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To: sense who wrote (185314)	3/13/2022 6:37:33 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217713

Re <<all information, including $ information, can be subject to the same manipulations as you see in media re news... or in "two sets of books"... or, otherwise, always stuck having to believe that the numbers represent reality... instead of a total fiction... >> Am trying to make sense of what is OTOH ... there is this below, making it appear that Team USA has no interest in enlisting China's help to exert persuasion on Team Russia to end the war sooner on Team Ukraine, if, and that is an if, indeed USA threatening China on one hand and making up tales on the re Russia w/r to China on the other. Hard to tell. I cannot see Team Russia asking China for military aid. What can Russia possibly want from China in the way of military gear? Ammo? OTOH, I cannot fathom Team China stopping trading w/ Russia. So .... what's up? Dunno scmp.com Then there is below, I just received in in-tray bitchute.com and fromZeroHedge, the Russian media per CIA reckoning zerohedge.com Ukraine, Russian Negotiators Say "Significant Progress" Made In Ceasefire Talks, Expect Signed Deal In "Next Few Days" While we saw as recently as Friday what happens when the market gets overly optimistic that a Ukraine ceasefire is imminent, only to get the rug pulled from underneath it just hours later ... [url=] [/url] ... on Sunday - day 18 of the Russia-Ukraine war - we are getting the same distinct case of optimistic deja vu, as delegates from both sides of the Ukraine peace talks sounded positive ahead of more negotiations in the next few days. It remains to be seen if this is the start of a peaceful resolution to the war or just another false dawn. According to the Guardian, Ukrainian negotiator and presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak said talks had become more constructive. “We will not concede in principle on any positions. Russia now understands this. Russia is already beginning to talk constructively. I think that we will achieve some results literally in a matter of days,” he said in a video posted online. To clarify. At the negotiations, the RF not putting ultimatums, but carefully listens to our proposals. 🇺🇦 will not give up any of the positions. Our demands are - the end of the war and the withdrawal of RF troops. I see the understanding and there is a dialogue. pic.twitter.com/72ae9ZeOfn — Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) March 13, 2022 At the same time, Leonid Slutsky, member of the Russian negotiating delegation and head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs also said there had been significant progress and they hoped to soon arrive at a “joint position”, Sky News reports. According to the state-owned RIA news agency said that when Slutski compared the state of talks now with those when they first started, there had been “substantial progress”. “According to my personal expectations, this progress may grow in the coming days into a joint position of both delegations, into documents for signing,” Slutsky said. It was not clear what the scope of any such documents might be. As Slutsky pointed out , the agreements between the parties will help reduce tensions and "save many people." Three rounds of talks between the two sides in Belarus, most recently last Monday, had focused mainly on humanitarian issues and led to the limited opening of some corridors for civilians to escape fighting. This comes a day after the French and German presidents, Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz said Vladimir Putin did not show a willingness to end the war during a call on Saturday. The peace process is also getting a fresh kick start after Bloomberg reported that the U.S. and China will hold the first high-level, in-person talks since Russia’s full invasion of Ukraine, as the Biden administration continues to try to enlist Beijing to exert influence on its neighbor to end the crisis. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will meet in Rome on Monday with China’s top diplomat, Communist Party Politburo member Yang Jiechi, according to a person familiar with the details of the plan. President Joe Biden’s top advisers have been working to increase pressure on China to enforce sanctions on Russia’s economy imposed by the U.S. and its European and Asian allies. So far, U.S. officials have said they haven’t seen evidence that Beijing has tried to circumvent them, although that just means that they haven't looked hard enough. In any case, if China does agree to mediate talks, it would be seen as a significant development toward peace. Then again, since the Biden admin has little to gain from an accelerated return to normalcy ahead of the midterms - after all the inflationary impulse will be here to stay well into 2023 - especially if the president can no longer blame Putin for everything that is wrong in the US domestically, we expect that this glimmer of hope will be promptly dashed over the next 24-48 hours.

