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Putin ally predicts US will collapse in ‘imminent civil war’

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Aclose ally of Vladimir Putin has predicted America will collapse in an ‘imminent new civil war’ amid the presidential election chaos in his latest social media rant.

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council and former prime minister of Russia, believes that US will keep its sanctionsagainst the Kremlin in place ‘forever’ or until a civil war brings the country to ruins.

Medvedev, in a Telegram message Saturday, offered his thoughts on the US presidential election, branding Democrat nominee Kamala Harris as ‘inexperienced’ and ‘just plain stupid’, and Republican rival Donald Trump an ‘eccentric narcissist’ and ‘pragmatist’.

He argued that although Trump ‘understands that sanctions harm the dollar’s dominance in the world’ and has ‘threatened to lift’ them, he will not actually do so because it is an ‘insufficient reason to stage a revolution’ in an anti-Russia America.

He further alleged that Harris, who Putin has endorsed, will continue to deliver ‘beautiful, meaningless speeches’ during which she will ‘read off a teleprompter while laughing contagiously’.

Russian leaders, apparently angered by the sanctions that were imposed on the nation after its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, have routinely touted the narrative of another civil war. Medvedev even previously alleged parallels between the current political climate and that of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency.

Dmitry Medvedev, (pictured on August 24) deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council and former prime minister of Russia, has predicted America will collapse an ‘imminent new civil war’ amid the presidential election chaos in his latest social media rant

 

The US has gradually increased its sanctions on Russia. President Joe Biden issued an executive order in December that would allow the US to directly sanction foreign banks that facilitate transactions for Russia.

But Biden dropped out of the White House race in July and endorsed his vice president for the job.Putin last week also threw his support behind Harris.

Medvedev, who has made headlines throughout the Ukraine war for his outlandish social media rants, has now weighed in on the upcoming election and the impact he believes it could have on Russian sanctions.

‘Out of spite for the current administration, Donald Trump has threatened to lift sanctions against Russia. But will he really do it if elected? No, of course not,’ he wrote in a Telegram post Saturday.

‘For all his apparent bravado as an ‘outsider’, Trump is ultimately an establishment insider. Yes, he is an eccentric narcissist, but he is also a pragmatist.’

Medvedev claimed that as a ‘businessman’ Trump is aware of the financial impacts that the sanctions have on the US dollar, but argues he still will not go against DC.

Medvedev, who has made headlines throughout the Ukraine war for his outlandish social media rants, has now weighed in on the upcoming election and the impact he believes it could have on Russian sanctions

 

‘Trump understands that sanctions harm the dollar’s dominance in the world. However, that’s insufficient reason to stage a revolution in the United States and go against the anti-Russian line of the notorious Deep State, which is much stronger than any Trump,’ he said, before taking aim at Harris.

‘But what about Harris? You shouldn’t expect any surprises from her. She is inexperienced and, according to her enemies, just plain stupid. Beautiful meaningless speeches and boring ‘correct’ answers to questions will be prepared for her, which she will read off a teleprompter while laughing contagiously.’

Medvedev, then suggesting yet again that America was on the brink of destruction, concluded: ‘There were sanctions against the USSR throughout the 20th century, and they’ve returned on an unprecedented scale in the 21st.

‘So, it’s sanctions forever. Or rather, until the US collapses during an imminent new civil war. After all, Hollywood makes films about this for a reason.’

Trump’s spokesperson Steven Cheung, in a statement to Newsweek, responded to Medvedev’s comments, claiming that ‘Putin has endorsed Kamala Harris because he knows she will be a pushover for Russia’.

DailyMail.com has approached the White House and Trump campaign for comment.

Medvedev (pictured September 9, 2024) has previously warned that the US was on the brink of civil war, having done so last July and in 2022. However, the State Department previously dismissed his remarks as ‘standard Kremlin nonsense’

 

Medvedev warned of a ‘premonition of civil war’ on July 4 this year, alleging there were parallels between the American Civil War and modern day America.

He also compared the civil war to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

Medvedev’s predictions are seemingly baseless, with the Putin ally having predicted in 2022 that an internal war would erupt in America in 2023.

The US State Department has also previously dismissed Medvedev’s statements, with a spokesperson telling Newsweek: ‘We know by now not to take Medvedev seriously. This is standard Kremlin nonsense.’

