Links — 20 Jan 2022 PM

India Punchline
Blinken delays US response to Russia
M. K. Bhadrakumar | retired diplomat with the Indian Foreign Service
https://www.indianpunchline.com/blinken-delays-us-response-to-russia/

Russia Observer
RUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP 20 JANUARY 2022
Patrick Armstrong, retired analyst and diplomat (2008) serving in the Canadian Department of National Defence specializing in the USSR/Russia from 1984 and a Counsellor in the Canadian Embassy in Moscow in 1993-1996

https://patrickarmstrong.ca/2022/01/20/russian-federation-sitrep-20-january-2022/

NEO
The Biden administration heats up the South China Sea

Salman Rafi Sheikh

https://journal-neo.org/2022/01/20/the-biden-administration-heats-up-the-south-china-sea/

China-Iran strategic cooperation changes the balance of power

Vladimir Platov

https://journal-neo.org/2022/01/20/china-iran-strategic-cooperation-changes-the-balance-of-power/

Oilprice
In Rare Move, China Discloses Oil Imports From Iran
Torkel Nyberg

New Statesman
How Europe is hooked on Russian gas
Ido Vock

The Vineyard of the Saker (some interesting comparative numbers; right-wing blogs strong.)
The Saker blog and its ranking compared to others :-)
The Saker

http://thesaker.is/the-saker-blog-and-its-ranking-compared-to-others/

Al Jazeera
China, Russia block US bid to sanction North Koreans at UN

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/20/china-stalls-us-bid-to-sanction-north-koreans-at-united-nations

TASS
Russian Navy gets three advanced submarines — top brass
https://tass.com/defense/1391039

Russia’s Tsirkon sea-launched hypersonic missile enters final stage of trials — top brass

https://tass.com/defense/1390793

Counterpunch (changing face of US politics)
Biden-Cheney or Trump-Greenwald?
Nick Pemberton

https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/01/20/biden-cheney-or-trump-greenwald/

Zero Hedge
Bank Of Russia Calls For Ban On Crypto Mining And Trading
Tyler Durden

https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/bank-russia-calls-full-ban-crypto-mining