russia-insider--2020-06-08--YouTube, Owned by Jews, Bans Very Funny Russian VIRAL Video Ridiculing Gay Adoption and Marriage - W

YouTube, Owned by Jews, Bans Very Funny Russian VIRAL Video Ridiculing Gay Adoption and Marriage - Watch it Here (Video)

RI Wrote about this on Thursday .
To watch the video , see our article : WATCH : Brilliant Kremlin Ad Ridiculing and Condemning Gay Marriage and Adoption ( Video ) .
This version has n't been banned yet by the social justice morons at YouTube .
YouTube moderators have deleted a Russian campaign video that used homophobic humor to urge participation in an upcoming plebiscite on constitutional amendments .
In the video , two gay men adopt a young boy , to the horror of orphanage employees .
The campaign ad depicts a hypothetical Russia where voters have rejected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ change to Article 72 of the Russian Constitution to define marriage explicitly as a heterosexual union .
“ This video has been removed for violating YouTube ’ s policy on hate speech , ” says a message where the video used to be accessible , followed by a hyperlink to the website ’ s policy on hate speech , which says the company removes content that promotes hatred against groups based on an array of attributes , including sexual orientation .
The video is the brainchild of the Federal News Agency and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have linked it to Evgeny Prigozhin , a catering mogul who allegedly controls a powerful mercenary group and has famously close ties to Vladimir Putin .

RI Wrote about this on Thursday. To watch the video, see our article: WATCH: Brilliant Kremlin Ad Ridiculing and Condemning Gay Marriage and Adoption (Video). This version hasn't been banned yet by the social justice morons at YouTube.
YouTube moderators have deleted a Russian campaign video that used homophobic humor to urge participation in an upcoming plebiscite on constitutional amendments.
In the video, two gay men adopt a young boy, to the horror of orphanage employees. The campaign ad depicts a hypothetical Russia where voters have rejected new constitutional amendments, including a proposed change to Article 72 of the Russian Constitution to define marriage explicitly as a heterosexual union.
“This video has been removed for violating YouTube’s policy on hate speech,” says a message where the video used to be accessible, followed by a hyperlink to the website’s policy on hate speech, which says the company removes content that promotes hatred against groups based on an array of attributes, including sexual orientation.
The video is the brainchild of the Federal News Agency and the media group “Patriot.” Independent journalists have linked it to Evgeny Prigozhin, a catering mogul who allegedly controls a powerful mercenary group and has famously close ties to Vladimir Putin.


russia-insider--2020-06-08--$300 Billion of Russian Infrastructure Built on Permafrost, Melting Due to Global Warming, Risks Maj

$300 Billion of Russian Infrastructure Built on Permafrost, Melting Due to Global Warming, Risks Major Catastrophe

Russia ’ s weather and environment service warned of the risks of melting permafrost as early as 2017 .
Over the past year , Siberia has seen disaster on a biblical scale .
Last spring , forest fires enveloped an area larger than Greece , causing $ 100 million in damage .
In what Greenpeace called a “ climate catastrophe , ” the fires emitted more carbon dioxide in June alone than Sweden does in an entire year .
Then , as those fires were raging , a cyclone struck the Irkutsk region , triggering what scientists said were the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years .
Now , melting permafrost is believed to have caused one of the worst oil spills in Arctic history , after a diesel fuel reservoir at a power plant outside the Krasnoyarsk region city of Norilsk collapsed last Friday , turning a nearby river burnt red .
“ Of course we still need to do a full inspection — and I am demanding that foreign investigators be brought in as well — but it appears that melting permafrost caused this tragedy , ” Sergei Shakhmatov , former deputy ecological minister for Krasnoyarsk @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Party , told The Moscow Times by phone after touring the site of the spill Thursday .
“ This tragedy is serious , ” he added .
“ I have never seen something of this scale before.
” On Thursday , Russia ’ s environmental watchdog said 15,000 metric tons of diesel fuel were released into the Ambarnaya River and 6,000 into the surrounding soil .
The size of the disaster has been compared to the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989 , when 37,000 metric tons of oil leaked off the coast @ @ @ @ @ @ @ since opened three investigations into environmental pollution and violations of safety rules .
But while experts say negligence is certainly at play , they emphasize that climate change is a major factor — and that it is high time for the authorities to begin taking adaptation measures seriously .
“ We ’ ve known what is happening for a long time — and knowing this , we need to conduct a review so we can better understand all of the risks for our infrastructure , ” said Mikhail Yulkin , Director of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world ’ s temperatures warm , Siberia is heating up at a much faster rate than the rest of the planet .
That is causing the permafrost — what up until recently was permanently frozen packed ice and dirt — to melt .
For Russia , the phenomenon poses a grave risk : much of the infrastructure for extracting the resources that drive the country ’ s economy sits atop the permafrost that covers two-thirds of the country .
In a study published last year , researchers found that the value of buildings @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 300 billion .
“ People don ’ t comprehend the scale of this change , and our government is not even thinking about it , ” Alexander Fedorov , deputy director of the Melnikov Permafrost Institute , told The New York Times last year .
Yet not only has the process been going on for a long time , Yulkin noted that Russian authorities have long been aware of it .
“ Photos of crumbling buildings in places like Norilsk are no longer a novelty , ” he said .
Yulkin , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s Khanty-Mansiysk autonomous district on how to adapt to melting permafrost , pointed to a 2017 report published by Russia ’ s state weather and environment service Roshydromet on the country ’ s climate risks — much of which was dedicated to melting permafrost .
In retrospect , one line about the site of the recent oil spill disaster sticks out .
“ In Norilsk , the number of buildings damaged over the last 10 years turned out to be higher than over the previous 50 years , ” the report reads .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Russian mining conglomerate Norilsk Nickel , which owns the fuel reservoir , said the tank was damaged when its supporting pillars began to sink .
While the company said that the pillars had “ held it in place for 30 years without difficulty , ” its Chief Operating Officer Sergei Dyachenko acknowledged that melting permafrost was likely at play .
“ We believe that something happened in the ground , ” he said Thursday .
“ Perhaps it was thawing.
” The process is furthered by the increasingly warm temperatures in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ record , a heat wave across Siberia starting in April and continuing through May even saw one northern town see temperatures hotter than Barcelona on May 22 , shattering its own record for that day by 13 degrees Celsius .
As of late May , weather experts said temperatures in the region have been between 3 degrees Celsius and 6 degrees Celsius above average since January , and have ignited forest fires that already cover an area the size of Greece once again .
And as those hotter temperatures warm the carbon-rich permafrost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the atmosphere and speeds up climate change , said Vasily Yablokov , head of Greenpeace Russia ’ s climate change division .
“ This is a threat to our infrastructure and it is happening very intensively , ” he said .
“ But Russia is unfortunately not doing enough in this battle.
” If there is to be any silver lining from the oil spill , which could take years to clean up and has been estimated as having caused nearly $ 80 million in damage so far , Yulkin hopes it will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ In Russia , until it actually rains a man will not cross himself , ” he said .
“ But the thunder is now so loud it ’ s impossible not to hear it .
”

