Media Watch- November 21

Certification of controversial Russian gas pipeline suspended by Germany https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/nord-stream-2-pipeline-certification-suspended-germany-rcna5676 McCaul and Kaptur Renew Calls for Nord Stream 2 Sanctions in the NDAA https://gop-foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-release/mccaul-and-kaptur-renew-calls-for-nord-stream-2-sanctions-in-the-ndaa/ G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on Belarus https://www.state.gov/g7-foreign-ministers-statement-on-belarus-2/ Poland: Belarus crisis is 'greatest attempt to destabilize Europe' since Cold War https://www.dw.com/en/poland-belarus-crisis-is-greatest-attempt-to-destabilize-europe-since-cold-war/a-59894187 Video: "We defend Europe” - message by Polish PM Morawiecki https://youtu.be/0CPW9wRNtVI Poland PM to hold talks in Europe on Belarus border crisis https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/polands-pm-to-hold-talks-in-europe-on-border-crisis/2021/11/20/1e39a4d0-4a0a-11ec-beca-3cc7103bd814_story.html What's happening in the Belarus-Poland border crisis? https://www.dw.com/en/whats-happening-in-the-belarus-poland-border-crisis/a-59854826 Hundreds try to cross Polish border as migrant crisis continues: officials https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7784/Artykul/2850834 Belarus Clears Migrant Camp, Easing Border Standoff With Poland https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/world/europe/belarus-poland-migrant-camp.html Poland confirms Belarus migrant camp empty https://www.dw.com/en/poland-confirms-belarus-migrant-camp-empty/a-59885233 Belarus’s Lukashenko tells close ally Putin he de-escalated the migrant crisis with Europe. Poland disagrees. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/belarus-migrants-europe/2021/11/19/ce8ed41a-48af-11ec-beca-3cc7103bd814_story.html How Belarus Manufactured a Border Crisis https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/podcasts/the-daily/belarus-poland-migrant-crisis-european-union.html What’s Next for the Migrants in Belarus? How President Lukashenko might respond to the crisis he made. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/20/podcasts/belarus-poland-migrants-lukashenko.html Belarus: Lukashenko agrees to EU talks on ending migrant standoff https://www.dw.com/en/belarus-lukashenko-agrees-to-eu-talks-on-ending-migrant-standoff/a-59848463 In the primeval forests of Poland, haunting traces of people unseen. By Monika Pronczuk https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/world/europe/forest-evidence-debris.html [I know Monika – she was a member or our PAC Division in DC, and editor of our newsletter. Her father was a long-time president of the Polish Cultural Foundation in Boston – TM] How the Belarus Standoff Is Unlike Recent Migrant Crises https://www.nytimes.com/article/belarus-poland-border-migrants.html EU, NATO stand with Poland amid Belarus border crisis: president https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7785/Artykul/2851957 US urges Russia to press Belarus over migrants at Polish border: spokeswoman [Jen Psaki] https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7785/Artykul/2848953 Blinken reaffirms US support for Poland amid migrant crisis https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7785/Artykul/2848195 Russia, Belarus working 'hand in hand' to destabilize Central Europe, Polish deputy FM tells CNN https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7989/Artykul/2851364 On Putin’s Strategic Chessboard, a Series of Destabilizing Moves https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/world/europe/russia-putin-belarus-ukraine.html U.S. Warns Allies of Possible Russian Incursion as Troops Amass Near Ukraine https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/us/politics/russia-ukraine-biden-administration.html

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