировом масштабе и выход из него Украины по собственной инициативе был чреват ослаблением международных позиций страны. Поэтому Киеву было выгодно, чтоб из сделки вышла Россия.
Большую помощь украинским властям в этом оказала российская «партия войны» и z-паблики, которые развернули кампанию против «зерновой сделки», подавая ее как «унизительную» для России. По итогу, весной-летом российские власти все чаще стали заявлять, что Москва может из сделки выйти, так как Украина и Запад не выполняют ее условия (а их никто выполнять и не собирался, так как у Киева была цель прекратить действие «зерновой сделки»).
Однако, видимо, у украинских властей не было четкой уверенности, что Москва из сделки выйдет, а потому когда наступил очередной срок ее продления – 17 июля, был нанесен удар по Крымскому мосту. С учетом уже созданного в информпространстве РФ имиджа «зерновой сделки» как «позорно-унизительной», ее продление после удара по крымскому мосту стало бы сильнейшей «потерей лица» для Кремля. И из нее Россия вышла.
Что привело к закономерным последствиям – уже через несколько месяцев судоходство в украинские порты восстановилось в полном объеме и без какого-либо контроля РФ. У России не оказалось возможностей парализовать ударами с воздуха порты (что было очевидно и до того). А удары по торговым судам были чреваты международными проблемами для Москвы, а также ответными ударами украинских БЭКов по торговым кораблям, шедшим в порты РФ или из них.
Восстановление морского экспорта и импорта стало для Украины огромной победой и до сих пор является одним из главных факторов относительной экономической устойчивости страны, несмотря на войну.
Эту стратегию можно условно назвать «крымский мост» - комплекс военных и информационно-политических мер, побуждающих российские власти совершать действия, которые Киев считает для себя выгодными.
Применяется она, очевидно, и сейчас, чтоб побудить Путина не идти на компромиссы в переговорах по Украине.
Но даже если этого не получится, и будут достигнуты договоренности о прекращении огня, то украинские власти (стремясь упредить обвинения в «капитуляции» из-за снятия требований по границам 1991 года) могут заявить, что именно их действия «заставили Путина сесть за стол переговоров».
Впрочем, стратегия эта очень рискована для Украины. Далеко не факт, что оправдается расчет на то, что время играет в пользу Киева и что затягивание войны усилит украинские позиции. Может быть и ровно наоборот.
Также может оказаться неверным расчет, что срыв переговоров приведет к тому, что Трамп усилит помощь Киеву и давление на РФ. На Западе сейчас происходят свои сложные внутренние процессы и их влияние на продолжение поддержки Украины предсказать очень трудно.
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Что делать на фоне хотелок НАТО о морской блокаде России в Балтике.
Страны НАТО хотят дать себе право контролировать суда в нейтральных водах Балтики, заявил польский премьер Туск после саммита стран НАТО Балтийского региона.
— Это заявление вышло почти одновременно со словами главы МИД РФ Лаврова о "соблюдении международного права". Ранее возможными "нарушениями международного права" в случае присоединения Гренландии к США обеспокоилась Матвиенко.
— Тут всё просто: "международное право" или национальные интересы. Пока оборзевшую чухонь (а лучше её хозяев) демонстративно не научить вежливости, они будут продолжать "проверять нас на прочность".
Безотносительно этого:
● Кажется, придётся возвращаться к практике конвоев.
● И тут вновь встаёт вопрос, а чем конвоировать-то будем?
● Это старая проблема скорости ввода в строй новых кораблей, а также грустная история об эффективности нашего кораблестроения в целом.
Речь идёт, в контексте обновления Балтфлота:
1. Об ускорении постройки корветов семейства пр. 20380 / 20385.
- Серия строится с 2001 года (с 2006-го — на двух верфях).
- За 24 года ввели в строй 10 (десять) кораблей.
- Из них на Балтийском флоте — 4 (четыре).
- Потребность флота — не менее 30-40 единиц.
2. О решении проблем с постройкой малых ракетных кораблей пр. 22800.
- Темпы их строительства, в том числе изготовления двигателей, существенно замедлились. Второй завод (КМЗ) так и не приступил к производству высокооборотных дизелей несмотря на кучу принятых документов.
- Серия строится с 2015 года, сейчас эти корабли строят четыре завода.
