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Biden Will Speak About US ‘Optimism’ and Ukraine In SOTU Address, Psaki Says

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Joe Biden will apparently speak about US “optimism” during his State of the Union address despite terrible polling over his handling of a range of issues, according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki.
When confronted about Biden’s terrible poll numbers and a majority of the country who “question the president’s mental capacity”, Psaki pivoted and insisted Biden discuss his efforts to “build a global coalition” regarding the Ukraine-Russia conflict.
“I think there’s no question that in the State of the Union, the American people and anybody watching around the world will hear the president talk about the efforts he has led over the past several months to build a global coalition to fight against the autocracy and the efforts of President Putin to invade a foreign country,” Psaki said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.”
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“But what people will also hear from President Biden is his optimism and his belief in the resilience of the American people and the strength of the American people,” she added.
Biden’s contrived message of “optimism” at the State of the Union will come amid <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/16/economy/california-record-gas-prices/index.html#:~:text=New%20York%20%28CNN%20Business%29%20Gas%20in%20California%20hit,in%20a%20matter%20of%20months%2C%20if%20not%20sooner." target="_blank">skyrocketing domestic fuel price</a>s, surging <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/us-inflation-records-biggest-increase-40-years-prices-skyrocket-1677985" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">inflation</a>, and record disapproval over his <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/pollapprovalbidenmidterms/2022/02/27/id/1058703/" target="_blank">handling of the Ukraine-Russia conflict</a> and his <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/02/17/plurality-disapprove-joe-bidens-handling-coronavirus/" target="_blank">COVID vaccine mandates</a>.
Quite a lot to be optimistic about!
And despite Biden’s <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/ukraine-war-surging-inflation-and-wild-price-swings-heres-how-some-see-the-state-of-stock-market-as-biden-readies-crucial-state-of-the-union/ar-AAUllXh?ocid=uxbndlbing" target="_blank">assurances</a> that he will do “everything in my power to limit the pain the American people are feeling at the gas pump”, Psaki undercut his message by telling host George Stephanopoulos that his administration won’t make any effort to increase oil production, but rather continue to push for the reduction in reliance on foreign oil through “green energy.”
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BREAKING: Jen Psaki just said that we need to reduce our reliance on foreign oil, but doesn’t want to increase American gas and oil production <a href="https://t.co/QNXx2drbMy">pic.twitter.com/QNXx2drbMy</a>
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) <a href="https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1497961434914988044?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
How exactly will that bring fuel prices down? Psaki didn’t say.
Biden’s overall approval stands at a record low of 37% and a disapproval of 55%, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/pollapprovalbidenmidterms/2022/02/27/id/1058703/" target="_blank">according</a> to a Washington Post-ABC poll released Sunday.
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Musk’s Starlink Service Now Active In Ukraine After Russia Invasion Causes Internet Disruptions

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Update (1700ET): It appears Elon Musk heard the request and has responded:
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Starlink service is now active in Ukraine. More terminals en route.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1497701484003213317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
We wonder if this will get him an invitation to The White House.
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Ukraine’s Minister of Digital Transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, asked SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk for Starlink stations and access to satellite internet as <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ukraine-says-it-derailed-russian-attack-plan-kiev-offensive-resumes">Russia continues its third day of incursions</a>. 
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“@elonmusk, while you try to colonize Mars — Russia try to occupy Ukraine! While your rockets successfully land from space — Russian rockets attack Ukrainian civil people! We ask you to provide Ukraine with Starlink stations and to address sane Russians to stand,” Fedorov <a href="https://twitter.com/FedorovMykhailo/status/1497543633293266944">tweeted</a> on Saturday. 
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<a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a>, while you try to colonize Mars — Russia try to occupy Ukraine! While your rockets successfully land from space — Russian rockets attack Ukrainian civil people! We ask you to provide Ukraine with Starlink stations and to address sane Russians to stand.
— Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) <a href="https://twitter.com/FedorovMykhailo/status/1497543633293266944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
The request for next-generation satellite internet comes as Ukraine’s primary internet provider, GigaTrans, reported a widespread outrage on Friday, according to internet blockage observatory NetBlocks.
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“We currently observe national connectivity at 87% of ordinary levels, a figure that reflects service disruptions as well as population flight and the shuttering of homes and businesses since the morning of the 24th.
“While there is no nation-scale blackout, little is being heard from the worst affected regions, and for others there’s an ever-present fear that connectivity could worsen at any moment, cutting off friends and family,” Alp Toker, director of NetBlocks, told <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/internet-ukraine-disrupted-russian-troops-advance-2022-02-26/">Reuters</a>.
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⚠️ Update: Some connectivity has returned to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ukraine?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Ukraine</a> internet backbone provider GigaTrans but service remains intermittent at present. The incident comes amid fighting around capital city <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kyiv?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Kyiv</a>. It is unclear if connectivity will be sustained.
📰 Report: <a href="https://t.co/S0qJQ7CbNv">https://t.co/S0qJQ7CbNv</a> <a href="https://t.co/aoByXRMJLg">pic.twitter.com/aoByXRMJLg</a>
— NetBlocks (@netblocks) <a href="https://twitter.com/netblocks/status/1497417004319481858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
What’s remarkable is to see a top Ukrainian official asking the world’s richest man for internet access on Twitter. Musk has yet to respond to the tweet but could be willing to help as he recently sent a team of SpaceX engineers to the tiny Pacific island nation of Tonga to <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/starlink-reconnects-tonga-island-following-devastating-tsunami">restore internet connectivity</a> after a nearby eruption of a massive volcano severed undersea communications cables.