Russia’s weather and environment service warned of the risks of melting permafrost as early as 2017.
A fuel spill at a thermal plant outside the Arctic city of Norilsk last week is believed to have been caused by melting permafrost. Denis Kozhevnikov / TASS
Over the past year, Siberia has seen disaster on a biblical scale.
Last spring, forest fires enveloped an area larger than Greece, causing $100 million in damage. In what Greenpeace called a “climate catastrophe,” the fires emitted more carbon dioxide in June alone than Sweden does in an entire year.
Then, as those fires were raging, a cyclone struck the Irkutsk region, triggering what scientists said were the worst floods in the area in 180 years.
Now, melting permafrost is believed to have caused one of the worst oil spills in Arctic history, after a diesel fuel reservoir at a power plant outside the Krasnoyarsk region city of Norilsk collapsed last Friday, turning a nearby river burnt red.
“Of course we still need to do a full inspection — and I am demanding that foreign investigators be brought in as well — but it appears that melting permafrost caused this tragedy,” Sergei Shakhmatov, former deputy ecological minister for Krasnoyarsk and director of Russia’s Greens Party, told The Moscow Times by phone after touring the site of the spill Thursday.
“This tragedy is serious,” he added. “I have never seen something of this scale before.”
On Thursday, Russia’s environmental watchdog said 15,000 metric tons of diesel fuel were released into the Ambarnaya River and 6,000 into the surrounding soil. The size of the disaster has been compared to the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, when 37,000 metric tons of oil leaked off the coast of Alaska.
The Investigative Committee has since opened three investigations into environmental pollution and violations of safety rules.
But while experts say negligence is certainly at play, they emphasize that climate change is a major factor — and that it is high time for the authorities to begin taking adaptation measures seriously.
“We’ve known what is happening for a long time — and knowing this, we need to conduct a review so we can better understand all of the risks for our infrastructure,” said Mikhail Yulkin, Director of the Center for Environmental Investment.
As the world’s temperatures warm, Siberia is heating up at a much faster rate than the rest of the planet. That is causing the permafrost — what up until recently was permanently frozen packed ice and dirt — to melt.
For Russia, the phenomenon poses a grave risk: much of the infrastructure for extracting the resources that drive the country’s economy sits atop the permafrost that covers two-thirds of the country. In a study published last year, researchers found that the value of buildings and infrastructure on Russian permafrost amounts to $300 billion.
“People don’t comprehend the scale of this change, and our government is not even thinking about it,” Alexander Fedorov, deputy director of the Melnikov Permafrost Institute, told The New York Times last year.
Yet not only has the process been going on for a long time, Yulkin noted that Russian authorities have long been aware of it.
“Photos of crumbling buildings in places like Norilsk are no longer a novelty,” he said.
Yulkin, who advises resource-rich regions like Siberia’s Khanty-Mansiysk autonomous district on how to adapt to melting permafrost, pointed to a 2017 report published by Russia’s state weather and environment service Roshydromet on the country’s climate risks — much of which was dedicated to melting permafrost.
In retrospect, one line about the site of the recent oil spill disaster sticks out.
“In Norilsk, the number of buildings damaged over the last 10 years turned out to be higher than over the previous 50 years,” the report reads.
After last week’s spill, the Russian mining conglomerate Norilsk Nickel, which owns the fuel reservoir, said the tank was damaged when its supporting pillars began to sink.
While the company said that the pillars had “held it in place for 30 years without difficulty,” its Chief Operating Officer Sergei Dyachenko acknowledged that melting permafrost was likely at play.
“We believe that something happened in the ground,” he said Thursday. “Perhaps it was thawing.”
The process is furthered by the increasingly warm temperatures in the Arctic.
After the warmest winter on record, a heat wave across Siberia starting in April and continuing through May even saw one northern town see temperatures hotter than Barcelona on May 22, shattering its own record for that day by 13 degrees Celsius.
As of late May, weather experts said temperatures in the region have been between 3 degrees Celsius and 6 degrees Celsius above average since January, and have ignited forest fires that already cover an area the size of Greece once again.
And as those hotter temperatures warm the carbon-rich permafrost, it releases more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and speeds up climate change, said Vasily Yablokov, head of Greenpeace Russia’s climate change division.
“This is a threat to our infrastructure and it is happening very intensively,” he said. “But Russia is unfortunately not doing enough in this battle.”
If there is to be any silver lining from the oil spill, which could take years to clean up and has been estimated as having caused nearly $80 million in damage so far, Yulkin hopes it will be the wakeup call Russian authorities need.
“In Russia, until it actually rains a man will not cross himself,” he said. “But the thunder is now so loud it’s impossible not to hear it.”


russia-insider--2020-06-08--Forever Alone President: Trump’s White Support Collapses by Double Digits (FTN Podcast + Transcript)