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US will stay in NATO, but it must be ‘stronger’, Marco Rubio tells his 31 counterparts

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reassured NATO allies of the US’ commitment to the military transatlantic alliance at his first meeting of NATO foreign affairs ministers, while recalling Donald Trump’s message that the European countries and Canada need to further increase defence spending.

“The United States President Trump’s made clear he supports NATO, we’re going to remain in NATO,” Rubio told reporters in Brussels, stressing that the US wants the alliance to be stronger against any potential threat.

“The only way NATO can get stronger and more viable is if our partners, the nation states that comprise this important alliance, have more capability,” he added.

The top US diplomat said he expects to leave Brussels with a clear commitment from allies to spend 5% of their GDP on defence—an increase from the current 2%, which some European countries, such as Belgium, Italy, and Spain, still fail to meet.

“I understand there’s domestic politics after decades of building up vast social safety net that maybe don’t want to take away from that and invest more in national security, but a full-scale ground war in the heart of Europe is a reminder that hard power is still necessary as a deterrent,” he said.

Rubio’s comments come after Donald Trump said last month that the US would not defend its allies unless they increased burden-sharing within the alliance. “It’s common sense, right,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office in early March. “If they don’t pay, I’m not going to defend them.”

The transatlantic alliance is currently assessing its capability gaps before committing to a new defence spending target, but a final figure is not expected until the annual NATO summit in June in The Hague.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stressed that European NATO members have recently committed to the largest increase in defence spending since the end of the Cold War, though he agreed with the US that more must be done.

“It’s my assumption that what we need to spend, the Canadians and Europeans together, will be north of 3%,” the former Dutch prime minister said on his way in to the two-day meeting of the alliance’s foreign ministers in Brussels.

Rubio stressed that raising defence spending to 5% cannot be done “in one year or two”, but the US now demands a real way forward from its allies to build a stronger NATO capable of defending its territories.

The NATO chief also warned that the global security threats facing the Alliance are increasingly interconnected and that the Russian threat will persist for many years.

“We are seeing what China is doing. We’re seeing how these two theatres, the inner Pacific and the Euro-Atlantic are getting more and more connected by the fact that the Russians are working together with the North Koreans, with the Chinese, with Iran, so we have to look at all these theatres in conjunction and that will be our focus,” he said.

European NATO members are also expecting clear messages or a roadmap from Rubio regarding the US withdrawal of troops from Europe, where around 100,000 American soldiers are stationed. However, the US secretary of state has not yet addressed the issue, and Rutte indicated that no immediate drawdown is planned.

“There are no plans for them (the US) to all of a sudden draw down their presence here in Europe, but we know that for America being the superpower they are they have to attend to more theatres than one,” Rutte said.

Some NATO members consider that the US could reduce its presence by some 20,000 to 50,000 troops.

The NATO secretary general acknowledged that the US has long sought to pivot its attention toward the Indo-Pacific but assured that it will be done “in a very coordinated manner.”

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Security: Abia govt to keep close watch on traditional rulers, confirms kidnap victim’s release

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Abia State government has again, warned traditional rulers in the state against harbouring criminals in their communities, saying that they would be placed under watch.

The warning was sounded at Government House Umuahia by the Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, on Wednesday, while briefing Journalists on the outcome of this week’s executive council meeting presided over by Governor Alex Otti.

The State government also cautioned town union leaders to be vigilant and report all cases of suspicious movements involving criminal elements in their areas to security agents.

The Commissioner who disclosed that a popular businessman who was kidnapped in Ukwa East LGA a few weeks ago has been released, said that the State government would be using security agencies to beam light on all traditional rulers, to ascertain those who harbour criminals in their domains.

“As is usual with security matters, I may not want to go into details of what happened to the businessman, but the state government is advising Abians to remain vigilant. Town unions and traditional rulers must be alive to their duties of keeping watch over their domains.

“The state government is frowning seriously at this and the warning is that if you are caught in the act of harbouring criminals, you will be treated as one”, said Kanu.

He advised all commercial vehicle operators who have registered their vehicles in the ongoing registration policy to do so as strict enforcement of the initiative would soon start.

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Recall: INEC declares petition against Natasha inadequate

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ABUJA: The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC on Thursday said the petition to recall the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has not met the requirements of the constitution.

INEC in a tweet on its ‘X’ handle said; “The petition for the recall of the Senator representing the Kogi Central Senatorial District has not met the requirement of Section 69(a) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended)”.

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