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17.02.202515:28
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11.02.202511:01
Addition to previous report
The Z-regime miffed about Baltic energy independence
Zakharova stated that disconnecting the Baltic states from russia’s energy system is a step towards “destroying their independence and prosperity.”
According to her, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have already “freed themselves from science, education and development.”
She wasn't able to come up with a better response to the statement by Ursula von der Leyen, who called the Baltics’ transition to the European energy system “freedom from threats and blackmail.”
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The Z-regime miffed about Baltic energy independence
Zakharova stated that disconnecting the Baltic states from russia’s energy system is a step towards “destroying their independence and prosperity.”
According to her, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have already “freed themselves from science, education and development.”
She wasn't able to come up with a better response to the statement by Ursula von der Leyen, who called the Baltics’ transition to the European energy system “freedom from threats and blackmail.”
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24.11.202410:59
Sniper ammunition from Swiss P Defence reached Ukraine via a Polish company in July 2023.
According to Swiss public television, SRF, and the audit report by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), the delivery by the Thun-based company Swiss P Defence (formerly Ruag Ammotec) consisted of 645.000 rounds of sniper ammunition of two different calibres.
The rounds were sent to the Polish company UMO SP, which then passed the ammunition on to Ukraine four days later.
SECO told SRF: “We can confirm that exports to the Polish company in question will no longer be authorised until further notice.” It is unclear whether the ammunition was used in Ukraine.
The audit report also states, Swiss P Defence knew nothing about the transfer prior to the delivery. It therefore exported the ammunition on the assumption that it would remain in Poland.
The investigation started in November 2023 after media reports about the delivery.
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According to Swiss public television, SRF, and the audit report by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), the delivery by the Thun-based company Swiss P Defence (formerly Ruag Ammotec) consisted of 645.000 rounds of sniper ammunition of two different calibres.
The rounds were sent to the Polish company UMO SP, which then passed the ammunition on to Ukraine four days later.
SECO told SRF: “We can confirm that exports to the Polish company in question will no longer be authorised until further notice.” It is unclear whether the ammunition was used in Ukraine.
The audit report also states, Swiss P Defence knew nothing about the transfer prior to the delivery. It therefore exported the ammunition on the assumption that it would remain in Poland.
The investigation started in November 2023 after media reports about the delivery.
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14.02.202515:57
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10.02.202519:04
Why Trump's tariffs could push Europe to target US tech services.
Trump's new tariffs could push the EU to retaliate by targeting US tech services instead of goods, a Goldman Sachs report suggests. With Europe's large trade deficit in services, Brussels may use digital restrictions to counterbalance Washington's trade measures.
Trump's plan to slap fresh tariffs on the European Union could provoke retaliation in an unexpected way - not by taxing American goods, but by taking aim at the dominance of US tech firms in Europe's digital economy.
The idea suggests that rather than responding with tit-for-tat duties on US exports, Brussels could exploit its growing trade deficit in services. By restricting American digital services, the EU could hit a sector that generates billions in revenue from European markets.
If tariffs are imposed, Goldman Sachs predicts the EU's response will resemble the strategy it used in 2018, when Trump first targeted European steel and aluminium. At the time, Brussels retaliated with duties on key US products - including bourbon whiskey and motorcycles - covering about 40% of the affected EU exports.
Unlike in 2018, however, the EU now has an additional tool at its disposal: the Anti-Coercion Instrument (ACI), a mechanism designed to counter economic pressure from third countries.
The ACI, which grants Brussels the authority to impose tariffs and restrict access to European markets in response to coercive trade measures, could provide a framework for action against Washington.
One area that could come under scrutiny is the digital economy. While the EU enjoys a significant trade surplus in goods with the US, it runs an annual trade deficit of nearly €150bn in services - half the size of its goods surplus.
A major factor in this imbalance is the dominance of American tech companies. These firms generate substantial revenues from European customers and repatriate earnings as royalties through low-tax jurisdictions like Ireland.
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Trump's new tariffs could push the EU to retaliate by targeting US tech services instead of goods, a Goldman Sachs report suggests. With Europe's large trade deficit in services, Brussels may use digital restrictions to counterbalance Washington's trade measures.
