M. V. Zakharova (Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman) | Those in power in Washington and other capitals of the countries of the "collective West" obsessed with anti-Russian sentiments. | Speculation is spreading in Western countries regarding the next round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in an attempt to accuse the Russian Federation of involvement in supplying Hamas paramilitary structures with weapons and ammunition. There are even fantastic insinuations about the alleged establishment, with Russian assistance, of the production of small arms and light weapons and ammunition on the territory of the Gaza Strip. In this regard, I would like to say the following. ● The Russian Federation has established one of the most effective and well-tried, in practical and legislative terms, export control systems for the realization of military-technical cooperation (MTC) with foreign partners. ● In contrast, the worldwide hunt for Soviet/Russian arms and ammunition by NATO countries, their partners and satellites, as well as their unrestrained desire to support the Kyiv regime's armed formations by any means possible through the supply of increasingly advanced Western military equipment, testify precisely to their irresponsible approaches and double standards in matters of export-control regimes in the sphere of interstate transfers of military products. ● There is also blatant forgery and the use of "gray" schemes in the purchase on the world market of everything that could in any way support the armed formations of the Kyiv regime. We are talking about using unscrupulous brokerage companies, front companies, fictitious contracts and end-user certificates, and other supply documentation. ● In reality, everything supplied to the thoroughly corrupted Kyiv regime by its Western masters is being distributed uncontrollably around the world. Not only Ukrainian officials and criminal structures are profiting from this, but also transnational criminal syndicates and, naturally, those in power in Washington and other capitals of the countries of the "collective West" obsessed with anti-Russian sentiments. (Translation: DeepL.com + Proofreading: grammarly.com) (Original article in Russian: Комментарий официального представителя МИД России М.В.Захаровой относительно снабжения вооружением палестинского движения ХАМАС)

In many countries, births drop sharply nine months after peak COVID vaccine uptake. Let’s look at how this happens. And will these populations recover? | Since the beginning of COVID, vital statistics as reported by governments around the world are hard to come by. Spotty availability hinders analysis and understanding. For example, even today in the United States, Massachusetts and New York, Illinois and Washington are four of the states that, at this writing, have not updated births data since 2019 [1] and 2020. ● Nineteen European Countries - By August 2022, Raimond Hagemann, Ulf Lorré and Dr. Hans-Joachim Kremer had compiled data on birth rate changes in 19 European countries and produced an extremely important paper. [5] In country after country, the inflection point of reduced births is consistently at the end of the year 2021. This was nine months after the spring zeitgeist to take the COVID vaccines. Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Portugal, Spain, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovenia, as well as Iceland, Northern Ireland, Montenegro, Serbia, all show this pattern. Nine months after peak vaccine uptake, the births decline. ● The corresponding graph for each of the 19 countries has a similar pattern: peak uptake of COVID vaccines in spring of 2021, followed by precipitous birthrate declines beginning nine months later.

A new study based on official government data has revealed that 94% of Covid deaths were among patients who were fully vaccinated for the virus. | The study was based on data from the British government’s Office for National Statistics (ONS). The ONS recently published an update on deaths by vaccination status in England. The data has shockingly revealed that the vaccinated population accounted for 95% of COVID-19 deaths in the 12 months between June 1, 2022, and May 31, 2023. 94% of those deaths were among the fully vaccinated – either the triple or quadruple-vaccinated – population. The dataset was published recently by the UK Government and it can be found on the ONS website here
, or downloaded here. The dataset includes deaths by vaccination status between 1st April 2021 and 31st May 2023.