- За девять лет подняли флаг шесть кораблей, в строю 5 (пять).
- Из них на Балтийском флоте — 3 (три).
- Потребность флота — более 50 единиц.
3. О разработке массового дешёвого корвета на основе пр. 22800.
- В противолодочном и/или эскортном варианте.
- Хороший текст об этом написал дружественный канал "Морская мощь государства".
Защитить судоходство может лишь сильный военно-морской флот. Но корабли не рождаются сами.
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НАТО хочет разрешить само себе контролировать суда в нейтральных водах Балтики, сообщил премьер Польши Туск.
"Мы вместе будем работать над такими юридическими возможностями, которые позволят контролировать суда, находящиеся вне территориальных вод, и это сейчас является самой большой проблемой", — сказал он, подчеркнув, что с ним согласны партнёры по альянсу.
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Страны НАТО договорились усилить свое военное присутствие в Балтийском море и хотят дать себе право контролировать суда в нейтральных водах.
Как сообщает пресс-служба Альянса по итогам встречи в Хельсинки, в рамках операции «Baltic Sentry» будут запущены дополнительные фрегаты и морские патрульные самолеты, небольшой флот военно-морских беспилотников.
Это должно "повысить безопасность критически важной инфраструктуры", в частности, подводной и "улучшить способность союзников реагировать на дестабилизирующие действия".
В качестве причины упоминается недавнее повреждение подземных кабелей в Балтийском море. Заявлено, что "потенциальные угрозы инфраструктуре будут иметь последствия, включая возможную высадку на борт, конфискацию и арест".
"Если что-то случится в польских территориальных водах, то Польша не будет колебаться, если речь идет о задержании такого корабля. Но мы вместе будем работать над такими юридическими возможностями, которые позволят контролировать суда, находящиеся вне территориальных вод, и это сейчас является самой большой проблемой", - заявил польский премьер Туск.
Напомним, ранее идея контролировать и ограничивать проход российских судов по Балтийскому морю уже обсуждалась рядом стран НАТО. В РФ уже звучат заявления, что введение морской блокады для российского флота будет актом объявления войны.
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"Балтийский страж" НАТО защитит критическую инфраструктуру Балтики…
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NATO Secretary General with the President of Finland 🇫🇮 and the PM of Estonia 🇪🇪, 14 JAN 2025
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LIVE: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte holds press conference in Helsinki
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Eagle S could have cut more cables, says Finnish police
Nato has today launched Baltic Sentry, an operation designed to deter further damage to underwater infrastructure in the region, in response to recent incidents of cable damage
Head of the investigation into the Eagle S cable incident, Risto Lohi, said the priority would be individuals who operated the ship’s anchors or assisted in its navigation.
THE tanker thought to have cut the Estlink2 cable in the Gulf of Finland could have damaged more cables, Finnish police said.
The National Bureau of Investigation told Lloyd’s List it was possible other cables or pipes “related to our critical underwater infrastructure could have been damaged” if Eagle S (IMO: 9329760) was allowed to continue.
Head of the investigation into the incident, Risto Lohi, told Reuters the vessel was threatening to cut a second power cable, Estlink2, as well as the BatlicConnector gas pipe between Finland and Estonia when it was seized.
The NBI confirmed that another member of the ship’s crew had been added to the list of suspects, taking the total under investigation to nine. Those nine seafarers are subject to travel bans by the Finnish police.
Lohi told Reuters the priority of his investigation would be individuals who operated the ship’s anchors or assisted in its navigation.
Eagle S is not the only vessel suspected of cutting an undersea cable either. China-flagged bulk carrier Yi Peng 3 (IMO: 9224984) is thought to be behind the damage to the C-Lion data cable that runs between Germany and Finland.
Swedish minister of civil defense, Carl-Oskar Bohlin, told reporters that another cable was close to being damaged by the bulker too.
Bohlin said anchor drag tracks “probably from Yi Peng 3 had been found ‘in connection to’ the NordBalt power cable that links Finland and Sweden.
While Bohlin stopped short of calling the incident deliberate sabotage, but instead said that when an anchor is dragged for 150 km, “there is a lot of evidence to suggest you should at least notice it”, Swedish national broadcaster SVT reported.
