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☆ Kremlin reportedly confirms Trump sent Putin Covid test machines, denies Putin phone calls since he left office
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( David Hodari | David Hodari Is A London-Based Editor. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Former President Donald Trump did send coronavirus testing devices to Russian President Vladimir Putin at the height of the pandemic, the Kremlin confirmed Wednesday. The book claims that Trump secretly sent Abbott Covid-19 testing devices to Putin when the machines were in short supply. Peskov also denied Woodward's claim that Trump and Putin have spoken on the telephone several times since Trump left office. Trump has repeatedly said he could settle the war between Russia and Ukraine in one day if he’s elected president again. Trump has referred to Putin as “very savvy” and a “strong man,” and praised Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as “genius.”

Persons: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, Bob Woodward, Joe Biden’s, Trump, Abbott Covid, Putin, Peskov, “, ”, Jonathan Karl, he’s, ” Trump, Woodward, Trump's, United Nations Vassily Nebenzia, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Jason Miller Organizations: Kremlin, Bloomberg News, Washington Post, Trump, NBC News, RBC, ABC News, Bloomberg, United Nations, Republican, ., Putin Locations: Russian, “, Ukraine, Russia

☆ Ukraine's ambassador accused Russia of serving Chicken Kiev at a UN luncheon one day after bombing a children's hospital
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewSergiy Kyslytsya, the Ukrainian ambassador to the United Nations, accused Russia on Wednesday of serving Chicken Kiev at a luncheon after it attacked a children's hospital. He posted a photo of the menu for a Tuesday UN Security Council event hosted by Russia, which includes the item "Chicken Kiev served with Potato Paille." This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Related storiesNebenzia holds the president's chair for the Security Council in July as part of the UN's monthly rotation. According to the Associated Press, Nebenzia thanked Kyslytysa as part of his duty as rotating president of the security council.

Persons: —, і, …, Вона, Небензя Organizations: Service, United Nations, Chicken Kiev, UN, Business Locations: Ukrainian, Russia, Kiev

☆ UN says ‘high likelihood’ a Russian cruise missile hit Ukraine’s main children’s hospital
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Helen Regan | Hira Humayun | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The UN’s monitoring mission said it was likely that a KH-101 cruise missile launched by Russia struck the children’s hospital. The UN mission’s assessment matches analysis from weapons experts who told CNN that footage of the hospital strike is consistent with a cruise missile rather than a Ukrainian air defense missile. Always.”On Tuesday, Russia’s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia reiterated Moscow’s denial that it had targeted the children’s hospital. “We have not bombed the children’s hospital,” Nebenzia said at a special meeting of the UN Security Council (UNSC) convened following the attack. “If this had been a Russian strike, there would have been nothing left of the building at all.

Persons: CNN —, Danielle Bell, Bell, ” Bell, General Antonio Guterres, Volker Turk, Joe Biden, Biden, Valentyna, Volodymyr Zelensky, ”, Vassily Nebenzia, ” Nebenzia, Linda Thomas, Greenfield, Putin, SBU, Vasyl Maliuk Organizations: CNN, United, NATO, UN, UN Security Council, UNSC, Kyiv, Ukrainian State Security Service Locations: Russian, United Nations, Russia, Kyiv, Ukrainian, Ukraine, Kyiv’s, Washington, United States

☆ Russia's UN ambassador shoots down Trump's claim he could end the fighting in Ukraine in a day
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-02 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Russia's ambassador to the UN flatly disagreed with Trump's claims he could end the Ukraine war in a day. Vassily Nebenzia blamed Ukraine's Western allies for failed cease-fire talks. Trump has repeatedly said that he could quickly bring about the end of the war. AdvertisementIt's one of former President Donald Trump's most regular claims on the campaign trail: give him the chance, and he'd make sure Russia's war in Ukraine was over in just a day. "The Ukrainian crisis cannot be solved in one day," Russia's ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, said when asked about the claim on Monday.

