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The EU Is Willing to Go to War Over Lithium?

The riddle of unhinged EU support for the Zelensky regime in Kyiv is now solved. Anyone inclined can unravel why the Germans, in particular, backstabbed Russia in the Minsk peace boondoggle. Lithium. Energy Monitor’s parent company, GlobalData, recently released a report showing that Europe’s biggest lithium reserves lie in the Donbass region of Russia. The former Ukrainian Shevchenkivske field in the Donetsk region and the Kruta Balka block in the Zaporizhzhia region are now part of Russia. These reserves add tremendously to Russia’s humongous Lithium…

Phil Butler

“We’re all living in America”

The term “Americanization” was first coined in Germany back in the 19th century, when American goods began to actively penetrate the German market. The German economy’s dependence on the American one goes back to the recent past, and, in particular, to the post-war years, when the American Marshall Plan allowed Western Germany to completely restore its economy, but of course not for free. It was beneficial for the United States to consolidate the capitalist order in the enfeebled country and gain full influence over it, including economic and political one. However, the United States survived both world wars relatively unscathed with minimal damage…

Aleksei Bolshakov

Another scandal in Japan’s ruling party may topple the government

The domestic political life of Japan in December 2023 has turned out to be very stormy. Events evolved then according to a scheme that almost completely corresponds to the famous Don Basilio’s “Slander” Aria from The Barber of Seville. At first, leaks about the concealment of some of the funds collected by the two largest factions of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party “fluttered a little bit” in the press. It should be emphasized that there is nothing illegal in the practice of such collections in order to fund political activity. Technically, this is mainly done by selling complimentary tickets…

Vladimir Terehov

Europe under the unbearable yoke and heavy burden of the United States

Viktor Mikhin

Western War Machine is in Panic Mode

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Turkey: a balance of ambition and opportunities…

Alexandr Svaranc

To another throw-in, or to what extent Seoul has gone to the brink

Konstantin Asmolov

Happy Neutrality Day: Why does Turkmenistan need “positive neutrality”?

Boris Kushhov

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