Bahamas seizes billions of dollars in FTX customer funds

The assets will reportedly be held until a court allows their return to customers and creditors

The Bahamian Securities Commission (BSC) has said it took control of FTX deposits valued at more than $3.5 billion, shortly after the crypto exchange filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November.

According to a media release published late on Thursday by the commission, all digital assets in FTX's Bahamas unit FTX Digital Markets were seized due to a risk of their “imminent dissipation.”

The report highlighted that shortly after FTX filed for bankruptcy, about $372 million worth of tokens were stolen from the exchange by an unknown actor thought to be an external hacker. FTX then saw nearly $700 million of token outflows within a 24-hour span, according to blockchain research firm Nansen.

The BSC said the digital assets are under its “exclusive control” until the country’s Supreme Court allows the regulator to return them back to the customers and creditors who own them, or to the liquidators.

Meanwhile, former-FTX chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried, who has been accused of orchestrating a years-long scheme to defraud equity investors of nearly $2 billion, was released last week on $250 million bail. He is reportedly at his parents’ house in California, awaiting trial.

Two of the fallen crypto tycoon’s close associates – former FTX chief technology officer Gary Wang and former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison – have pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange. They are currently cooperating with the Justice Department's investigation.

According to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Bankman-Fried diverted billions of dollars of customer funds to help grow his other entities. The SEC has also charged that as late as last month, he was continuing to mislead investors while trying to fill a multi-billion-dollar hole in FTX’s balance sheet. That conduct stopped only when FTX and Alameda filed for bankruptcy protection on November 11, the regulator has charged.

https://www.rt.com/business/569177-bahamas-seizes-ftx-customer-funds/

Corrupt Pelosi and House Drop Trump’s Tax Returns Resulting in One Big Nothing-Burger

The corrupt Democrats in the House just destroyed President Trump’s right to privacy and released President Trump’s tax returns moments ago. Unfortunately, they failed again in their goal and only proved their contempt for the US Constitution.

What a disgusting pack of jackals the Pelosi gang is. They have no regard for the law, the US Constitution, or decency.

Moments ago the Dems released President Trump’s taxes to their media.

CNN, the Democrats’ favorite news source, shared the news:

Six years of Donald Trump’s federal tax returns released on Friday show the former president paid very little in federal income taxes the first and last year of his presidency, claiming huge losses that helped limit his tax bill.

The returns, long shrouded in secrecy, were released to the public on Friday by the House Ways and Means Committee, the culmination of a battle over their disclosure that went to the Supreme Court. They confirm a report issued from the Joint Committee on Taxation that Trump claimed large losses before and throughout his presidency that he carried forward to reduce or practically eliminate his tax burden. For example, his returns show that he carried forward a $105 million loss in 2015 and $73 million in 2016.

The corrupt members of the US House led by crooked Nancy Pelosi, who released these taxes in a last-minute dig at President Trump, prepared a memo they released as well.

Highlights of the report include:

On their 2015 federal return, Trump and his wife declared negative income of $31.7 million, with taxable income of $0. The couple paid federal income taxes of $641,931.

The 2016 return declared negative income of $31.2 million, with zero dollars of taxable income. The Trumps paid $750 in taxes.

The 2017 return declared negative income $12.8 million, with $0 in taxable income. The couple paid $750 in taxes.

The 2018 return declared total income of $24.4 million, with taxable income of $22.9 million. The Trumps paid $999,466 in federal income taxes.

In 2019, the Trumps declared $4.44 million in total income, and $2.97 million in taxable income. They paid $133,445 in taxes.

The 2020 return shows negative income of $4.69 million, with zero dollars in taxable income. The tax paid by the Trumps was $0 and they claimed a refund of $5.47 million.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/12/breaking-corrupt-pelosi-house-drop-trumps-tax-returns-resulting-one-big-nothing-burger/

President Trump Rips Democrats and Supreme Court Following the Release of his Personal Tax Returns – Warns of Dire Repercussions

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/12/breaking-president-trump-rips-democrats-supreme-court-following-release-tax-returns-warns-dire-repercussions/

Bolsonaro Rules Out Military Intervention in Brazil, “I Have No Support from Other Institutions to Act Against Lula!”

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday (30) acknowledged defeat to the Brazilian Socialist Lula da Silva. He said he had no support for a military reaction to October’s election result, under suspicion of fraud.