Twitter users called on the billionaire to support Ukraine and help restore the country’s internet. However, it remains to be seen if Musk would get directly involved in picking sides. 
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Update (1700ET): It appears Elon Musk heard the request and has responded: Starlink service is now active in Ukraine. More terminals en r...

Ohio and Texas Issue Warning on Toxic Chemical Found in Mailed At-Home COVID Testing Kits

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Ohio and Texas have issued warnings about a toxic substance found in at-home COVID-19 test kits that can be life-threatening upon exposure.
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center released a statement on Facebook last week warning of sodium azide poisoning, a chemical found in the test kits.
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“We started getting our first exposures to these test kits around early November,” said Sheila Goertemoeller, pharmacist and clinical toxicologist for the center. “It was, really, all ages.”
From <a href="https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2022/02/22/covid-19-rapid-home-test-reagent-poses-toxic-threat-poison-centers/6880996001/">Cincinnati Enquirer</a>:
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<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/health/2022/02/17/covid-tests-cases-vaccine-mandates/6821499001/" target="_blank">Fifty million U.S. households</a> have received some version of the test kits, although it’s not clear how many contain sodium azide. The government has sent 200 million of the kits, with about 85% of initial orders filled, officials said at a White House briefing last week.
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Sodium azide, often used as a preservative, is a liquid reagent in several of the COVID-19 test kits, she said. Ingesting it can cause low blood pressure, which can result in dizziness, headaches or palpitations. Exposure to it can also cause skin, eye or nostril irritation.
The Cincinnati Children’s based Drug and Poison Information Center has logged 38 cases of sodium azide exposure, with cases peaking in January, around the time that the omicron variant triggered a high number of COVID-19 cases, Goertemoeller said. Adults exposed generally have experienced mild skin irritation, which can get worse if the area isn’t washed thoroughly, she said.
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Likewise, the The West Texas Poison Center (WTPC) told people to read the instructions of at-home test kits they receive in the mail due to increased reports related to sodium azide poisoning.
“In-home COVID tests, there is a dropper that comes in the test, and it looks a lot like eyedrops so it’s really easy to confuse with things that you’re supposed to put into your body,” <a href="https://local12.com/news/nation-world/chemical-in-mailed-covid-19-testing-kits-prompts-poison-reports-west-texas-poison-center-sodium-azide-02-25-2022" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">said</a> WTPC medical director Sarah Watkins.
“It has a chemical in it called sodium azide, which in large amounts can be really dangerous and even life-threatening,” she added.
Upstate New York Poison Center has also <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.upstate.edu/news/articles/2022/2022-01-21-covidpoison.php" target="_blank">received over a dozen calls</a> related to the exposure of the sodium azide in the test kits.
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Ohio and Texas have issued warnings about a toxic substance found in at-home COVID-19 test kits that can be life-threatening upon exposure....

Nazi Paramilitaries Are Rising Up To Fight Russia

In the war between Ukraine and Russia, there are many Ukrainian civilians who are in the fray. And good number of these civilian fighters are Nazis. When it comes to Nazi paramilitaries in Ukraine, the common ones in the media are Azov and Right Sector. What has been spoken little about is how there are Nazi paramilitaries fighting for Ukraine against Russia. A recent report from EurAsia Daily states how “the 12th Special Forces Brigade of the National Guard, the Azov Regiment are fighting suicidal battles for their personnel. Late in the evening, Ukrainian punishers opened heavy fire on Hnutovo and Pishchevyk [two areas in Donbas] from heavy anti-tank grenade launchers.” The same report states how Azov fighters “block the roads in Mariupol, preventing the evacuation of civilians from the city, they kill on the streets of Mariupol everyone who is suspected of trying to escape from the city”. There is a video from Mariupol, filmed from a car, showing a Azov fighters stopping vehicles at a checkpoint. The fighters remove a couple from the vehicle and begin to physically detain them before the driver behind them — from where the camera is filming — hits the accelerator and escapes while Azov fighters fire at him:
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But another Nazi paramilitary has recently come up called Centuria. This paramilitary, which is ran by the same people who run the Azov Battalion (it was founded Andriy Biletsky, former commander of Azov), is very active on Telegram where it posts photos of its gunmen:
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These photos are captioned with these words:
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“Today, the fighters of the Total Resistance of the Sicheslav region officially joined the ranks of the Troop!
Now we have weapons in our hands, and we have something to meet the infidels with! Join us in Pavlograd!”
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Centuria, and other paramilitaries like them, are influenced by the teachings of Dmytro Dontsov, a 20th century Ukrainian nationalist who laid the ideological foundation for OUN (the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists) who would butcher the Poles during the Second World War. Dontsov’s influence can be seen in Centuria’s Telegram account which puts a photo of Dontsov and a quote of his:
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“A nation not led by a wise, noble and courageous leadership is a thoughtless flock, accessible to all foreign propaganda and infiltration.”
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Donstov affirmed a Nietzschean paradigm of the “will to power” of the “strong man”; he also spoke in a Darwinian manner by writing that “Life makes him [right] who proves himself morally and physically stronger”. Dontsov praised the “amorality of the person of action”; in other words, those without morals will commit atrocious acts without any qualms.