■ Doctors Warn of Severe Mental Breakdowns Among Covid Vaxxed (NewsAddicts)
■ Detective Arrested for Investigating Link Between Infant Deaths and mRNA Shots (NewsAddicts)
■ Moderna Executive: ‘Exploding’ Vaccine Injuries Are ‘Not Our Problem’ (NewsAddicts)

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in the Chinese capital of Beijing to participate in the 3rd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, a Sputnik correspondent reported. | On Monday, the Kremlin said that Putin would pay an official visit to China from October 17-18. The Russian leader is expected to hold negotiations with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss further development of the Russian-Chinese comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation, as well as topical regional and international issues. ● According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Putin and Xi Jiping will exchange detailed opinions and coordinate positions. ● The Kremlin added that Putin would also hold a number of bilateral meetings with the leaders of the participating states of the forum. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also arrived in Beijing on Monday and met with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi.

■ Xi, Putin to conduct in-depth dialogue on bilateral relations — Chinese Foreign Ministry (TASS)
■ 'One of the Most Important Diplomatic Events': China Belt and Road Forum Review (Sputnik News)

So-called “order” is just a front for colonialism, with purported rules ever-changing to fit needs, Russian president has said | The Western-promoted “rules-based order” is merely a cover for colonialism, as the presumed rules have never been agreed-on by anyone and are ever-shifting from one case to another, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. The president made the remarks in an exclusive interview with state-run broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) that was aired on Monday. 💬 “Have you ever seen these rules? No, because no one has ever written them, and no one has ever agreed to them with anyone. How can we talk about order based on rules that no one has seen?” Putin stated.

■ Putin Berates NATO Over Eastward Expansion as Alliance Launches Nuclear Drills in Europe (Sputnik News)

Athletes With Serious Health Issues or Have Died Post-Vaccination | In July, we reported that 1,884 athletes were recorded as having serious health issues post-vaccination. Sadly, 1,310 had died. This was according to the latest reports of athletes recorded in Good Sciencing’s list at the time. ● Good Sciencing is continuously updating its list and tragically, the number keeps rising. From the rollout of the mass covid injection campaigns to the end of September 2023, Good Sciencing had recorded 2,003 athlete cardiac arrests or serious issues. The total includes 1,400 who have died. Many of these heart issues and deaths happen shortly after the person had received a covid injection.

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You want quantification of the vaccine's fatal toxicity?
Here is our latest scientific report, published today!https://t.co/FrRf1cNjxs pic.twitter.com/e8WRGaJJoS

— Denis Rancourt (@denisrancourt) September 17, 2023

Russia says it has obtained papers that confirm the United States is moving its “illegal” bioresearch laboratories to Africa. | In February 2022, the Russian Defense Ministry discovered the existence of 30 Pentagon-funded biological research laboratories in Ukraine. Back then, Russia said the laboratories were only a small part of a global network of over 300 similar facilities. ● The Defense Ministry, on Monday, citing documents that had been obtained from the Pentagon, said the US is transferring dual-purpose biological research activities to the Black continent. ● Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who leads the Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Protection Troops of the Russian Armed Forces, said the move is in response to Moscow’s efforts to expose Washington’s illegal military-biological operations. He also cited the worsening “epidemic situation near bio-sites in the European region.” Moscow has repeatedly accused the US of plotting biological warfare against Russia and other countries.

Unelected bureaucrats at the United Nations (UN) are calling for the public to start living in huts made from mud and straw in order to meet the globalist agency’s “Net Zero” goals before the year 2050. | The UN has just released a new report that lays out extreme measures citizens in Western nations will need to endure to comply with the corporate elite’s green agenda. ● To meet the target of reaching “zero carbon emissions” before 2050, as dictated by the UN and the World Economic Forum (WEF), the public will need to significantly slash their quality of life and begin to align with the globalist vision of collectivism. ● The UN insists that traditionally built homes are no longer acceptable and people will need to start living in huts made from building materials consisting of mud bricks, bamboo, and forest “detritus.” ● According to the UN, the world needs to switch to “regenerative material practices.” These practices involve using “ethically produced” low-carbon earth and bio-based building materials. Examples include mud bricks, timber, bamboo, and agricultural and forest detritus. The report harks back to the middle of the last century when the vast majority of cultures built large buildings and cities out of indigenous earthen, stone, and bio-based materials, including timber, cane, thatch, and bamboo. Contrasting modern concrete, steel, and glass buildings, the United Nations asserts that “massive mud buildings have been maintained for centuries with their structures intact.” ● The UN lays out the plans in a recently published report titled “Building Materials and the Climate: Constructing a New Future.” The report draws on a wide variety of international authors. The UN worked alongside Yale University and the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GABC) to prepare the report. GABC received financial funding from the green activist Laudes Foundation and the British Government.

