Lawrow nennt den Anruf von Finnlands Präsident Stubb und Norwegens Ministerpräsident Støre bei Putin den Versuch der Europäer, sich in die Verhandlungen über die Ukraine hineinzuzwängen. Neues sei darin offenbar nicht gesagt worden, und das, obwohl Lawrow nach eigenen Worten die Mitschrift noch gar nicht gesehen hatte. Vor afrikanischen Chefredakteuren in Moskau sagte er, Europa verabschiede Dokument um Dokument, verurteile Russland und fordere ein Ende der Aggression, „völlig ignorierend, womit das alles begonnen hat". Ausgerechnet der Außenminister des Landes, das im Februar 2022 die Ukraine überfallen hat, fragt nach dem Anfang. Begonnen hat Russland diesen Krieg 2014 mit der Krim und 2022 mit dem Großangriff auf die ganze Ukraine. Kremlsprecher Peskow sagte am selben Tag, Europa nehme an den Verhandlungen bisher nicht teil, und die Europäer hätten im Gespräch keine neuen Vorschläge gemacht. Im November gehe das Dreierformat aus Russland, der Ukraine und den USA weiter. Für die Menschen in der Ukraine heißt das: Am Tisch, an dem im November über das Ende des Krieges gesprochen wird, sitzen drei Seiten. Ihre europäischen Unterstützer sitzen nicht dabei. Bundeskanzler Merz sagte am selben Tag in Singapur, die USA und Russland könnten das Kriegsende nicht ohne die Ukraine vereinbaren. Europa gehöre an den Tisch, weil die Sicherheit des ganzen Kontinents am Ergebnis hänge. Quellen: TASS, Kommersant, Wsgljad, Lenta.ru, ua.news

India said NO to Starlink. Musk thought he could throw a public tantrum and bully India into handing him a telecom monopoly, but he completely miscalculated. Thanks to Trump’s reckless betrayal of global allies and cozying up to dictators, the world is waking up to a terrifying truth: you simply cannot trust America—or its arrogant billionaires—with your national security anymore. Fareed Zakaria: “Elon Musk picked the wrong moment to lecture Indians. Frustrated that Starlink had not been cleared to launch in that country, he accused the government of protecting Mukesh Ambani whose telecom network Jio will launch its own satellite service. Musk cast himself as the champion of ordinary Indians against one of the country's richest men. It backfired. India's government dismissed his accusation as baseless. An influential nationalist group close to the ruling party went further demanding that Starlink be kept out of India altogether citing national security. Media and online reactions were similarly hostile to Starlink. Musk did not understand that in India as in much of the world, trust in America is collapsing. Indians have watched as Donald Trump has discarded 25 years of bipartisan outreach to New Delhi in favor of cozying up to Pakistan and its de facto dictator Field Marshal Asim Munir. They have watched Trump essentially abandon Ukraine, where the military version of Starlink has been suspiciously restricted, thus crippling Ukraine's military response to Russian aggression. Would India define itself in another crisis with Pakistan? Would it want its armed forces to be utterly dependent on a US satellite system controlled by Trump?”

Musk tobt: Indien hat zu Starlink NEIN gesagt. Musk glaubte, er könne mit einem öffentlichen Wutanfall Druck auf Indien ausüben und sich so ein Telekommunikationsmonopol erzwingen – doch damit hat er sich völlig verkalkuliert. Dank Trumps rücksichtslosem Verrat an globalen Verbündeten und seiner Anbiederung an Diktatoren dämmert der Welt eine erschreckende Wahrheit: Man kann Amerika – und seinen arroganten Milliardären – in Fragen der nationalen Sicherheit schlichtweg nicht mehr vertrauen. Fareed Zakaria: „Elon Musk hat sich den falschen Zeitpunkt ausgesucht, um den Indern die Welt zu erklären. Frustriert darüber, dass Starlink in Indien keine Betriebserlaubnis erhalten hatte, warf er der Regierung vor, Mukesh Ambani zu schützen – dessen Telekommunikationsnetzwerk Jio einen eigenen Satellitendienst plant. Musk inszenierte sich als Vorkämpfer für die einfachen Inder im Kampf gegen einen der reichsten Männer des Landes. Doch das ging nach hinten los: Die indische Regierung wies seinen Vorwurf als grundlos zurück. Eine einflussreiche nationalistische Gruppierung, die der Regierungspartei nahesteht, ging noch weiter und forderte unter Verweis auf die nationale Sicherheit, Starlink komplett aus Indien fernzuhalten. Auch in den Medien und im Internet stieß Starlink auf ähnlich feindselige Reaktionen. Musk hat nicht verstanden, dass das Vertrauen in Amerika – in Indien wie in weiten Teilen der Welt – gerade zusammenbricht. Die Inder haben miterlebt, wie Donald Trump 25 Jahre parteiübergreifender Bemühungen um gute Beziehungen zu Neu-Delhi über Bord warf, um sich stattdessen Pakistan und dessen faktischem Diktator, Feldmarschall Asim Munir, anzunähern. Sie haben zudem beobachtet, wie Trump die Ukraine im Grunde im Stich gelassen hat – wobei die militärische Version von Starlink dort auf verdächtige Weise eingeschränkt wurde, was die militärische Antwort der Ukraine auf die russische Aggression erheblich beeinträchtigte. Wie würde sich Indien in einer erneuten Krise mit Pakistan positionieren? Und möchte das Land wirklich, dass seine Streitkräfte vollständig von einem US-Satellitensystem abhängig sind, das von Trump kontrolliert wird?“ #SpaceX

