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Thanks E.T.
She announced her resignation which will come in effect July 1st.
The Russian Federation´s report on US biolabs in UKR from 3 years ago is here:1 June 2023
The Outcome Report of the Parliamentary Commission on Investigation into the Circumstances Related to Creation of Biological Laboratories by U.S. Specialists on the Territory of Ukraine
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/international_safety/1873584/
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/international_safety/1873584/
It´s a long document.
Here the concluding chapter:“(…)
During the parliamentary inquiry it was showed that the US:carry out biological programs around the world, covering their contents with a secrecy regime;
deliberately fragmented their biological research in order to disguise their true nature;
purposefully oppose the legally binding Protocol to the BTWC, which provides for the creation of effective mechanisms for international control in this area;
have created around the world and in Ukraine, in particular, a wide network of “extraterritorial” biological laboratories located outside the national borders of the United States;
lead to the implementation of military biological programs commercial organization – Pentagon contractors in a violation of the Resolution of the Security Council No.1540;
Pentagon and structures affiliated with it such DTRA are a general customer of biological researches.Moreover, the United States:
by executing bioprogrammes in Ukraine, collecting biomaterial and even studying the reaction of local population to some pathogenic agents not only create the possibility for themselves to simulate the spread of local and global epidemics in this region but also to manage them;
the geography of US bioresearches is not accidental. They are being executed at the prospective areas of NATO member countries’ contingents deployment. Thus, conditions for a possible aggression against Russia de-facto is being created;
the US national legislation allows for the development of bioweapons components. While joining to the 1925 Geneva Protocol, the 37 states, including the US, made reservations that they reserve the right for a counter attack if the opposing force (and in some cases an ally of such state) violates the Protocol (“retaliatory attack”). At the same time many countries are also members of the BWC that prohibits any possession of bioweapons in principal. The reservation of the right for a counter attack implies the exact possession of such bioweapon that can be an indirect proof of its existence.The Commission came to the conclusion that:
the US sustain and develop the potential to create components of bioweapons and, in case of need, to produce and use it outside of their national territory.
the US violate a lot of provisions of the Biologic and Toxin Weapons Convention.
facts of the US violations of the BWC international legal regime also indicate the shortcomings of the current norms and the urgent need for a comprehensive strengthening of the BWC regime.Throughout the whole period of its work the Parliamentary Commission engaged all available international fora to inform the international community of the revealed facts of military and biological activities of the US in Ukraine and of the BWC norms violations. The Commission’s proposal to raise transparency of the national bioprogrammes and to comply with the BWC by all States Parties without exception was presented at the BWC Ninth Review Conference. The Commission has communicated twice its addresses to the parliaments of the countries of the world regarding the US military and biological activities outside of its national territory.
The Commission also points out that international terrorism poses a serious threat to global biological security. It proposes to leverage international efforts for a timeless start of the multilateral negotiations at the Conference for Disarmament to develop international convention against acts of chemical and biological terrorism.
The Outcome report of the Commission adopted on April 12, 2023 is available on the Federation Council website. It is now being translated into the UN official languages.
(…)”This is a copy of my comment originally posted in the major section.
https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2026/06/the-joy-of-resistance/comment-page-2/#comment-1099428Since it concerns the Ukraine War I save it here for later research mainly because of the links/quotes of course:
re: Boris Johnson vs. peace negotiations
1) Ukrainian Pravda on May 5th, 2022:
„(…)As soon as Ukrainian negotiators and Abramovich/Medinsky had broadly agreed on the structure of a possible future agreement following the Istanbul summit, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson appeared in Kyiv almost without warning .
“Johnson brought two simple messages to Kyiv: Putin is a war criminal, he needs to be pressured, not negotiated with. And secondly, if you are ready to sign any guarantee agreements with him, then we are not. We can with you, but not with him, he will abandon everyone anyway ,” one of Zelensky’s close associates summarizes the essence of Johnson’s visit.(…)“
https://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2022/05/05/7344096/
2) “Peoples Dispatch” picked up this story for English speaking audiences shortly after:
„(…)
According to the report, Johnson came to Kiev on a surprise visit apparently to “express solidarity” and announce financial and military aid to Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression. However, during his meeting with Zelensky, Johnson asked him not to continue with the talks which were going on in Turkey, asserting that Putin needs to be defeated.Zelensky’s public position on talks with Russia shifted dramatically following this visit. Only a few days prior to the visit, Zelensky had proclaimed that there is no alternative to talks with Russia.
