August 22, 2020 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

Belarus is being used as ‘trampoline’ to attack Russia, Lukashenko tells RT, amid post-election crisis

Posted on August 22, 2020August 22, 2020By Editor

Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko says he and Vladimir Putin “agree” that the forces allegedly directing the ongoing political crisis in Belarus are aiming to attack Russia next. … Read More >Belarus is being used as ‘trampoline’ to attack Russia, Lukashenko tells RT, amid post-election crisis

World

Belarusian opposition leader Tikhanovskaya to meet with senior US State Department official – says Lukashenko will ‘have to leave’

Posted on August 22, 2020January 31, 2021By Editor

Exiled Belarusian presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has revealed she will meet with US diplomat Stephen Biegun to discuss this month’s disputed election, controversially awarded to incumbent Alexander Lukashenko. … Read More >Belarusian opposition leader Tikhanovskaya to meet with senior US State Department official – says Lukashenko will ‘have to leave’

World

Lukashenko asks public to forgive heavy-handed Belarusian cops who ‘made a mistake’ during violent anti-government protests

Posted on August 22, 2020August 22, 2020By Editor

At a rally in the western city of Grodno on Saturday, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko asked protesters to forgive police “if they made a mistake” and ordered striking factories to be shut down. … Read More >Lukashenko asks public to forgive heavy-handed Belarusian cops who ‘made a mistake’ during violent anti-government protests

World

Lukashenko calls Belarus protests ‘Color Revolution,’ accuses foreign countries of meddling

Posted on August 22, 2020August 22, 2020By Editor

President Alexander Lukashenko has likened recent events in Belarus to color revolutions, saying protesters are trying to follow a similar, foreign-backed template to overthrow the government. … Read More >Lukashenko calls Belarus protests ‘Color Revolution,’ accuses foreign countries of meddling

Business

‘Eurozone at crossroads’ as economic recovery stalls on Covid-19 growth

Posted on August 22, 2020August 22, 2020By Editor

A new survey by the research firm IHS Markit showed that the European economy’s recovery from the coronavirus recession stalled this month, as some earlier pandemic-related restrictions have been reinstated. … Read More >‘Eurozone at crossroads’ as economic recovery stalls on Covid-19 growth

Business

Chinese electric car maker Nio ready to challenge Tesla in major global markets

Posted on August 22, 2020August 22, 2020By Editor

One of China’s largest electric car marques, Nio, is pressing ahead with plans to expand to Europe and beyond. Shares of Nio, which is considered by many as the ‘Tesla of China’, are up by almost 250 percent so far this year. … Read More >Chinese electric car maker Nio ready to challenge Tesla in major global markets

Business

World’s largest offshore rig owner files bankruptcy

Posted on August 22, 2020August 22, 2020By Editor

UK-based offshore drilling contractor Valaris has filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States, offering creditors to swap some $6.5 billion of its $7.8-billion debt pile for equity. The company is the largest offshore rig owner in the world. … Read More >World’s largest offshore rig owner files bankruptcy

Russia

Fighting Russia has become an existential necessity for NATO, if tensions are reduced alliance has no purpose – Russia FM Lavrov

Posted on August 22, 2020August 22, 2020By Editor

Confrontation with Russia has become the sole reason for NATO’s existence, and this encourages instability in Europe, creating artificial dividing lines on the continent. That’s according to Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov. … Read More >Fighting Russia has become an existential necessity for NATO, if tensions are reduced alliance has no purpose – Russia FM Lavrov

A scientific power in Soviet times, today’s Ukraine incapable of making own Covid-19 vaccine, says Zelensky

Posted on August 22, 2020August 22, 2020By Editor

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has admitted that his country doesn’t have the capability to create a domestic coronavirus vaccine, but is ready to help mass produce a formula once another nation develops its own. … Read More >A scientific power in Soviet times, today’s Ukraine incapable of making own Covid-19 vaccine, says Zelensky

Journalism & Mass media

US govt-funded Coda Story smears American journalists who undermine new Cold War propaganda

Posted on August 22, 2020August 22, 2020By Editor

With backing from the US government’s regime-change arm, an Operation Mockingbird-style website called Coda Story is attacking American journalists who have punctured Washington’s sensationalist narratives against China. … Read More >US govt-funded Coda Story smears American journalists who undermine new Cold War propaganda

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