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April 22 2022

Fate of American Zelensky critic who went missing in Ukraine revealed

Chilean-American blogger Gonzalo Lira, who went missing in the Ukrainian city of Kharkov a week ago, has appeared online on Friday, revealing that he had been held by the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU).

“I’m in Kharkov. I’m OK. I just want to say that I’m back online.” Lira said in short video chat with journalist Alex Christoforou on The Duran channel on YouTube.

 “I was picked up by the SBU on Friday, April 15,” the blogger revealed.

Speaking about his condition, the 54-year-old said that he was “fine physically,” but “a little rattled” and “a little bit discombobulated.” Lira made it clear that he was forbidden from revealing any details about what had happened to him in detention.

Putin calls off assault on Ukraine's last Mariupol hold out

Lives of soldiers should be spared, the Russian president has said, offering militants another chance to surrender

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called off an assault on the Azovstal steel plant in the Black Sea port of Mariupol during a meeting with Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu on Thursday. The facility still harbors some 2,000 Ukrainian militants, including the neo-Nazi 'Azov' regiment, according to Shoigu.

“We always need to think about preserving the lives and health of our soldiers and officers," Putin told the defense chief, adding that, in this particular case, they should not be sent to assault the steel plant.

Russia Closes Multiple Baltic Consulates - Cites Arms Transfers To Ukraine

We detailed previously that since the Feb.24 invasion of Ukraine, Europe has booted at least 300 total Russian diplomatic officials from their host countries, as retaliation for Russia's aggression but also based on broad accusations of "spying". In a recent tit-for-tat move Russia announced Tuesday that it will expel 36 European diplomats from its soil, declaring 21 diplomats from Belgium and 15 from the Netherlands "persona non grata". They've been given two weeks to leave Russian soil.

And on Thursday, the Kremlin has taken a further dramatic step, ordering the closure of three Baltic consulates while expelling all non-Russian staff. The closures have been ordered for consulates in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - citing among the reasons "military assistance to the Kyiv regime."

Russian MoD: Moscow Ready to Announce Ceasefire at Any Moment to Evacuate Civilians From Azovstal

On Thursday, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu stated that Mariupol has been liberated from Ukrainian forces, adding that remaining troops are still besieged at the Azovstal steel plant.

The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has indicated its readiness to announce a ceasefire at any moment to evacuate possible civilians from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol.

Mikhail Mizintsev, the head of the Russian MoD’s national defence control centre, told reporters on Friday that the start of the ceasefire around the Azovstal plant will be considered the moment the Ukrainian military, at present under siege in the factory, hoists the white flag.

Russia unveils plans for digital ruble, domestic payment system

The central bank plans to launch digital ruble by 2023 and expand the use of its MIR payment card

The Bank of Russia announced on Thursday it plans to have a digital ruble ready by next year and capable of making international payments. It also aims to expand the number of countries that accept Russian Mir banking cards.

“The digital ruble is among the priority projects,” central bank governor Elvira Nabiullina told the lower House of Parliament. “We have fairly quickly created a prototype ... now we are holding tests with banks and next year we will gradually have pilot transactions.”

Russia's Largest Chemical Plant Engulfed In Flames Hours After Mystery Fire At Military Research Facility

Update(1540ET): The death toll in the massive fire that broke out earlier in the day at a sensitive Russian Defense Ministry research facility in the city of Tver has risen to seven after emergency crews battled the Thursday blaze throughout the afternoon, state-run TASS reports. 

The cause of the fire is still either unknown or not being disclosed by Russian state agencies at this point, but now more questions are being raised as another mysterious large blaze has erupted, this time at Russia's largest chemical plant, a mere hours after the fire in Tver - the latter which had engulfed a facility belonging to the secretive Central Research and Development Institute of Aerospace Defense Troops. UK media is reporting on the latest mystery fire, which marks the 2nd in the day, as follows: 

Huge plumes of smoke were seen enveloping the Dmitrievsky Chemical Plant late this afternoon. The cause of the fire remains unknown. Almost 150 plant workers were reportedly evacuated.

