RT News - January 31st 2023

Pakistan: 90 are killed and 150 more wounded after a suspected suicide bombing at a mosque Peshawar, northern Pakistan. The mosque is located inside a highly fortified compound that includes the headquarters of the provincial police force and a counterterrorism department. Part of the building collapsed and many people were also trapped under the rubble. The Pakistan Taliban have claimed responsibility. Many of the injured were policemen. According to reports the terrorist was sitting in the front row of the congregation.

Palestine: RT hears from the Palestinian health minister in an exclusive interview, during which she accuses Israel of killing innocent people. Despite their homes being demolished, the people return and try to re-establish their homes again and say it's part of Israel's displacement policy.

The US and Israel escalate tensions in the Middle East as they accuse Iran of stirring up trouble around the world. That's despite a drone attack on an Iranian military facility that some media outlets have accused the US and Israel of conducting.

India: Indian industrial giant Adani Group loses 72 billion dollars in market value in just a few days, after a US-based investment firm accuses it of fraud. The company denounces the report as an economic attack on India as a country.

Mexico: Protests in Mexico city calling for the president to resign. It's thought that the protests are "a foundation" of yet another coup attempt by US. Ben Norton (Grayzone) reports and gives context.

Ukraine: As the conflict shows no sign of cessation and US/UK and other NATO countries and their allies continue to pour hundreds of $£€ billions of weapons, funded entirely by their countries citizens, "investment companies" are being "invited" by Ukraine .gov with big plans of reconstructing post-war Ukraine. Igor Zhdanov reports. (QS A lot of people are making a lot of money - and we are paying for it all. See also some comments and links below)

Ukraine: U.S. says it won't be sending F-16's to Kiev (yet) despite Pres. Zelensky's demands for them and saying the new weapons supplies are not coming fast enough. Poland says any supply of F-16's will be "NATO coordinated" see yesterday's post write-up. Karen Kwiatkowski retired US military official talks about the lack of off-ramp whilst "the west" (QS: you and me via our .govs) continue to supply Kiev with weaponry.

Some medical students from India have moved to Russia to continue their studies.

Marco Rubio says the U.S. doesn't have "military-commercial fusion" but that China does. (QS he forgot to mention that the U.S. military industrial complex is entirely funded by the citizens of US and NATO member states - for e.g. in Britain, "defence" costs every man, woman and child £21 each week, £84 for a family of four. Only a fraction of that goes towards paying the enlists/military "squaddies"). Caleb Maupin reports.
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(sorry for short write up today, internet problems)
QS comments: NATO and allies countries are funding Ukraine .gov to the tune of $£€ 7 billion a month (this is separate from weapons supplies). Most of this money is believed to come from UK and EU countries. Pres. Zelensky asked for $£€ 9 billion in September 2022, I don't know if this materialised, in fact it's very hard to find any details, nothing is transparent at all.

It was only in May 2022 (presumably with questions of funding of Ukraine having been asked in Senate, Congress or the House of Representatives?) that the U.S. lend lease Act was passed. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3522/text

I can't find any guarantees for any of the other countries funding Ukraine.

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Biolabs : 30 Jan, 2023 21:57

Russia names people behind US-backed Ukraine biological projects

Moscow claims the individuals conducted research focused on testing and developing new deadly weapons

Russian troops have obtained over 20,000 documents pertaining to American biological research programs in Ukraine since the start of Moscow’s military operation, the country’s Defense Ministry announced on Monday.

The most recent trove brought to light a number of key players in these projects who had previously “remained in the shadows,” according to the commander of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defense Forces, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov.

The ministry had previously published the names of people connected to the biolabs, which included representatives of the US Democratic Party, Defense Department officials, and Pentagon contractors.

The new list features people such as Karen Saylors, the executive director of Labyrinth Global Health, who reportedly worked in Ukraine as a lead consultant for a project that studied the spread of African swine fever.

Also on the list is Colin Johnson, a fellow at the University of Tennessee and director of the Institute for Host-Pathogen Systems, who allegedly studied the Crimean-Congo fever and hantaviruses in Ukraine and was in charge of collecting biological samples from Ukrainian military personnel.

The ministry provided the names of six more people believed to have also been involved in US bioresearch in Ukraine. Kirillov noted that all the evidence pertaining to these individuals will be handed over to Russia’s Investigative Committee, which will decide on the appropriate measures for the alleged perpetrators.

In his statement, Kirillov noted that Russia’s decisive actions in Ukraine have already effectively stopped Washington’s bioweapons research projects in the country. However, he cautioned that the US is now actively working to transfer the unfinished research to countries in Central Asia and Eastern Europe.

Last month, Russia submitted data on illegal US-backed laboratories in Ukraine to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons conference. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, that data included documentary evidence that work with components of biological weapons and studies of especially dangerous pathogens had been carried out in Ukraine with financial, scientific, technical and personnel support of the US. Washington has rejected Moscow’s accusations, calling them disinformation.
https://www.rt.com/russia/570716-russia-ukraine-us-biolabs/
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