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This is why they 're playing this game with the Insurrection Act .
And they 're playing the game with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump to go to St. John 's Church there , which is the president 's .
Churches where they do the National Prayer Breakfast , it 's like an Episcopal church that , as far as I know most of the time is just full of black people .
It 's not where the president goes to church .
It 's where I 'm sure some presidents have gone to church .
But , yeah , I mean , this whole thing with the Bible and the photo op and everything else , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ think that , yeah , like things are under control .
Look at me .
I can walk across the street and go to this church .
But it was also about this outreach to mobilizing his conservative voters of faith because he has shed them in large numbers .
And so this is , you know , why is Trump doing and saying all these things ?
Well , because this president , his presidency is actually dropping like a rock five to 10 points under water in key battleground states .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But the biggest kicker is that his white support is just evaporating in the in in 2016 .
He won 81 percent of the white evangelical Protestant voters in the election .
Trump 's 2020 election effort has already created at least two campaign advisory boards , specifically aimed at shoring up support among Christians .
Evangelicals for Trump launched January 3rd .
Catholics for Trump on April 2nd .
A series of recent polls show the president losing ground among Christian voters that have triggered alarm bells within the Trump 2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pillar of Trump 's base .
Blah , blah , blah , blah , blah .
They make up a large slice of the U.S. electric .
But roughly one quarter of all voters in 2016 are white evangelical Christians .
Jesus Christ , dude .
The Plague of Zion shills in this country is just unreal .
It 's out .
Pulls an arrow .
Got it .
But like one quarter of the country are just like printed on their forehands , stamped on their forehead .
I 'm a Shabbos @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tell us .
I understand that there are people that are evangelical Christians who are n't onboard with the Zionism stuff .
But what is the percentage Shame 's would you think it is ?
Ninety five percent .
And then you have then you have true news and that 's it like .
Well , yeah .
And it 's likely to to be to remain high as well because young people and that has been showing this for a long time .
Young people are leaving the churches , young people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that or you look at the data and see what you find , it 's .
Yeah .
Young people are leaving the church .
So young people that might be might not be on board with Zionism or Israel in that .
And and are more in line with us politically .
Most of them .
And this is what we 've heard anecdotally as well .
Most of them have left the church .
A lot of times because of the gay politics that go along with the evangelical church scene @ @ @ @ @ @ @ oh , yes .
So well , let 's get down into the guts of this .
The other reason why this is a problem is that Trump , you know , yeah , he 's delivered things for Israel .
And it 's gon na be a thing that keeps a lot of these people around , if for no other reason , which is important .
These people say , well , you know , at least in they 'll also do the bidding .
At least it 's not Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do .
It 's much harder to do the at least it 's not Biden for these people than it was to do the at least it 's not Hillary , because in their view , at least according to polls , Biden is a is a better candidate and he 's more popular with white working class voters .
People who have reliably voted Republican like evangelical Christians .
So you may have some because you do have a liberal wing of evangelical Christianity who do call out the president for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seem like he 's lost all support with evangelicals when in reality it 's split .
And Trump ca n't afford to have this group split like he ca n't afford to lose a single white vote .
And again , this is coming from this perspective of this is a guy who wants to win so that he can do more Zionism .
They ca n't just press a button and make it happen like the guy actually has to have support .
You know , if they ran somebody with five @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , like , swing the election for that person .
They have to have some tangible level of support .
And he 's losing it with white people .
And so here here are the stats .
And so this is according to some recent polling .
Oh , let 's see .
The polls plant paint a bleak picture for Trump , who is counted on broadening his religious support by at least a few percentage points .
I would argue that it 's like the high watermark was 2016 .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ watermark even higher was brown removal from the country .
Build a wall .
Deport them all .
Shut down the border .
And then then you have a better hope of winning in 2020 .
You 're not going to expand your base .
Two other realms , the white people who were going to vote for you voted for you .
And that was the moment that mattered .
And so one GOP official said the dip in presidents in the president 's evangelical support also appeared in internal party polling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had caused panic .
Sure .
Another person close to the campaign described in April survey by the Public Religion Research Institute p r i .
You 've probably seen that acronym with a poll which showed a double digit decline .
Double digit decline in Trump 's favorability among white evangelicals , minus eleven white Catholics , minus 12 white mainline pot Protestants , minus 18 from the previous month .
So from March .
That 's not from 2016 to 2020 .
That 's from March to April and then into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said that it 's pretty concerning .
Yeah , I would think so .
Yeah .
Having like just having people run out the door .
I mean , because white evangelicals have held on the strongest , but even minus eleven is insane .
White Catholics minus 12 , white mainline Protestants , they 're just I mean , that 's basically like white people .
These are just like white Christians , people who say I 'm Christian , minus 18 .
People are just to give up this guy .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Yes , fuck this guy .
Yeah .
And this is not a population that is intensely motivated by getting things for Israel , nor will they be satisfied with the move to Jerusalem as being the crowning achievement .
These are people that that for them , like their faith is important .
But oftentimes it 's it takes a backseat to economic conditions and immigration and other issues in order .
Like , how about just like not on fire ?
Like , that 's that 's a political platform .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ That 's all I care about .
So , yeah , well , and they 're not getting .
They 're definitely not getting that now , are they ?
Everything 's on fire .
The world is burning and it 's burning because Jews wanted to burn as hot and as long as possible .
And so , yeah , Lowe 's disapproval of any president at this point in the first term , no other world approval .
Lowest disapproval .
Oh , sorry .
Those disapproval .
Yes .
Highest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 54 percent .
Approval at 42 .
And it 's been a lot as of April .
It 's been a long day .
Highest disapproval .
Lowest approval .
Thirty nine percent approval .
So he 's down into the 30s .
Fifty four percent disapproval .
And so that 's across the board .
So people are like , oh , herder , you believe bulls now is Ipsus you , guv ?
Morning Council .
These are is an average of all polls .
Pick your number .
Thirty nine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the 30s for approval and disapproval .
Fifty six .
Fifty five .
Fifty four .
Guys under water by 12 points .
Just do it .
I think the days remember the days of like two things that have been dropped since Corona virus one , the big lake , lowest black unemployment graphs and two , the big graphs the Trump campaign would put out , not even graphs .
The image of him at a rally is like a third of the image and and the other two thirds is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Reuters 50 percent approval .
Again , we 're not seeing that anymore .
Yeah .
You 're not going to see that anymore .
And look , you know this guy , he if he wanted to win .
See , that 's how you know that that a lot of this is fake and gay because that it 's that it 's an op that he ca n't do the things they 've boxed him in .
Right .
Like he delivered the tax cuts for them .
He delivered the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ n't deliver anything tangible for his base .
So the base is saying , fuck you .
Steve King lost his primary yesterday .
Jeff Sessions is not going to be another U.S. senator .
I hope I hope maybe he 'd he pulls it out , but I do n't see that that 's happening .
They do n't want these people in anymore .
If Donald Trump came out like he 's flailing his arms around and having Mark Esper , you know , clear the streets so that he can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fucking Bible , when when that actually made his presidency even more of a mockery like that was so bad .
I mean , imagine being boxed in in this way where you 're not .
It went in .
It 's boxed in and in some ways by your own policies and your own sort of political beliefs and your own alliances and your own Zionism that Trump espouses because he could easily go out and do the Insurrection Act and be at 50 percent approval .
He could put this stuff @ @ @ @ @ @ @ got actual numbers , not Reuters Ipsos , they would say , oh , yeah .
Now he 's at 27 percent .
Does Insurrection Act .
Meanwhile , most of the country is sick .
Yeah , this is great .
Thank God .
Finally , what took it so long ?
And yeah .
So but if he came out and defended Steve King , if he came out and defended Jeff Sessions , all these things would be very , very positive developments for white people .
It would give @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In some ways , I 'm glad he is n't because it makes our job easier .
And I do n't care if my job 's hard or my job 's easy .
Well , sticking to my job , I 'm still going to tell people what with what I think the truth is about this stuff .
But it 's a lot easier when he just abandons all of these battle stations .
He always it 's it 's his constantly abandoning the field of battle .
He knows , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guy who picks the bar fight and goes out the back door .
I mean , that 's exactly what he 's doing .
I mean , he he he got Steve King excited for , you know , for fighting for Western civilization or something and just abandoned him .
Jeff Sessions made made him the A.G. , his dream job and then just shadow over the guy .
So it 's it 's .
Yeah .
It 's even worse than starting the bar fight and then running out the back @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fight .
And then while you 're fighting the guy who started the fight with , he 's grabbing the bar stool and cracking you over the back of the head with .
Yeah , let 's see .
That 's what he 's done .
The sessions and kicking .
That 's an even better one .
Now , I will say that because of King 's involvement in , you know , with what 's his name , Geir wielders .
And , you know , his the time that he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ know , shoring up the the international populism scene .
King is just .
I mean , these Jewish groups that came out against him supported him two or three years ago , like the Republican Jewish Coalition , all these groups that said , oh , God , we 're going to primary Stephen King now .
And they did .
And they won .
We 're going to destroy Steve King .
There is one article in the Times of Israel called Just imagine this .
You want order .
You @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Jewish Republicans ask , how do you solve a problem like Steve King ?
What are we going to do about this fucking white guy ?
That was May 22nd .
This they had to get rid of this guy because this guy was killed , first of all , he was still doing the bit when the time to put all that rhetoric away was had long since passed .
Steve King is still doing this stuff in 2018 , 2019 .
But he 's just , you know , do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because he is just another component of that fake and gay nationalism that they 've been doing .
That 's why he is connected to get wielders .
It 's why he spent a lot of time in Eastern Europe .
It 's all part of the same thing .
He just did n't want to stop doing the bit .
You know , the time to the time to go home was in 2018 with all that rhetoric .
And Steve King was still saying , well , what 's wrong with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ white nationalism ?
There 's nothing wrong with those things .
It 's like guy .
Did did we not tell you what the shot is here , guy ?
It 's like , all right .
Well , Republican Jewish Coalition is going to tell you what the shot is .
You lose .
You 're done .
You 're finished .
Your your hundred .
Yeah .
Yeah .
Good .
Well , as you say , this is a good lesson to that , that no matter how , like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that even if you 're a guy who won , I mean , this guy was was pretty ensconced in GOP leadership before he started making the move was making a few years ago .
What was he like , number four in the house or something like just a few seats behind Scalisi Slicky , in terms of House leadership .
This was a this was an established , dare I say , serious guy .
And no matter like all of those connections , you did n't did n't get him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ idea that there is a prospect to be an upstart to to win a House seat and , you know , people had this thinking and it was well-founded at the time because the thought was and we 've talked about this before , the thought was that Trump would be leading this reformation of the party .
No .
I mean , there 's there 's no opening , whether you 're talking about a a House seat or a PCOS , lot like the Republican immune system is so strong that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , you know , make even talking the talk in the right direction , much less actually doing anything that would be beneficial for whites .
You will be found out and drummed out of the party like Steve King just was .
Yeah , you 'll be finished and the entire GOP will rally to remove you .
I mean , you had Bob Vander Plaats , who is this GOP political kingmaker in western Iowa , who is a social conservative .
He 's against gay marriage .
He 's against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ flipped .
He backed Finisterra in Phoenix stre and actually went out and did commercials on his behalf .
He he endorsed Steve King for a long time .
He believes he 's one of King 's staunchest allies .
And , you know , he he said that King 's no longer effective in Washington .
And , you know , this is one of the weak points that that we said that was that they were going to use against him and that when he called the shots that would allow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it 's like , well , he lost his committee appointments and , you know , he ca n't really do anything .
And now Clete King claimed at a candidate forum that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy promised his time for exoneration would come .
But see , that 's the thing with King .
It 's like he if you read articles about the primary itself and you followed it at all .
He was notoriously quiet throughout the whole thing .
So when you factor all this this stuff @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he is part of this whole , like , fake nationalism garbage .
And he did n't defend himself just like Sessions does n't defend himself .
I really do n't feel that bad .
And the idea that Kevin McCarthy promised time for exoneration .
No , Kevin Kevin Bright told him that .
But there is not going to be an exoneration .
Kevin knew what the shot is .
Kevin knew that this guy was going down .
And there 's really nothing he could do about it .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ had just three hundred thousand dollars and millions of dollars poured into that race .
I mean , I was just over .
Just never going to happen .
And they use the excuse like , well , King had such a close race last time .
So we do n't want to lose this seat to a demon rat .
So we got to put somebody in there who can win .
And of course , all the people in King 's district , too .
Up until recently , King won @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these people supported him .
Look , they just they just blew the other way .
These people , you know , they just got screwed .
And , yes , it 's pretty much that 's pretty much the end of King .
But I do n't I do n't really feel that bad about it because the guy was part of an op .
Whether fully , wittingly , part of it or not .
But .
He was very pro-Israel .
He had a lot of support from these groups @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not shedding that many tears .
It 's like this is what happens .
Guy .
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This is why they're playing this game with the Insurrection Act. And they're playing the game with the Bible, clearing the way for Trump to go to St. John's Church there, which is the president's. Churches where they do the National Prayer Breakfast, it's like an Episcopal church that, as far as I know most of the time is just full of black people. It's not where the president goes to church. It's where I'm sure some presidents have gone to church.
But, yeah, I mean, this whole thing with the Bible and the photo op and everything else, part of it was to make people think that, yeah, like things are under control. Look at me.
I can walk across the street and go to this church. But it was also about this outreach to mobilizing his conservative voters of faith because he has shed them in large numbers. And so this is, you know, why is Trump doing and saying all these things? Well, because this president, his presidency is actually dropping like a rock five to 10 points under water in key battleground states. We've talked about that a lot. But the biggest kicker is that his white support is just evaporating in the in in 2016. He won 81 percent of the white evangelical Protestant voters in the election.
Trump's 2020 election effort has already created at least two campaign advisory boards, specifically aimed at shoring up support among Christians. Evangelicals for Trump launched January 3rd. Catholics for Trump on April 2nd. A series of recent polls show the president losing ground among Christian voters that have triggered alarm bells within the Trump 2020 campaign. Christians have long been a pillar of Trump's base. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. They make up a large slice of the U.S. electric. But roughly one quarter of all voters in 2016 are white evangelical Christians. Jesus Christ, dude. The Plague of Zion shills in this country is just unreal. It's out. Pulls an arrow. Got it. But like one quarter of the country are just like printed on their forehands, stamped on their forehead. I'm a Shabbos, so I'll be able to tell us. I understand that there are people that are evangelical Christians who aren't onboard with the Zionism stuff. But what is the percentage Shame's would you think it is? Ninety five percent. And then you have then you have true news and that's it like.
Yeah.
Well, yeah. And it's likely to to be to remain high as well because young people and that has been showing this for a long time. Young people are leaving the churches, young people. The data, the data that that or you look at the data and see what you find, it's. Yeah. Young people are leaving the church. So young people that might be might not be on board with Zionism or Israel in that. And and are more in line with us politically. Most of them. And this is what we've heard anecdotally as well. Most of them have left the church. A lot of times because of the gay politics that go along with the evangelical church scene.
Was I going to say, oh, yes. So well, let's get down into the guts of this. The other reason why this is a problem is that Trump, you know, yeah, he's delivered things for Israel. And it's gonna be a thing that keeps a lot of these people around, if for no other reason, which is important. These people say, well, you know, at least in they'll also do the bidding. At least it's not Biden, but it's much easier to do. It's much harder to do the at least it's not Biden for these people than it was to do the at least it's not Hillary, because in their view, at least according to polls, Biden is a is a better candidate and he's more popular with white working class voters. People who have reliably voted Republican like evangelical Christians. So you may have some because you do have a liberal wing of evangelical Christianity who do call out the president for a lot of this stuff to make it seem like he's lost all support with evangelicals when in reality it's split. And Trump can't afford to have this group split like he can't afford to lose a single white vote. And again, this is coming from this perspective of this is a guy who wants to win so that he can do more Zionism. They can't just press a button and make it happen like the guy actually has to have support. You know, if they ran somebody with five percent approval, they can't just, like, swing the election for that person. They have to have some tangible level of support. And he's losing it with white people. And so here here are the stats. And so this is according to some recent polling.
Oh, let's see. The polls plant paint a bleak picture for Trump, who is counted on broadening his religious support by at least a few percentage points. I would argue that it's like the high watermark was 2016. The only way that you made that high watermark even higher was brown removal from the country. Build a wall. Deport them all. Shut down the border. And then then you have a better hope of winning in 2020. You're not going to expand your base. Two other realms, the white people who were going to vote for you voted for you. And that was the moment that mattered. And so one GOP official said the dip in presidents in the president's evangelical support also appeared in internal party polling, but disputed the notion that it had caused panic. Sure. Another person close to the campaign described in April survey by the Public Religion Research Institute p r i. You've probably seen that acronym with a poll which showed a double digit decline. Double digit decline in Trump's favorability among white evangelicals, minus eleven white Catholics, minus 12 white mainline pot Protestants, minus 18 from the previous month. So from March. That's not from 2016 to 2020. That's from March to April and then into May. And so the same Republicans said that it's pretty concerning. Yeah, I would think so. Yeah. Having like just having people run out the door. I mean, because white evangelicals have held on the strongest, but even minus eleven is insane. White Catholics minus 12, white mainline Protestants, they're just I mean, that's basically like white people. These are just like white Christians, people who say I'm Christian, minus 18.
People are just to give up this guy. That's 18 percentage points of. Yes, fuck this guy.
Yeah. And this is not a population that is intensely motivated by getting things for Israel, nor will they be satisfied with the move to Jerusalem as being the crowning achievement. These are people that that for them, like their faith is important. But oftentimes it's it takes a backseat to economic conditions and immigration and other issues in order.
Like, how about just like not on fire?
Like, that's that's a political platform. Like I want fires put out. That's all I care about.
So, yeah, well, and they're not getting. They're definitely not getting that now, are they? Everything's on fire.
The world is burning and it's burning because Jews wanted to burn as hot and as long as possible. And so, yeah, Lowe's disapproval of any president at this point in the first term, no other world approval. Lowest disapproval. Oh, sorry.
Those disapproval. Yes. Highest disapproval. Lowest approval. Disapproval out 54 percent. Approval at 42. And it's been a lot as of April.
It's been a long day. Highest disapproval. Lowest approval. Thirty nine percent approval. So he's down into the 30s. Fifty four percent disapproval. And so that's across the board. So people are like, oh, herder, you believe bulls now is Ipsus you, guv? Morning Council. These are is an average of all polls. Pick your number. Thirty nine, 42, 43. Down into the 30s for approval and disapproval. Fifty six. Fifty five. Fifty four. Guys under water by 12 points.
Just do it. I think the days remember the days of like two things that have been dropped since Corona virus one, the big lake, lowest black unemployment graphs and two, the big graphs the Trump campaign would put out, not even graphs. The image of him at a rally is like a third of the image and and the other two thirds is a black background with like a big Reuters 50 percent approval. Again, we're not seeing that anymore.
Yeah. You're not going to see that anymore. And look, you know this guy, he if he wanted to win. See, that's how you know that that a lot of this is fake and gay because that it's that it's an op that he can't do the things they've boxed him in. Right. Like he delivered the tax cuts for them. He delivered the Zionism for them, but he didn't deliver anything tangible for his base. So the base is saying, fuck you. Steve King lost his primary yesterday. Jeff Sessions is not going to be another U.S. senator. I hope I hope maybe he'd he pulls it out, but I don't see that that's happening. They don't want these people in anymore. If Donald Trump came out like he's flailing his arms around and having Mark Esper, you know, clear the streets so that he can go do a photo op with a fucking Bible, when when that actually made his presidency even more of a mockery like that was so bad. I mean, imagine being boxed in in this way where you're not. It went in.
It's boxed in and in some ways by your own policies and your own sort of political beliefs and your own alliances and your own Zionism that Trump espouses because he could easily go out and do the Insurrection Act and be at 50 percent approval. He could put this stuff down very easily. And if you got actual numbers, not Reuters Ipsos, they would say, oh, yeah. Now he's at 27 percent. Does Insurrection Act. Meanwhile, most of the country is sick. Yeah, this is great. Thank God. Finally, what took it so long? And yeah. So but if he came out and defended Steve King, if he came out and defended Jeff Sessions, all these things would be very, very positive developments for white people. It would give whites something to feel positive about. In some ways, I'm glad he isn't because it makes our job easier. And I don't care if my job's hard or my job's easy. Well, sticking to my job, I'm still going to tell people what with what I think the truth is about this stuff. But it's a lot easier when he just abandons all of these battle stations. He always it's it's his constantly abandoning the field of battle. He knows, as many have said, he's the guy who picks the bar fight and goes out the back door. I mean, that's exactly what he's doing. I mean, he he he got Steve King excited for, you know, for fighting for Western civilization or something and just abandoned him. Jeff Sessions made made him the A.G., his dream job and then just shadow over the guy. So it's it's. Yeah.
It's even worse than starting the bar fight and then running out the back door. He's starting the bar fight. And then while you're fighting the guy who started the fight with, he's grabbing the bar stool and cracking you over the back of the head with.
Yeah, let's see. That's what he's done. The sessions and kicking. That's an even better one.
Now, I will say that because of King's involvement in, you know, with what's his name, Geir wielders. And, you know, his the time that he spent in Eastern Europe and, you know, shoring up the the international populism scene. King is just. I mean, these Jewish groups that came out against him supported him two or three years ago, like the Republican Jewish Coalition, all these groups that said, oh, God, we're going to primary Stephen King now. And they did. And they won. We're going to destroy Steve King. There is one article in the Times of Israel called Just imagine this. You want order. You wonder how much these people hate you. Jewish Republicans ask, how do you solve a problem like Steve King? What are we going to do about this fucking white guy? That was May 22nd. This they had to get rid of this guy because this guy was killed, first of all, he was still doing the bit when the time to put all that rhetoric away was had long since passed. Steve King is still doing this stuff in 2018, 2019. But he's just, you know, don't feel too bad about Steve King because he is just another component of that fake and gay nationalism that they've been doing. That's why he is connected to get wielders. It's why he spent a lot of time in Eastern Europe. It's all part of the same thing. He just didn't want to stop doing the bit. You know, the time to the time to go home was in 2018 with all that rhetoric. And Steve King was still saying, well, what's wrong with white supremacy? What's wrong with white nationalism? There's nothing wrong with those things. It's like guy. Did did we not tell you what the shot is here, guy? It's like, all right. Well, Republican Jewish Coalition is going to tell you what the shot is. You lose. You're done. You're finished. Your your hundred. Yeah. Yeah. Good.
Well, as you say, this is a good lesson to that, that no matter how, like the Republican immune system is so strong that even if you're a guy who won, I mean, this guy was was pretty ensconced in GOP leadership before he started making the move was making a few years ago. What was he like, number four in the house or something like just a few seats behind Scalisi Slicky, in terms of House leadership. This was a this was an established, dare I say, serious guy. And no matter like all of those connections, you didn't didn't get him anything. Right. And so the idea that there is a prospect to be an upstart to to win a House seat and, you know, people had this thinking and it was well-founded at the time because the thought was and we've talked about this before, the thought was that Trump would be leading this reformation of the party. No. I mean, there's there's no opening, whether you're talking about a a House seat or a PCOS, lot like the Republican immune system is so strong that people who who are agitating or or, you know, make even talking the talk in the right direction, much less actually doing anything that would be beneficial for whites. You will be found out and drummed out of the party like Steve King just was.
Yeah, you'll be finished and the entire GOP will rally to remove you. I mean, you had Bob Vander Plaats, who is this GOP political kingmaker in western Iowa, who is a social conservative. He's against gay marriage. He's against abortion. And look how that guy flipped. He backed Finisterra in Phoenix stre and actually went out and did commercials on his behalf. He he endorsed Steve King for a long time. He believes he's one of King's staunchest allies. And, you know, he he said that King's no longer effective in Washington. And, you know, this is one of the weak points that that we said that was that they were going to use against him and that when he called the shots that would allow social conservatives to to go against King, it's like, well, he lost his committee appointments and, you know, he can't really do anything. And now Clete King claimed at a candidate forum that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy promised his time for exoneration would come. But see, that's the thing with King. It's like he if you read articles about the primary itself and you followed it at all. He was notoriously quiet throughout the whole thing. So when you factor all this this stuff in and you look at, yeah, he is part of this whole, like, fake nationalism garbage.
And he didn't defend himself just like Sessions doesn't defend himself. I really don't feel that bad. And the idea that Kevin McCarthy promised time for exoneration. No, Kevin Kevin Bright told him that. But there is not going to be an exoneration. Kevin knew what the shot is. Kevin knew that this guy was going down. And there's really nothing he could do about it. There were. I mean, King had just three hundred thousand dollars and millions of dollars poured into that race. I mean, I was just over. Just never going to happen. And they use the excuse like, well, King had such a close race last time. So we don't want to lose this seat to a demon rat. So we got to put somebody in there who can win. And of course, all the people in King's district, too. Up until recently, King won by 70 points. I mean, these people supported him. Look, they just they just blew the other way. These people, you know, they just got screwed. And, yes, it's pretty much that's pretty much the end of King. But I don't I don't really feel that bad about it because the guy was part of an op. Whether fully, wittingly, part of it or not.
But. He was very pro-Israel. He had a lot of support from these groups. And I don't I'm not shedding that many tears. It's like this is what happens. Guy.
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russia-insider--2020-06-08--Putin Slaps Netanyahu, Sells 6 MiG-29 Fighter Jets to Syria - Far Superior to Israel's F-16s