(…)“3) On April 8th after visiting Bucha Josep Borrell published a TWEET:
“(…)
This war will be won on the battlefield. An additional €500 million in EU aid is underway. Arms deliveries will be tailored to Ukraine’s needs,” Mr. Borrell wrote on Twitter.
(…)”
As first reported by KOMMERSANT
https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/53041214) Interestingly Zelensky AFTER Bucha still suggested peace talks.
5) John Mearsheimer in an interview with German magazine CICERO on June 29, 2022, suggested that unlike Scholz and Macron:
“(…) The Americans see things quite differently; they do not want a negotiated solution. Rather, the Americans have an interest in defeating Russia militarily on Ukrainian soil.(…)”
https://www.cicero.de/aussenpolitik/john-mearsheimer-ukraine-krieg-eu-russland-ende-nato-schuld
6) This view was also shared e.g. by Connor Echols in RESPONSIBLE STATECRAFT
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/09/02/diplomacy-watch-why-did-the-west-stop-a-peace-deal-in-ukraine/7) And Branko Marcetic via TWITTER on Aug 30 2022:
„(…)Remember it was a Ukrainian pro-Western paper that reported Johnson’s scuttling of the talks. Now, thanks to Hill, we know those talks actually bore fruit. The Western press, btw, continues to simply pretend this reporting doesn’t exist.(…)“
https://x.com/BMarchetich/status/1564663210204172288
8) Jeffrey Sachs stressed this issue in his latest letter to German chancellor Merz, again, on May 28th:
“(…)the April 2022 Istanbul agreement that was within reach. Just weeks after Russia’s invasion in February 2022, Russian and Ukrainian negotiators converged in Istanbul on the terms of a peace agreement: Ukrainian neutrality outside NATO, multilateral security guarantees, agreed troop limits, and the political resolution of the Donbas and Crimea questions over time. The agreement was within days of signature. Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, one of the mediators, has confirmed publicly that the deal was close and that the West — the United States and the United Kingdom in particular — moved to block it. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s mission to Kyiv in April 2022 to instruct Ukraine not to sign is a matter of public record. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian and Russian lives, and the wider European order, have paid the price for that US–UK intervention. Germany has not raised its voice on this — even though Germany, more than any other European state has borne the economic consequences.(…)”
https://www.jeffsachs.org/newspaper-articles/sj32jtl6876pd8aaeb23y7pzxbyrrp
Were it not true Sachs would not repeat this in a letter in the court of public opinion.
9) German NACHDENKSEITEN did a “fact-check” on Sachs´s point:
Bennett was quoted by German evening News then:
“(…)When asked by the journalist whether the West had blocked the potential ceasefire, Bennett replied: “Basically, yes.”(…)”Swiss paper WELTWOCHE quoted Turkish SoS Cavusoglu:
“(…)Some NATO states wanted the war in Ukraine to continue in order to weaken Russia.(…)”Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder in an interview for BERLINER ZEITUNG daily (I then posted in the forum):
“(…)
“During the peace negotiations in Istanbul in March 2022 with Rustem Umerov [then Zelenskyy’s security advisor, now Ukraine’s Defense Minister], the Ukrainians did not agree to peace because they were not permitted to do so. They had to consult the Americans regarding everything they discussed. (…) Yet in the end [of the peace negotiations], nothing happened. My impression: Nothing *could* happen, because all further decisions were made in Washington. That was disastrous.”
(…)”10) Victoria Nuland btw never claimed that Russia was not willing to negotiate. She wiggled out of the qustion by pointing to the appendix of the settlement which had addressed “advanced weapons” stationed in Ukraine which the Russians naturally did not agree to. She spins it in a way that without question that was equal to opposing any serious settlement. Totally muting the fact that the issue of missiles was one of the main reasons why Russian military leadership was so worried about Ukraine´s proximity to NATO. Where “advanced weapons” is printed, WMDs are included.
p.s. It´s funny: The same dude, Boris Johnson, who throughout his time in office was criticized by British media to be a playboy, not serious, sef-promoting, and not the most honest of PMs – by the same media all of a sudden was elevated to the rank of impeccable source of integrity and responsibility when it came to denounce Russia and promote jingoist views.
