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Reuters: Pentagon has told NATO allies, particularly the Baltic states, to stop “poking” Russia with hawkish rhetoric. 🔗 Source: reuters.com/business/finance…
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Putin: We are witnessing active attempts by Western nations to push African countries back into debt bondage. 🔗 Source: en.kremlin.ru/events/preside…
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Putin to African leaders: We are natural allies in building a multipolar world order, free from Western dictates and double standards. 🔗 Source: en.kremlin.ru/events/preside…
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The European Commission insists Nord Stream will stay shut even after the war in Ukraine ends. But a Germany under AfD leadership won't ask Brussels for permission to bring back cheap Russian energy. It's only a matter of time.
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At the Russia-Africa summit, Putin unveils a sweeping alternative to the Western development model, offering African nations an integrated Russian ecosystem of solutions spanning energy, agriculture, transport, finance, communications, healthcare, education, and digital infrastructure. 🔗 Source: youtu.be/IPQso_Tap9E?is=3kWK…
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Lula on the Bolsonaro family: “Brazil is their second homeland. Their first homeland is the United States.”
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called Senator Flavio Bolsonaro’s departure from Brazil 'shameful,' saying his presidential election rival should have stayed to prove his innocence reut.rs/3WvIOby
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Putin congratulates “dear friend” Lula on re-election, praising his role in strengthening Russia-Brazil strategic partnership. 🔗 Source: kremlin.ru/events/president/…
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Serbia’s incoming government won’t side with the EU against Russia, a “historically important partner and protector,” says Student List’s Jovo Bakić. 🔗 Source: t.me/rtbalkan/80825
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Lula's victory in Brazil is a win for BRICS and multipolarity in the Western Hemisphere.
“We won’t be anybody’s backyard.” The Donroe doctrine’s “red wave” in South America fails to sweep the most important nation, Brazil 🇧🇷. President Lula scores a surprise victory against Bolsonaro. wsj.com/world/americas/lula-…
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Trump doubles down on call for a Zelensky replacement, says it's time for "somebody else to negotiate on behalf of Ukraine." 🔗 Source: youtu.be/hPEu8h7oxZA?is=p0jM…
Lavrov: A Ukraine peace deal acceptable to both Russia and the U.S. entails removing the Zelensky regime. 🔗 Source: mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/new…
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Lavrov: A Ukraine peace deal acceptable to both Russia and the U.S. entails removing the Zelensky regime. 🔗 Source: mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/new…
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The U.S. lead in AI is built on Russian and Chinese talent, says technology analyst and Hoover Institution research fellow Dan Wang. 🔗 Source: youtu.be/c9cn54ZiNXs?is=64MM…
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AfD leader Alice Weidel: Ukraine is a lost cause. Europe must pull the plug on Kyiv and finally acknowledge the decades-long mistake of ignoring Russia's security concerns. 🔗 Source: youtu.be/5sorengsI0I?is=KFml…
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Marine Le Pen, who leads polls ahead of France's 2027 presidential election, vows to end aid to Ukraine, oppose its EU accession and restore ties with Moscow. 🔗 Source: ft.com/content/73cfaf41-d3ea…
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Trump appears to have just confirmed this, telling reporters he's open to a trilateral summit with Putin and Xi on denuclearization (the central pillar of global security), not Ukraine.
If a Putin-Trump-Xi summit materializes, expect the issue of Ukraine to be folded into a much broader conversation about a new global security architecture.
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Ukrainian official: "The Americans are telling us to withdraw from Donbas." 🔗 Source: rbc.ua/ukr/news/ultimatum-ga…
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If a Putin-Trump-Xi summit materializes, expect the issue of Ukraine to be folded into a much broader conversation about a new global security architecture.
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The U.S. and Russia are discussing a broad portfolio of joint projects spanning energy, logistics, fertilizers, aluminum, rare earths, and even data centers, says Putin’s special envoy Kirill Dmitriev. 🔗 Source: rusenergyweek.com/en/?utm_re…
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Trump accuses Zelensky of not wanting to end the war with Russia, blames Europe for bankrolling its prolongation. 🔗 Source: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT…
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Trump is pushing Ukraine “to capitulate,” says Zelensky, following the U.S.-Russia diesel deal, sanctions waiver and reports of restricted Starlink access, disruptions to intel sharing and weapons deliveries. 🔗 Source: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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