Russia delivered a batch of Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 combat aircraft to Syria on May 30 , 2020 , to counter the threat posed by Israel ’ s F-16 Fighting Falcons .
The MiG-29 fighters , the most advanced versions of the legendary jets , were handed over to the Syrian Arab Air Force at the Hmeimim base in Lattakia .
“ In the framework of military and technical cooperation between Russia and Syria , the Russian side handed over the second batch of advanced and modernized MiG-29 fighter jets to Syria , during a ceremony at Hmeimim base .
As of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will begin to carry out missions on those planes in Syrian airspace , ” Syrian news agency SANA quoted a senior military officer as saying .
Russian news agency Avia.Pro claimed that with the MiG-29s in its arsenal , Syrian forces will be able to tackle and even get the better of Israel ’ s F-16 Fighting Falcons .
According to Avia.Pro the MiG-29s supplied to Syria have better combat capabilities than the F-16s operated by Israel both of which are single-seater jets .
The report also added that while Syrian forces received @ @ @ @ @ @ @ MiG-29s , the country may not be able to counter every weapon in Israel ’ s armoury yet .
However , the Russian-made fighters will force the enemy before launching any attack on Syria .
MiG-29 , a twin-engine supersonic fighter , is already in service with Russian Aerospace Forces , Indian Air Force ( IAF ) , Uzbekistan Air and Air Defence Forces and Polish Air Force along with several other nations .
Designed and developed during the 1970s , the MiG-29 ’ s primary task was to tackle the threat posed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the United States of America and its allies .
Over the last couple of decades , the MiG-29 has been upgraded from its aerial combat role into a potent multirole fighter .