He had a utopian vision of a small, elite group of superiors running society who have creative ways to committing violence; he wrote of “the principle of initiative-minority (superior people) and of creative violence”.
Centuria posts photos of their training:
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In one particular photo you can see a Centuria member with a Germanic pagan Vegvísir symbol, which is used by pagan nationalists:
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Although Centuria became prominent in 2020, it can be traced back to 2018 when a group 
of cadets of the Hetman Petro Sahaidachny National Army Academy (NAA) joined the paramilitary. And in 2019, Centuria already had several members of the military and Ukrainian intelligence in its ranks.
According to a report by the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (IERES) in George Washington University, Centuria is ran by military officers who are “European traditionalist” and who aim to “defend” the “cultural and ethnic identity” of European peoples against “Brussels’s politicos and bureaucrats”. One of the members of Centuria, Kyrylo Dubrovskyi, took part in an 11-month officer training course at the UK’s Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 2020, as a cadet from the National Academy of Ground Forces (NAA). But, the Canadians claimed that they did not know that there were Nazis amongst the NAA cadets. Canadian Defence Attaché in Ukraine, Colonel Robert Foster, told IERES that any Nazis would have been removed from the training program:
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“I think we are at a point where, in the event that we did find a Ukrainian that was expressing or showing signs of that type of attitude, then they would be ejected from any training that the Canadians would provide”
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However, the report from IERES states that one NAA cadet was apparently active in the program as a firearms instructor with an Azov-linked far-Right group that, according to the United Jewish Community of Ukraine, was spreading antisemitic propaganda in 2021. There were also cadets at the academy who were photographed giving Nazi salutes. One member of Centuria told Ukrainian media outlet KP.ua in 2020 that both NAA and the General Staff were both “aware of the Order’s existence and have not voiced any opposition to efforts to form an elite core of officers.” The member explained that Centuria worked with numerous other military education institutions and armed forces units. Centuria members, as we read in the Jerusalem Post, “have also apparently held events on the premises of the Academy, including a lecture in 2018 which featured the recitation of a nationalistic text from before WWII.” The report from the IERES concluded: “The Ukrainian military’s failure to check Centuria activities suggests a level of tolerance on its part for the apparent proliferation of far-right ideology and influence within the Armed Forces of Ukraine”.
Centuria has been very active posting messages of recruitment on Telegram. For example, in the morning of February 26th, 2022, Centuria wrote:
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“Hundreds of people joined our ranks during the first days of emergency mobilization. Groups of friends and singles, seniors and juniors, come. Veterans and people who pick up a machine gun for the first time come. All are different, but all of them are united by courage and faith in Ukraine. Men are super motivated and rush into battle!
Due to the large influx of people on the first day there were some difficulties with the number of weapons. However, this situation has been corrected and now it is enough!
We invite you to join our ranks! Currently, only a passport is required for registration. It is desirable to have armor (vest, helmet), sleeping bag and mat. It is necessary to have the desire to fight for the country with you. We invite anyone to the ATEK plant (Svyatoshin metro station, 53 Peremohy Ave.) at any time.
Glory to Ukraine!”
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They also post videos, showing themselves off holding firearms:
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In another post, Centuria talks about the importance of training, stating, “every minute of training is important” and how “If you have been planning to prepare, it is difficult to find a better time.” It then advertises for a training session with one Andriy Biletsky: “training on the initiative of Andriy Biletsky will take place on Saturday, February 26 at 10:30 on the street.” Looking up Bilestky, I read that he is described as a white nationalist far-Right politician and the leader of the political party, National Corps. He was also the first commander of the neo-Nazi paramilitary, Azov Battalion, and a co-founder of the fascist organization, the Social-National Assembly. Founded in 2008, the Social-National Assembly was an umbrella organization for numerous ultra-nationalist and neo-Nazi groups, and its mission was “the protection of the white race by creating an anti-democratic and anti-capitalist ‘nationocracy’ system” and the eradication of “international Zionist speculative capital”. Bilestky stated in 2010 that it was Ukraine’s mission to “lead the white races of the world in a final crusade … against Semite-led Untermenschen”.
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Andriy Biletsky
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There is a video in which members of Centuria march in between two rows of flames, and a speaker — named Igor Mikhailenko — can be heard saying:
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“Nations create units. In itself, a nation is a collection of people. But if there are units that are ready (to fight) for their faith, faith in something big, faith in an idea, then these units have every chance to do a great nation. Each of you is a unit that is ready to lead ten, a hundred, a thousand, tens of thousands into battle – a new battle of civilizations”
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The speaker, Mikhailenko, was one of Biletsk’s closest associates in the organization, Patriot of Ukraine, where he was engaged in holding seminars. In 2011, Igor Mikhailenko, together with Andriy Biletsky and Vitaliy Knyazhesky, were arrested on charges of robbery and the attempted murder of Kharkiv journalist Sergey Kolesnik. Esteemed as a political prisoner, Mikhailenko was released in February of 2014 under the so-called “Maidan amnesty”. In the fall of 2014, Biletsky, who entered politics and became a deputy in Ukraine’s Parliament, appointed Mikhailenko to become the leader of the Azov National Guard Regiment, which was truly the Azov Battalion but integrated into the Ukrainian National Guard. In 2018 Mikhailenko became the head of the National Militia, a paramilitary that sprung out of the Azov Battalion. National Militia, on its own website, described their objective as such:
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“This is an organization whose goal is to ensure order on the streets of Ukrainian cities. The personnel of the organization are former combatants, patriotic youth and caring citizens who share our desire to improve the security situation in the country”
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Thus, if the war continues on in Ukraine, then we should expect to see the neo-Nazi strata raise its head and entrench itself further in the society, expanding its presence in the streets, with hands holding guns under the name of security. National Militia merged itself with Centuria which is led by Mikhailenko.
