EURO NEWS: Wagner chief presumed dead in plane crash near Moscow

Russian authorities say Prigozhin was one of ten passengers listed for the flight, although it is not yet clear whether he was on board at the time.

A business jet en route from Moscow to St Petersburg crashed Wednesday, killing all ten people on board, Russian emergency officials said. 

The jet reportedly belonged to Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner private military company.

Russia’s civilian aviation regulator, Rosaviatsia, confirmed that Prigozhin was on the passenger list. However, it was not immediately clear if he had boarded the flight when it went down.

State news agency Tass cited emergency officials as saying that the plane carried three pilots and seven passengers. The authorities said they were investigating the crash, which occurred in the Tver region more than 100 kilometres north of Moscow.

Flight tracking data shows a private jet registered to Wagner that Prigozhin had used previously took off from Moscow on Wednesday evening and its transponder signal disappeared minutes later.

The signal was lost in a rural region where there are no nearby airfields where the jet could have landed safely.

Video shared widely on social media channels, including by a senior advisor to the Ukrainian government, appears to show a plane fall from the sky, and then burst into flames on the ground. 

The authenticity of those videos could not be immediately verified.

Prigozhin, whose private military force Wagner fought alongside Russia's regular army in Ukraine, mounted a short-lived armed mutiny against Russia's military leadership in late June.

The Kremlin said he would be exiled to Belarus, and his fighters would either retire, follow him there, or join the Russian military.

This week, Prigozhin posted his first recruitment video since the mutiny, saying that Wagner is conducting reconnaissance and search activities, and “making Russia even greater on all continents, and Africa even more free.”

Prigozhin listed as passenger of plane crashed in Russia

 Prigozhin listed as passenger of plane crashed in Russia’s Tver region — aviation agency

An investigation of the Embraer plane crash that happened in the Tver Region this evening was initiated

Yevgeny Prigozhin

© Lev Borodin/TASS

MOSCOW, August 23. /TASS/. Russia’s Federal Agency for Air Transport has launched an investigation into the crash of the Embraer plane in the Tver Region on Wednesday, the agency said noting that Yevgeny Prigozhin was among the passengers.

"An investigation into the Embraer plane crash that occurred in the Tver Region this evening has been launched. According to the passenger list, the first and last name of Yevgeny Prigozhin was included in this list," the agency noted.

The Embraer business jet crashed in the Tver Region near the settlement of Kuzhenkino. According to preliminary data, all 10 people on board the plane have died. The plane was en route from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport to St. Petersburg.

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Chandrayaan-3 livestream: Watch India’s attempted moon landing

Chandrayaan-3 livestream: Watch India’s attempted moon landing

By Matthew Sparkes New Scientist 23 August 2023

India will become only the fourth country to successfully land an intact craft on the moon if its Chandrayaan-3 mission successfully touches down near the lunar south pole today. It will also become the first nation to explore the potentially water-rich polar region.

The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO’s) Chandrayaan-3, which takes its name from the Sanskrit word for “mooncraft”, took off onboard a Launch Vehicle Mark-III rocket from the southern state of Andhra Pradesh on 14 July and has spent six weeks covering about 380,000 kilometres en route to the moon.

It is now in lunar orbit preparing to land at a spot with water reserves, which could help make a permanent lunar base possible.

The preceding Chandrayaan-2 mission ended in failure in 2019 when a software glitch caused its Vikram lander to crash into the moon’s surface. It was destroyed, along with the six-wheeled rover it contained, named Pragyan, that would have explored the moon’s south pole.

The earlier Chandrayaan-1 mission consisted of a lunar orbiter and a probe designed to deliberately hit the moon at speed, again targeting the south pole. India’s latest mission is designed to land softly and carry out scientific research.

‘Hegemonism not in China’s DNA’: Xi calls for BRICS expansion

‘Hegemonism not in China’s DNA’: Xi calls for BRICS expansion

Xi says China seeks a more just and equitable international order and rejects ‘bloc confrontation’.

Al Jazeera Published On 23 Aug 2023

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for an expansion of the BRICS grouping of emerging economies to build a more just and equitable international order, insisting “hegemonism is not in China’s DNA”.

In a speech delivered on his behalf at the start of BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa on Tuesday, Xi said China had no wish to engage in great power competition or create “bloc confrontation”.

“China stands firmly on the right side of history and believes a just cause should be pursued for the common good,” Xi said at a business forum, according to remarks delivered by Commerce Minister Wang Wentao.

Xi said BRICS would continue to grow “whatever resistance there may be.”

“Right now, changes in the world, in our times, and in history are unfolding in ways like never before, bringing human society to a critical juncture,” he said.

It was not clear why Xi did not participate in the event, which was attended by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Xi earlier met summit host Ramaphosa, telling his counterpart their countries stood at a “new historical starting point”.

China and Russia, both of which have been heavily sanctioned by the United States, have been keen to expand BRICS to develop a counter to Western dominance over international institutions and affairs.

Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Iran, Argentina and Egypt are among the countries that have expressed interest in joining the bloc – currently made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – which represents about 40 percent of the world’s population and more than 25 percent of the global economy.

The grouping, however, is dividend on expansion, with Brazil and India widely seen as more ambivalent about growing the bloc.

In a possible sign of differing visions for the bloc, Brazil’s Lula said BRICS did not seek to be a “counterpoint to the G7, G20 or the United States”.

“We just want to organise ourselves,” Lula said during a social media broadcast.

Apart from enlarging membership, the summit is also set to discuss ways to boost the use of local currencies in trade and financial transactions to lessen dependency on the US dollar.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is not attending the summit in person, said in a pre-recorded statement that the de-dollarization of the bloc’s economic times was “irreversible” and gaining momentum.

Russia’s economy has been battered by sweeping Western sanctions imposed in response to Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Putin, who is wanted under an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes, is being represented at the BRICS summit by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES

India’s Foreign Policy Progress in Sri Lanka is a Strategic Setback for China

India’s Foreign Policy Progress in Sri Lanka is a Strategic Setback for China

Since an economic crisis hit the country last year, New Delhi has reminded Colombo who its real friends are.

It was only a year ago that Sri Lanka dominated international headlines, as its worst economic crisis in more than 70 years contributed to severe domestic strife, including deadly riots, and severe shortages of fuel, food and critical medicine. The crisis was created by a confluence of domestic policy blunders under the Rajapaksa clan, on whose watch Sri Lanka’s burden of foreign debt had grown to nearly insurmountable levels, a significant proportion of it owed to Chinese creditors.

Sri Lanka’s economic troubles had been known for some time, but the Rajapaksas were unwilling to seek assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The source of the trouble came not only the inability to service debt due to limited foreign reserves, but economic mismanagement from legitimacy challenges that compelled the government to implement tax cuts to curry favor with the public. The result is that everything that could go wrong with the economy has: Sri Lanka faces budget and current account deficits, hyperinflation, a devalued currency and massive sovereign debt.

For neighboring India, Sri Lanka’s crisis prompted severe strategic anxiety. Over the past decade, Chinese influence on the island has increased, as after the long civil war drew to a close – in part due to China’s weaponry – Mahinda Rajapaksa began borrowing heavily to pay for the war. The relationship between New Delhi strained by an Indian peacekeeping mission in the late 1980s and a number of votes by India at the U.N. Human Rights Council after the war put pressure on Sri Lanka to be held accountable for its actions and to promote reconciliation with the island’s Tamil minority population. China seized the opportunity to undermine India’s sphere of influence over Sri Lanka, partially through satisfying Mahinda Rajapaksa’s penchant for vanity and pet projects.

A prime example of the Rajapaksa-era obsession with infrastructure projects was the 99-year lease of the strategically-located Hambantota Port in 2017 to the Chinese state-owned China Merchants Port Holding Company for $1.1 billion. Sri Lanka secured loans from Chinese banks to develop the port in hopes of relieving some of the shipping burden on the country’s main port in Colombo. Only the new port failed to generate the much-needed revenue. The Rajapaksa government eventually collapsed under the weight of its debt burden to both Beijing and another $25 billion in debt to private bondholders.

மாத்தளை, ரத்வத்த தொழிலாளர் குடியிருப்பு, தோட்ட நிர்வாகத்தால் தகர்ப்பு!

சுவரொட்டி புதிய ஈழப் புரட்சியாளர்கள்

மாத்தளை, ரத்வத்த குடியிருப்புகள் உடைக்கப்பட்டமைக்கு எதிர்ப்பு தெரிவித்து மக்கள் போராட்டம்.

athavannews.com  by YADHUSHA 2023/08/20

மாத்தளை, எல்கடுவ அரச பெருந்தோட்ட நிறுவனத்தின் கீழ் இயங்கும் ரத்வத்த கீழ்பிரிவில் லயன் குடியிருப்பில் வாழும் மக்களின் தற்காலிக குடியிருப்புகளை தோட்ட உதவி முகாமையாளர் அடித்து உடைத்த செயற்பாட்டிற்கு கண்டனம் தெரிவித்து போராட்டமொன்று முன்னெடுக்கப்படவுள்ளது.

வீடமைக்க தோட்ட மக்களுக்கு காணிகளை வழங்கு, 

ரத்வத்த தோட்ட நிர்வாகத்தின் செயலை வன்மையாக கண்டிக்கின்றோம் 

என்ற தொனிப்பொருளின் கீழ், பிரதேச மக்களினால் குறித்த போராட்டம் இன்று (20-08-2023) முன்னெடுக்கப்படவுள்ளது.

ரத்வத்தை தோட்ட கீழ்பிரிவுக்குட்பட்ட பகுதியில், குறித்த குடியிருப்பில் இருந்த மூன்று குடும்பங்கள் உள்ளடங்கலாக 14 பேர் ஒரே லயன் அறையில் தொடர்ந்து வாழ்ந்துள்ள நிலையில் தோட்ட நிர்வாகத்தின் முன்னாள் முகாமையாளரினால் இடம் வழங்கப்பட்டிருந்தாக பாதிக்கபட்ட மக்கள் தெரிவித்துள்ளனர்.

