Day: November 23, 2021

Department of State: US will continue to impose sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline The US State Department has threatened to continue to impose new sanctions against Russian gas pipeline “Nord Stream-2”. This was stated by the head of the press service of the State Department Ned Price, TASS reports. According to Price, new restrictive measures will be introduced on the basis of the Protecting European Energy Security Act (PEESA) from 2019. “We will continue to follow the PEESA implementation legislation properly with regard to the entities involved in the construction of the pipeline,” he said. Earlier on Tuesday, November 23, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions against Transadria and the Marlin vessel. associated with Nord Stream 2. The US State Department announced earlier restrictive measures. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said Washington is imposing sanctions on two ships and one company that are involved in the pipeline

Hockey player “Ak Bars” Kampfer about World War II: the USSR would have been difficult to cope without the United States KHL defender ) “Ak Bars” Stephen Kampfer spoke about the results of the Second World War. His words are quoted by RIA Novosti. “You cannot talk about the victory of any one country in such an event as a world war. It is unlikely that the United States would have gone so far without the support of Great Britain and other countries, but it would have been difficult for the USSR to cope with enemies without the help of the United States and allies, “said the American hockey player. He stressed that this is a common victory, and there is no need to single out one. Ak Bars signed a contract with Kampfer this summer for one season. Prior to that, the defender played for the National Hockey League

Heads of the Russian and US General Staffs Gerasimov and Milli discussed international security issues Head of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov and Chairman of the Committee of Chiefs of Staff US forces Mark Millie had a telephone conversation. This was reported by TASS. The military leaders discussed topical issues of international security. “The telephone conversation was a continuation of communication between the two leaders to ensure risk reduction and operational conflict prevention,” the committee said. It is noted that both sides agreed not to disclose specific details of their conversation. Earlier, The Wall Street Journal reported that the United States was interested in the possible use of Russian military bases in Central Asia. According to the WSJ, this possibility was discussed by the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milli and Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed

AP: Former CIA officer followed Qatar's opponents in the fight for the 2022 World Cup Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer USA Kevin Chalker followed Qatar's opponents in their fight to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The Associated Press (AP) agency writes about this, citing sources. According to the agency, Cholker and his consulting firm were hired by Qatari officials. The task of the ex-CIA officer was to collect information about representatives of other countries – primarily the United States and Australia – that applied to host the 2022 World Cup. The American also tried to get access to the data on the phone calls of a certain high-ranking official of the International Football Federation (FIFA), whose name has not been disclosed. Doha took such a step in order to host the championship. For this, ex-CIA officers are usually involved, the AP interlocutors explained. Cholker himself later worked for

Czech Prime Minister Babis: Prague is ready to send its police or military to help Poland Prague is ready to send its police or military, but Warsaw has not yet responded to this proposal. This was announced on Tuesday, November 23, by Czech Prime Minister Andrei Babis, quoted by RIA Novosti. The politician's statement was made after the summit of the heads of government of the Visegrad Four countries, which, in addition to Poland and the Czech Republic, includes Hungary and Slovakia. “What is happening now on the Polish-Belarusian border is completely unacceptable. The behavior of Lukashenka’s regime goes beyond all limits, ”he said, speaking of Prague’s readiness to provide the necessary assistance to Warsaw. At the same time, he mentioned that if Poland accepts the proposal, then this decision must be approved by both chambers of the Czech parliament. Babiš also added that the Czech Republic fully supports the