If we are going to talk about neo-Nazi paramilitaries in Ukraine, we cannot overstate how instrumental they were in most of the key battles against Russia’s proxies in Crimea and Donbas, such as the Battle of Mariupol, the Battle in Shakhtarsk Raion, the Battle of Ilovaisk, the Battle of Novoazovsk, the Offensive on Mariupol, the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport, the Shyrokyne standoff and the Battle of Marinka. The Ukrainian military was undertrained and underfunded, and was weak against the pro-Russian fighters. Numerous paramilitaries, with private funding, rose up, with Azov being the most important. While Azov openly presented their radical ideology, their significant involvement in most of the conflict’s major battles placed the group right into a prominent position on both Ukrainian defense and politics. Azov became an official unit within the Ukrainian National Guard, its leader, Biletsky, would become a member of Parliament from 2014 to 2019 and Far-Right fighters became components of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs. As the report from the Zvezda Weekly reads: “Already in 2014, Biletsky, who was recently on trial for organizing an assassination attempt and riots with human casualties (in March 2014), became a police lieutenant colonel (!!!) and a people’s deputy.”
Centuria likes to revere certain aspects of ancient Rome, and this is due to Biletsky’s own fascination. Their motto is “Aut Caesar, Aut nihil”, which means “Either all or nothing” in Latin, a saying from the Emperor Caligula. Such an interest in ancient Rome is not surprising, since movements like the Alt-Right or white nationalism see themselves as the defenders of “the West”, and thus the preservers of Roman civilization. They uphold the Roman eagle and revere the warrior ethic of the Roman military. The symbol of Centuria is the Roman eagle, as you can see here:
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A source close to Biletsky stated:
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“It happened: you invite Andrei [Biletsky] to discuss some local problem on a national level, and he translates everything to the level of the history of civilizations, most often with a reference to Ancient Rome and its many wars. He is very interested in this topic”.
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Ukrainian ultra-nationalists follow an amalgamation of ideologies known as “Ukrainian integral nationalism” (UIN), what is described by the Zvezda Weekly as such:
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“What kind of ideology is this? As the “founding fathers” of the UIN put it, ‘a compilation of German National Socialism and Italian fascism, adapted for Western Ukrainian realities’ of 1920-1930.”
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During the Second World War, many of the Ukrainian fascists were a part of the OUN (Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists) and the SS Galicia Division. During the Cold War, the very Ukrainian Nazis who were slaughtering Poles for the Third Reich, would then become operatives for the CIA. According to Zvezda Weekly, such ultra-nationalists were “actively used by the CIA and other special services to fight the USSR.” If such butchers were used by the Americans against the Soviets, then what is to say that Ukrainian Nazis of today would not be used to fight Russia?
 
 
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US & Canadian Liquor Stores Ditch Russian Vodka In Protest of Putin’s War in Ukraine

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Liquor stores and bars in the U.S. and Canada are throwing out their Russian vodka in protest of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine.
Vodka, one of Russia’s most famous exports, has become a target of politicians and civilians alike who want to show their solidarity for Ukraine.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) called on liquor stores in the state to remove Russian vodka from their stock.
“I’ve asked the members of the Texas Restaurant Association, Texas Package Stores Association & all Texas retailers to voluntarily remove all Russian products from their shelves,” he tweeted Saturday.
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I’ve asked the members of the Texas Restaurant Association, Texas Package Stores Association & all Texas retailers to voluntarily remove all Russian products from their shelves.
Texas stands with Ukraine.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StandWithUkraine?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StandWithUkraine</a>
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1497659463892934662?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) made a similar move, calling on the state’s Department of Commerce to halt sales and purchases of vodka made by Russian Standard.
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Today I directed <a href="https://twitter.com/OhioCommerce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@OhioCommerce</a> to cease both the purchase & sale of all vodka made by Russian Standard, the only overseas, Russian-owned distillery with vodka sold in Ohio. Russian Standard's vodka is sold under the brand names of Green Mark Vodka & Russian Standard Vodka.
— Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovMikeDeWine/status/1497677616618381319?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
The owner of Pine Tavern in Bend, Oregon recorded himself pouring out hundreds of dollars of Stolichnaya vodka to protest Russia’s military incursion into Ukraine.
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Magic Mountain Ski Resort in Londonberry, Vermont followed suit, tweeting, “Sorry Stoli lovers. No more.”
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Sorry <a href="https://twitter.com/Stoli?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Stoli</a> lovers. No more.
🇺🇦🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/5y2TWP8feK">pic.twitter.com/5y2TWP8feK</a>
— Magic Mountain (@SkiMagicVT) <a href="https://twitter.com/SkiMagicVT/status/1496896680905654274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 24, 2022</a></blockquote>
A liquor store in Wichita, Kansas also decided to remove all Russian vodka from its shelves.
