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Is Russia Signaling it Wants to End The War?
Yesterday something happened in between all the threats of a dirty bomb. To be fair, most people who matter are not showing any fear. So yesterday, Russia sent signals that it wants to talk.
Yes, I am reading the leaves here. However, I am not the only one. A Russian telegram channel picked the same thing I did in Tass. So first, the Tass post, with the proper highlight:
Main_TASS_events by this hour:
▪️The Russian Permanent Representative to the UN called on the UN Secretary General to prevent Ukraine’s provocation with a “dirty bomb”.
▪️ Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin announced US disagreement with Russia’s warnings regarding Ukraine. ▪️South Korea announced the possibility of completing the preparations for nuclear tests by the DPRK.
▪️For the first time since the beginning of the Russian military operation, the President of Germany has arrived on a visit to Ukraine.
▪️Boris Johnson plans to convince the US to continue helping Ukraine, the Financial Times reported.
▪️In the Russian Federation in nine months, the largest number of international passports has been issued since the beginning of the pandemic.
▪️Grossi thanked the United States for supporting efforts to create a security zone around the ZNPP.
▪️Zakharova announced Russia’s openness for contacts with all countries.
▪️The Moscow Regional Court will check the legality of the sentence of the basketball player Greiner convicted in the Russian Federation. ▪️An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 hit Lake Baikal.
▪️The Security Council announced a new approach to relations with the West in the Foreign Policy Concept of the Russian Federation.
American Horror Story actor Leslie Jordan has died.
In all that, they had two things. The minor one directed at the US is the reconsideration of Brittney Griner’s nine-and-a-half-year sentence. This could be a gift to the US to get them to the table.
However, according to Nexta TV:
Putin’s court upheld the sentence of the American basketball player Brittney Griner — she was sentenced to nine years in prison…
