Sputnik, June 25, 2022 — Experts and current and former officials concede that the US-led Western alliance did not expect the economic pressure they found themselves under after Russia began a military operation in Ukraine.

The Saker, June 24, 2022 — Vladimir Putin took part in the 14th BRICS Summit, held via videoconference and chaired by China. The meeting’s topic is Foster High-Quality BRICS Partnership, Usher in a New Era for Global Development. The Beijing Declaration of the 14th BRICS Summit formalises the key agreements of the meeting.

Ben Norton, Multipolarista, June 22, 2022 —A leftist Venezuelan journalist discusses the victory of left-wing candidate Gustavo Petro in Colombia’s presidential election, the easing of a few US sanctions, and Venezuela’s 20-year cooperation agreement with Iran.

Drago Bosnic, Global Research, June 21, 2022 — The political West seems to have lost any semblance of understanding geopolitics and diplomacy, while some might argue it has completely lost grasp of logic and reality. The belligerent power pole simply refuses to let go of the notion it has supposedly “won” the (First) Cold War.

Pepe Escobar, The Cradle, June 18 2022 — In St. Petersburg, the world’s new powers gather to upend the US-concocted “rules-based order” and reconnect the globe their way

Manlio Dinucci, Global Research, June 18, 2022 — Force the adversary to expand recklessly in order to unbalance him, and then destroy him. This is not the description of a judo hold, but a plan against Russia elaborated by the Rand Corporation, the most influential think tank in the USA.

The Saker, June 18,2022 — Mr Putin was on top form with an excellent, even exhaustive and detailed economic tour de force for Russia, and then of course for the sane world, or our Zone B. Pepe Escobar created a very high-level summary …

Joe Lauria, Consortium News, June 17, 2022 — Jennifer Robinson, attorney for Assange and WikiLeaks: “This is the outcome that we have been concerned about for the last decade. This decision is a grave threat to freedom of speech….”

Xie Wenting and Zhang Weilan Published: Jun 15, 2022 — The so-called “Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act,” disregarding facts, will come into effect on June 21.

The coming of the new G8 points to the inevitable advent of BRICS +, one of the key themes to be discussed in the upcoming BRICS summit in China.