“I think the whole world knows by now that Russia’s at war with Ukraine for no apparent reason,” Jamie Stratton, wine director and partner of the store, told <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.ksn.com/news/business/russian-vodka-removed-from-wichita-liquor-store/" target="_blank">KSNW</a>-TV. “I guess this is our sanction…and this may be small, but every small thing makes a difference.”
“If a customer requests these items, obviously we’re here to sell. That’s what we do,” Stratton added. “But I’m not going to put it on the shelves. There’s no reason for it to be here. We’re not supporting them.”
The Stoli Group, producer of the famous Soviet-era Stolichnaya vodka, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.ksn.com/news/business/russian-vodka-removed-from-wichita-liquor-store/" target="_blank">reached out</a> to Stratton to explain that its company is a “global” brand, with its headquarters in Luxembourg and its bottling facilities in Latvia.
“With regard to us being Russian. We are absolutely NOT a Russian company,” Damian McKinney, Stoli Group global CEO, said in a letter to Stratton. “We are a global organization with a significant portfolio of spirits and wine brands from around the world, with Stoli’s European Global HQ based in Luxembourg. Stoli Premium and Elit are manufactured and bottled in Riga, Latvia.”
Southern Spirits in Fort Mill, South Carolina announced they will no longer display Russian spirits “at this time” and will instead promote Ukraine’s Kozak vodka.
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Southern Spirits in Fort Mill says they will not promote Russian products at this time. They will be removing displays from the floor and will promote the Ukrainian vodka Kozak instead. <a href="https://t.co/RcoC5LCwuv">pic.twitter.com/RcoC5LCwuv</a>
— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBrunoWSOC9/status/1497042898340265985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
In Canada, Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy directed the provincial Liquor Control Board to have stores remove all Russian vodka and liquor products on Saturday.
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Ontario joins Canada’s allies in condemning the Russian government’s act of aggression against the Ukrainian people, and will direct the LCBO to withdraw all products produced in Russia from store shelves. 
<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StandwithUkraine?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StandwithUkraine</a>
— Peter Bethlenfalvy (@PBethlenfalvy) <a href="https://twitter.com/PBethlenfalvy/status/1497295903379578884?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
“Ontario joins Canada’s allies in condemning the Russian government’s act of aggression against the Ukrainian people and we strongly support the federal government’s efforts to sanction the Russian government,” Bethlenfalvy said. “We will continue to be there for the Ukrainian people during this extremely difficult time.”
Likewise, British Columbia is ceasing imports on Russian alcohol, Deputy Premier Mike Farnworth announced.
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Our <a href="https://twitter.com/bcndp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bcndp</a> government has put an immediate halt to the importing and sale of Russian liquor products from BC Liquor Stores and BC liquor distribution centres.
We stand with those who want to live in peace and against those who commit deplorable and illegal acts of aggression.
— John Horgan (@jjhorgan) <a href="https://twitter.com/jjhorgan/status/1497358354003337216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
Notably, if the U.S. and Canada really wanted to hit Russia where it hurts, they wouldn’t target its vodka, but would instead impose sanctions on its massive petroleum sector, which comprises about 40% of its GDP.
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Canadian liquor stores are pulling Russian vodka from their shelves.
Now let’s really put a real dent in Putin and ban Russian energy imports.
More than 40% of Russia’s export wealth comes from petroleum. <a href="https://t.co/HEHcKa1ihe">pic.twitter.com/HEHcKa1ihe</a>
— Stephen Taylor (@stephen_taylor) <a href="https://twitter.com/stephen_taylor/status/1497316668292448257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
However, Biden’s Deputy National Security Advisor Daleep Singh announced Thursday that the U.S. will not disrupt Russia’s oil exports.
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Biden’s Deputy National Security Advisor Daleep Singh:
“Our sanctions are not designed to cause any disruption to the current flow of energy from Russia to the world.” <a href="https://t.co/YGTFcGrtLT">pic.twitter.com/YGTFcGrtLT</a>
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1496979535824187401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 24, 2022</a></blockquote>
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news US & Canadian Liquor Stores Ditch Russian Vodka In Protest of Putin’s War in Ukraine

Liquor stores and bars in the U.S. and Canada are throwing out their Russian vodka in protest of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decisio...

Putin Speech: Russia Had ‘No Other Option’ But To Launch Ukraine Invasion Because West ‘Deceived’ Us About NATO Expansion

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a lengthy speech on Thursday explaining his justification for invading Ukraine, claiming Russia was left with “no other option” to ensure its national security after decades of deception by the “US instrument” known as NATO.
Regardless of one’s sentiments about Putin or his actions, this is history being made in real time.
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Full transcript:
Respected citizens of Russia! Dear friends!
Today, I consider it necessary today to speak again about the tragic events in Donbas and the key aspects of ensuring the security of Russia.
I will begin with what I said in <a href="https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/02/22/vladimir-putin-full-text-of-february-21-2022-speech/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">my address on February 21, 2022</a>. I spoke about our biggest concerns and worries, and about the fundamental threats which irresponsible Western politicians created for Russia consistently, rudely and unceremoniously from year to year. I am referring to the eastward expansion of NATO, which is moving its military infrastructure ever closer to the Russian border.