Trump's plan to slap fresh tariffs on the European Union could provoke retaliation in an unexpected way - not by taxing American goods, but by taking aim at the dominance of US tech firms in Europe's digital economy.
The idea suggests that rather than responding with tit-for-tat duties on US exports, Brussels could exploit its growing trade deficit in services. By restricting American digital services, the EU could hit a sector that generates billions in revenue from European markets.
If tariffs are imposed, Goldman Sachs predicts the EU's response will resemble the strategy it used in 2018, when Trump first targeted European steel and aluminium. At the time, Brussels retaliated with duties on key US products - including bourbon whiskey and motorcycles - covering about 40% of the affected EU exports.
Unlike in 2018, however, the EU now has an additional tool at its disposal: the Anti-Coercion Instrument (ACI), a mechanism designed to counter economic pressure from third countries.
The ACI, which grants Brussels the authority to impose tariffs and restrict access to European markets in response to coercive trade measures, could provide a framework for action against Washington.
One area that could come under scrutiny is the digital economy. While the EU enjoys a significant trade surplus in goods with the US, it runs an annual trade deficit of nearly €150bn in services - half the size of its goods surplus.
A major factor in this imbalance is the dominance of American tech companies. These firms generate substantial revenues from European customers and repatriate earnings as royalties through low-tax jurisdictions like Ireland.
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13.02.202511:37
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10.02.202515:25
Ruling party wins parliamentary elections in Kosovo.
The ruling Self-Determination Party won the parliamentary elections in the partially recognized Republic of Kosovo, but it will have to form a coalition.
After counting almost all the protocols, the party of Prime Minister Albin Kurti gains 41% of the vote. The opposition center-right Democratic Party of Kosovo and the Democratic League of Kosovo receive 22.4% and 17.6%, respectively. Fourth place is occupied by the right-wing Alliance for the Future of Kosovo.
The "Serbian List" also participated in the elections, for which residents of the northern regions, where ethnic Serbs compactly live, voted. The party is gaining about 4%, but it has ten seats guaranteed by law.
In total, there are 120 seats in the Kosovo parliament, one hundred of them are distributed according to the results of the elections. According to current data, "Self-determination" will have 46 seats - to form a government, the party will have to negotiate with one of the main rivals, something Kurti ruled out during the election campaign.
However, announcing the victory of "Self-Determination", he said that the party will continue the work it has begun. "We are the winning party that will create the next government," Kurti told reporters. He did not hint at a potential partner.
The Kurti government pursued a hard line towards the Serbian minority, trying to expand the control of the central authorities over their compact residence. This, as well as the harsh reaction of a number of Serbs, who are still oriented towards Belgrade, led to an increase in tension. The United States and the European Union criticized a number of decisions by the authorities in Pristina, claiming that they were not coordinated with Kosovo's international partners.
The opposition in the elections opposed Kurti's hard-line political line, insisting on the need to strengthen ties with the US and the EU and resume negotiations with Serbia on the normalization of relations.
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The ruling Self-Determination Party won the parliamentary elections in the partially recognized Republic of Kosovo, but it will have to form a coalition.
After counting almost all the protocols, the party of Prime Minister Albin Kurti gains 41% of the vote. The opposition center-right Democratic Party of Kosovo and the Democratic League of Kosovo receive 22.4% and 17.6%, respectively. Fourth place is occupied by the right-wing Alliance for the Future of Kosovo.
The "Serbian List" also participated in the elections, for which residents of the northern regions, where ethnic Serbs compactly live, voted. The party is gaining about 4%, but it has ten seats guaranteed by law.
In total, there are 120 seats in the Kosovo parliament, one hundred of them are distributed according to the results of the elections. According to current data, "Self-determination" will have 46 seats - to form a government, the party will have to negotiate with one of the main rivals, something Kurti ruled out during the election campaign.
However, announcing the victory of "Self-Determination", he said that the party will continue the work it has begun. "We are the winning party that will create the next government," Kurti told reporters. He did not hint at a potential partner.