“Certain measures have to have support from other parties, support from parliament, support from some of the Supreme, from other institutions. Some people think it’s just take the Santa and solve it. It’s not like that. It is not easy. I have always done my part,” the president said.

He ruled out any measure of force to revoke Lula’s election. Jair Bolsonaro will leave Brazil soon (Gateway reported) as his socialist opponents seek to arrest him for political persecution.

Bolsonaro spoke publicly in his first live social media broadcast after the election. He has remained reclusive since his defeat in October.

Millions of his voters spent 60 days in front of military barracks supporting a military backlash against the election of socialist Lula da Silva.

From the tweet below: “God speaks to our President Jair Bolsonaro and to all of us Patriots, through this child.”

And with his farewell statement, Brazil joins the Marxist ranks in South America.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/12/just-bolsonaro-rules-military-intervention-brazil-no-support-institutions-act-lula/

No Ballsonaro - lame af

BlackRock, State Street Admit Signing Net-Zero Pledges They Don’t Act On

Texas state senators struggled for more than six hours last week to get straight answers from Wall Street giants BlackRock and State Street, two of the world’s largest asset managers, regarding what they are doing to compel companies whose shares they own to get in line with the ESG movement.

Having joined global Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) clubs like Climate Action 100 and the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative (NZAM), and signed pledges to leverage their voting power as the largest shareholders in 90 percent of the S&P 500 companies to “reach net zero emissions by 2050 or sooner across all assets under management,” the asset managers testified that, in reality, they are doing no such thing.

When asked by Senate Chairman Bryan Hughes to clarify BlackRock’s pledge to Climate Action 100 “to secure commitments from companies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the Paris Agreement,” BlackRock’s Head of External Affairs Dalia Blass responded that BlackRock merely talks to companies whose shares they own to learn about their “material risks and opportunities.”

“We participate in Climate Action 100 to engage in dialogue with other participants, market participants, governments so that we understand issues that are relevant to our clients,” said Blass, who recently joined BlackRock from the Biden Administration where she worked at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The motto of Climate Action 100 is “Global investors driving business transition.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/blackrock-state-street-admit-signing-net-zero-pledges-they-dont-act

Brazilian president's two sons wearing Israeli army and Mossad t-shirts

>>18042126

Not surprised look who they are aligned with

CDC Instructs School Districts to Promote ‘LGBT Inclusivity’

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is instructing school administrators to adopt a self-assessment that will measure how “inclusive” their district is for the LGBT community.

“School administrators: Our LGBTQ inclusivity self-assessment tool can help you quickly gauge inclusivity at your school. See your score today and learn ways to increase inclusivity,” the CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) in a tweet this past Tuesday, December 27. The tweet then linked to a handbook titled, “LGBTQ Inclusivity in Schools: A Self-Assessment Tool.”

The handbook defines inclusiveness as “the presence of clear policies or practices that address the needs of LGBTQ students who might otherwise be excluded or marginalized due to factors such as sexual orientation and gender identity/expression.”

Under the guidelines, teachers, school staff and administrators are instructed to measure their commitment to inclusivity through a number of assessments. They are then instructed to determine whether they fall into one of three categories: “Mostly A’s,” who are classified as exceptionally inclusive, “Mostly B’s,” who are seen as on the right path to maximum inclusivity, and “mostly C’s,” which describes educators and staff who are not adequately inclusive.

In one example, test takers who answer that gender and sexual orientation is always unique and can be “experienced on a continuum” receive an “A” rating under the handbook’s criteria. Those who do not agree with that statement are given a “C” rating.

For administrators, those who assure that school events such as homecoming and pep rallies include both gender-conforming and non-gender-conforming couples are given an A rating, as are those who provide bathrooms and locker rooms where students are free to pick based on the gender identity of their choosing.

As for teachers, those who display LGBT-themed decorations such as pride flags in their classrooms, receive “A” ratings. Such ratings are also doled out to teachers who “present information on all types of sex, not centering on penis/vagina penetrative sex” and describe the human anatomy and physiology as separate from gender using terms like “body with a penis,” The Epoch Times reported.

https://nationalfile.com/cdc-instructs-school-districts-to-promote-lgbt-inclusivity/

HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE UNDERGROUND

https://www.bitchute.com/video/acnZDEO0wMme/

Scientology Leader Disappears After Being Named In Child Trafficking Lawsuit

Florida prosecutors are trying to find a missing Scientology leader who is listed as a defendant in a federal lawsuit concerning child trafficking.

