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 April 15 , 2022

 Turkey Declines to Join Russia Sanctions

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has declared that Ankara will not join the sanctions some of its NATO allies have imposed on Russia.

"We believe that the sanctions will not resolve the problem," he told journalists.

Turkey’s decision seems to go against the the general NATO sentiment, whose Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that all members of the alliance were expected to sanction Russia.

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❗️Demand for Russian-made operating systems has grown 6 times internally due to the suspension of foreign IT companies in the Russian Federation and sanctions (TASS)

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 India Targets Russian Coal after Cheap Oil Deals

India’s imports of Russian coal have rocketed to the highest levels in two years, as New Delhi apparently plans to ignore Western warnings over sanctions against Russia's energy sector.

Negotiations on a local currency mechanism might help “bypass some of the financing challenges in the market”, according to trade consultant Samir N. Kapadia.

India is the world’s second-largest user and importer of coal (behind China), and is around 70% reliant on it for electricity. 

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 Gazprom Continues Exports to Europe via Ukraine

Russian state-owned gas producer Gazprom continues to uphold its contracts in its supply of natural gas to Europe, the company said Friday.

Requests have dropped from 81.1 million cubic meters on Thursday to just over 71MN on Friday. 

The Russian energy giant has faced a wave of sanctions, takeovers in Europe and accusations of undermining what's fast becoming a mega crisis across Europe and the US.

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 India Ships in More Russian S-400s Despite Ukraine Conflict 

India has received an order of Russian S-400 air defense systems, according to local media, with officials stating the shipments would continue despite Western efforts to force countries around the world to scuttle relations with Moscow over its ongoing military campaign in Ukraine.

“We are continuing to receive our consignments without any delays or issues, and the latest consignment of overhauled engines was received a few days ago despite the war [in Ukraine],” one unnamed official said.

The missile platforms arrived in the country by air and sea and have since been deployed in “designated locations,” senior govt officials told India Today, noting the S-400s are “now operational.”

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 "Even if Russians Look European, They Are Not European": German TV wades in on how some people are greater than others 

Florence Gaub, a German political scientist, has gone about dehumanizing a whole nation on TV - claiming that Russians do not care about the concepts of life and death as much as ‘European’ people do.

“Even if Russians look European, they are not European,” she told the host Markus Lanz. “They think differently about violence or death… They have no concept of a liberal, post-modern life. A concept of life which each individual can choose.”

Later Gaub faced fierce a backlash online, including some commenters accusing her of ‘racism’. To that she responded by doubling down - presenting clusters about religious beliefs (which included other European nations) and some polls that EU media have claimed are false or lopsided. 

What does a European look like?

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 NATO Warships Enter Baltic for “Joint Exercises”

Three frigates from the 1st Standing NATO Maritime Rapid Response Group have entered the Baltic to “demonstrate their presence to allies in the region” through joint exercises with the Estonian navy.

The drills will start next week after the three ships arrived from “Cold Response” exercises off Norway.

The NATO warship 'Defense' tour.

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