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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has commented in an interview with Russia 1 that relations beween Russia and the United States are at an all time low. Peskov says Washington has been hurting 

Moscow's interests for several decades. Now he says the two nations have reached “a cracking-up point” during Biden’s presidency. Support for Ukraine and sanctions against Russia by Washington are seen as dangerously hostile positions towards Russia. Peskov has been quoted as saying “Right in the middle of Mr. Biden’s presidency all these processes have culminated. Bilateral relations are now at probably their historical low point with no prospects for entering a growth trajectory to be seen.”>>>RT News

Xinhua reports Zhang Xiaogang, spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense in China, has denounced the United States for trying to maintain hegemony and for intimidating the world with nuclear weapons. Zhang says the United States poses the most significant nuclear threat to the world.

He has gone on to say the United States has the largest nuclear arsenal in the world and adheres to a nuclear policy which allows the first-use of nuclear weapons. Zhang has gone on to say Japan, which is the only country victimized by nuclear bombs, has not learned lessons from history, and is instead playing up to the United States to gain a so-called "nuclear deterrence." Zhang claims  China's nuclear weapons are for self-defense only and that China adheres to a policy of no first use of nucelar weapons. Zhang wants the USA and China to abandon their Cold War mentality and to recognize that a nuclear war can't be won and must under no circumstances be fought.>>>Xinhua

In one of the worst terrorist attacks in Russia in modern history at least 40 people were killed and many people were injured. A group of heavily armed gunmen stormed a large music venue near Moscow. The terrorists struck at Crocus City Hall, a concert venue located in Krasnogorsk, which is a settlement on the western outskirts of Moscow. Russia’s Investigative Committee has said this was an act of terrorism. >>>RT News  

Tass has reported Moscow has offered to provide assistance to any foreigners who would like to escape the neoliberal ideals which prevail in their countries. In this decree signed by President Putin it is stated traditional values reign supreme in Russia. Interested foreigners will not have to prove they have knowledge of  the Russian language, Russian history and basic laws. Applications for these special visas can be based on the rejection of their home countries’ policies which are "aimed at imposing destructive neoliberal ideals on people, which run counter to traditional Russian spiritual and moral values." Perceptions by Moscow appear correct that many foreigners are disgusted with hypocritical values and policies in their home countries which have lead to unsettling government relations with Russia and the possibility of a nuclear war no sane person should want. However, due to the pragmatic realities of family obligations and financial interests in their native countries many foreigners who would like a normalization  of relations with Russia will not be able to consider this offer.>>>TASS 

UN Secretary-General Guterres has called on Israel and Hamas to end the Gaza war.

The situation in Gaza has been getting worse daily and Guterres has appealed for Israeli and Hamas leaders to agree to a ceasefire agreement. Guterres has said “For the sake of the people of Gaza, for the sake of the hostages and their families in Israel and for the sake of the region and the wider world, I strongly encourage the Government of Israel and the Hamas leadership to reach now an agreement.”>>>UN News  

Russian President Putin has said the USA was not able to manage being the only superpower in the world. He claims when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 the elite in the USA had an opportunity to take advantage of their "monopoly on world leadership.”  However, he says that the USA failed with the burden of responsibility this left the nation with. Putin predicts major changes worldwide in the new multipolar world Russia is deveoping with Brics. >>>RT News  

President Putin has issued a warning that he is prepared to use nuclear weapons if Western forces enter the war in Ukraine. While speaking to Rossiya-1 television and news agency RIA 

Putin said he does not see nuclear war as imminent but that he was ready to launch the missiles if necessary. Putin has also said he will send soldiers to the border with Finland because the country has joined NATO. He commented that there were not any systems of destruction there, but now there will be. >>>The Independent