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For more than a year (since autumn 2022) Russia, highly appreciating Turkey’s reliability as a trading partner, has proposed to form a gas hub on Turkish territory for subsequent sales of blue fuel to the world markets. The essence of this project is that after the Nord Stream-1 and Nord Stream-2 pipelines are put out of operation due to sabotage actions of Western special services, Russian gas flows from the north-west direction could go to the south. At the same time, Turkey plans to create an electronic platform for price coordination based on the world market conditions…

According to a recent Council of Foreign Relations report, Russia’s growing influence results from a massive disinformation campaign. Those who read the report with an objective eye will quickly notice the earmarks of America’s disinformation campaign against the Russians. Where Russia-Africa relations are concerned, CFR and other sources cite Wagner PMC, weapons trade, and some form of Russian neocolonialism as major factors of the so-called “Russia shift.” That notorious “domino effect” Washington used to justify the Vietnam War appears to already be in motion in Africa…

Following the declaration of Yemen’s Houthis that they will attack any (cargo) ships travelling to Israel, the Red Sea region has become the latest flash point of yet another military conflict following the ones that are ongoing in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. In fact, Houthi attacks appear to be a direct outcome of Israel’s war on Palestine. Since the group is part of what is more commonly known as the “axis of resistance” against Israel and the US, most analysts in the mainstream Western media seem to simply associate the Houthi action with their bid to support Hamas against Israel…