The Kurti government pursued a hard line towards the Serbian minority, trying to expand the control of the central authorities over their compact residence. This, as well as the harsh reaction of a number of Serbs, who are still oriented towards Belgrade, led to an increase in tension. The United States and the European Union criticized a number of decisions by the authorities in Pristina, claiming that they were not coordinated with Kosovo's international partners.
The opposition in the elections opposed Kurti's hard-line political line, insisting on the need to strengthen ties with the US and the EU and resume negotiations with Serbia on the normalization of relations.
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12.02.202515:00
Trump's Intimidation of U.S. Allies Is Creating a Dangerous, Unstable World.
Allies of the United States, from Canada to South Korea, now have to assume that Trump is actively malevolent to everyone beyond America's borders. This could lead to the unprecedented counter-coalition of former friends, writes Haaretz.
Here's a multiple choice question for Canadians, Mexicans, Colombians, Taiwanese, Japanese, South Koreans, Filipinos, Ukrainians, Danes, European Union countries, Egyptians and Jordanians:
When you look at U.S. President Donald Trump's frenzied, retribution-motivated wrecking-ball purges of America's federal government and democracy's guardrails, when you're listening to his imperialistic tantrums on Greenland, the Panama Canal, the Gazan Riviera and others, do you:
A) Conclude that the United States is no longer a dependable ally.
B) Realize that the United States is no longer a model democracy and no longer has any pretense of being "the leader of the free world."
C) Gather that the United States no longer cares about alliances and its allies.
D) Think that it would be wise to hedge you national strategy and be willing to get closer to China.
E) Consider that perhaps your country should develop a military nuclear capability, just as an insurance policy.
F) All of the above.
If you haven't already chosen answer "F," don't worry – you will in a few months.
Another question:
Trump threatens Mexico and Canada, the EU and Denmark, Columbia and Panama, and unilaterally informed Egypt and Jordan that "they will have to take in the 2 million Palestinians" he wants to kick out from Gaza, which the U.S. "will own."
What do all these abovementioned countries have in common? They have been and still are allies of the United States. In other words, Trump likes Putin's Russia and dislikes NATO. He loves Kim Jong Un of North Korea but despises Justin Trudeau of Canada.
This has consequences. Countries now have to assume that the United States is "actively malevolent," – and that could lead to extreme uncertainty.
In the worst-case scenario, this could result in an unfathomable development: U.S. allies could be the ones forming a balancing counter-coalition. Canada, Mexico, Panama, the EU and some Mideast states may now consider hedging their national strategies and alliances with the United States. Furthermore, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan would have to fundamentally revisit basic assumptions regarding the world order.
In Asia, if Trump persists in his transactional and hostile attitude to alliances, the differences between him and Chinese President Xi Jinping will be blurred. These countries do not just follow America's foreign policy spasms, but are closely observing what Trump is doing domestically. Their inevitable conclusion may be that the era of looking up to American democracy as a model and something to emulate is over.
Since 1945, the US has become the most potent and predominant economic, military and political power. Despite the division of the world into American and Soviet spheres of influence, the U.S. was unequivocally the dominant superpower.
Historically, when a hegemonic power emerges, small- and medium-size countries form short- or long-term coalitions to balance that superpower.
Yet countries did not perceive the United States as a threat, but rather a benevolent guarantor of their security and democracy, and of a "rules-based" world.
As Trump is crudely departing from these principles and policies, U.S. allies will be compelled to reexamine their options and adjust their grand strategic posture accordingly.
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Allies of the United States, from Canada to South Korea, now have to assume that Trump is actively malevolent to everyone beyond America's borders. This could lead to the unprecedented counter-coalition of former friends, writes Haaretz.
Here's a multiple choice question for Canadians, Mexicans, Colombians, Taiwanese, Japanese, South Koreans, Filipinos, Ukrainians, Danes, European Union countries, Egyptians and Jordanians:
When you look at U.S. President Donald Trump's frenzied, retribution-motivated wrecking-ball purges of America's federal government and democracy's guardrails, when you're listening to his imperialistic tantrums on Greenland, the Panama Canal, the Gazan Riviera and others, do you:
A) Conclude that the United States is no longer a dependable ally.