It is a fact that over the past 30 years we have been patiently trying to come to an agreement with the leading NATO countries regarding the principles of equal and indivisible security in Europe. In response to our proposals, we invariably faced either cynical deception and lies or attempts at pressure and blackmail, while the North Atlantic alliance continued to expand despite our protests and concerns. Its military machine is moving and, as I said, is approaching our very border.
Why is this happening? Where did this insolent manner of talking down from the height of their exceptionalism, infallibility and all-permissiveness come from? What is the explanation for this contemptuous and disdainful attitude to our interests and absolutely legitimate demands?
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The answer is simple. Everything is clear and obvious. In the late 1980s, the Soviet Union grew weaker and subsequently broke apart. That experience should serve as a good lesson for us, because it has shown us that the paralysis of power and will is the first step towards complete degradation and oblivion. We lost confidence for only one moment, but it was enough to disrupt the balance of forces in the world.
As a result, the old treaties and agreements are no longer effective. Entreaties and requests do not help. Anything that does not suit the dominant state, the powers that be, is denounced as archaic, obsolete and useless. At the same time, everything it regards as useful is presented as the ultimate truth and forced on others regardless of the cost, abusively and by any means available. Those who refuse to comply are subjected to strong-arm tactics.
What I am saying now does not concerns only Russia, and Russia is not the only country that is worried about this. This has to do with the entire system of international relations, and sometimes even US allies. The collapse of the Soviet Union led to a redivision of the world, and the norms of international law that developed by that time – and the most important of them, the fundamental norms that were adopted following WWII and largely formalised its outcome – came in the way of those who declared themselves the winners of the Cold War.
Of course, practice, international relations and the rules regulating them had to take into account the changes that took place in the world and in the balance of forces. However, this should have been done professionally, smoothly, patiently, and with due regard and respect for the interests of all states and one’s own responsibility. Instead, we saw a state of euphoria created by the feeling of absolute superiority, a kind of modern absolutism, coupled with the low cultural standards and arrogance of those who formulated and pushed through decisions that suited only themselves. The situation took a different turn.
There are many examples of this. First a bloody military operation was waged against Belgrade, without the UN Security Council’s sanction but with combat aircraft and missiles used in the heart of Europe. The bombing of peaceful cities and vital infrastructure went on for several weeks. I have to recall these facts, because some Western colleagues prefer to forget them, and when we mentioned the event, they prefer to avoid speaking about international law, instead emphasising the circumstances which they interpret as they think necessary.
Then came the turn of Iraq, Libya and Syria. The illegal use of military power against Libya and the distortion of all the UN Security Council decisions on Libya ruined the state, created a huge seat of international terrorism, and pushed the country towards a humanitarian catastrophe, into the vortex of a civil war, which has continued there for years. The tragedy, which was created for hundreds of thousands and even millions of people not only in Libya but in the whole region, has led to a large-scale exodus from the Middle East and North Africa to Europe.
A similar fate was also prepared for Syria. The combat operations conducted by the Western coalition in that country without the Syrian government’s approval or UN Security Council’s sanction can only be defined as aggression and intervention.
But the example that stands apart from the above events is, of course, the invasion of Iraq without any legal grounds. They used the pretext of allegedly reliable information available in the United States about the presence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. To prove that allegation, the US Secretary of State held up a vial with white power, publicly, for the whole world to see, assuring the international community that it was a chemical warfare agent created in Iraq. It later turned out that all of that was a fake and a sham, and that Iraq did not have any chemical weapons. Incredible and shocking but true. We witnessed lies made at the highest state level and voiced from the high UN rostrum. As a result we see a tremendous loss in human life, damage, destruction, and a colossal upsurge of terrorism.
Overall, it appears that nearly everywhere, in many regions of the world where the United States brought its law and order, this created bloody, non-healing wounds and the curse of international terrorism and extremism. I have only mentioned the most glaring but far from only examples of disregard for international law.
This array includes promises not to expand NATO eastwards even by an inch. To reiterate: they have deceived us, or, to put it simply, they have played us. Sure, one often hears that politics is a dirty business. It could be, but it shouldn’t be as dirty as it is now, not to such an extent. This type of con-artist behaviour is contrary not only to the principles of international relations but also and above all to the generally accepted norms of morality and ethics. Where is justice and truth here? Just lies and hypocrisy all around.
Incidentally, US politicians, political scientists and journalists write and say that a veritable “empire of lies” has been created inside the United States in recent years. It is hard to disagree with this – it is really so. But one should not be modest about it: the United States is still a great country and a system-forming power. All its satellites not only humbly and obediently say yes to and parrot it at the slightest pretext but also imitate its behaviour and enthusiastically accept the rules it is offering them. Therefore, one can say with good reason and confidence that the whole so-called Western bloc formed by the United States in its own image and likeness is, in its entirety, the very same “empire of lies.”
As for our country, after the disintegration of the USSR, given the entire unprecedented openness of the new, modern Russia, its readiness to work honestly with the United States and other Western partners, and its practically unilateral disarmament, they immediately tried to put the final squeeze on us, finish us off, and utterly destroy us. This is how it was in the 1990s and the early 2000s, when the so-called collective West was actively supporting separatism and gangs of mercenaries in southern Russia. What victims, what losses we had to sustain and what trials we had to go through at that time before we broke the back of international terrorism in the Caucasus! We remember this and will never forget.