இந்த நிலையிலேயே தற்காலிக குடியிருப்பொன்றை அமைந்துள்ளதாகவும் அவரகள் குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளனர்.

ரத்வத்த கண்டன ஆர்ப்பாட்டம்

இதனைத் தொடர்ந்து இவ்வாறு அமைக்கப்பட்ட குடியிருப்பை உடனடியாக அகற்றுமாறு தொடர்ந்து தோட்ட உதவி முகாமையாளரினால்   அச்சுறுத்தல்  விடுக்கப்பட்ட நிலையில் நேற்று அடித்து உடைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளதாக பாதிக்கப்பட்ட மக்கள் எமது ஆதவன் செய்திப்பிரிவுக்கு தெரிவித்தனர்.

இந்த நிலையில் இது தொடர்பில் அடுத்த கட்ட நடவடிக்கைகள் குறித்து வினவுவதற்காக நீர்வழங்கல் மற்றும் தோட்ட உட்கட்டமைப்பு வசதிகள் அபிவிருத்தி அமைச்சர் ஜீவன் தொண்டமானுடன் எமது ஆதவன் செய்தி பிரிவு தொடர்பு கொண்ட போதிலும் முறையான பதில்கள் எதுவும் கிடைக்கவில்லை என்பதும் குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.

இதேவேளை குறித்து விடயத்திற்கு  நாடாளுமன்ற  உறுப்பினர்  வடிவேல் சுரேஸ்  மற்றும் தழிழ் முற்போக்கு கூட்டணியின் தலைவர் மனோ கனேசன்  ஆகியோர்  கண்டனம்  வெளியிட்டுள்ளதுடன்  சம்பந்தப்பந்தப்பட்ட அதிகாரிகளுடன் கலந்துரையாடி உள்ளதாகவும் தெரிவித்துள்ளனர்.

Iran warns against ‘provocative’ US military presence in Persian Gulf amid regional reconciliation

 

Iran warns against ‘provocative’ US military presence in Persian Gulf amid regional reconciliation

www.presstv.ir/ 2023/08/21

Iran has warned against the “provocative” buildup of American forces in the Persian Gulf, saying the move comes at a time when regional countries are improving their relations.

Speaking during a weekly press briefing in Tehran on Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan’ani said the interests of certain governments lie in instability in the Persian Gulf region.

“The security of the region, especially that of the Persian Gulf waterway, must be ensured within the region itself by the Persian Gulf states. It is a general principle,” he said, noting that Iran has accelerated talks to that aim.

“Coinciding with growing convergence among regional countries, we [hear] claims made by the US government and witness an increase of its military forces, a measure that is provocative. However, we are optimistic that cooperation between the countries of the region will advance faster,” Kan’ani added.

He further highlighted the critical importance of the Persian Gulf area and the Strait of Hormuz for Iran’s security and emphasized that the Iranian Navy will deliver a “professional and legal” response to any illegal move in the region.

Recently, the US sent additional 3,000 personnel on troop-landing warships to the region in response to Iran’s alleged “harassment and seizures of merchant vessels.”

The deployment brought additional aircraft and helicopters to join a dozen US F-35s, as well as F-16 and A-10 aircraft and Navy guided-missile destroyers that had already arrived in the Persian Gulf under the pretext of protecting vessels crossing the main waterways in the strategic region.

‘Iran will not allow violation of its rights’

Also in his remarks, the spokesman reacted to reports that a US-seized cargo of Iranian crude oil was unloading off the coast of Texas.

“I read the story in the media and I have no confirmed information. There is a general principle that says the era of hit-and-run is over. Iran will not stand idly by in relation to any violation of the nation’s rights and will cut the hands of the aggressors,” he said.

“Acts of trespassing on tankers carrying Iranian oil are a clear example of piracy.”

The remarks came after Reuters cited ship tracking data as showing that a cargo of Iranian crude oil that was seized by the United States began unloading on Sunday.

US ‘forced’ to recognize Iran’s rights

Commenting on the recent agreement with the US for the release of Iranian funds frozen in South Korea, Kan’ani said that Washington was “forced” to recognize Iran’s rights in this regard.

“The release of Iran’s assets comes at a time when the US tries to block them by imposing unilateral sanctions. However, we forced the United States to pay attention to Iran’s rights through our good diplomatic and legal efforts.”

South Korean banks blocked $6 billion worth of Iran’s assets after former US President Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018 and reinstated economic sanctions against Tehran. They refused to release them because of fears of facing US penalties.

Earlier this month, Iran announced agreements reached between Tehran and Washington to resolve some issues relating to the prisoner swap and the unfreezing of Iranian assets illegally blocked overseas.

Kan’ani said that a maximum framework of two months has been specified for the process.

He also noted that Iran is seriously pursuing the release of its assets blocked in Iraq, announcing that part of the process has been completed.

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