In response to these incidents of damage to undersea cables, Nato has today launched Baltic Sentry, an operation designed to deter any further attempts by either states or non-state actors to damage underwater infrastructure.
The Swedish Armed Forces said they would contribute up to three warships and a maritime surveillance aircraft to the Nato presence in the Baltic Sea.
It is the first time Sweden has contributed an armed force to a Nato deterrence operation since it joined the alliance in March 2024.
Bohlin said it was a “statement of strength from the Swedish side, where civil and military authorities are cooperating to strengthen our common security in the Baltic Sea”.
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КОНЕЦ Теневому флоту Путина?! Санкции США ОБНУЛЯТ поставки нефти из РФ?!
Николай Патрушев: «Не исключено, что в наступившем году Украина прекратит существование»
Смена власти в США обещает сильно изменить глобальную мировую повестку. Некоторые громкие внешнеполитические инициативы избранного президента Дональда Трампа оказались довольно неожиданными - и вызвали смятение даже у самых преданных американских союзников.
Чего ждать России от новой вашингтонской администрации, как реагировать на возможные сдвиги в политике по отношению к нашей стране, мы поговорили с помощником Президента РФ, постоянным членом Совета безопасности Николаем Патрушевым.
ГЛУБИННОЕ ГОСУДАРСТВО В США СИЛЬНО
- Николай Платонович, вы много лет плотно занимались и продолжаете заниматься вопросами геополитики, участвуете в принятии решений в сфере международной безопасности. Не кажется ли вам, что мир сейчас затаился в ожидании серьезных перемен накануне инаугурации Дональда Трампа?
- Значительная часть мира по-прежнему смотрит на Америку. Между тем сама американская элита расколота и не имеет единых представлений, как именно выстраивать политику и в мире, и внутри страны.
Главный лозунг Трампа заключается в том, что у него якобы есть план, как вернуть США к прагматичной политике, которая была бы выгодна и государству, и его гражданам. Как это будет соотноситься с интересами других стран и народов, пока не ясно.
Так или иначе, сегодня мы являемся свидетелями серьезных изменений в мире. Имею в виду не только геополитическую ситуацию, но и положение дел в экономике, технологической сфере, социальные и культурные процессы. В последний раз такие тектонические сдвиги происходили после распада СССР. Тогда Запад не смог нормально приспособиться к новым реалиям и продолжил жить, как во время холодной войны, постоянно выискивая себе врагов.
- Ежедневно звучащие заявления Трампа иначе как революционными нельзя назвать: неприязнь ко всему, что делала администрация Байдена, декларирование радикально новых идей…
- Президентство Байдена показало, что приоритеты Белого дома и простых граждан значительно отличались. Знакомые каждому американцу еще со школьных учебников слова о том, что в Америке народ правит для народа и от имени народа, расходятся с реальностью. Поэтому рядовые американцы примут любые идеи, которые смогут поспособствовать их благополучию. Будут приветствовать меры поддержки семейных ценностей, улучшения ситуации в здравоохранении, борьбы с пожарами и нелегальной миграцией.
Конечно, время покажет, сможет ли Трамп реализовать свои намерения в полной мере. Как продемонстрировал его первый срок, пресловутое глубинное государство в США очень сильно. Оно может не дать ему развернуться. А опыт предвыборной кампании и покушения на него показал, что надо быть готовым к самым немыслимым сценариям.
Ясно, что позиции Трампа разделяют далеко не все элиты США. Его взгляды значительно расходятся с планами, которые вынашивали представители демократической партии, отдельные владельцы промышленных гигантов и транснациональных корпораций. Поэтому крайне важно, чтобы была обеспечена безопасность Трампа и его окружения до вступления в должность главы государства, а также на президентском посту.
США БУДУТ СИЛЬНО ДАВИТЬ, НО ВОЕВАТЬ НЕ СТАНУТ
- Дональд Трамп уже обозначил свои интересы по отношению к Гренландии, Панамскому каналу, Мексике, Канаде, другим государствам на разных континентах. Почему, в отличие от Байдена, он не так часто говорит о будущем Украины?
- Для байденовской администрации Украина была безусловным приоритетом. Ясно, что отношения между Трампом и Байденом антагонистичны. Поэтому Украина не будет входить в число приоритетов Трампа. Его больше волнует Китай.