Russia delivered a batch of Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 combat aircraft to Syria on May 30, 2020, to counter the threat posed by Israel’s F-16 Fighting Falcons. The MiG-29 fighters, the most advanced versions of the legendary jets, were handed over to the Syrian Arab Air Force at the Hmeimim base in Lattakia.
“In the framework of military and technical cooperation between Russia and Syria, the Russian side handed over the second batch of advanced and modernized MiG-29 fighter jets to Syria, during a ceremony at Hmeimim base. As of June 1, 2020, Syrian pilots will begin to carry out missions on those planes in Syrian airspace,” Syrian news agency SANA quoted a senior military officer as saying.
While still parked at the Russian base
Russian news agency Avia.Pro claimed that with the MiG-29s in its arsenal, Syrian forces will be able to tackle and even get the better of Israel’s F-16 Fighting Falcons. According to Avia.Pro the MiG-29s supplied to Syria have better combat capabilities than the F-16s operated by Israel both of which are single-seater jets.
The report also added that while Syrian forces received a massive boost with the induction of MiG-29s, the country may not be able to counter every weapon in Israel’s armoury yet. However, the Russian-made fighters will force the enemy before launching any attack on Syria.
MiG-29, a twin-engine supersonic fighter, is already in service with Russian Aerospace Forces, Indian Air Force (IAF), Uzbekistan Air and Air Defence Forces and Polish Air Force along with several other nations.
Designed and developed during the 1970s, the MiG-29’s primary task was to tackle the threat posed by F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon of the United States of America and its allies. Over the last couple of decades, the MiG-29 has been upgraded from its aerial combat role into a potent multirole fighter.