Senator warns of 'very serious criminal penalties' ahead of a pro-Palestine protest in Sydney in response to Israel conflict. | The shadow home affairs minister has issued a firm warning to anyone planning to attend pro-Palestine rallies in Sydney that "very serious criminal penalties" can apply for associating with "terrorist organizations" [resistance organizations] like Hamas and Hezbollah. ● Liberal Senator James Paterson has issued a firm warning to Australians ahead of a pro-Palestine rally planned in Sydney on Monday night, following a mass incursion of Hamas militants on Israel. ● There are reports that more than 100 Israelis have been taken hostage by the terrorist group, which controls the Gaza Strip, as Israel continues its major counter-offensive to regain control. ● The attack on Israel has sparked a number of protests around the world, including a pro-Palestine rally at Sydney's Lakemba Station on Sunday night.  ●  It is understood another rally has been advertised on social media which is due to be held at Sydney Town Hall on Monday evening.

Jeffrey D. Sachs | The American people urgently need to know the true history of the war in Ukraine and its current prospects. Unfortunately, the mainstream media ––The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, MSNBC, and CNN –– have become mere mouthpieces of the government, repeating US President Joe Biden’s lies and hiding history from the public. | Biden is again denigrating Russian President Vladimir Putin, this time accusing Putin of a “craven lust for land and power,” after declaring last year that “For God’s sake, that man [Putin] cannot stay in power.” Yet Biden is the one who is trapping Ukraine in an open-ended war by continuing to push NATO enlargement to Ukraine. He is afraid to tell the truth to the American and Ukrainian people, rejecting diplomacy, and opting instead for perpetual war. ● Expanding NATO to Ukraine, which Biden has long promoted, is a U.S. gambit that has failed. The neocons, including Biden, thought from the late 1990s onward that the US could expand NATO to Ukraine (and Georgia) despite Russia’s vociferous and long-standing opposition. They didn’t believe that Putin would actually go to war over NATO expansion.

Dmitry Medvedev | First. The head of the European Council, Charles Michel, has admitted that Ukraine will join the EU by 2030. This means that the EU believes that the current Bandera state will survive until then. Second. For the first time in U.S. history, the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Congress has resigned. And precisely because of his love for the Kyiv government and budget compromises to fund the Banderites. There is undoubtedly a reason to be proud because the choice was between solving the numerous internal problems of the United States and further feeding the neo-Nazis. True, there are still only two months of money left. (Translation: DeepL.com + Proofreading: grammarly.com)

■ McCarthy’s 'love' for Ukraine led to his dismissal — Medvedev (TASS)

In the past 150 years, the US Money Supply has only contracted five (5) times; and they were Recessions and the Great Depression. It is happening again. | Two U.S. money supply metrics that investors tend to pay close attention to are M1 and M2. The former accounts for the cash and coins in circulation, as well as the demand deposits within an individual's checking account. Meanwhile, M2 factors in everything in M1 and adds money market accounts, savings accounts, and certificates of deposit (CDs) below $100,000. The main difference is that M2 factors in cash that takes a little extra work to get your hands on. ● For as far back as the eye can see, M2 has been climbing. Since the U.S. economy steadily grows over the long run, it's only natural that more cash/capital is needed to facilitate transactions. In fact, M2 rising is so common that some economists may not even be paying attention to it as a monthly reported datapoint. But in the rare event that M2 meaningfully declines, pay attention!

