The head of Brazilian diplomacy, Mauro Vieira, castigated, Wednesday February 21, the “unacceptable paralysis” of the United Nations Security Council in the face of the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, during a meeting of G20 foreign ministers .
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⇒ The international community displays its divisions at the G20 in Rio
⇒ Sweden: intelligence services insist on Russian threat
⇒ Presidential election in Russia: opposition candidate Nadejdine announces the rejection of his appeal
Ukraine: the international community displays its divisions at the G20 in Rio
Deep international divisions over the wars in Ukraine and Gaza were on display Wednesday on the first day of a meeting of G20 foreign ministers in Brazil. Opening the meeting, Brazilian Minister Mauro Vieira, whose country has chaired the group since December, denounced the blockage of the UN Security Council in the face of these two conflicts with considerable consequences.
“Multilateral institutions are not sufficiently equipped to deal with current challenges, as demonstrated by the unacceptable paralysis of the Security Council over ongoing conflicts. This inaction directly involves the loss of human lives,” declared the head of Brazilian diplomacy Mauro Vieira during this meeting organized in Rio de Janeiro.
Joe Biden violently attacks Vladimir Putin
Joe Biden insulted Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday during a meeting in San Francisco with Democratic Party donors. “The existential threat is climate change. There’s that crazy bastard Putin, and others, and you always have to worry about nuclear war, but the existential threat to humanity It’s climate change,” criticized the American president.
Moscow accuses British Council of spying for Ukraine
The Russian security services (FSB) on Wednesday accused the British Council, the British education and culture agency, of collecting military intelligence from Ukrainian refugees. In a statement, the FSB assured that the British Council in Great Britain, “via organizations under its control”, was collecting information concerning the Ukrainian region of Kherson, partly occupied by Russian forces.
“Cases have been established of this foreign organization using Ukrainian refugees living in the United Kingdom to obtain military and political intelligence through their connections in the Kherson region,” accuses the FSB. According to this source, a resident of the town of Novaya Maitchka, occupied by the Russian army, turned to the occupation authorities to denounce this supposed crime.
Sweden: intelligence services insist on Russian threat
Swedish intelligence services (Säpo) warned on Wednesday of the territorial threat posed by Russian espionage, particularly in the Arctic, in the run-up to Sweden’s likely entry into NATO. Sweden ended two centuries of non-alignment by applying to join NATO following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This accession should materialize on Monday during the vote of the Hungarian parliament, the final obstacle. Russia, like China, “carries out activities that threaten security in the far north of Sweden,” writes Säpo in its annual threat assessment report.
The accession of Finland, and that expected of Sweden, extends the border of the Atlantic Alliance in the Arctic regions. “Russia’s interest in northern Sweden mainly concerns Swedish military capabilities,” continues Säpo.
Presidential election in Russia: opposition candidate Nadejdine announces the rejection of his appeal
Russian opponent Boris Nadejdine announced on Wednesday that the Supreme Court had dismissed his appeal against the refusal to register his candidacy for the presidential election in March which should see the reappointment of Vladimir Putin for a new term. “The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation rejected my appeal challenging the refusal of registration,” Boris Nadezhdine wrote on social media, adding that he would challenge the decision.
This discreet veteran of Russian political life, who had taken a position for the end of the Russian offensive in Ukraine, had seen his candidacy rejected at the beginning of the month by the Central Electoral Commission on the grounds of irregular signatures of support. He said he learned of the Supreme Court’s decision from a foreign country, where he said he was “on vacation with the children.”
Decorated by Putin, the leader of the Bosnian Serbs reiterates his anti-NATO policy
Decorated Wednesday by Russian President Vladimir Putin for his contribution to “cooperation” between Russia and Bosnia, the political leader of the Bosnian Serbs Milorad Dodik pledged to prevent Bosnia’s accession to NATO. The two leaders met in Kazan, the capital of the Russian republic of Tatarstan, on the sidelines of the “Games of the Future”, combining sports disciplines and video games, organized by Moscow until March 3, reported the public channel of Republika Srpska (RTRS), the Bosnian Serb entity.