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meiyoumajia 写了： 2023年 3月 15日 14:24

Footage of the work of the RF Armed Forces with incendiary shells on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Ugledar, plus a video report on the consequences

any problem？

no
not at all

one more time for this issue:
what you can do, i can do better than you
i can do anything better than you
yes i can
no, you can't
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https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-ursu ... urbs-ngos/
EU ‘foreign agents’ law spooks NGOs
Georgians vigorously rejected a similar bill that was viewed as an attempt to tighten Russian control over the country in the Caucasus.

BRUSSELS — The European Union is working on a law that would force nongovernmental groups, consultancies and academic institutions to disclose any non-EU funding as part of a crackdown on foreign influence in the bloc, three sources confirmed to POLITICO.

The planned legislation, which is in very early stages, echoes similar laws in Australia and the United States. In the U.S., the Foreign Agents Registration Act has required lobbyists working on behalf of foreign governments to register with the federal government since 1938.

The EU’s version is unlikely to target individuals, but would make both commercial and nonprofit organizations around the bloc reveal non-EU funding pertaining to transactions such as paying for academic study, according to one European Commission official who asked not to be named in order to discuss preliminary thinking around the law, which is due to be finalized in late May.

Europe has been grappling with an array of foreign influence operations over recent years — from Russian hack-and-leak campaigns designed to change election outcomes, to Chinese grants for universities aiming to shape rhetoric on human rights, to — most recently — the Qatargate corruption scandal that has rocked the European Parliament.

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a “defense of democracy” package during her State of the Union speech last September, which kicked off work on the foreign influence bill led by Commission Vice President for Justice Věra Jourová.

Yet critics are calling the timing awkward. The EU was ramping up work on the proposal just as Georgia erupted in protests over a similar bill, which would have forced organizations to register as “agents of foreign influence” if more than 20 percent of their funding came from abroad.

That bill, widely perceived as an attempt to tighten government control along Russian lines, was withdrawn after massive protests last week.

“It’s obviously a delicate matter,” said the Commission official. “We are still in the early stages of gathering information from a wide range of stakeholders to make sure we are taking the right approach.”

Showing just how sensitive the matter is, NGOs are bristling over a preliminary questionnaire sent out on behalf of the Commission that is supposed to feed into an impact assessment due to be wrapped up in April as part of the law’s drafting.

According to a copy of the survey seen by POLITICO, respondents are already being asked to detail their sources of non-EU funding.

This question about funding “took a lot of people aback,” said Nick Aiossa, head of policy and advocacy at Transparency International, who said he participated in an oral questionnaire with the third party conducting the survey. “The guiding questions suggested they were evaluating whether Transparency International was a threat to democracy.”

Some NGOs voiced concern that if Europe goes ahead with its own version of the U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act, it could be weaponized by strongmen like Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to clamp down on pro-democracy forces in their country.

To assuage concerns, Jourová will hold a series of meetings with civil society groups later this week, the official said.

improving competitiveness against some other men

it is very nice to see both sides care about environment, or, at least talking about "environmentally friendly/unfriendly"

a nice vehicle
once upon a time
in a previous location

Confirmation video from PMCs "Wagner" from the liberated village of Zaliznyanskoye to the northwest of Artemovsk.

meiyoumajia 写了： 2023年 3月 15日 15:23 a nice vehicle
once upon a time
in a previous location

it is an australian "bushmaster"
cool but ...

yesyesyes
forworldpeace

more game changers

and more to come

with beginnings but no ending

smelling something in the air?

nothing personal
they will get along with each other
more
and more


hopefully
just hopefully


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...The main focus of the conversation between Shoigu and Austin was on the exchange of views on the causes and consequences of the incident with the crash of an American UAV, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Shoigu pointed out to Austin that the reason for the incident with the drone was the actions of the United States for non-compliance with the flight restriction zone declared by the Russian Federation.

Shoigu told Austin that US drone flights off the coast of Crimea are provocative, create prerequisites for escalation — Russian Defense Ministry

"Russia is not interested in escalation, but it will continue to respond proportionately to all provocations." - Russia MoD

"nuclear"!

"nuclear"!

"nuclear"!
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Full Statement of the Russian Defense Ministry

On March 15, at the initiative of the American side, telephone talks were held between the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu and the Minister of Defense of the United States of America Lloyd Austin

The main attention was paid to the exchange of views on the causes and consequences of the incident with the crash of an unmanned aerial vehicle of the United States on March 14 in the Black Sea.

Sergei Shoigu pointed out that the cause of the incident was the actions of the United States for non-compliance with the flight restriction zone declared by the Russian Federation, established in connection with a special military operation, as well as increased intelligence activities against the interests of the Russian Federation.

It was noted that the flights of American strategic unmanned aerial vehicles off the coast of Crimea have a provocative nature, which creates prerequisites for an escalation of the situation in the Black Sea zone.

The Russian Federation is not interested in such a development of events, but it will continue to respond proportionately to all provocations. At the same time, the major nuclear powers should act as responsibly as possible, including maintaining military communication channels to discuss any crisis situations.