Кроме того, как вы сказали, он обозначил свои интересы по отношению к Гренландии, Панамскому каналу, Мексике, Канаде. Перекраивать карту мира под свои интересы и вмешиваться в дела стран на разных континентах – это американская традиция.
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История с памятником поэту и певцу Владимиру Высоцкому в Одессе заставила опять разгореться страсти вокруг продолжающейся в городе т.н. "деколонизации" - массового переименования улиц и сноса памятников на основании их связи с Российской империей или СССР.
В городе по этому поводу проходят акции протеста, а также активные дискуссии в информпространстве.
Недовольные демонтажем памятника Высоцкому одесситы собрались на выходных на пикет на Приморском бульваре возле знаменитого бюста Александра Пушкина, демонтажа которого также активно добиваются ОВА и сторонники «деколонизации».
Фактически возник раскол между областной и городской властью.
Как писала "Страна", в то время как Одесская ОВА активно продвигает "деколонизацию", мэр Геннадий Труханов выступает против массового переименования и отказывается сносить памятник Пушкину, аргументируя это тем, что бюст расположен в охранной зоне ЮНЕСКО.
Эксперты говорят, что ситуация в Одессе показательная.
Запретительно-переименовательная политика раскалывает общество, сеет в нем взаимную вражду.
Тем не менее она продолжает продвигаться центральной властью, которая, таким образом, видимо, пытается заработать свои политические очки на теме "тотальной дерусификации" и отвлечь общественное внимание от более опасных для нее тем вроде затягивания войны, сложной ситуации на фронте и коррупции.
С другой стороны, таким образом формируется база для тех партий и политиков, которые придерживаются иной идеологии.
QUENTIN LETTS: Starmer, that dull old vegan sausage, waddled up to the lectern - and bored the Y-fronts off us all for 20 minutes.
Another Monday morning, another Starmer re-set speech. Every week it happens and every week the dull, old vegan sausage is blown off course by some news sensation and has to go into damage-limitation mode amid much constipated blinking and pursing of lips.
This time it was Rachel Reeves. Was she a goner? Would she still be Chancellor at the end of the parliament (by which time she may down to the last few 50ps in petty cash)?
Sir Keir could have said 'daft question – no prime minister discusses cabinet colleagues like that'. Instead he did the relegation-zone football-club chairman thing and expressed 'full confidence' in the manager. She's doomed!
'Rachel Reeves is doing a fun-tustic job,' snapped Sir Keir, whose vowels become muddy when he is on the defensive. 'She has my full confidence and she has the full confidence of the entire party.'
Labour MPs have been saying all sorts of rude things about her. By spouting such a demonstrably untrue claim, Sir Keir made his own 'full confidence' sound dicey.
This sparked online headlines such as 'PM refuses to say Reeves won't be given the heave-ho'.
Downing Street convulsed at this unfair hoopla by announcing, mid-afternoon, that Ms Reeves would indeed still be Chancellor for the entire parliament.
Wise move? No. It made things worse. Markets may now feel there is no escape from the mad axe-woman of No 11.
In a speech today, Keir Starmer (pictured at University College London) claimed Artificial Intelligence would 'turbocharge' Labour's growth plans as well as transform the lives of ordinary people
And a shrewder PM might reflect that the power to sack colleagues is a vital part of his armoury.
Every time a minister is dans le potage reporters will now ask 'will they still be in the job at the election?' Sir Keir has created gridlock for himself. And what happens if he does have to sack Ms Reeves?
Back to yesterday's important speech. Sir Keir, whose government has had more relaunches than Cape Canaveral, was this time at University College London to discuss artificial intelligence (AI) and – zzzzz – his 'action plan'.
Behind him stood a robot that had been rendered completely inert. Sir Keir's rhetoric does have this effect.
A brief introduction came from a go-getter called Matt Clifford. He was just the sort of handsome, can-do spark you want to talk about AI. Alas, he yielded the floor to Peter Kyle, that slightly glib fellow who is science secretary.
Mr Kyle hollered that it was 'exciting to be working for a bold and challenging prime minister', which at least made a few people laugh.
Mr Kyle's sycophancy was the cue for Sir Keir to waddle to the lectern and proceed to bore the Y-fronts off everyone for the next 20 minutes.
