International
Russia threatens U.S., disregards Biden’s comments due to his ‘irritability, fatigue and forgetfulness’
Threats and grandstanding are dominating top government leadership around the world as Russia’s President Vladimir Putin increases its aggression against Ukraine and continues to threaten other nations.
On Thursday Dmitry Medvedev, who served as Russia’s President from 2008 to 2012 and is currently deputy secretary of Russia’s Security Council, said the United States had stoked “disgusting” Russophobia.
“It will not work – Russia has the might to put all of our brash enemies in their place” he said. Russia has accused the West of perpetrating a “Russophobic plot to tear Russia apart.” Russia adds that any movement in forging ties with the West after the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union “is now over” and it will “develop ties with other powers such as china.”
During a Thursday St. Patrick’s Day address given by President Joe Biden, he said countries were “standing together against a murderous dictator, a pure thug who is waging an immoral war against the people of Ukraine.”
President Biden had received criticism for not immediately labeling Putin a “war criminal” until weeks after the invasion of Ukraine began. Russia responded to Biden’s comments against Putin on Friday.
“Given Mr. Biden’s irritability, his fatigue and sometimes forgetfulness…which ultimately leads to aggressive statements, we probably will not give any sharp assessments so as not to cause more aggression” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
International
Mental health crisis spikes among Afghan women after Taliban regained control two years ago
The women of Afghanistan are suffering a mental health crisis since the Taliban regained power two years ago. According to a joint report from three U.N. agencies released Tuesday, approximately 70% of women experience feelings of anxiety, isolation and depression.
The numbers continue to rise, as there has already been a significant jump between April and June of this year alone, with an increase from 57% the preceding quarter.
The report, conducted by U.N. Women, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, interviewed women online, in-person and in group consultations as well as individual telesurveys.
592 Afghan women in 22 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces took part in the study. The Associated Press reports:
They have barred women from most areas of public life and work and banned girls from going to school beyond the sixth grade. They have prohibited Afghan women from working at local and non-governmental organizations. The ban was extended to employees of the United Nations in April.
Opportunities to study continued to shrink as community-based education by international organizations was banned and home-based schooling initiatives were regularly shut down by the de facto authorities — a term use by the U.N. for the Taliban government.
Afghanistan is the only country in the world with restrictions on female education and the rights of Afghan women and children are on the agenda of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
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Bret
March 18, 2022 at 6:30 pm
Anyone familiar with the Obama/Nuland coup of 2014 in Ukraine it is clear why Russia sees this as worse than JFK’s Cuba Missile crisis. Russia has shown much more restraint than the US during the our full fledged defense of the Monroe Doctrine. I hope that the west doesn’t miscalculate their place on the borders of Russia.
Pherbia Stephens
March 19, 2022 at 10:39 am
Russia must be the stomping grounds of Satan the Devil since they are so wicked. Why not clean them off the map before they get us?
Stephen Leonard
March 19, 2022 at 11:22 am
The tragic truth is that there is no reason for anyone, friend or foe, to take Joe Biden seriously. He clearly has no idea what he’s saying, doesn’t remember it long enough to act on it, and is a laughingstock around the world. Our once-great nation has been reduced to a sick punchline by putting this corrupt, stupid, venal, incompetent man in the White House.
kay kay
March 20, 2022 at 12:27 am
Putin,calling out the US for his aggression. lol. At least Biden has surrounded himself with qualified staff who give him realistic advice, and don’t lie and cower to their Dictator, telling him what he only wants to hear. Biden is also not firing his staff out of fear of being poisoned or otherwise killed. Putin,it’s time to retire and go play with the grandkids.
Sad4theUS
March 20, 2022 at 2:31 am
How can any world leader ever take this weak, demented, bag of bones seriously… He is the laughing stock of the world! And oh how that must amuse his Puppet Master, Obama, who’s always hated him.
Bob Mackay
March 20, 2022 at 9:10 pm
They know, that it is futile, to attempt to speak with a VIOLENT Dementia Patient. The have had previous experience with violent Dementia patients of their own! Joseph Stalin, for instance, after her had a number of Strokes. So they KNOW, how dangerous those patients are!
jim
March 21, 2022 at 11:00 am
I wonder how he would feel about Russia becoming a giant parking lot for a big Walmart in MOSCOW! Russia needs to be FINALLY put in their place with the rest of the world