To: sense who wrote (185314)	3/13/2022 7:03:53 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217713

As you noted many times, love the Comments section Expecting much more excitement before November, perhaps even a 2-fronts war, which should send Gold to ... even as sending hairdryer, refrigerator, auto parts, pharmaceuticals, solar gears, rare earths, titanium, interest rate, inflation, ... to [any numbers higher than now] zerohedge.com Russia Seeking China's Military Help In Ukraine, US "Sources" Say In Afternoon Of Media Leaks; China Responds: "Never Heard Of That" (Update 5:00PM): According to Reuters, when asked about claims that Russia is requesting military help from China, the spokesperson for China's embassy in Washington responded "I've never heard of that." The spokesperson, Liu Pengyu, said China's priority was to prevent the tense situation in Ukraine from getting out of control. "The current situation in Ukraine is indeed disconcerting," he said in an emailed response to a query from Reuters, adding that "the high priority now is to prevent the tense situation from escalating or even getting out of control." * * * Earlier when commenting on what's been reported as "significant progress" made in Russia-Ukraine talks, we noted that "It remains to be seen if this is the start of a peaceful resolution to the war or just another false dawn." Well, just a few hours later the false dawn has arrived via a bombshell FT report citing anonymous Biden administration officials who say that Russia has issued a formal request from China for military support in its invasion of Ukraine. This was followed minutes later with similar Washington Post and New York Times stories in what looks like a US " coordinated leak" effort to send a message and warning to China. "Russia has asked China for military ?equipment to ?support its invasion of Ukraine, ?according to [anonymous] US officials, sparking concern in ?the White House that Beijing ?may undermine western efforts to help Ukrainian forces defend their country," FT writes. Archived file image: Xi and Putin attend military ceremony"US officials told the Financial Times that Russia had requested military equipment and other assistance since the start of the invasion." And the FT notes that "They declined to give details about what Russia had requested." It's been no secret that Russia's military has been losing a more than expected amount of tanks, armored, carriers, planes, and helicopters, although precise numbers remains conjecture. The Washington Post also recently observed that regardless of Russia's overwhelming troop numbers, battlefield setbacks and losses have been "costlier" than the Kremlin likely calculated a mere little more than two weeks in. Since there are precious few details from the FT's anon sources, the key question is whether this is another US intelligence attempt to preempt the very scenario being asserted as confirmed before it actually happens (akin to repeating official intel leaks in the run-up to the Feb.24 invasion of Ukraine). State Department darling Washington Post quickly chiming in with its own version of the anonymously sourced story makes it appear that this is what's happening: This story was cascaded out by FT and WaPo at the same time. Near as i can tell it is mostly US propaganda to counter the CCP propaganda in NYT op-ed today, ahead of the Sullivan & Jiechi's meeting in Rome tomorrow. https://t.co/gFPlxS734I — Lizzy (@lizzie363) March 13, 2022 The FT report hints at this in the following: "Another person familiar with the situation said the US was preparing to warn its allies, amid some indications that China may be preparing to help Russia. Other US officials have said there were signs that Russia was running out of some kinds of weaponry as the war in Ukraine extends into its third week." Perhaps also the preemptive leaking of this information to FT is meant as a warning of sorts to build leverage before White House national security adviser heads to Rome for Monday talks with China's top foreign policy official Yang Jiechi. The meeting was earlier described as an effort to "maintain open lines of communication" between Washington and Beijing on the Ukraine crisis. As Bloomberg reports, Sullivan right before departing for the official trip put Beijing on notice concerning any level of sanctions evasion cooperation between China and Moscow. Here's what he said in a CNN interview Sunday: ...the U.S. has warned China against helping Russia evade sanctions and is watching the extent to which it provides "material support or economic support" to Russia. "We will not stand by and allow any country to compensate Russia for its losses from the economic sanctions," Sullivan said. Large-scale sanctions evasion or providing support that allows Russia to "backfill" will have "consequences," he said, without elaborating. The WaPo story was out almost simultaneous to the FT and NY Times versions: New —> Russia asks China for weapons, U.S. officials say “If Beijing is offering any type of military assistance to aid Moscow’s war in Ukraine, the spillover effects on U.S.-China policy could be vast.” https://t.co/jOIWawaNGH pic.twitter.com/hDYnbNc99f — Andrew deGrandpré (@adegrandpre) March 13, 2022 Sullivan also said the US is warning China not to "bail out" Russia by helping Moscow in sanctions-busting efforts. So now it appears there's a double-warning coming out, with Beijing being put on notice about military equipment and possible plans to assist Russia in Ukraine.