Persons: Trump's, Vassily Nebenzia, Ukraine's, Trump, —, Donald Trump's, Nebenzia, Boris Johnson — Organizations: Service, UN, British, Business Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Istanbul

☆ Opinion: A Russian weapon could wipe out US space edge
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Clayton Swope | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Here, the NanoRacks-Remove Debris satellite is deployed from the International Space Station in 2018. Before revelations about Russia’s development of a nuclear anti-satellite weapon, there had been indications of global recognition that the use of certain space weapons was bad for everyone. The proposed defense budget for 2025 does not reflect the scale and urgency of the need to counter space threats and protect space systems. Learning how to operate satellites in a space environment clogged with debris or increased radiation caused by a space weapon is also important. We need a two-pronged effort to prepare for the worst: Double down on efforts to protect and maintain access to space in a hostile space environment and consider how to operate without space.

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CNN —Russia on Wednesday vetoed a United Nations resolution that proposed a ban on the use of nuclear weapons in outer space amid US intelligence-backed concerns that Moscow is trying to develop a nuclear device capable of destroying satellites. In February, President Joe Biden confirmed the US has intelligence that Russia is developing a nuclear anti-satellite capability. It also called on UN member states not to develop nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction designed to be placed in Earth’s orbit. The White House’s comments on the prospect of a Russian nuclear space weapon have deepened those concerns. Last year, Putin deployed tactical nuclear weapons to neighboring ally Belarus, and former Russian president and deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said strategic nuclear weapons could be used to defend territories incorporated into Russia from Ukraine.

Persons: Vassily Nebenzia, Joe Biden, Linda Thomas, Greenfield, Beijing “, ”, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Dmitry Medvedev Organizations: CNN, Wednesday, United Nations, UN, Russia’s Locations: Russia, Moscow, Russian, Japan, Beijing, China, Ukraine, Belarus

International sanctions and UN investigations into North Korea’s illegal weapons program have previously been backed by Russia. North Korea has also gained a powerful backer at the UN which wields veto power. While UN sanctions prohibit arms transfers to or from North Korea, the Kim regime has become a big supplier of weapons to Putin’s war effort in Ukraine. The vote in the 15-member Security Council on Thursday was 13 in favor, Russia opposed and China abstaining. But as Russia holds veto power, the resolution to continue the panel of experts’ work failed.

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“Climate and conflict are two leading drivers of (our) global food crisis,” the secretary-general said. And in Myanmar, prospects of ending hunger have gone into reverse because of conflict and instability, he said. Simon Stiell, the United Nations climate chief, told the council that climate change is contributing to food insecurity and to conflict. Framework Convention on Climate Change said the Security Council “must acknowledge more can be done rather than hoping the problem will go away — which it won’t.”The U.N.’s most powerful body should be requesting regular updates on climate security risks, he said. But climate change, environmental and security pressures have led to increased tensions and competition between herders and farmers for scarce resources including water and land, she said.

Persons: Antonio Guterres, “, ”, Guterres, Simon Stiell, ” Stiell, Beth Bechdol, ” Bechdol, Bechdol, Mohamed Irfaan Ali, ” Ali, U.N, Vassily Nebenzia, Nebenzia Organizations: UNITED NATIONS, United Nations, ”, . Security Council, Security, Agriculture Organization Locations: Russia, “, Gaza, Syria, Myanmar, United, Food, Central Africa, Africa, Haiti, United States, Yugoslavia, Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq, Russian

☆ US, Russia Clash at UN Over North Korea, Patriot Missiles in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

Ambassador to the U.N. Robert Wood traded the accusations at a U.N. Security Council meeting on Ukraine, requested by Moscow. "To date, Russia has launched DPRK-supplied ballistic missiles against Ukraine on at least nine occasions," Wood told the 15-member Security Council, using the North Korea's formal name: the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). "Russia and the DPRK must be held accountable for their actions, which undermine long-standing obligations under UN Security Council resolutions," he said. Russian investigators said last week that they had evidence showing that Ukraine's military shot down the military transport plane with U.S.-made Patriot surface-to-air missiles. Senior Ukrainian U.N. diplomat Serhii Dvornyk accused Russia of misusing the Security Council "for disseminating fakes."

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia accused the United States on Monday of aggression against Iraq and Syria aimed at preserving its global dominance and salvaging the Biden administration’s “image” ahead of U.S. elections. Many council members expressed fears of a growing Mideast conflict and urged de-escalation and stepped-up peace efforts. Wood stressed that the United States doesn’t want more conflict in a region where it is “actively working to contain and deescalate the conflict in Gaza." "And we are not seeking a direct conflict with Iran,” Wood said “But we will continue to defend our personnel against unacceptable attacks. Ambassador Zhang Jun, a Russian ally, echoed her concerns about escalating tensions and actions, and pointed a finger at the United States.