russia-insider--2020-06-08--As Arctic Ice Melts Russia Conducts Record-Breaking Delivery of LNG to China

Russia is one step closer to achieving year-round navigation in the Arctic .
An ice-capable tanker made the earliest delivery of LNG to China via the Northern Sea Route .
For the past several years a fleet of fifteen specialized Arc7 icebreaking liquefied natural gas ( LNG ) carriers have transported natural gas from a large LNG plant on Russia ’ s Yamal peninsula to countries in Asia via the Arctic .
Even with the rapid melt of Arctic sea ice , these voyages have typically only been possible between July and November .
Now , Russia ’ s largest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ operates the Yamal LNG facility , conducted a voyage using its flagship and the world ’ s first icebreaking LNG carrier , the Christoph de Margerie , to examine how feasible an eastward voyage on the Northern Sea Route ( NSR ) would be during the month of May , almost two months earlier than previous such voyages .
The ship , escorted by a nuclear icebreaker , completed the ice-covered part of the trip , around 2,500 nautical miles , in just twelve days and is expected in China by the middle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a test-case for early-season navigation on the route and may help to expedite the future growth of cargo traffic on the route , confirms Novatek .
The Christoph de Margerie departed from the port of Sabetta on May 18 and met up with the nuclear icebreaker Yamal in the Kara Sea .
The LNG carrier passed through the Bering Strait and entered the Pacific Ocean on May 31 and the ship is expected in the port of Tangshan in northern China on June 11 after a 25 day voyage , compared to 36 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ summer time the voyage from Sabetta to China can be completed in under 20 days .
“ We are actively working to expand the eastbound navigation season for the NSR and looking forward to further development of state support for this trade route by increasing icebreaking capabilities , '' explained Novatek ’ s CEO and Chairman of the Board Leonid Mikhelson .
A similar sentiment was echoed by Igor Tonkovidov , President and CEO of Sovcomflot , operator of the Christoph de Margerie .
“ This successful voyage across the NSR , in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ step closer to realising the full transit potential of the Northern Sea Route , marking an important expansion in the shipping opportunities available to Arctic industrial projects in particular.
” While the Arc7 LNG carriers are capable of breaking through 2.1 meters of ice , this early in the melt season an icebreaker escort was needed for part of the voyage , especially the East Siberian Sea where the convoy faced a fast-ice field in the Vilkitsky Strait and hummocked ice floes in the Chukchi Sea .
The convoy encountered ice up to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ challenging ice conditions and the resulting slower sailing speed the NSR represented a shortcut between Northern Russia and China compared to the traditional route officials explained .
“ Even in the challenging ice conditions encountered during this time of the year , choosing the NSR allows for a significant reduction in the length of a voyage delivering LNG to Asia Pacific ports compared with using the Suez Canal , ” confirmed Tonkovidov .
The transit represents the earliest eastbound voyage by an LNG carrier .
In previous years deliveries of LNG from Yamal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 6-8 weeks later than this most recent voyage .
The Eastern reaches of the NSR are usually only navigable between July and December .
Long term Novatek expects to export the majority of LNG to Asia , especially China .
Last year it sent only 6.5 percent of production , or 1.2 million tons in an eastward direction .
During the remainder of the year the company ships its cargo in the westerly direction to Europe .
For this purpose Novatek has for the last two years past cooperated with Norwegian company @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the coast of Honningsvåg .
This allows Novatek to optimize the use of its speciality Arc7 LNG carriers and only use them for the icy stretches of the voyage .
Russia is currently engaged in upgrading and expanding its fleet of nuclear icebreakers with four new vessels under construction or commissioned and a further vessel to be laid down next year .
With the help of these new and more capable icebreakers the company hopes to expand the navigation season from May to January .
At that point eastbound traffic would be feasible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in February , March and April .
`` [ State icebreaker ] support allows us to significantly contribute to the annual cargo turnover along the Northern Sea Route by implementing our large-scale LNG projects to produce up to 70m tonnes by 2030 , ” explained Mikhelson .
While voyages along the NSR remain novel territory , vessels and crews are quickly gaining levels of experience .
This was Christophe de Margerie ’ s 45th trip along the NSR .
The ultimate goal is to achieve year-round navigation capabilities for the purpose of which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ capable of escorting the Arc7 LNG carriers even during the depths of winter .
Contracts for the construction of the Leader-class icebreaker were signed between Rosatomflot and the Zvezda shipyard earlier this year .
The first vessel of the type is expected to be commissioned in 2027 .
In fact , less than a week after Christophe de Margerie another Arc7 carrier departed from Sabetta on its way to China .
The Vladimir Voronin initially followed a more coastal route escorted by the nuclear icebreaker 50 years of Victory during the first part @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Yamal further east .
The vessel is on track to transit the NSR even faster in less than 10 days .
The convoy found an “ ice-free highway ” along the Siberian coastline allowing it to make fast progress .
While the successful test voyage appears to be a big step towards expanding the seasonal window for navigation , some experts , however , caution that winter and spring navigation along the route will remain challenging , will only be possible with the assistance of the world ’ s most powerful icebreaker @ @ @ @ @ @ @ non-specialized vessels .
Others , however , explain that Novatek ’ s Arc7 carriers are highly capable even without icebreaker escort and that this test-voyage may have shown that independent navigation during late-Spring will become feasible for these specialized vessels .