In particular, McKernan was alarmed to find the presence of an SV40 promoter in the Pfizer vaccine vials. | Early in 2023, genomics scientist Kevin McKernan made an accidental discovery. While running an experiment in his Boston lab, McKernan used some vials of mRNA Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines as controls. He was "shocked" to find that they were allegedly contaminated with tiny fragments of plasmid DNA. McKernan, who has 25 years of experience in his field, ran the experiment again, confirming that the vials contained up to, in his opinion, 18-70 times more DNA contamination than the legal limits allowed by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In particular, McKernan was alarmed to find the presence of an SV40 promoter in the Pfizer vaccine vials. This is a sequence that is "...used to drive DNA into the nucleus, especially in gene therapies," McKernan explains. This is something that regulatory agencies around the world have specifically said is not possible with the mRNA vaccines.

■ Dr. Peter McCullough: COVID Vaccines Promote Cancer & Inhibit The Body's Ability To Fight Cancer! (09/02/23)

💬 Colleagues, It has been a year since the sabotage in the Baltic Sea and almost as much since the Security Council convened on this issue for the first time. During that time, we have heard numerous assertions that national investigations by Germany, Denmark, and Sweden would allow to identify the perpetrators very soon. However there have been no results so far despite the seven UNSC meeting in both open and closed formats. ● At the same time, more and more evidence is emerging in the expert community that it is Washington who stood behind the disruption of the Nord Stream pipeline and went ahead with this outrageous criminal act guided by a narrowly self-interested desire to consolidate its dominance in Europe, which is in dire need of Russian energy. ● The sad anniversary today is a good opportunity to recover the timeline. Let’ briefly recall the major developments.

■ Seymour Hersh: A YEAR OF LYING ABOUT NORD STREAM (09/27/23)

These are photos of SS Galicia Division veteran who was given standing ovation by Canadian parliament, prime-minister of Canada and president of Ukraine. He published these photos of himself in this division during training in Germany. He is standing in the middle in 1st photo,… pic.twitter.com/YkfKZbJ1i7

— Ivan Katchanovski (@I_Katchanovski) September 24, 2023

Commenters and Jewish groups demanded an apology | Canadian Jewish organizations and social media critics are slamming the Canadian Parliament for giving a man who fought for the Nazis a standing ovation during an event featuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to the country. [...] Video and photos show the Canadian Parliament erupted into cheers on Friday during Zelenskyy’s visit to the country’s capital of Ottawa, when Canadian lawmakers also honored Yaroslav Hunka, a 98-year-old Ukrainian immigrant who fought for the First Ukrainian Division, according to the Toronto Star. That division was also known as the Waffen-SS Galicia Division, which fought for the Nazis as its paramilitary arm under the Schutzstaffel organization, according to the outlet.

■ Untold Story of How Canada Became a Safe Haven for Ukrainian WWII-era Nazis (Sputnik Globe)
■ Zelenskyy joins Canadian Parliament’s ovation to 98-year-old veteran who fought with Nazis (Forward)(arch.)
■ Canadian parliament speaker ‘regrets’ honoring Ukrainian Nazi SS veteran (RT.com)
■ Canada’s Parliament Gives Standing Ovation to 98-Year-Old Nazi SS Ukrainian (Eric Zuesse)

Maria Zakharova | On September 21, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented awards to the Atlantic Council, a well-known American think tank under NATO that promotes the ideas of Euro-Atlanticism and also specializes in generating Russophobic, anti-Russian meanings. ● One of this year's laureates is Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Von der Leyen made a rather remarkable speech. She praised the head of the Japanese government for supporting the Kyiv regime and fighting Russia. She recalled that his family came from Hiroshima, and his relatives died there during the nuclear bombing in 1945. Not a word about the US and the Washington executioners who dropped bombs on Japanese cities and civilians. But the figurehead of the largest corruption scandals in the history of the EU went further - she blamed the tragedy of Hiroshima... on Russia... on Russia. ● Here are her words verbatim: 💬 "Many of your relatives died when the atomic bomb leveled Hiroshima to the ground. You grew up with the stories of survivors and you wanted us to listen to those same stories, to look to the past and learn something about the future..... Russia is threatening to use nuclear weapons again. It's disgusting, it's dangerous, and under the shadow [in context] of Hiroshima, it's inexcusable." What is disgusting and dangerous is the way Ursula Von der Leyen lies. (Translation: DeepL.com)