Persons: Russia’s U.N, Vassily Nebenzia, ”, Robert Wood, Wood, ” Wood, “, Iran’s U.N, Amir Saeid Iravani, ” Iravani, ” U.N, Rosemary DiCarlo, Antonio Guterres, U.N, Zhang Jun, ” Zhang, Algeria’s U.N, Amar Bendjama, ” Bendjama Organizations: UNITED NATIONS, —, Biden, Security, U.S, . Army Locations: — Russia, United States, Iraq, Syria, U.S, Iranian, Russia, Syria’s, Israel, Lebanon, Sea, Yemen, Syrian Arab Republic, Russian, Iran, Jordanian, Monday’s, Gaza

☆ Russia Accuses Biden of Seeking Election Boost With Syria, Iraq Strikes
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Michelle NicholsUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia accused President Joe Biden on Monday of carrying out strikes in Iraq and Syria to boost his image as the presidential election campaign "is heating up" - not in retaliation for a deadly attack on U.S. soldiers. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia, at a meeting of the Security Council on the strikes which was requested by Moscow, said there was no justification for the U.S. action. And we are not seeking a direct conflict with Iran. He added that the strikes in Syria and Iraq were a "separate and distinct" operation from U.S. and British strikes against the Iran-aligned Houthi group in Yemen in response to the Houthi targeting of shipping in the Red Sea. (Reporting by Michelle Nichols in New York, Lidia Kelly in Melbourne and Nandita Bose in Washington; Editing by Stephen Coates)

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The warning came as Yemen’s Houthis vowed retaliation, further raising the prospect of a wider conflict in a region already beset by Israel's war in Gaza. The U.S.-led bombardment came in response to a recent campaign of drone and missile attacks on commercial ships in the vital Red Sea. Since November, the rebels have repeatedly targeted ships in the Red Sea, saying they were avenging Israel's offensive in Gaza against Hamas. The Houthis’ military spokesman, Brig. Tesla, meanwhile, said it would temporarily halt most production at its German factory because of attacks in the Red Sea.

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The United States, Russia and Britain, who are council veto-powers, abstained from Wednesday's vote on the resolution drafted by Malta. The United States has backed pauses, while Russia has pushed for a ceasefire. The Security Council attempted four times in two weeks in October to act. Russia failed twice to get the minimum votes needed, the United States vetoed a Brazilian-drafted resolution and Russia and China vetoed a U.S.-drafted resolution. It also calls on all parties not to deprive civilians in Gaza of basic services and humanitarian aid needed for their survival, welcomes the initial, limited deliveries of aid, but calls for that to be increased.

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☆ To cease fire or pause? US, Russia poised for UN showdown on Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Michelle Nichols | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

But the U.S. has called for pauses to allow aid to enter Gaza, while Russia wants a humanitarian ceasefire. A council resolution needs at least nine votes and no vetoes by the United States, France, Britain, Russia or China to be adopted. Twelve members voted in favor of the draft text on Wednesday, while Russia and Britain abstained. RUSSIA ALTERNATIVEBut Russia put forward its own alternative draft resolution on Tuesday after saying it does not support the proposed U.S. action. Russia last week failed to get the minimum nine votes needed for a draft resolution that called for a humanitarian ceasefire.

Persons: Shannon Stapleton, Washington's, Antony Blinken, Vassily Nebenzia, Nebenzia, Sameh Shoukry, Michelle Nichols, Doina Chiacu, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: United Nations, REUTERS, UNITED NATIONS, Israel, U.S, United, Security, Islamist, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, New York City, U.S, United States, Russia, France, Britain, China, Brazil, Iran, RUSSIA

[1/5] Smoke is rising after an Israeli strike on Gaza seen from a viewpoint in Southern Israel October 24, 2023. US, RUSSIA OFFER RIVAL PROPOSALSAt the United Nations, the United States and Russia put forward rival plans on humanitarian aid for Palestinian civilians. Washington has called for pauses and Russia wants a humanitarian ceasefire. Arab states firmly back a call for a humanitarian ceasefire amid widespread destruction of Gaza's buildings in Israel's aerial bombardment. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres last week called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.