David Miscavige, chairman of the board of the Religious Technology Center, is the leader of the controversial Church of Scientology and the sect’s company Sea Org, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Process servers visited 10 Church of Scientology properties and have made 27 attempts to serve Miscavige, but the church leader has been missing for months, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

Plaintiffs Gawain and Laura Baxter and Valeska Paris, former Scientologists, claim in the lawsuit that they were forced to sign a billion-year contract with the church, according to the Times. Paris also states that she was also sexually assaulted multiple times during her time with the sect and that when her mother deserted the church she was locked in a room for 48 hours.

The Church of Scientology was founded in 1953 by L. Ron Hubbard but Miscavige became the head of the church in 1986. The church is known for its secretive proceedings, including its own television channel and news, high-profile status among celebrities in Hollywood, and, in addition, accusations of financial fraud, child trafficking, sexual abuse cover-ups and forced labor.

Security guards on the group’s properties claimed to have no idea where Miscavige was and refused to take the court documents, according to the Times. Baxter and Paris’ legal team hired a private investigator to track Miscavige down but so far have remained unsuccessful.

A court hearing is scheduled for Jan. 20 to declare Miscavige served by default for failing to accept service papers, according to the Times. Miscavige’s attorney’s claimed in a response filed Tuesday that the church leader should not be included in the lawsuit and “part of a litigation strategy to target the leader of the religion for harassment.”

So far five of the other defendants listed in the lawsuit have been served, according to the Times. Those defendants filed in July for the case to be presented in front of a panel of current church members instead of the courts, but the decision remains pending.

Miscavige also claims that the plaintiffs cannot serve him in Florida because there is no proof of his residence or that he engages in business in the Sunshine State, according to the Times. Miscavige has lived in Scientology-owned properties since he was 16 according to Mike Rinder, a former church executive.

Attorneys for the Baxters and Paris, Miscavige’s attorneys and the Church of Scientology did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

https://dailycaller.com/2022/12/30/prosecutors-looking-missing-scientology-leader-david-miscavige-defendant-child-trafficking-lawsuit/

https://twitter.com/sciam/status/1608091753634058242

Accusing new government of violating democracy, Israel’s envoy to France resigns

Lapid appointee Yael German says she cannot ‘lie to herself’ and go against her beliefs; informs Paris of her intention to step down

In a letter to Netanyahu, German said she was unable to “to lie to myself and continue to represent policies that are so radically different from what I believe in.”

German said she was proud to represent Israel and the outgoing government, which was based on “democracy, human rights, and the rule of law.”

“Sadly,” she added, “the government you established and lead includes representatives of parties whose extreme positions are expressed in its guidelines, in its policies, and in statements on legislation — illegitimate in my eyes — that it intends to pass.”

https://www.timesofisrael.com/accusing-new-government-of-violating-democracy-israels-envoy-to-france-resigns/

Over 3,000 Killed Civilians Found in Mariupol: Russian Investigative Committee

MOSCOW – Russia has found more than 3,000 killed civilians in Mariupol after taking control over the city, the Russian Investigative Committee told Sputnik.

“In April alone, the bodies of 51 civilians were found at the positions abandoned by the Ukrainian troops, and after the complete liberation and examination of the city, their number amounted to over 3,000,” the committee said.

The investigators added that the Ukrainian military “artificially created obstacles for evacuation [of citizens] from the city” after the Russian armed forces had organized humanitarian corridors.

“Unable to leave the city and moving in search of food, civilians became a living target for Ukrainian punishers who killed them with various types of weapons,” the Russian Investigative Committee told Sputnik.

The Russian investigators proposed the creation of a special DNA database of those killed, citing difficulties in identifying the victims.

In addition, the Russian Investigative Committee initiated a criminal case against Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armed forces, Gen. Oleksandr Pavlyuk, the commander of the operations of Ukraine’s joint forces, and other military leaders accused of the war crimes in Mariupol. The case was initiated under the article on the use of prohibited means and methods of warfare.

https://alethonews.com/2022/12/30/over-3000-killed-civilians-found-in-mariupol-russian-investigative-committee/

The human brain is new NATO battlefield

With the help of Big Data and new technologies, NATO intends to change not what people think, but how they think. And thus "to make everyone a weapon".