The recent Starlink / Starshield incident in Ukraine has created a dangerous precedence for the US export industry, many haven't yet grasped. The sudden deactivation respectively curtailing of those systems without warning not only cost precious lives, but also equipment worth millions. Though the blame game between the White House (Trump) and SpaceX (Musk) is going on, ultimately it doesn't matter. It showed the world that the USA are not a reliable partner any more. Pointing at some obscure "violation of terms of services" without providing the exact passage are just increasing that notion that this was a political move. The explanation that Starlink must not be used for "offensive" means is nonsense, too. Starlink has never been turned on over Russia, and using it in Ukraine is by definition defensive in nature. You can even argue that hitting Russian targets in Russia is defensive, since you don't have to wait for an attack to be conducted. Even the intention is enough to warrant action and to eliminate the threat at the source. But this is a different topic. Furthermore, SpaceX has been fully aware that its Starlink terminals are being used by Ukrainian forces. Especially when considering that Ukraine only recently had to white-list their Starlink terminals for the Ukrainian military so that Russian forces, who have been abundantly using Starlink as well, were locked out. It has always been clear that those Starlink terminals are used for and by the Ukrainian military, and Ukraine has always been thankful for that. Coming up with this bogus story, now, three weeks before midterms is therefore as transparent as it is shameless. It is obvious for everyone that this was just figleaf statement so that a political agenda can be pushed, an agenda which runs counter to the strategic nationalist interests of the USA, both political and economic. And this is the real scandal. It is not new that the US had to lock out its technology or supplies to nations with which it had previously good and even cordial relation. Iran under the Shah, South-Vietnam and Cuba before Castro are just three to name it. But as you can see from them, it made perfectly sense back then. Those nations switched sides or disappeared altogether. Ukraine on the other hand didn't switch sides and even helped the US in the most recent and botched Iran war, despite being short on ammunition itself. The Ukrainian government accepted every possible compromise and offered an unconditional ceasefire from the start. Russia on the hand refused all of it and is demanding surrender. Yet, it gets this treatment? Unbelievable. This will be noted by all clients around the globe who purchase US weapons and technology. If agreements are not honored and can unilaterally and even clandestinely be altered based on the whims of a few, who only follow their own motives or election lies, then the all concept reliability falls apart. Whether it is Starlink, the F-35, Tomahawk missiles or HIMARS. All those systems run on software and in many cases can only properly operate with recent updates. You don't even need have a kill switch. You can only refuse to update and many of those systems lose more than 90% of their effectiveness within a short period, making worthless. This is why we see the blame game between Musk and Trump. I'm sure that people around those guys told them how absolutely shortsighted and stupid this step was. It will fall back on the entire US industry. Not even those two guys are worth that losses and backlash. A functional US Congress would immediately start subpoenas and hearings, asking questions in order to mitigate the damage, but here we are. Trump and Musk have given the best reason why not to buy American. Customers - governmental and private alike - around the globe will take note of this and act accordingly, and I wouldn't be surprised if this won't be limited to US military products only. An absolutely senseless and avoidable own goal.

Es herrscht Krieg in Europa, daher nehme ich Drohungen ernst. Wir dürfen uns aber nicht von Angst leiten lassen. Kriegsdrohungen sind Teil der rus. Propaganda und sollen uns verunsichern und die UKR-Hilfe schwächen. Den Gefallen sollten wir RUS nicht tun. ksta.de/politik/roettgen-im-…

Audi CEO Gernot Döllner credits President Trump for the company's new auto investments in Georgia: "I would like to thank Mr. President for your support and the great opportunity." "We are planning to bring our biggest and most premium SUVs and produce them here in Macon!"

The Trump family selling drilling rights in Alaska to sanctioned Russians in exchange for a $25 billion "investment" through family proxies is just another day at the office for this admin. And MAGA will say its more 3D chess from the genius.

Ich musste zweimal lesen. Das darf doch nicht wahr sein????

US energy company execs have resigned in disgust as the Trump family is caught secretly expediting the funneling of $25 billion from a sanctioned Russian energy giant in exchange for allowing Russians to obtain a natural gas project in Alaska. According to investigations by The New York Times and Financial Times, Russia's Novatek allegedly concealed its financial involvement in the American project through a UAE-linked intermediary. Gentry Beach, a longtime Trump ally and close friend of Donald Trump Jr., signed an agreement with Novatek to pursue natural gas development in Alaska. Reuters documented the arrangement in February. Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin discussed this cooperation on the Alaska energy project with Trump's representatives, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, during negotiations involving Russia and Ukraine. The controversy deepened when Polar Train LNG's CEO, Joel Riddle, raised concerns about concealed Russian financing and possible sanctions violations. He departed in September, followed by other senior executives. The Financial Times also described discussions about a potential arrangement under which Novatek would provide technology for the Alaska project in exchange for sanctions relief benefiting its Arctic LNG 2 development in Siberia. According to The New York Times, Riddle and two other departing executives warned the Trump administration about the Russian financing and urged officials to investigate. The White House maintains that the project was mentioned only briefly and that no detailed discussions took place. There is no established evidence that Kushner or Witkoff knew about the allegedly concealed financing. Polar Train LNG denies wrongdoing. The central question is how a sanctioned Russian energy company became involved in a major American energy venture while Putin was discussing potential economic cooperation with Trump's representatives and a longtime Trump family associate was pursuing a separate agreement with the same Russian company. Selling Alaska to the Russians or selling Ukraine to the Russians - to the Trump family it's all the same. ft.com/content/e9cfbfbb-e65a…