Persons: Violeta Santos Moura, Joe Biden, Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Israel, Iran's U.N, Amir Saeid Iravani, Antony Blinken, Vassily Nebenzia, Sameh Shoukry, Antonio Guterres, Justin Trudeau, Nidal al, Emily Rose, Andrew Mills, Michelle Nichols, Humeyra Pamuk, Grant McCool, Howard Goller, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: REUTERS, UN, Tuesday, Saudi Arabian Crown, White, West Bank, Washington, Security, United Nations, Palestinian, UNRWA, quicken, U.S, Hamas, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Southern Israel, Iran, Israel, Russia, Saudi, GAZA, JERUSALEM, United States, Canada, Palestinian, Egypt, U.S, Lebanon's Iran, Lebanon, Iran's, RUSSIA, Washington, Ottawa, Gulf

☆ US veto at UN to shield Israel could weaken its Ukraine rallying cry
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Michelle Nichols | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

In 2017 and 2018, the United States - under then-President Donald Trump - cast two vetoes to shield its ally Israel, complicating a U.S. campaign to reform the U.N. Human Rights Council. "The wider world will see an equivalence between this veto by the U.S. and Russia's behavior over Ukraine. Israel has since pounded Gaza from the air and imposed a complete siege on the enclave. "We cannot choose to call on the U.N. Charter's principles to protect Ukraine and ignore it for Palestine," the diplomat said. "You have been preaching and lecturing us for decades, especially Western countries, about human rights and international law," he said.

Persons: Andrew Kelly, Donald Trump, Linda Thomas, Greenfield, Joe Biden, Antony Blinken, Biden, Blinken, Nate Evans, U.N, Richard Gowan, Israel, Louis Charbonneau, Jeffrey Feltman, Vassily Nebenzia, Libya's U.N, Taher El, Michelle Nichols, Howard Goller Organizations: United Nations Security Council, REUTERS, UNITED NATIONS, United Nations, Hamas, . Security, Human Rights, Washington, U.S, General Assembly, Crisis, Islamist, Brookings Institution, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Israel, U.N, New York, U.S, Ukraine, Washington, Gaza, West, Russia, China, United States, Moscow, Beijing, Africa, Asia, Europe, Palestine, African, Arab, Russian, Brazil, United

☆ US Veto at UN to Shield Israel Could Weaken Its Ukraine Rallying Cry
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +6 min

Persons: Michelle Nichols UNITED, Donald Trump, Linda Thomas, Greenfield, Joe Biden, Antony Blinken, Biden, Blinken, Nate Evans, U.N, Richard Gowan, Israel, Louis Charbonneau, Jeffrey Feltman, Vassily Nebenzia, Libya's U.N, Taher El, Michelle Nichols, Howard Goller Organizations: Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, Reuters, United Nations, Hamas, . Security, Human Rights, Washington, U.S, General Assembly, Crisis, Islamist, Brookings Institution Locations: Ukraine, Washington, Gaza, Israel, West, Russia, China, United States, U.S, New York, Moscow, Beijing, Africa, Asia, Europe, Palestine, African, Arab, Russian, Brazil, United

☆ US vetoes UN Security Council action on Israel, Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Michelle Nichols | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

A general view during the voting process at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the conflict between Israel and Hamas at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., October 16, 2023. The vote on the Brazilian-drafted text was twice delayed in the past couple of days as the United States tries to broker aid access to Gaza. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, told the 15-member council after the vote. Washington traditionally shields its ally Israel from any Security Council action. "We're working with Israel, its neighbors, the United Nations and other partners to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Persons: Andrew Kelly, Linda Thomas, Greenfield, Israel, Russia's U.N, Vassily Nebenzia, U.N, Antonio Guterres, Zhang Jun, Michelle Nichols, Howard Goller, Deepa Babington Organizations: United Nations Security Council, REUTERS, UNITED NATIONS, United, United Nations Security, United States, U.S, United Nations, Thomas, Thomson Locations: Israel, U.N, New York, U.S, United States, Palestinian, Gaza, United, Russia, Washington, Russian, Israel's

☆ Qatar to return three Ukrainian children from Russia after repatriation talks
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Andrew Mills | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Qatar on Friday facilitated the return of another Ukrainian child, aged 7, who was reunited with his grandmother and is en route to Ukraine via Estonia, the official said. Kyiv has identified 20,000 children as taken to Russia or Russian-held territory without the consent of family or guardians. It is not clear how many additional children Russia will authorize to return to Ukraine via the Qatari mechanism after the first four, the official said. The first four children "were the first ones verified and (Russia and Ukraine) agreed they found their parents," the official said. "Both Ukrainian and Russian officials have been cooperative," the Qatari official said, adding that Ukraine approached the Gulf Arab state to mediate with Russia over the children.