The brain will be the battlefield of the 21st century, NATO believes and has made a major strategic shift. Until now, the transatlantic organization defined five operational areas for its military activities, namely land, sea, air, space and cyberspace. But for the thinking heads of the alliance, the present and future conflicts will no longer be only “kinetic”, that is to say confined to movement and physical destruction, but will be located – and will be won – elsewhere.

According to Hervé Le Guyader, the “Five Brains Initiative” will be launched in 2024. Le Guyader is Professor of Evolutionary Biology at the Institute for Cognitive Science in Bordeaux and has studied “weapons of neuroscience”. The author concluded that “indeed, the human mind should be NATO’s closest area of ​​operation”.

The goal of cognitive warfare is to make everyone a weapon. Based on this observation, François du Cluzel, a French officer who in 2013 participated in the creation of the NATO Innovation Hub (iHub), discussed at length his vision of the conflicts of tomorrow in a publication entitled “The cognitive war”.

It was published at the end of 2020, with an objective as ambitious as it is ethically questionable. While it is necessary to note that iHub specifies, as is required for legal reasons, that the opinions expressed on its platform do not constitute NATO’s point of view, it is equally necessary to point out that the think tank is sponsored by Allied Command Transformation, tasked to explore the subject of cognitive warfare.

Hacking the individual

François du Cluzel’s idea is to exploit the “vulnerabilities of the human brain” or to “hack the individual”, in order to implement in the targeted countries a thorough social engineering which will make it possible to defeat an adversary according to Sun Tzu’s founding principle: “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting”.

Of course, this concept, which resembles information warfare, is not in itself revolutionary. It has always existed and has taken on a new dimension in recent decades under the impetus of the theories of Edward Bernays, father of the manipulation of public opinion. But the angle from which NATO sees it today is much broader, commensurate with the “opportunities” offered by technological advances.

Beyond the information war “the revolution in information technologies allows cognitive manipulations of a new kind, on an unprecedented and very elaborate scale”, underlined François du Cluzel. In a discussion between experts held on the subject on October 5, reported by The Gray Zone journalist Ben Norton, François du Cluzel defines cognitive warfare as “the art of using technologies to modify cognition in human targets”.

https://freewestmedia.com/2021/10/21/the-human-brain-is-new-nato-battlefield/

EU bans Russian media outlets, fears alternative views, says diplomat

According to Maria Zakharova, the crackdown on Russian media in the EU is a gross violation of the principles of freedom of speech and is clearly discriminatory

Paris and Brussels are banning Russian media outlets for fear that audiences will see an alternative point of view concerning global and Ukrainian events and draw their own conclusions, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.

"In fact, Europeans are being deprived of their right to free access to information. It seems that Paris and Brussels are afraid that the audience, having seen a different point of view and world picture, which does not correspond to the Western media mainstream, will draw their own conclusions about what is happening in the world and in Ukraine in particular," the diplomat said in a commentary distributed by the Russian Foreign Ministry in connection with the ban on the broadcasting of a number of Russian TV channels introduced both in France and throughout the EU.

Zakharova pointed out that Brussels was conducting a systematic, gradual "cleansing" of the EU information space from any presence of alternative media. "Brussels did not hesitate to censor and ban Russian news agencies. Decisions to prohibit the broadcasting of various Russian information resources at the EU level were made on March 1, June 3, and December 16. They were followed by a Jesuitical, deceitful remark that the introduction of such restrictive measures ‘does not prevent them and their staff from engaging in activities in the EU outside of broadcasting, including investigative journalism (research) or interviews’," she added.

Zakharova noted that the EU had labeled Russian journalists as "propagandists," which couldn't help but affect their ability to work effectively. "Of course, the crackdown on Russian media unleashed by the EU is not limited to the ban on broadcasting. Brussels has hung a toxic label of ‘propagandists’ on Russian journalists, thus significantly limiting their ability to work effectively," the commentary reads.

According to the diplomat, the crackdown on Russian media in the EU is a gross violation of the principles of freedom of speech and is clearly discriminatory.

"The exclusion of Russian TV channels from the media space proves that the Western ‘model’ doctrine of democratization is in fact nothing but a tool for achieving foreign policy goals," Zakharova said.

France: Main lobbyist

The Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman stressed that Moscow was indignant about the steps taken by Paris to impose new bans on Russian media broadcasts on its territory as well as in the entire EU.