B) Realize that the United States is no longer a model democracy and no longer has any pretense of being "the leader of the free world."
C) Gather that the United States no longer cares about alliances and its allies.
D) Think that it would be wise to hedge you national strategy and be willing to get closer to China.
E) Consider that perhaps your country should develop a military nuclear capability, just as an insurance policy.
F) All of the above.
If you haven't already chosen answer "F," don't worry – you will in a few months.
Another question:
Trump threatens Mexico and Canada, the EU and Denmark, Columbia and Panama, and unilaterally informed Egypt and Jordan that "they will have to take in the 2 million Palestinians" he wants to kick out from Gaza, which the U.S. "will own."
What do all these abovementioned countries have in common? They have been and still are allies of the United States. In other words, Trump likes Putin's Russia and dislikes NATO. He loves Kim Jong Un of North Korea but despises Justin Trudeau of Canada.
This has consequences. Countries now have to assume that the United States is "actively malevolent," – and that could lead to extreme uncertainty.
In the worst-case scenario, this could result in an unfathomable development: U.S. allies could be the ones forming a balancing counter-coalition. Canada, Mexico, Panama, the EU and some Mideast states may now consider hedging their national strategies and alliances with the United States. Furthermore, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan would have to fundamentally revisit basic assumptions regarding the world order.
In Asia, if Trump persists in his transactional and hostile attitude to alliances, the differences between him and Chinese President Xi Jinping will be blurred. These countries do not just follow America's foreign policy spasms, but are closely observing what Trump is doing domestically. Their inevitable conclusion may be that the era of looking up to American democracy as a model and something to emulate is over.
Since 1945, the US has become the most potent and predominant economic, military and political power. Despite the division of the world into American and Soviet spheres of influence, the U.S. was unequivocally the dominant superpower.
Historically, when a hegemonic power emerges, small- and medium-size countries form short- or long-term coalitions to balance that superpower.
Yet countries did not perceive the United States as a threat, but rather a benevolent guarantor of their security and democracy, and of a "rules-based" world.
As Trump is crudely departing from these principles and policies, U.S. allies will be compelled to reexamine their options and adjust their grand strategic posture accordingly.
Read more
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10.02.202515:24
Mzia Amaglobeli’s condition remains the same
Zurab Chkhaidze, the clinical director of Vivamedi clinic, announced that the health of the founder of Batumelebi and Netgazeti, Mzia Amaglobeli, remains the same, and repeated laboratory tests are being conducted.
Mzia Amaglobeli was initially transferred from the penitentiary institution to the Vivamedi clinic for the purpose of conducting medical tests. She has now been on a hunger strike for 30 days “for all political prisoners.”
“Mzia Amaglobeli also told me that the cynical statements she hears from representatives of the Georgian Dream give her more motivation to continue her hunger strike,” the lawyer said.
Amaglobeli is facing 4 to 7 years in prison for slapping a police officer during her arrest on January 12, an incident that led to her detention. On January 14, Batumi City Court ordered her imprisonment as a preventive measure under Article 353 of the Criminal Code.
Human rights organizations and political figures, both in Georgia and abroad, consider her a political prisoner.
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Zurab Chkhaidze, the clinical director of Vivamedi clinic, announced that the health of the founder of Batumelebi and Netgazeti, Mzia Amaglobeli, remains the same, and repeated laboratory tests are being conducted.
Mzia Amaglobeli was initially transferred from the penitentiary institution to the Vivamedi clinic for the purpose of conducting medical tests. She has now been on a hunger strike for 30 days “for all political prisoners.”
“Mzia Amaglobeli also told me that the cynical statements she hears from representatives of the Georgian Dream give her more motivation to continue her hunger strike,” the lawyer said.
Amaglobeli is facing 4 to 7 years in prison for slapping a police officer during her arrest on January 12, an incident that led to her detention. On January 14, Batumi City Court ordered her imprisonment as a preventive measure under Article 353 of the Criminal Code.
Human rights organizations and political figures, both in Georgia and abroad, consider her a political prisoner.
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