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Though the strategic situation around Russia and NATO remains highly dangerous, Helga Zepp-LaRouche stated today that there has been a change. Putin succeeded in provoking a discussion about Russia’s security concerns, effectively making the case that one nation or bloc of nations must not improve its security at the expense of others. She noted forward motion in the meeting between German Chancellor Scholz and President Putin, even as Trans-Atlantic war hawks keep insisting that Russia may invade “any day.”

In reporting on a message from Ukrainian stateswoman Natalia Vitrenko, she said the situation in Ukraine remains very complicated, but the possibility of a Minsk-2, as part of a broader Helsinki 2.0 discussion, may enable a change in which Ukraine becomes a bridge between East and West, instead of a war zone. It is noteworthy that participants in the discussions at the end of the Cold War, former French Foreign Minister Dumas, and former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Matlock, have publicly intervened to “set the record straight” on the origin of the crisis, i.e., the broken promise from the West that no eastward expansion of NATO will occur, which reveals historic truth against the lying narratives coming from the Trans-Atlantic side.

She called on all viewers to join us in mobilizing to build the Schiller Institute conference this Saturday, February 19, so that it will become clear there is an alternative to the economic collapse behind the war drive, and that is the unique set of solutions generated by Lyndon LaRouche.

Excerpt of Helga Zepp-LaRouche speaking at a joint conference by the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Schiller Institute (SI) on Thursday, February 10, 2022 on the topic, “The Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan: Toward a Long-term Solution.” Among the topics addressed by a panel of six speakers were:

· What are the causes of the Afghan humanitarian crisis?
· What are the geopolitical implications of a failed state in Afghanistan?
· What is needed to reverse the immediate threat of mass starvation and refugee problems?
· A long-term solution to the humanitarian crisis: the role of the global powers.

Opening and closing statements will be presented by Dr. Andrey Kortunov, Director General of RIAC, and Helga Zepp-LaRouche, chairwoman of the SI.

Additional speakers will include:
Ivan Safranchuk, Director at the Center for Eurasian Studies of MGIMO University
Temur Umarov, Fellow at the Carnegie Moscow Center
Jim Jatras, U.S. diplomat, former advisor to U.S. Senate Republican leadership
Graham Fuller, 25 year career as a CIA operations officer, author

Listen to part of the op-ed “Faced with the Ukrainian Crisis, France’s NATO-EXIT Is an Absolute Emergency” published in the French “sovereignist” weekly Marianne by Peter Dittus and Hervé Hannoun. (The German economist Peter Dittus is the former secretary general of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), while Frenchman Hannoun is its former deputy director general). Read the full text here.

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Helga Zepp-LaRouche stated today that the agreement released following the summit between President Putin and President Xi last week was extremely important, and has shaken things up in a positive way. The two leaders reasserted the concept of peaceful coexistence, which includes non-interference in other nations’ affairs, reflecting the principles of the Bandung conference. Coming at the time of the ramping up of tensions between NATO and Russia, it is shaping the potential for a new international geometry, which requires a discussion of a new security architecture. President Macron’s meeting with Putin pushed things in that direction, and other smaller countries are speaking out — for example, Pakistan’s President Imran Khan. She is hopeful about what might come from Germany, but agreed with Zakharova, the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, that Germany remains a “U.S. protectorate.”

The other major development she highlighted was the Schiller Institute-RIAC seminar yesterday addressing achieving a solution to the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. She described the announcement by President Biden that the U.S. will release funds frozen by the U.S. which belong to Afghanistan, which can be used to purchase food, medicine, etc., is a “step forward”, but what is required to fully overcome the crisis there is the cooperation of all major powers, with the regional powers, to fully integrate the country into the regional economy.

The Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Schiller Institute (SI) will be convening a seminar on Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 4 PM Moscow time/2 PM CET/8 AM EST on the topic, “The Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan: Toward a Long-term Solution.” Among the topics to be addressed by a panel of six speakers will be:

• What are the causes of the Afghan humanitarian crisis?
• What are the geopolitical implications of a failed state in Afghanistan?
• What is needed to reverse the immediate threat of mass starvation and refugee problems?
• A long-term solution to the humanitarian crisis: the role of the global powers.

Opening and closing statements will be presented by Dr. Andrey Kortunov, Director General of RIAC, and Helga Zepp-LaRouche, chairwoman of the SI.

Additional speakers will include:
Ivan Safranchuk, Director at the Center for Eurasian Studies of MGIMO University
Temur Umarov, Fellow at the Carnegie Moscow Center
Jim Jatras, U.S. diplomat, former advisor to U.S. Senate Republican leadership
Graham Fuller, 25 year career as a CIA operations officer, author

Questions may be submitted to questions@schillerinstitute.org

A coordinated diplomatic effort by French President Macron and German Chancellor Scholz to resolve tensions with Russia over security guarantees shows some promise. Unfortunately, the war hawks making policy for the U.S. and U.K. continue to spread through compliant media their false narrative of an “imminent” Russian invasion, and a buildup of NATO forces at or near the borders of Russia. What are they covering up with their incessant campaign of bluff and bluster?

Make sure to watch Schiller Institute’s Seminar tomorrow at 8 AM EST “The Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan — Toward a Long-term Solution.”