Properly speaking, the attempts to use us in their own interests never ceased until quite recently: they sought to destroy our traditional values and force on us their false values that would erode us, our people from within, the attitudes they have been aggressively imposing on their countries, attitudes that are directly leading to degradation and degeneration, because they are contrary to human nature. This is not going to happen. No one has ever succeeded in doing this, nor will they succeed now.
Despite all that, in December 2021, we made yet another attempt to reach agreement with the United States and its allies on the principles of European security and NATO’s non-expansion. Our efforts were in vain. The United States has not changed its position. It does not believe it necessary to agree with Russia on a matter that is critical for us. The United States is pursuing its own objectives, while neglecting our interests.
Of course, this situation begs a question: what next, what are we to expect? If history is any guide, we know that in 1940 and early 1941 the Soviet Union went to great lengths to prevent war or at least delay its outbreak. To this end, the USSR sought not to provoke the potential aggressor until the very end by refraining or postponing the most urgent and obvious preparations it had to make to defend itself from an imminent attack. When it finally acted, it was too late.
As a result, the country was not prepared to counter the invasion by Nazi Germany, which attacked our Motherland on June 22, 1941, without declaring war. The country stopped the enemy and went on to defeat it, but this came at a tremendous cost. The attempt to appease the aggressor ahead of the Great Patriotic War proved to be a mistake which came at a high cost for our people. In the first months after the hostilities broke out, we lost vast territories of strategic importance, as well as millions of lives. We will not make this mistake the second time. We have no right to do so.
Those who aspire to global dominance have publicly designated Russia as their enemy. They did so with impunity. Make no mistake, they had no reason to act this way. It is true that they have considerable financial, scientific, technological, and military capabilities. We are aware of this and have an objective view of the economic threats we have been hearing, just as our ability to counter this brash and never-ending blackmail. Let me reiterate that we have no illusions in this regard and are extremely realistic in our assessments.
As for military affairs, even after the dissolution of the USSR and losing a considerable part of its capabilities, today’s Russia remains one of the most powerful nuclear states. Moreover, it has a certain advantage in several cutting-edge weapons. In this context, there should be no doubt for anyone that any potential aggressor will face defeat and ominous consequences should it directly attack our country.
At the same time, technology, including in the defence sector, is changing rapidly. One day there is one leader, and tomorrow another, but a military presence in territories bordering on Russia, if we permit it to go ahead, will stay for decades to come or maybe forever, creating an ever mounting and totally unacceptable threat for Russia.
Even now, with NATO’s eastward expansion the situation for Russia has been becoming worse and more dangerous by the year. Moreover, these past days NATO leadership has been blunt in its statements that they need to accelerate and step up efforts to bring the alliance’s infrastructure closer to Russia’s borders. In other words, they have been toughening their position. We cannot stay idle and passively observe these developments. This would be an absolutely irresponsible thing to do for us.
Any further expansion of the North Atlantic alliance’s infrastructure or the ongoing efforts to gain a military foothold of the Ukrainian territory are unacceptable for us. Of course, the question is not about NATO itself. It merely serves as a tool of US foreign policy. The problem is that in territories adjacent to Russia, which I have to note is our historical land, a hostile “anti-Russia” is taking shape. Fully controlled from the outside, it is doing everything to attract NATO armed forces and obtain cutting-edge weapons.
For the United States and its allies, it is a policy of containing Russia, with obvious geopolitical dividends. For our country, it is a matter of life and death, a matter of our historical future as a nation. This is not an exaggeration; this is a fact. It is not only a very real threat to our interests but to the very existence of our state and to its sovereignty. It is the red line which we have spoken about on numerous occasions. They have crossed it.
This brings me to the situation in Donbas. We can see that the forces that staged the coup in Ukraine in 2014 have seized power, are keeping it with the help of ornamental election procedures and have abandoned the path of a peaceful conflict settlement. For eight years, for eight endless years we have been doing everything possible to settle the situation by peaceful political means. Everything was in vain.
As I said in my previous address, you cannot look without compassion at what is happening there. It became impossible to tolerate it. We had to stop that atrocity, that genocide of the millions of people who live there and who pinned their hopes on Russia, on all of us. It is their aspirations, the feelings and pain of these people that were the main motivating force behind our decision to recognize the independence of the Donbas people’s republics.
I would like to additionally emphasize the following. Focused on their own goals, the leading NATO countries are supporting the far-right nationalists and neo-Nazis in Ukraine, those who will never forgive the people of Crimea and Sevastopol for freely making a choice to reunite with Russia.
They will undoubtedly try to bring war to Crimea just as they have done in Donbas, to kill innocent people just as members of the punitive units of Ukrainian nationalists and Hitler’s accomplices did during the Great Patriotic War. They have also openly laid claim to several other Russian regions.
If we look at the sequence of events and the incoming reports, the showdown between Russia and these forces cannot be avoided. It is only a matter of time. They are getting ready and waiting for the right moment. Moreover, they went as far as aspire to acquire nuclear weapons. We will not let this happen.
I have already said that Russia accepted the new geopolitical reality after the dissolution of the USSR. We have been treating all new post-Soviet states with respect and will continue to act this way. We respect and will respect their sovereignty, as proven by the assistance we provided to Kazakhstan when it faced tragic events and a challenge in terms of its statehood and integrity. However, Russia cannot feel safe, develop, and exist while facing a permanent threat from the territory of today’s Ukraine.