■ Europe, Its Head. (Andrei Martyanov) | Yes, it is disgusting but it is also the main reason why Russia has nobody to talk to in modern West. Ursula Von Der Lugen is a typical Euro (German) politico with no morals, honor or decency. This is also how history is taught across universities in the West. But then again, Mearsheimer quotes Fukuyama, that liberalism defeated Nazism. They do have issues, don't they?

Speaking at a press conference here on Friday, Blinken said the US has engaged directly with the Indian government on the issue and the most productive thing would be the completion of this investigation | The US is deeply concerned about the allegations raised by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau against India on the killing of a Khalistani separatist in Canada, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said and Washington was "closely coordinating" with Ottawa on the issue and wants to see "accountability" in the case. ● Speaking at a press conference here on Friday, Blinken said the US has engaged directly with the Indian government on the issue and the most productive thing would be the completion of this investigation.

■ India’s Canadian riddle – To be, or not to be (M. K. BHADRAKUMAR)
■ US envoy confirms Canada received intelligence from Five Eyes partners before Justin Trudeau went public with allegations against India (The Telegraph Online)

Jacinda Ardern: "You Can Trust Us ... We Will Continue to Be Your Single Source of Truth" (July 2021)

"Dismiss anything else. We will continue to be your single source of truth."

"Everything else you see — a grain of salt."

"Unless you hear it from us, it is not the truth." pic.twitter.com/dJMrpr53Re

— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) January 19, 2023

■ Jacinda Ardern heckled at Global Progress Action Summit in Montreal (Mail Online)

Unbeknownst to most, a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from back in 2021 produced what has come to be known as the "Confidential Pfizer Report," showing that the vaccine giant has known all along that its Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) jab is deadly. | The mRNA injection caused more than 1,200 reported deaths and tens of thousands of reported adverse events, that we know of, just within the first two months of its release in mid-December 2020. There were also 23 reported cases of spontaneous abortions out of 270 pregnancies and more than 2,000 reports of cardiac disorders. ● Pfizer received all these reports by the end of February 2021, and the company itself confirmed that its jabs are responsible for "manslaughter." Based on this evidence, Pfizer had a responsibility at that time under the law to immediately withdraw the injection, but it did no such thing. ● Instead, Pfizer would go on to inject hundreds of millions of people all around the world with its mRNA injections. And once again, thanks to approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and acceptance by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Pfizer is once again mass-injecting the public with even more mRNA shots.

Kiev threatened to appeal to the WTO over the decision by Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to cease their imports of Ukrainian grain despite the European Commission never having imposed such a ban on the bloc. | A planned meeting between Polish President Andrzej Duda and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly has been cancelled. Duda told journalists outside the UN headquarters in New York that "organisational reasons" were behind the move, but he did not rule out a meeting with Zelensky later. ● The meeting was important because of the row that has erupted between Poland and Ukraine because of Warsaw's singlehanded decision to stop importing Ukrainian grain. Although the two presidents were reportedly supposed to confer on the course of the botched Ukrainian counteroffensive, another hot topic would undoubtedly have been the Polish embargo on agricultural products from Ukraine and the Ukrainian complaint to the WTO.