The only thing 'bold and challenging' about the event was Mr Kyle's suit, a wasp-waisted job almost as synthetic and lightweight as its owner.
Sir Keir's speech had a peculiar opening all about some poor woman who suffered a stroke which was diagnosed by AI. Sir Keir added that he had just met the lady. By God, had she not suffered enough?
When describing this unfortunate patient's part-paralysed face, Sir Keir held a hand up to his own face to help us imagine her sagging cheeks.
As I say, it was an odd opening to a speech.
Other oratorical weirdnesses: a tendency to lean forward on the lectern and go all intimate and whispery but then to stand upright when it seemed the lectern might topple over; an injection of blokeishness when he mentioned darts; a matey mention of his late father's Ford Cortina; and a seer-of-the-ages tone when he said 'mark my words' and talked about AI's possible powers.
All this reeked of inauthenticity. So did his insistence that the economy was in capable hands.
The only plus point of the day was that he was obliged to concede that the sole reason we have such a great opportunity with AI is, yes, Brexit.
Not that he would actually use the B-word. Like the words 'Tulip' and 'Siddiq' it is now banned in the Starmer household.
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What was the ideal spy like in 1951? Anything but a glamorous James Bond figure, MI5 files reveal
For new spies, it was a guide for your eyes only.
But in 1951 it seems life in the shadows was less glamorous than a James Bond movie.
New recruits faced a strict selection criteria with only men 5ft 7in - 5ft 8ins tall who did not resemble police officers accepted for the difficult work of surveillance.
A 17-page official MI5 guide on ‘observation’ declassified today reveals that bosses considered the ideal spy was ‘born and not made’, with many candidates lacking the patience required for the exacting job.
Unlike in the movies, spies in 1951 were urged to ditch false moustaches and beards because of the danger of them showing up under lighting.
Instead, new recruits should be of ‘rather nondescript type’ seeking to blend in, saving trademark 007 tuxedo only for the West End.
The guide says: ‘A watcher must adapt himself to the locality in which he is called upon to keep observation, e.g., he must wear old clothes, cap, muffler, etc., in the slum quarters, and be better dressed for the West End where he frequently has to enter hotels, blocks of residential flats or office buildings.
‘The use of facial disguise is not recommended. It may be considered essential in Secret Service films but in practice it is to be deplored.
‘A false moustache or beard is easily detected, especially under the high lights of a restaurant, pub, or in a tube train.’
A page from a training guide on 'Observation' reads 'this is a small lift - watcher beware 's' does not spot you - best use the stair
The next frame reads 'A spots him coming - walks on apace. B crosses over to take up the chase
The next part of the guide reads 'S turns the corner, B takes the lead. A watches B till its safe to proceed
Rookie MI5 ‘watchers’ were given illustrations showing how to pursue a target on foot and told: ‘Observation is a very onerous and exacting profession.
‘Screen sleuths of the secret service thriller or detective novel appeal to the uninitiated, but in actual practice there is little glamour and much monotony in such a calling as observation.
‘The ideal watcher should not be more than 5ft 7ins or 5ft 8ins in height, looking as unlike a policeman as possible.
‘It is a mistake to use men who are too short as they are just as conspicuous as tall men.
‘A watcher should be of a rather nondescript type.’
Good eyesight and hearing is ‘essential’ and spies are told not to underestimate the enemy: ‘Don’t belittle the person you are following.
‘If he does appear simple, appearances are often deceptive.’
The guide advises: ‘Keep about 25-30 yards behind the quarry, and when on the move by foot it is preferable to keep on the opposite pavement, except in very busy streets.
Life as a spy in the 1950s was far less glamorous than a James Bond movie. Pictured: Daniel Craig as James Bond
‘When he is a suspicious a suspect will often board a train just before the doors close, making himself the last one on the train, or he may alight at the last moment: so do not give him any rope on such occasions.’
If the target flees, spies should have change ready to hop in a cab after them: ‘Concoct a suitable tale which may go down with the cabby, such as a divorce case, absconding husband or wife, and promise the driver a good tip.’
But recruits are told never get in the same elevator as their prey.
At post offices or railway stations, agents are encouraged to try for a ‘brief glance’ at names and addresses
Spies are also told to frequently change their routes home, clothes and places of drinking frequently so as to avoid being followed themselves.
Ironically, surveillance was the job of just one elderly detective when MI5 was formed.