Let me remind you that in 2000–2005 we used our military to push back against terrorists in the Caucasus and stood up for the integrity of our state. We preserved Russia. In 2014, we supported the people of Crimea and Sevastopol. In 2015, we used our Armed Forces to create a reliable shield that prevented terrorists from Syria from penetrating Russia. This was a matter of defending ourselves. We had no other choice.
The same is happening today. They did not leave us any other option for defending Russia and our people, other than the one we are forced to use today. In these circumstances, we have to take bold and immediate action. The people’s republics of Donbas have asked Russia for help.
In this context, in accordance with Article 51 (Chapter VII) of the UN Charter, with permission of Russia’s Federation Council, and in execution of the treaties of friendship and mutual assistance with the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Lugansk People’s Republic, ratified by the Federal Assembly on February 22, I made a decision to carry out a special military operation.
The purpose of this operation is to protect people who, for eight years now, have been facing humiliation and genocide perpetrated by the Kiev regime. To this end, we will seek to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine, as well as bring to trial those who perpetrated numerous bloody crimes against civilians, including against citizens of the Russian Federation.
It is not our plan to occupy the Ukrainian territory. We do not intend to impose anything on anyone by force. At the same time, we have been hearing an increasing number of statements coming from the West that there is no need any more to abide by the documents setting forth the outcomes of World War II, as signed by the totalitarian Soviet regime. How can we respond to that?
The outcomes of World War II and the sacrifices our people had to make to defeat Nazism are sacred. This does not contradict the high values of human rights and freedoms in the reality that emerged over the post-war decades. This does not mean that nations cannot enjoy the right to self-determination, which is enshrined in Article 1 of the UN Charter.
Let me remind you that the people living in territories which are part of today’s Ukraine were not asked how they want to build their lives when the USSR was created or after World War II. Freedom guides our policy, the freedom to choose independently our future and the future of our children. We believe that all the peoples living in today’s Ukraine, anyone who want to do this, must be able to enjoy this right to make a free choice.
In this context I would like to address the citizens of Ukraine. In 2014, Russia was obliged to protect the people of Crimea and Sevastopol from those who you yourself call “nats.” The people of Crimea and Sevastopol made their choice in favour of being with their historical homeland, Russia, and we supported their choice. As I said, we could not act otherwise.
The current events have nothing to do with a desire to infringe on the interests of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. They are connected with the defending Russia from those who have taken Ukraine hostage and are trying to use it against our country and our people.
I reiterate: we are acting to defend ourselves from the threats created for us and from a worse peril than what is happening now. I am asking you, however hard this may be, to understand this and to work together with us so as to turn this tragic page as soon as possible and to move forward together, without allowing anyone to interfere in our affairs and our relations but developing them independently, so as to create favourable conditions for overcoming all these problems and to strengthen us from within as a single whole, despite the existence of state borders. I believe in this, in our common future.
I would also like to address the military personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Comrade officers,
Your fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers did not fight the Nazi occupiers and did not defend our common Motherland to allow today’s neo-Nazis to seize power in Ukraine. You swore the oath of allegiance to the Ukrainian people and not to the junta, the people’s adversary which is plundering Ukraine and humiliating the Ukrainian people.
I urge you to refuse to carry out their criminal orders. I urge you to immediately lay down arms and go home. I will explain what this means: the military personnel of the Ukrainian army who do this will be able to freely leave the zone of hostilities and return to their families.
I want to emphasize again that all responsibility for the possible bloodshed will lie fully and wholly with the ruling Ukrainian regime.
I would now like to say something very important for those who may be tempted to interfere in these developments from the outside. No matter who tries to stand in our way or all the more so create threats for our country and our people, they must know that Russia will respond immediately, and the consequences will be such as you have never seen in your entire history. No matter how the events unfold, we are ready. All the necessary decisions in this regard have been taken. I hope that my words will be heard.
Citizens of Russia,
The culture and values, experience and traditions of our ancestors invariably provided a powerful underpinning for the wellbeing and the very existence of entire states and nations, their success and viability. Of course, this directly depends on the ability to quickly adapt to constant change, maintain social cohesion, and readiness to consolidate and summon all the available forces in order to move forward.
We always need to be strong, but this strength can take on different forms. The “empire of lies,” which I mentioned in the beginning of my speech, proceeds in its policy primarily from rough, direct force. This is when our saying on being “all brawn and no brains” applies.
We all know that having justice and truth on our side is what makes us truly strong. If this is the case, it would be hard to disagree with the fact that it is our strength and our readiness to fight that are the bedrock of independence and sovereignty and provide the necessary foundation for building a reliable future for your home, your family, and your Motherland.
Dear compatriots,
I am certain that devoted soldiers and officers of Russia’s Armed Forces will perform their duty with professionalism and courage. I have no doubt that the government institutions at all levels and specialists will work effectively to guarantee the stability of our economy, financial system and social wellbeing, and the same applies to corporate executives and the entire business community. I hope that all parliamentary parties and civil society take a consolidated, patriotic position.
At the end of the day, the future of Russia is in the hands of its multi-ethnic people, as has always been the case in our history. This means that the decisions that I made will be executed, that we will achieve the goals we have set, and reliably guarantee the security of our Motherland.
I believe in your support and the invincible force rooted in the love for our Fatherland.
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