Putin’s Proposed UN Control Over Ukraine Is Well-Intentioned But Will be Tough to Implement

 

UKRAINE REPORT

Putin’s Proposed UN Control Over Ukraine Is Well-Intentioned But Will be Tough to Implement By Andrew Korybko Global Research, March 28, 2025

Putin proposed on Thursday that the UN temporarily assume control of Ukraine for the purpose of restoring constitutional order after Zelensky unconstitutionally remained in power following the expiry of his term last May, holding new elections, and then ultimately signing a peace deal with Russia. RT published two reports about his proposal here and here while Wikipedia, which isn’t always reliable but is decent in this case, has an informative page about the precedent of UN control over various territories. [...]

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OIL AND ENERGY

Mongolia to Connect Russia and China with Power of Siberia 2 Pipeline But ethnopolitics could get on the way By Uriel Araujo Global Research, March 27, 2025

Earlier this month, Gantumur Luvsannyam, Mongolia’s first deputy prime minister, said that negotiations over the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline were proceeding and making progress. This is a major gas pipeline connecting China and Russia, which, if completed, can deliver (through Mongolia) 50 billion cubic metres of Russian natural gas to China yearly – gas that Russia previously supplied to Europe. [...]

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LAW AND JUSTICE

Making Our Rights Disappear: The Authoritarian War on Due Process By John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead Global Research, March 27, 2025

Imagine this: you’re rounded up in the dead of night by government agents, arrested and sent to a detention center. The arresting agents don’t identify themselves, nor do they provide any documentation indicating why you are being detained. Nevertheless, without your family or friends knowing that you have been taken hostage, without anyone knowing where you are being transported or why, and without any opportunity to defend yourself or proclaim your innocence, you are flown out of the country to a foreign prison in a police state where you will have no rights whatsoever. [...]

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