Where Military Aid To Ukraine Comes From

Looking at pledges of military aid to Ukraine between the start of the Russian invasion and March 27, Statista's Katharina Buchholz details below that the U.S. government has committed to providing the most arms, weapons and other equipment by far.

Almost $4.8 billion in military aid was pledged up until the given date, according to the Ukraine Support Tracker by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. This number could soon rise even more as the White House is reportedly preparing another substantial military aid package. Together with a similar package announced in mid-April, the new funding round would up U.S. military aid to Ukraine by another $1.6 billion.

The Implications Of A Potential European Ban On Russian Oil Imports

Russia is the world’s second largest petroleum exporter. About 5mb/d of crude oil and petroleum products are exported to Europe. A European ban on Russian petroleum imports would have an immediate effect on >1mb/d of pipeline imports. Moreover, 4mb/d of crude and products that currently go to Europe via tankers would have to find a new home, which would create massive problems for the global refinery system. Depending on the speed of the phase-out, we could see the loss of >3mb/d of Russian production near term. Over the long run, Russian production will likely decline due to the lack of western technology transfer.

America is RUNNING OUT of military munitions and can’t replace them FOR YEARS due to industrial decline and supply chain collapse

(Natural News) Just as Russia has now completed the test firing of its global ICBM “Sarmat” missile system — which can reach any target anywhere in the world with a dizzying array of re-entry (nuclear) vehicles — alarm bells are being sounded over America’s rapid depletion of munitions due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

The US Pentagon has shipped thousands of Javelin anti-tank weapons to Ukraine, along with millions of rounds of ammunition, artillery shells, rockets, drones and troop transport vehicles, leading to a sudden drop in the available stockpiles of such equipment should US forces need to defend the homeland.

“General Mark Milley, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Congress that the West has delivered 60,000 antitank weapons and 25,000 anti-aircraft weapons to Kyiv. The Pentagon is now laying plans to rush additional artillery, coastal defense drones and other materiel to Ukraine,” reports BloombergQuint.com:

USA targeting of Moskva ship is Russia’s “Pearl Harbor” … RETALIATION is Putin’s next move, and the USA just handed him all the domestic support he needs

Natural News) To understand the sinking of the Moskva and Putin’s impending retaliation against the United States, you first have to realize that any national leader wanting to make bold military moves first needs the support of his own people. In 1941, Pearl Harbor was allowed to happen (the US government knew all about it and even provoked it) in order to create the emotional support for the US to enter the Pacific theater of war.

The attack on Pearl Harbor was, essentially, the 9/11 of World War II. And just as with 9/11, the US government knew all about it and allowed it to take place in order to produce the casualties and emotional reaction that would see the American people demanding retaliation against Japan.

Officials Manipulated COVID Data to Exaggerate Crisis, Mathematician Tells RFK, Jr.

“Data was very easily used by influencers and decision-makers to fit particular narratives,” Norman Fenton, Ph.D., a mathematician at Queen Mary University of London, said in an interview on “RFK Jr. The Defender Podcast.”

From the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Norman Fenton, Ph.D., could see health officials were misusing data and misleading the public.

A professor of risk information management at Queen Mary University of London, Fenton is a mathematician who focuses on critical decision-making and quantifying uncertainty.

Throughout the pandemic, he closely examined and criticized how officials used data to make decisions about lockdowns, testing and vaccines.

Steve Kirsh: My offer to share videos and blood clot tissue samples from multiple embalmers with the CDC and FDA

I want everyone to know that every time they have been offered to see evidence of harm, they refuse to see it. This is the latest offer. These clots are impossible to explain away.

My offer to share videos and blood clot tissue samples from multiple embalmers with the CDC and FDA

ASP: SPIKE PROTEIN AMYLOIDOSIS

THE BIOWEAPON SPIKE PROTEIN OF SARS-CoV-2 HAS INDUCED A NEW, FATAL PRIONOPATHY

ASP: SPIKE PROTEIN AMYLOIDOSIS

R.I. bill would impose fines and double the taxes of those who refuse COVID-19 vaccine

The legislation introduced by Senator Bell, a Providence Democrat, drew opposition from Senator de la Cruz, a North Smithfield Republican.