In 1910, MI5 bought its first surveillance camera at a cost of £3 and 10 shillings.
In its infancy, the organisation was not well-funded and MI5 only bought its second motor car from the wages of a German spy who British spies impersonated long after he had been executed.
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Crew of nuclear submarine gave away their position and patrol schedule 'to Russia' by using Strava fitness app
Crew members of a French nuclear submarine who were logging runs on the fitness app Strava have risked leaking their position and patrol schedule to Russia.
Strava allows members to share their sporting activities online and includes a map showing the location where the user completed the exercise.
Île Longue in Brest Harbour in Finistère is home to four nuclear submarines, each capable of carrying 16 nuclear missiles about a thousand times the power of the Hiroshima bomb.
Patrols by land and sea by drones are carried out around the clock to ensure security and more than 2,000 employees must show identification to enter.
Mobile phones are prohibited and must be stored in lockers at different checkpoints on the base.
Despite the strict security surrounding the facility, sensitive information was still able to leave the fortress due to users of the fitness app.
In the past 10 years, more than 450 Strava users have been active within the walls of the compound.
Many of those users have not used pseudonyms and have kept their profile public, which allowed journalists from Le Monde to discover the identities of people on the base.
A nuclear submarine leaving Brest Harbour, where l'Île Longue naval base is located (pictured in 2007)
Submarine crew tracking their runs have risked times of patrol schedules being leaked to foreign powers (stock)
One example was Paul, not his real name, who in January 2023 recorded 16 activities.
On February 3, 2023, he ran along the docks where the submarines are moored, recording his times and locations on the app.
Then for the next month his account went quiet and he suddenly stopped using Strava.
He was not active again until March 25, 2023.
Similarly, Strava users Arthur and Charles, not their real names, also abruptly stopped their training on Strava after February 3 and resumed around March 25.
This suggested that all three men began a patrol aboard one of the submarines.
To confirm this, Paul also justified his disappearance from the app, saying: 'It's tough to get back into sport after more than two and a half months in a poo box.'
He posted the message attached with emojis representing bubbles and a diving mask.
A map of the Ile Longue naval base near Brest on the west coast of France
The nuclear attack submarine Emeraude is pictured at Brest's naval base, western France
The French Navy told Le Monde that despite the mobile phone ban, smart watches could have passed security, allowing the men to record their runs on the base.
The Navy acknowledged that there was 'negligence on the part of the personnel which do not necessarily constitute flaws that could affect the activities of the operational base on Île Longue'.
Strava activities could have allowed a foreign power to anticipate a nuclear submarine's departure.
The last races completed by Paul, Arthur and Charles before their departure were on the docks where the submarines are moored, an area where access is strictly controlls and sports activities are rarer than on the athletics track.
Runs taking place on the docks could therefore signify the imminent departure of one of the submarines.
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Cappuccino prank
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С интересом и понятными ожиданиями, Dimitriy.
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Наземное оборудование газохранилища повреждено во Львовской области во время ночной воздушной тревоги, сообщил депутат Верховной рады Нагорняк в эфире телеканала "Киев 24".
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15.01.2025
Утренний ракетный удар по оценке противника.
Зеленский сделал заявление о массированном ударе по украинской газовой инфраструктуре и другим объектам энергетики. С его слов - в ударе было задействовано более 40 ракет, в том числе баллистических, а также свыше 70 БПЛА-камикадзе.
В то же время поступали сообщения о взырвах:
- в Харькове;
- в Черниговской области;
- в Ивано-Франковской области:
- в Винницкой области;
- в Хмельницкой области;
- в Львовской области - удар нанесен по крупнейшему в Украине газохранилищу. При этом повреждена только наземная инфраструктура - само газохранилище продолжает функционировать.
/видео - пожар на Крещатике в Киеве. На против местной администрации. Местная администрация заявила о возгорании на подстанции. Верим).
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РФ сегодня утром выпустила по Украине более 40 ракет, по меньшей мере 30 уничтожены, сообщает Зеленский.
Целью была газовая инфраструктура и энергетические объекты, работа энергосистемы сохранена.
Также за ночь были сбиты более 70 ударных дронов.
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10.24
Во Львовской области в результате ракетной атаки повреждены два объекта критической инфраструктуры в Дрогобычском и Стрыйском районах, сообщает ОВА.
