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joseph.fallonRussia's Black Sea Fleet is one of Moscow's principle weapons for defeating Ukraine militarily thereby defeating the U.S. geopolitically. For Washington, the Russian Black Sea Fleet is the proverbial fly in the ointment capable of upending the unipolar world order created after 911 establishing the U.S. as the world's hegemon.

Read the full article by Joseph E Fallon at

https://www.academia.edu/107915397/The_Brzezinski_Doctrine_and_The_Fly_in_the_Ointment_Russias_Black_Sea_Fleet

Maria ZuppelloPutin continues to exploit his friendship with Brasilia. Lula's government refuses to extradite Cherkasov, the Russian agent who tried to infiltrate the Hague Court with a false passport, to the US. Meanwhile, fears of cyber-penetration by hackers for the Kremlin grows, writes Maria Zuppello.

Russia's long shadow continues to stretch over Brazil and now spans many sectors, including cyber and real estate. Above all, the next few days are likely to offer a surprise twist on what now has all the makings of a spy story straight out of a John le Carré novel. On Thursday 27th July came the Brazilian government's "no" to the extradition to the United States of Sergei Cherkasov, a John Hopkins graduate and Russian GRU spy with the false Brazilian identity of Viktor Muller Ferreira, who was returned to Brazil by the Dutch authorities before he could start an internship at the International Court at The Hague, Netherlands He has been in prison since April 2022, first in São Paulo and latterly in Brasilia.

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Liviu Muresan PicOn August 22nd to 24th, 2023, South Africa will host the 15th BRICS Summit at Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. BRICS consists of five countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The "BRIC" concept was created in 2001 by the economist Jim O'Neill from Goldman Sachs, and the "S" was added after South Africa joined the group in 2010, writes Liviu Muresan.

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