Russia is one step closer to achieving year-round navigation in the Arctic. An ice-capable tanker made the earliest delivery of LNG to China via the Northern Sea Route.
Arc7 LNG carrier Christoph de Margerie being pushed by a tugboat. (Source: Courtesy of Sovcomflot)
For the past several years a fleet of fifteen specialized Arc7 icebreaking liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers have transported natural gas from a large LNG plant on Russia’s Yamal peninsula to countries in Asia via the Arctic. Even with the rapid melt of Arctic sea ice, these voyages have typically only been possible between July and November.
Now, Russia’s largest private natural gas company Novatek, which operates the Yamal LNG facility, conducted a voyage using its flagship and the world’s first icebreaking LNG carrier, the Christoph de Margerie, to examine how feasible an eastward voyage on the Northern Sea Route (NSR) would be during the month of May, almost two months earlier than previous such voyages. The ship, escorted by a nuclear icebreaker, completed the ice-covered part of the trip, around 2,500 nautical miles, in just twelve days and is expected in China by the middle of next week.
The voyage represented a test-case for early-season navigation on the route and may help to expedite the future growth of cargo traffic on the route, confirms Novatek.
The Christoph de Margerie departed from the port of Sabetta on May 18 and met up with the nuclear icebreaker Yamal in the Kara Sea. The LNG carrier passed through the Bering Strait and entered the Pacific Ocean on May 31 and the ship is expected in the port of Tangshan in northern China on June 11 after a 25 day voyage, compared to 36 days through the Suez Canal. During summer time the voyage from Sabetta to China can be completed in under 20 days.
“We are actively working to expand the eastbound navigation season for the NSR and looking forward to further development of state support for this trade route by increasing icebreaking capabilities," explained Novatek’s CEO and Chairman of the Board Leonid Mikhelson.
A similar sentiment was echoed by Igor Tonkovidov, President and CEO of Sovcomflot, operator of the Christoph de Margerie. “This successful voyage across the NSR, in May, allows us to move one step closer to realising the full transit potential of the Northern Sea Route, marking an important expansion in the shipping opportunities available to Arctic industrial projects in particular.”
Fast trip despite challenging ice conditions
While the Arc7 LNG carriers are capable of breaking through 2.1 meters of ice, this early in the melt season an icebreaker escort was needed for part of the voyage, especially the East Siberian Sea where the convoy faced a fast-ice field in the Vilkitsky Strait and hummocked ice floes in the Chukchi Sea. The convoy encountered ice up to 1.3 meters thick.
However, despite challenging ice conditions and the resulting slower sailing speed the NSR represented a shortcut between Northern Russia and China compared to the traditional route officials explained.
“Even in the challenging ice conditions encountered during this time of the year, choosing the NSR allows for a significant reduction in the length of a voyage delivering LNG to Asia Pacific ports compared with using the Suez Canal,” confirmed Tonkovidov.
Going east earlier and earlier
The transit represents the earliest eastbound voyage by an LNG carrier. In previous years deliveries of LNG from Yamal to Asia did not occur until July, 6-8 weeks later than this most recent voyage. The Eastern reaches of the NSR are usually only navigable between July and December. Long term Novatek expects to export the majority of LNG to Asia, especially China. Last year it sent only 6.5 percent of production, or 1.2 million tons in an eastward direction.
During the remainder of the year the company ships its cargo in the westerly direction to Europe. For this purpose Novatek has for the last two years past cooperated with Norwegian company Tschudi during a ship-to-ship transfer operation off the coast of Honningsvåg. This allows Novatek to optimize the use of its speciality Arc7 LNG carriers and only use them for the icy stretches of the voyage.
View from nuclear icebreaker 50 years of Victory. (Source: Courtesy of Rosatomflot)
New icebreakers for year-round navigation
Russia is currently engaged in upgrading and expanding its fleet of nuclear icebreakers with four new vessels under construction or commissioned and a further vessel to be laid down next year. With the help of these new and more capable icebreakers the company hopes to expand the navigation season from May to January. At that point eastbound traffic would be feasible except for in the heart of winter in February, March and April.
"[State icebreaker] support allows us to significantly contribute to the annual cargo turnover along the Northern Sea Route by implementing our large-scale LNG projects to produce up to 70m tonnes by 2030,” explained Mikhelson.
While voyages along the NSR remain novel territory, vessels and crews are quickly gaining levels of experience. This was Christophe de Margerie’s 45th trip along the NSR.
The ultimate goal is to achieve year-round navigation capabilities for the purpose of which Russia is constructing a new super icebreaker capable of escorting the Arc7 LNG carriers even during the depths of winter.
Contracts for the construction of the Leader-class icebreaker were signed between Rosatomflot and the Zvezda shipyard earlier this year. The first vessel of the type is expected to be commissioned in 2027.
Next ship already en route
In fact, less than a week after Christophe de Margerie another Arc7 carrier departed from Sabetta on its way to China. The Vladimir Voronin initially followed a more coastal route escorted by the nuclear icebreaker 50 years of Victory during the first part of the voyage before being handed off to Yamal further east. The vessel is on track to transit the NSR even faster in less than 10 days. The convoy found an “ice-free highway” along the Siberian coastline allowing it to make fast progress.
Path of the Christophe de Margerie (yellow) and Vladimir Voronin (pink) through the Kara and Laptev Sea. (Source: IHS Markit Maritime & Trade via Twitter)
While the successful test voyage appears to be a big step towards expanding the seasonal window for navigation, some experts, however, caution that winter and spring navigation along the route will remain challenging, will only be possible with the assistance of the world’s most powerful icebreaker, and will not be feasible for non-specialized vessels. Others, however, explain that Novatek’s Arc7 carriers are highly capable even without icebreaker escort and that this test-voyage may have shown that independent navigation during late-Spring will become feasible for these specialized vessels.