Zakharova recalled that Eutelsat, Europe's largest satellite operator (22% of which is owned by France), had stopped rebroadcasting three TV channels - Channel One, Russia 1, and NTV - throughout the EU under significant pressure from the government, which had engaged human rights organizations to contribute to the cause.

"As it happened earlier in the summer, the French ran ahead of the locomotive and limited broadcasts of a new batch of Russian channels a few days before the ninth package of EU sanctions came into force, which imposed a similar ban," she pointed out.

The diplomat noted that such actions suggest that, given the weight and influence of France in the EU, it was Paris that was "the main lobbyist for stopping the broadcasting of Russian TV channels in Europe".

https://tass.com/politics/1557403

Hundreds protest incoming coalition outside Knesset as government sworn in

Demonstrators express particular concern over plans to hobble the High Court, the country’s economic outlook and ministers with criminal records

Hundreds of protesters descended on the Knesset Thursday, starting in the morning, to demonstrate against the new government and denounce what they said were its corrupt leaders and extremist policies, which they claimed will endanger the future of the country.

Amid a raucous atmosphere, protesters blasted foghorns and shouted through megaphones, condemning incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his corruption trials and castigating his government’s plans to curtail the authority of the High Court of Justice.

Demonstrators carried Israeli and LGBTQ pride flags, as well as placards with a wide variety of slogans lamenting the entry into power of a right-wing, religious government.

One protester held aloft a sign that read, “Fascism is for cowards,” while another dressed himself up in a striped convict’s uniform, handcuffs and a Netanyahu mask, a reference to the incoming prime minister’s ongoing trial on charges of fraud, breach of trust and bribery.

Concern for the High Court was a prominent theme at the demonstration, with numerous protesters — many of them in late middle age or elderly — holding up signs denouncing plans to pass an override law that would hobble judicial checks on executive and legislative power.

“There are no judges in Jerusalem,” “We won’t agree to anti-democratic laws,” and “Bibi, Ben Gvir and Smotrich are destroying the foundations of Israel democracy,” were some of the messages on display, referring to Netanyahu and the leaders of the far-right Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionism parties, respectively.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/hundreds-protest-incoming-coalition-outside-knesset-as-government-sworn-in/

Zelenskyy made a secret phone call to Mitch McConnell urging him to pass a provision that would give Ukraine the seized fortunes of Russian oligarchs: report

Following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's historic visit to the US last week, Congress passed a provision to give Ukraine the assets that were seized from sanctioned Russian oligarchs.

The approval of the measure may have had something to do with a secret phone call between Zelenskyy and Sen. Mitch McConnell, according to The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The outlet reported Thursday that the Ukrainian president called the Senate minority leader one day before his White House visit and address to Congress.

Three unnamed sources told the Post-Gazette about the call, in which Zelenskyy attempted to persuade McConnell that proceeds from the oligarchs' seized assets, including superyachts and mansions, should be used to help Ukraine rebuild from the devastation of the war.

The provision ultimately passed as an amendment to the $1.7 trillion bipartisan spending bill that passed the Senate in a 68-29 vote on December 22, and passed the House the following day. The bill also included $45 billion in emergency assistance to Ukraine.

President Joe Biden signed the bill into law Thursday evening.

During Zelenskyy's visit the US also announced an additional $1.85 billion in military assistance to Ukraine.

The US has frozen or seized billions of dollars worth of assets belonging to sanctioned Russian oligarchs since the invasion was launched in February. The US was limited in how it could use those assets, though President Joe Biden as early as April floated a plan to sell those assets to help Ukraine.

Representatives for McConnell and Zelenskyy did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

https://www.businessinsider.com/zelenskyy-made-secret-phone-call-to-mitch-mcconnell-oligarch-assets-2022-12

Austrian Defense Minister Warns Europeans Are Unprepared For Coming Days-Long Blackouts

Leaving one third of citizens unable to “supply themselves.”

he Austrian defense minister has warned that Europeans could face blackouts that go on for days, leaving one–third of citizens unable to “supply themselves.”

Klaudia Tanner made the comments during an interview with German news outlet Die Welt.

“The question is not whether it (the blackout) will come, but when it will come,” said Tanner, blaming the war in Ukraine.

“For Putin, hacking attacks on Western power supplies are a tool of hybrid warfare. We must not pretend that this is just a theory. We must be prepared for blackouts in Austria and Europe,” she added.