Peeling back the layers of deception and obfuscation reveals a shocking truth that may not be all that shocking to our informed readers: Covid-19 “vaccines” are injuring and killing far more people than the government is letting on. | Estimates compiled from pieced-together data suggest that as many as 20 million people worldwide have died so far from the shots, while another 2.2 billion have suffered injuries – and we are only just getting started. [...] Global deaths are around 19.5 million SO FAR and global injuries are around 2.2 billion. In the coming months and years, these figures will balloon even higher as lingering spike proteins progressively damage the bodies of the “fully vaccinated,” leaving them prone not only to every illness that comes along (autoimmune disease) but also to deadly clots (i.e., myocarditis and pericarditis). ● It requires a bit of digging to come up with the aforementioned figures as governments work overtime to keep all pertinent data hidden, or at least confusing. The way post-injection injuries and deaths are calculated varies from country to country and even from municipality to municipality, making it difficult to come up with accurate numbers. ● The safety and effectiveness claims for the shots are also highly skewed, one way being how “cases” of the Fauci Flu are determined. All throughout the alleged pandemic, illnesses and deaths were falsely attributed to the “virus” so that later the injections could be framed as the “cure.” ● In 2020 before the official launch of the vaccines, the annualized rate of covid “cases” was around 70 million – and keep in mind that the official definition of a “case” is still just as murky today as it was at the beginning of the “pandemic”.

On 12 September, at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, President Vladimir Putin said that the development of the Arctic is a strategic priority for Russia, in addition to the development of the Far East. | Russia will deliver a response to the strengthening of NATO's military potential in the Arctic with a set of appropriate measures, including preventive ones, the Foreign Ministry's Ambassador for Special Assignments, Nikolai Korchunov, said. [...] The diplomat said that military and political tensions in the Arctic are escalating because the United States and its allies have taken an unconstructive approach. This is particularly worrying in light of the Russian special operation in Ukraine. Moscow will respond to challenges and threats through a set of necessary measures - including preventive ones - that align with Russian President Vladimir Putin's outlined Foreign Policy Concept and Strategy for the Development of the Arctic Zone of Russia.

■ Moscow vows ‘preventive measures’ to stop NATO’s Arctic build-up (RT.com)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was shown three strategic aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces at the Knevichi airfield near Vladivostok, a Sputnik correspondent reported. | The leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) saw Russia's Tu-160, Tu-95MS and Tu-22M3 bombers. These aircraft form the air component of Russia's strategic nuclear forces. In addition, Kim and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who met the guest, saw modern aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

■ Tu-160 bombers outfitted with novel cruise missiles — top brass (TASS)
■ Kim Jong-un inspects Russia’s hypersonic weapons (VIDEO) (RT.com)
■ Colossal Russia-North Korea deal for millions of shells and ammunition - Putin's mate move in Ukraine

Aleksander Solum (South China Morning Post) | More than 170,000 South Korean children were adopted by Western families in the turbulent post-war period – nearly 9,000 a year at times in the 1980s. Many were labelled orphans, despite their birth parents still being alive, and say their documents were falsified, making them question their identity | It was late spring and Uma Feed had just dropped her son off at a kindergarten in Oslo when her phone rang unexpectedly, bringing news she’d been searching for her whole life: the true identities of her birth parents. ● Adopted as a baby from South Korea in 1983, Feed grew up in Norway being told she’d been abandoned – a story she refused to believe but could only disprove in May this year, when at age 40 she was finally reconnected with her biological mother thanks to DNA testing. ■ A long letter and video message followed, revealing that Um Sul-yung – the name given on Feed’s adoption documents – was actually given up for adoption by her grandparents without the consent of her mother, who was hospitalised with tuberculosis at the time. “Every evening, my mum and my older brother had gone out to look for me. They were just wandering the streets,” she said. As it turned out, nearly all the information she’d received from the Norwegian adoption organisation was inaccurate, Feed told This Week in Asia. In response to queries, the organisation said it couldn’t comment on her case, citing privacy laws. Feed, who legally changed her first name to Uma in her twenties after rejecting the Norwegian one her adoptive parents had given her, is just one of the more than 170,000 South Koreans who were taken in as children by Western families in the decades following the Korean war. ■ And experts fear her story – of betrayal, deceit and the long search for the truth – is far from unique. MORE