PROVIDENCE — Rhode Islanders who don’t get the COVID-19 vaccine would face $50 monthly fines and have to pay twice what they’d otherwise owe in personal income taxes, under a state Senate bill.

Senator Samuel W. Bell, a progressive Providence Democrat, proposed the legislation, which has drawn sharp and, in some cases, vulgar criticism on Twitter. And it has prompted Senator Jessica de la Cruz, a North Smithfield Republican, to organize an email campaign opposing the measure.

“The reason I introduced the bill is we have a crisis with the pandemic,” Bell said Wednesday. “Thousands of Rhode Islander have died. I’ve had really painful calls from constituents who can’t go to the store because they’re immuno-compromised, who have lost loved ones to this pandemic, who are really ill and not fully recovered, suffering long-term effects.”

Quebec was the worst province for human rights violations during COVID: legal group report

While echoing much of the same policies as the rest of Canada, Alberta and its neighboring province of Saskatchewan seemed 'less committed to lockdowns,' the JCCF said.

(LifeSiteNews) — The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms released a report ranking Canadian provinces from worst to best based on Charter rights violations during the so-called COVID pandemic.

In a report titled “Who had the worst bunk in Canada’s locked down barracks?” the JCCF, one of Canada’s top constitutional legal groups, ranked the provinces based on how egregiously they each violated the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The report was released tongue-and-cheek in April to coincide with the 40th year anniversary of the document.

IMF Warns of ‘Unrest’ amid Looming Global Food Crisis

'This crisis unfolds even as the global economy has not yet fully recovered'

The IMF has issued a warning regarding looming global food shortages, saying that vulnerable nations are at risk of civil unrest amid supply issues.

The global body predicted civil unrest linked to sky-high food prices is on the cards for poorer countries as the world heads into a global food crisis as a result of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

Amid past warnings of starvation and “Hell on Earth” migrant crises over a lack of food, the international finance body has predicted that growth across the world will be negatively affected, with poorer nations in particular to feel the brunt of the ongoing crisis.

Supply Chain Woes to Worsen in Summer Months: Trucking Company

The United States may experience much worse supply chain pains in the coming summer months because of the massive lockdowns ongoing in China, a large trucking company warned.

“We do forecast that to get a lot worse as we come into the summer months, particularly with what’s happening in the supply chain from an ocean perspective or in China coming inbound,” J.B. Hunt Chief Commercial Officer Shelley Simpson said on Monday during an earnings call.

The company said that there is a temporary relief for now.

“I do think there has been a temporary relief in the dislocation from labor shortages and also just where shipments are located,” Simpson said.

Parents could soon face up to five years in jail if they smack their child

Parents could face five YEARS in jail if they smack their kids under proposals from the children’s tsar. Children’s Commissioner for England Dame Rachel de Souza announced she would be “supportive” of a law against hitting youngsters.

But Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi opposed the move, claiming discipline should be “left to parents”. He admitted his wife has “on occasion” given their nine-year-old daughter a “light smack on the arm” when she’s being naughty.

Utah College offering ‘Porn’ class where students will ‘watch pornographic films together’

A private liberal arts college in Utah will offer an entire class on porn in the 2022-2023 academic year, and students will “watch pornographic films together” as part of the class.

According to Fox News, Westminster College will offer the class, titled “Film 300O Porn,” and states on its website that “hardcore pornography” is more popular than “Sunday night football.”

Scientists are now preparing to fire up CERN collider again in new hunt for “dark matter”

Scientists at Europe’s physics research center will this week fire up the 27-kilometer-long Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the machine that found the Higgs boson particle, after a shutdown for maintenance and upgrades was prolonged by COVID-19 delays.

Restarting the collider is a complex procedure, and researchers at the CERN center have champagne on hand if all goes well, ready to join a row of bottles in the control room celebrating landmarks including the discovery of the elusive subatomic particle a decade ago. “It’s not flipping a button,” Rende Steerenberg, in charge of control room operations, told Reuters. “This comes with a certain sense of tension, nervousness.”

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