Austrian armed forces are set to establish 100 self-sufficient barracks by 2025 that are capable of sustaining themselves for a minimum of two weeks if energy supplies are seriously disrupted.

Tanner spoke to how unprepared Europeans were for crippling elongated blackouts by warning, “one-third of citizens would not be able to supply themselves on the fourth day of a blackout at the latest.”

While Vladimir Putin remains the convenient scapegoat, others have pointed to Europe’s overdependence on ‘green energy’ and its shutting down of traditional coal-fired and nuclear plants as one of the primary reasons for increasing the risk of blackouts.

In Germany for example, the country only has three remaining operational nuclear power plants, with MPs even having to vote to extend their life span into 2023 after previous plans to shut them down.

As we previously highlighted, Germans buying up electric heaters in anticipation of the gas supply being cut off is threatening to cause huge spikes in demand that could lead to widespread blackouts.

“If everyone switched on a fan heater at home, it would mean that we would have to almost double the existing network structure on every street,” said Peter Lautz, the boss of the Stadtwerke Wiesbaden Netz utility company.

Before winter began, cities across Germany announced they were planning to use sports arenas and exhibition halls as ‘warm up spaces’ to help freezing citizens who are unable to afford skyrocketing energy costs.

Top Green Party official Winfried Kretschmann caused controversy earlier this year by suggesting Germans use washcloths instead of taking showers, as well as buying expensive eco-heating systems that are unaffordable for the average person.

https://summit.news/2022/12/29/austrian-defense-minister-warns-europeans-are-unprepared-for-days-long-blackouts/

Ret. Col. Milburn: Ukraine committing atrocities, killing Russian surrenders and more

The head of a U.S. private military contractor training and assisting Ukrainian forces said, in a recent podcast interview, that Ukrainian forces have violated conventions on the rules of warfare and he repeatedly alluded to Ukrainian forces abusing and killing surrendering Russian troops.

Andrew Milburn, a retired U.S. Marine colonel who now leads a private military contractor called the Mozart Group, appeared on an episode of the Team House Podcast. Max Blumenthal, an editor at The GrayZone, shared an edited clip of several of Milburn’s comments on the podcast, where he shared his concerns about potential Ukrainian war crimes.

https://twitter.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1607477025962430465

During the over-two-hour-long episode, Milburn and podcast co-hosts Jack Murphy and Dave Parke shared drinks as they discussed the Mozart Group’s work assisting Ukrainian forces. The Mozart Group was named in response to the Russian mercenary company, the Wagner Group, which has been fighting alongside Russian invasion forces in Ukraine.

At one point in the podcast, after one of the hosts refilled Milburn’s glass with some bourbon, they began to discuss instances of Ukrainian forces filming surrendering Russian soldiers.

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2022/12/ret-col-milburn-ukraine-committing-atrocities-killing-russian-surrenders-and-more/

https://youtu.be/zkhCZmo_z8U

Putin, Zelensky congratulate Netanyahu, express eagerness to boost cooperation

Likud leader returns to office after promising to weigh arming Ukraine, while also stressing importance of continued freedom of action for IDF in Russian-controlled sky over Syria

Both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immediately after the swearing-in of his new government, as the returning premier must once again decide whether to maintain Jerusalem’s delicate balancing act between the two warring countries.

“I hope that the new government under your leadership will continue the line of strengthening Russian-Israeli cooperation in all areas for the benefit of our peoples, in the interest of ensuring peace and security in the Middle East,” Putin said in his message to Netanyahu, published by the Kremlin. “In Russia, we greatly appreciate your personal and long-standing contribution to strengthening friendly relations between our countries.”

A similar message was offered by Zelensky who tweeted, “I wish success on the way to the welfare and security of Israel. I confirm Ukraine’s readiness for close cooperation to strengthen our ties and confront common challenges, achieve prosperity and victory over evil.”

During his previous terms in office, Netanyahu touted his close relationship with Putin and insisted that it was critical to maintaining the IDF’s ability to operate freely from the Russian-controlled skies over Syria in order to prevent the entrenchment of Iranian forces on Israel’s northern border. He initially criticized the previous government for neglecting ties to Russia as Jerusalem took several limited steps in support of Ukraine following the invasion by Putin’s forces last February.

However, Netanyahu has changed his tune more recently. In an interview ahead of last month’s election, he characterized the Bennett-Lapid government’s Ukraine policy — which has seen Israel supply humanitarian aid, operate a field hospital in Ukraine and take in a limited number of largely Jewish refugees while stopping short of Kyiv-requested military aid — as “pragmatic.”

