Links — 13 Apr 2022 Part 2

India Punchline
Russia’s Ukraine operation has no deadline (following the plan.)
M. K. Bhadrakumar | retired diplomat with the Indian Foreign Service and former ambassador.

https://www.indianpunchline.com/russias-ukraine-operation-has-no-deadline/

TASS (Russian state media)
Mariupol commercial sea port fully liberated from Azov regiment’s Nazi fighters (Mariupol "liberated" except for Azov holdouts that are isolated.)

https://tass.com/economy/1437337

 
Quartz
Albertsons says grocery shopper behavior is changing because of high gas prices (demand destruction, gas price is perhaps the biggest influence on consumer behavior and psychology)
Michelle Cheng

https://qz.com/2154388/albertsons-says-high-gas-prices-are-changing-grocery-shopping/

The Guardian (UK)
The Guardian view on the cost of living crisis: a global emergency | Editorial (implying a reduction in the standard of living)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/13/the-guardian-view-on-the-cost-of-living-crisis-a-global-emergency

Viable Opposition
How Google is Controlling the Russia - Ukraine Narrative (Google Blogger, ominous portent)
A Political Junkie, a geoscientist involved in energy

Axios
Yellen: Don't help Russia evade sanctions, or else (warning China, good luck with that)
Neil Irwin

https://www.axios.com/yellen-russia-sanctions-china-b10f0544-1a87-4fa3-9706-0f11f5e4aaa3.html

RayMcGovern.com

He Who Knows Too Much… (German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier)

https://raymcgovern.com/2022/04/13/he-who-knows-too-https://raymcgovern.com/2022/04/13/he-who-knows-too-much/

RSN Goes Full Neocon ("Reader Supported News")

https://raymcgovern.com/2022/04/13/rsn-goes-full-neocon/

Ray McGovern, co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, and retired 27-year career CIA whose tasks included preparing and briefing The President’s Daily Brief and leading the Soviet Foreign Policy Branch

Times of India
India too has concerns about human rights in US, says Jaishankar in strong push back (those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.)

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-too-has-concerns-about-human-rights-in-us-says-jaishankar-in-strong-push-back/articleshow/90828197.cms

The Independent (UK)
When Biden 'speaking from his heart' doesn't speak for US  ("There’s no such thing as a purely personal opinion from the Oval Office on major matters of policy." Biden has worse mouth-control than Trump, demeans his presidency and the presidency itself.)

AP Wire

ECNS (Chinese official English news service)

U.S. human rights report reveals hypocrisy, double standards: FM spokesperson

Xinhua (Chinese state media)

http://www.ecns.cn/news/2022-04-14/detail-ihaxmtii6877029.shtml

Southfront (sanctioned by the US Treasury Department)
BREAKING. Russian Black Sea Fleet’s Flagship “Moskva” Experienced Explosion Of Ammunition. Damages Sustained. Crew Evacuated (Ukraine claims missile strike destroyed the ship.)

https://southfront.org/breaking-russian-black-sea-fleets-flagship-moskva-cruiser-experienced-explosion-of-ammunition-serious-damage-sustained-crew-evacuated/

Ottawa Citizen
Canada failed when it trained Ukrainian troops linked to the far right, says Nazi hunter [Efraim Zuroff, Director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Israel]

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/canada-failed-when-it-trained-ukrainian-troops-linked-to-the-far-right-says-nazi-hunter/wcm/cd79a966-0b2e-4251-83af-50627cdbd699/amp/