«Без пострадавших, но с разрушениями. Отключения электроэнергии пока не вводятся», - говорится в сообщении.
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Мэр Львова Садовой заявил, что россияне сегодня атаковали энергетические объекты Львовской области.
При этом он добавил, что отключение света в регионе пока не вводились.
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В Ивано-Франковске прогремели как минимум пять мощных взрывов, пишут местные паблики.
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Ракеты следуют на Стрый, сообщают власти Львовской области.
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По данным мониторинговых пабликов, все восемь стратегических бомбардировщиков, осуществлявших пуски по Украине, приземлились.
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Ракеты заходят на Ивано-Франковск, сообщают ВСУ.
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Угроза ракетного удара по Львову.
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8.34
Ракеты во Львовской области, сообщили власти региона.
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Ракеты пролетают над Хмельницкой областью и держат курс на запад, сообщают Воздушные силы.
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8.10
Основная масса ракет летит сейчас через Житомирскую и Винницкую область курсом на запад, сообщают Воздушные силы и мониторинговые паблики.
Цитата:
7.38
Воздушные силы сообщают о ракетах в Сумской и Николаевской областях, а также на Кривой Рог тина Черниговскую область.
Цитата:
7.24
Воздушные силы ВСУ и мониторинговые паблики сообщают о массированном ракетном ударе по Украине.
Ракеты запускают 7 бортов ТУ-22М3 и 6 бортов ТУ-95мс, а также МИГ-31.
Также пишут о запуске баллистики из Белгородской области.
Ракеты уже в воздушном пространстве Украины.
В Харькове сообщают о взрывах.
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Генеральный директор агентства мобильного маркетинга Mobisharks (входит в ГК Kokoc Group) — об эффективном мобильном маркетинге и примерах успешных стратегий.
За последние пару лет реклама банков изменилась. Появились новые сюжеты и герои. Реклама по-прежнему — не только инструмент продвижения услуг, но и способ формирования доверия к финансовым организациям. Главный тренд, который отмечают эксперты,— переход от сухого перечисления выгод к эмоционально окрашенным коммуникациям.
Антитрендами наружной рекламы в текущем году стали прямолинейность и чрезмерная перегруженность сообщений. Наружная реклама продолжает показывать рост: число рекламных конструкций за последний год увеличилось более чем на 2 тысячи.
В компании Sellty спрогнозировали развитие рынка электронной коммерции в сегменте СМБ на ближайший год. По оценке основателя Sellty Марии Бар-Бирюковой, число собственных интернет-магазинов среднего, малого и микробизнеса продолжит расти и увеличится минимум на 40% до конца 2025 года. Компании будут и дальше развиваться на маркетплейсах, но станут чаще комбинировать несколько каналов продаж.
10 сентября – Всемирный день психического здоровья. Специально к этой дате компания HINT опросила коллег в сфере маркетинга, рекламы и пиара, чтобы понять, как представители этих профессий могут помочь себе и другим поддержать в норме психическое здоровье.
Чего не хватает радио, чтобы увеличить свою долю на рекламном рынке? Аудиопиратство: угроза или возможности для отрасли? Каковы первые результаты общероссийской кампании по продвижению индустриального радиоплеера? Эти и другие вопросы были рассмотрены на конференции «Радио в глобальной медиаконкуренции», спикерами и участниками которой стали эксперты ГПМ Радио.
Деловая программа 28-й международной специализированной выставки технологий и услуг для производителей и заказчиков рекламы «Реклама-2021» открылась десятым юбилейным форумом «Матрица рекламы». Его организовали КВК «Империя» и «Экспоцентр».
28 марта в Центральном доме художника состоялась 25-ая выставка маркетинговых коммуникаций «Дизайн и реклама NEXT». Одним из самых ярких её событий стал День социальной рекламы, который организовала Ассоциация директоров по коммуникациям и корпоративным медиа России (АКМР) совместно с АНО «Лаборатория социальной рекламы» и оргкомитетом LIME.
На VII Международном форуме «Матрица рекламы», прошедшем в ЦВК «Экспоцентр» в рамках международной выставки «Реклама-2018», большой интерес у профессиональной аудитории вызвала VI Конференция «Интернет-реклама».
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