russia-insider--2020-06-09--Russia Plans to Resume International Flights in July

Russia plans to resume international air travel on July 15 as it eyes a gradual return to normal life amid the coronavirus pandemic , the RBC news website and state-run TASS news agency reported Sunday .
Russia grounded nearly all international flights in late March amid the coronavirus outbreak , allowing only special flights evacuating Russians from abroad and other flights authorized by the government .
Since then , Russia has reported more than 476,000 Covid-19 cases , becoming the world ’ s third most-affected country by the pandemic .
Russia ’ s Federal Air Transport Agency , Rosaviatsia , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ international flights in five weeks to Russia ’ s consumer protection watchdog Rospotrebnadzor , RBC and TASS cited unnamed sources as saying .
Rosaviatsia reportedly seeks to restart flights to and from 15 countries , including China , South Korea , Turkey and European countries where the coronavirus crisis has eased .
An Interfax source identified the countries as former Soviet republics .
“ Nearly every country ” would be available for business aviation , according to a TASS source .
The resumption would be contingent on the destination countries agreeing to accept @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
On Monday , Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin ordered Rosaviatsia and Rospotrebnadzor to explore options for resuming international flights .
Russia 's border has been closed to all foreign nationals since mid-March .

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russia-insider--2020-06-09--President of Belarus: COVID Panic Allowed Elites to Steal 'Trillions', May Have Been Deliberate

This guy is a real leader .
Too bad Western Europe does n't have some people of his mettle in charge .
One of the only countries in Europe not to institute strict lockdown measures amid the coronavirus crisis , Central Europe ’ s Belarus has so far managed to keep virus-related fatalities impressively low .
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has taken a shot at the world ’ s elites , accusing them of taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to put ‘ trillions of dollars in their pockets ’ while the global economy burns .
‘ The coronavirus has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of psychosis .
I call it a psychosis because someone clearly needs this .
And you ’ ve probably noticed yourself who .
It ’ s the same as always : after the swine flu , the bird flu , SARS , today we ’ re facing another pandemic , another pneumonia , only in a new form .
And you remember who took advantage of these situations in the past , who put billions in their pockets , ’ Lukashenko said , speaking to officials in Mogilev region on Saturday .
‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the global economy has not just stalled , but been demolished .
But leading companies , leading billionaires and states have put trillions of dollars in their pockets , ’ the president added , referring to the current crisis .
‘ That ’ s why I have always asked the question , going back three months ago , as you may remember : Who needs this ?
Is this a man-made event , this health pandemic ?
So far I do not have an answer to this question , and hope that you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ noted .
The Belarusian president also went after his critics , recalling how media and the internet joked about his advice to treat coronavirus with vodka , sauna , and tractors and work in the field .
‘ I said this as a joke , and it became a kind of a ‘ Lukashenko brand ’ , used to say ‘ see , he ’ s crazy , he doesn ’ t know how to treat people , ’ even though behind these comments were very serious ideas , ’ Lukashenko said , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ engage in outdoor exercise to build up their immune systems and prepare for any possible ‘ second wave ’ of infections .
‘ I emphasize again : everything that people say criticising me is a bluff : nobody knows what ’ s going to happen tomorrow , ’ the president concluded .
Belarus faced the wrath of on-message liberal media and medical experts around the world after refusing to institute mandatory lockdown measures , with the country ’ s factories , farms , schools , shops , restaurants and other amenities remaining open @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its neighbours closed down .
However , recently published data have shown that while the country ’ s per capita infection rates are comparable to other European nations and the US , its mortality rates have been among the lowest in the world , ranking 45th among 49 countries with 10,000 or more cases where sufficient data is available .
This week , the Institute for Policy Studies , a Washington-based think tank , concluded that in the US alone , billionaires have added $ 565 billion to their fortunes since mid-March , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percent since the pandemic began .
The figures were published amid reports that close to 39 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits amid the crisis .
Similar trends have been observed in countries across the world , from Europe to Asia .
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MICHAEL WALSH is a worldwide journalist , broadcaster and author of 64 book titles with 36 years experience .
Like other journalists of integrity , he no longer writes for corporate media , opting instead for true journalism .

This guy is a real leader. Too bad Western Europe doesn't have some people of his mettle in charge.
One of the only countries in Europe not to institute strict lockdown measures amid the coronavirus crisis, Central Europe’s Belarus has so far managed to keep virus-related fatalities impressively low.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has taken a shot at the world’s elites, accusing them of taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to put ‘trillions of dollars in their pockets’ while the global economy burns.
‘The coronavirus has put the whole planet into a state of psychosis. I call it a psychosis because someone clearly needs this. And you’ve probably noticed yourself who. It’s the same as always: after the swine flu, the bird flu, SARS, today we’re facing another pandemic, another pneumonia, only in a new form. And you remember who took advantage of these situations in the past, who put billions in their pockets,’
Lukashenko said, speaking to officials in Mogilev region on Saturday.
‘The whole world today has stopped; the global economy has not just stalled, but been demolished. But leading companies, leading billionaires and states have put trillions of dollars in their pockets,’ the president added, referring to the current crisis.
‘That’s why I have always asked the question, going back three months ago, as you may remember: Who needs this? Is this a man-made event, this health pandemic? So far I do not have an answer to this question, and hope that you don’t either,’ Lukashenko noted.
The Belarusian president also went after his critics, recalling how media and the internet joked about his advice to treat coronavirus with vodka, sauna, and tractors and work in the field.
‘I said this as a joke, and it became a kind of a ‘Lukashenko brand’, used to say ‘see, he’s crazy, he doesn’t know how to treat people,’ even though behind these comments were very serious ideas,’ Lukashenko said, recommending that people take up sports and engage in outdoor exercise to build up their immune systems and prepare for any possible ‘second wave’ of infections.
‘I emphasize again: everything that people say criticising me is a bluff: nobody knows what’s going to happen tomorrow,’ the president concluded.
Belarus faced the wrath of on-message liberal media and medical experts around the world after refusing to institute mandatory lockdown measures, with the country’s factories, farms, schools, shops, restaurants and other amenities remaining open throughout the past several months even as its neighbours closed down.
However, recently published data have shown that while the country’s per capita infection rates are comparable to other European nations and the US, its mortality rates have been among the lowest in the world, ranking 45th among 49 countries with 10,000 or more cases where sufficient data is available.
This week, the Institute for Policy Studies, a Washington-based think tank, concluded that in the US alone, billionaires have added $565 billion to their fortunes since mid-March, with their total wealth up by 19 percent since the pandemic began. The figures were published amid reports that close to 39 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits amid the crisis. Similar trends have been observed in countries across the world, from Europe to Asia. Like this story? Share with friends!
MICHAEL WALSH is a worldwide journalist, broadcaster and author of 64 book titles with 36 years experience. Like other journalists of integrity, he no longer writes for corporate media, opting instead for true journalism.