Netanyahu even said he would consider arming Ukraine if he returns to the premiership.

“I think [Putin is] guided by his vision of reconstituting a great Russian realm, and I hope he’s having second thoughts about it,” Netanyahu told USA Today at the time.

He also revealed that he was asked to mediate between Russia and Ukraine after the war broke out. “I said, ‘Well, I think I’ll leave that to the sitting prime minister to decide.”

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett sought to mediate between Putin and Zelensky, traveling to Moscow and holding a handful of phone calls with both leaders. But he failed to make headway after several weeks and eventually put aside the effort to focus on political turmoil back home.

Netanyahu said in the October interview that the mediation offer “presumably would come up again” if he is returned to power.

Netanyahu and Putin spoke last week in a congratulatory call that the Israeli prime minister agreed to take while Zelensky was giving an address to a joint session of US Congress in which he implored for additional American aid to push back the Russian invasion.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/putin-zelensky-congratulate-netanyahu-express-readiness-for-close-cooperation/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/putin-zelensky-congratulate-netanyahu-express-readiness-for-close-cooperation/

Zelensky Prepares for WEF and BlackRock Private-Public Takeover of Ukraine

Western elites have plans for Ukraine. Very big plans.

One only has to look at the website of the World Economic Forum (WEF) to see the various agenda items they are actively promoting, including openly using the war as a springboard to bring Ukraine into the EU. They are also planning to make Ukraine their ‘beta testing ground’ for Klaus Schwab’s Fourth Industrial Revolution and Smart City digital control grid.

Unbeknownst the most Ukrainians, the former comedian turned president is scheduled to hold talks with BlackRock Investments to negotiate the private-public partnership takeover the country’s postwar ‘reconstruction’.

But this is only the beginning. As trillionaire sponsors of the WEF and private owners of the large swaths of western wealth, BlackRock, are planning to ‘buy-up’ Ukraine, piece by piece, and integrate it into western fold, and allow the US and NATO to use it as a beach head to antagonize Russia and maintain a geopolitical strategy of tension.

The final plans are now being hatched at Davos…

Bloomberg reports…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his government is preparing to participate in the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos in January and that he spoke again with BlackRock Inc CEO Larry Fink about the postwar rebuilding effort.

“Specialists of this company are already helping Ukraine to structure the fund for the reconstruction of our state,” Zelensky, who had a video call with Fink in September, said in his evening address to the nation. He didn’t say whether he would attend the January 16-20 WEF in person or participate virtually.

https://21stcenturywire.com/2022/12/30/zelensky-prepares-for-wef-and-blackrock-private-public-takeover-of-ukraine/

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi jailed for a further seven years after final corruption trial

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has found the country's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of corruption and sentenced her to seven years in prison, in the last of a string of criminal cases against her, a legal official said.

Key points:

Aung San Suu Kyi's other convictions had left her with a total sentence of 26 years

The most recent corruption case centred around the use of a helicopter

Ms Suu Kyi is expected to appeal in the coming days

The sentence means she faces a total of 33 years in prison following a series of politically tinged prosecutions since the army toppled her elected government in February 2021.

The case that ended on Friday involved five offences under the anti-corruption law and followed earlier convictions on seven other corruption counts, each of which was punishable by up to 15 years in prison and a fine.

Ms Suu Kyi, 77, has also been convicted of several other offences, including illegally importing and possessing walkie-talkies, violating COVID-19 restrictions, breaching the country's official secrets act, sedition and election fraud.

Her previous convictions had landed her with a total of 26 years' imprisonment.

Ms Suu Kyi's supporters and independent analysts have said the charges against her and her allies were an attempt to legitimise the military's seizure of power, while eliminating her from politics before an election it has promised for next year.

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In the five counts of corruption decided on Friday, Ms Suu Kyi was alleged to have abused her position and caused a loss of state funds by neglecting to follow financial regulations in granting permission to Win Myat Aye, a cabinet member in her former government, to hire, buy and maintain a helicopter.

Ma Suu Kyi was the de facto head of government, holding the title of state counsellor.

Mr Win Myint, who was president in her government, was a co-defendant in the same case.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-30/court-in-myanmar-again-finds-suu-kyi-guilty-of-corruption/101818338

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