As part of an effort to woo Vietnam to serve its geopolitical interests, US President Joe Biden is arriving in Hanoi on Sunday, nurturing hopes of signing a “comprehensive strategic partnership agreement” with the dynamically developing Southeast Asian nation. | Washington is eyeing “swaying Vietnam to its side,” for it believes the US can use Hanoi as “a counterbalance to China’s influence in South East Asia,” Professor Anna Malindog-Uy, vice president of the Manila-based think tank Asian Century Philippines Strategic Studies Institute (ACPh), told Sputnik. However, there is no indication that Vietnam has any interest in joining the “US-orchestrated” coalition against China, consisting of Washington’s allies, Anna Malindog-Uy added. [...] Vietnam is vital to US foreign policy for several political, economic, and geopolitical reasons, the professor underscored. Firstly, the “strategic geographical location” of Vietnam in Southeast Asia (SEA) is important to the US. Vietnam boasts “close contiguity and nearness to major global shipping lines like the South China Sea (SCS), and it has a border with China,” Anna Malindog-Uy stressed.

■ A new chapter in the Vietnam-US relationship (Vietnam Investment Review) [...] With this latest engagement, the two countries have upgraded their relationship from a comprehensive partnership to a comprehensive strategic partnership. This is the highest tier of diplomatic relations, which Vietnam enjoys with only four other countries – China, South Korea, India, and Russia. The new partnership clears the way for greater economic cooperation, with a focus on innovation, technology, and investment.

"Voice of Korea" reports that the Russian President "accepted the invitation" | North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit North Korea, Voice of Korea, a North Korean international broadcasting service, said on Thursday. ● "After the dinner, dear comrade Kim Jong Un cordially invited President Putin to visit the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea at any convenient time," it said, adding that Putin "accepted the invitation." ● Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said earlier that the issue of Putin’s return visit to North Korea was not on the agenda. ● Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a more than five-hour-long meeting at the Vostochny Spaceport on Wednesday, their first summit in four years. Both leaders held talks with the participation of delegations from the two countries as well as in the one-on-one format. The agenda of the talks included issues of economic and humanitarian cooperation, the situation in the region as well as many other topics. The two leaders continued communication at the official dinner.

■ Colossal Russia-North Korea deal for millions of shells and ammunition - Putin's mate move in Ukraine
■ President Putin Hosts Reception in Welcome of Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un (KCNA)
■ New Milestone for Development of DPRK-Russia Relations (KCNA)
■ Russia, North Korea strengthen friendship, promote peace, prosperity in region — Putin (TASS)
■ How Putin and Kim Throw Down a Challenge to US Hegemony (Sputnik News)
■ Putin, Kim Jong Un meet at Vostochny space launch facility (09/13/23)

According to a TASS correspondent, the two leaders had a brief conversation when they met each other. Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived at the Vostochny space launch facility in Russia’s Far Eastern Amur Region on Wednesday, after taking part in the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok.

 ● Putin announced plans to visit the space center during the plenary session of the EEF. However, he gave no further details about the trip.

 ● The New York Times cited sources among US officials and their allies as saying that the North Korean leader plans to visit Russia this month. According to the newspaper, North Korea’s Kim may meet with Putin in Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East in mid-September. NYT sources also say that Kim may visit Moscow and the Vostochny spaceport.

■ Владимир Путин показал Ким Чен Ыну российский космодром "Восточный" (RG.ru)
■ WATCH Kim Jong-un tours Russia’s Vostochny Cosmodrome (RT.com)
■ LIVE UPDATES: Putin Meets with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un (Sputnik News)
■ Russia fighting sacred fight, DPRK supports every decision Putin makes — North Korea’s Kim (TASS)
■ Kim Jong-un arrives in Russia (09/12/23)