Persons: Maria Lvova, Lolwah Al Khater, Vladimir Putin, Vassily Nebenzia, Andrew Mills, Sandra Maler Organizations: Children's Rights, Qatari, Reuters, Monday, Qatar, Russia's, United Nations, Criminal Court, ICC, Thomson Locations: Qatar, Russia, Ukraine, DOHA, Moscow, Estonia, Russian, Kyiv, Latvia, Belarus, Gulf, Iran, Israel, Gaza, New York

☆ At UN, Palestinians call for halt to Israeli offensive, world powers mull options
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Michelle Nichols | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Guterres briefed the 15-member U.N. Security Council behind closed doors on Friday. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said after the meeting, adding that Russia was also ready to mediate between Israel and the Palestinians. The United States has traditionally shielded its ally Israel from any Security Council action. He said the United Nations and the Security Council were "facing one of their most pivotal moments," adding: "Will they remain true to their founding values? The Arab Group ambassadors called for a ceasefire, humanitarian aid access to Gaza and a stop to any mass displacement of Palestinians.

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☆ Russia says it deserves a seat on the UN Human Rights Council. It may have a shot
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Richard Roth | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Russia is campaigning for a return to the United Nations’ Human Rights Council – after being suspended just last year for invading Ukraine. Russia’s war in Ukraine war is still grinding on, and several UN human rights investigations have accused Moscow of committing human rights abuses. The Human Rights Council is made up of 47 member states, distributed by geographic region and elected by fellow nations. Russia joined the Human Rights Council in January 2021. “Every day Russia and China remind us by committing abuses on a massive scale that they should not be members of the UN Human Rights Council,” Human Rights Watch UN director Louis Charbonneau said.

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia faces a tough fight to regain a seat in the U.N.’s premiere human rights body in Tuesday’s election in the General Assembly, which voted last year to suspend Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine. The 193-member assembly will be electing 15 members to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, with candidates put forward by the U.N.’s five regional groups. Human Rights Watch said last week that Russia and China are unfit to serve on the Human Rights Council. The New York-based watchdog said China’s rights record should also disqualify it from the Human Rights Council. The Geneva-based Human Rights Council was created in 2006 to replace a commission discredited because of some members’ poor rights records.

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia’s U.N. ambassador alleged Monday that “neo-Nazis” and military-age men were at the wake for a Ukrainian soldier in a village café where a missile last week killed 52 people, even as Security Council members retorted that Russia was responsible for starting the war and committing crimes. The café, which had reopened for the wake, was obliterated, and whole families perished. He insisted, as Moscow has in the past, that the Russian military doesn’t target civilians and civilian facilities. According to Ukrainian news reports, he was initially laid to rest elsewhere in Ukraine, as his native village remained under Russian occupation. Kozyr’s family decided to rebury him in Hroza more than 15 months after his death, following DNA tests that confirmed his identity.

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting behind closed doors Sunday, with the United States demanding all 15 members strongly condemn “these heinous terrorist attacks committed by Hamas,” but it took no immediate action. U.S. deputy ambassador Robert Wood said afterward that “a good number of countries” did condemn the Hamas attack but not all council members. He said Beijing condemns all attacks on civilians, though he did not mention Hamas. Malta’s U.N. ambassador, Vanessa Frazier, who called for the meeting, said she didn't know if the council would adopt a statement, but added that any condemnation must be mostly against Hamas. Council members were briefed virtually by U.N. Mideast envoy Tor Wennesland.

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CNN —The United Nations Security Council has greenlit the deployment of an armed multinational force to Haiti, as the Caribbean nation wrestles with rampant gang violence and political paralysis. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the United States have also strongly urged the international community to back such a mission. Though approved by the powerful UN Security Council, the force would not formally be under UN control. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 22, Prime Minister Henry told fellow nations that it was “urgent” that the Security Council approve a military mission to reestablish order. The Security Council has found itself in repeated deadlock in recent years amid deepening geopolitical rivalries.

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