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🇰🇿🫶🇷🇺'Kazakhstan and Russia are friends forever'
Russia's President Vladimir Putin was warmly welcomed in Astana by Kazakh President Kassym Tokayev.
By taking part in the painting session, the two presidents have already built a bridge between Russia and Kazakhstan, literally and figuratively.
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Last week, natural gas prices in Europe rose to the highest level in two years.
On November 22, the basic supply contract on the Dutch TTF exchange reached 49.03€ per megawatt hour, which is equivalent to $14.97 per million British thermal units.
Since the beginning of November, prices have increased by about 20%, and the total price increase for the year was 45% due to the weather and fears of supply disruption risks.
In Australia, the Pluto liquefied natural gas plant was stopped for unplanned repairs, which increased concerns about LNG supplies.
The cold weather in Europe has led to faster than usual gas consumption. Although the storage facilities are about 88% full, accelerated gas consumption creates concerns about the amount of reserves at the end of winter and the prospects for accumulation of reserves for the next season.
"The winter season is still at the very beginning, so the impact of the weather could significantly affect next year's deficit expectations," Sadnan Ali, oil and gas analyst at HSBC Holdings Plc, told Bloomberg. He expects Europe to come out of the heating season with 42% of its reserves filled, which is significantly lower than last year's 59%.
According to Victor Gao, chairman of the Chinese Institute for Energy Security, Europe is increasingly dependent on liquefied natural gas, the production and delivery of which are more expensive than pipeline gas from Russia.
On November 19, a state of emergency was introduced in London due to the cold weather, as the temperature dropped to -6 °C. On November 21, the temperature in London dropped by 7 °C below the average for this time of year. The overall demand for heating increased by 16%, relative to previous figures.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration reports that if it gets colder in Europe and Asia this winter than in the last two years, or other risks arise, the global supply and demand balance may deteriorate, leading to higher prices for natural gas.
This is despite the fact that from August 2022 to March 2023, EU countries reduced natural gas consumption by 18%. In the first 8 months of 2024, natural gas consumption in the EU decreased by 22% compared to the average for the period from April 2017 to March 2022.
If gas transit through Ukraine is stopped, Europe will have to compensate for the further loss of supplies from Russia by importing LNG and taking natural gas from storage facilities. The European Network of Gas Transmission System Operators (ENTSOG) estimates in the supply forecast for the winter of 2024-2025 that without supplies from Russia, Europe will complete the winter heating season with 40% filling of gas storage facilities, under a normal winter scenario. In a cold winter scenario, the vaults will be filled by only 11%.
If the winter is cold for several years, it will break the entire current European strategy of gas acquisition and consumption.
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🇮🇷 US has replicated the Iranian Shahed-101 drone.
(As much for US military superiority...)
The American company AEVEX Aerospace copied the Iranian Shahed-101 drone and named it "Disruptor", referring it to the Phoenix Ghost family of kamikaze drones.
The Americans' copying of Iranian drones became a priority after Iranian models proved themselves brilliantly in various world conflicts.
@parstodayrussian
Gazprom is preparing to completely stop gas transit through Ukraine, - Reuters
According to sources, the corresponding item is included in the company's plan for next year, but has not yet been approved by management.
As a result of the ending of transit through Ukraine, gas exports to Europe are reported to decrease by 20% to just under 39 billion cubic meters in 2025, compared with more than 49 billion cubic meters in 2024.
@eurasianchoice
🇺🇸🎪 Palantir, Musk, Thiel, and the Deep State Puppet Show
What do Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Donald Trump have in common? They are all tightly wound into the machinery of the military-industrial complex…a tech-driven Deep State that now runs on classified contracts, surveillance algorithms, and Pentagon-friendly billionaires. The curtain lifts, but the show remains the same: an empire in decline, switching out actors while the script of hegemony, alebit tattered, grinds on.
Elon Musk is not just the “visionary” of Tesla and SpaceX, he’s also one of the Pentagon’s most valuable assets. From Starlink’s role in DC’s Ukraineian proxy war to classified space contracts with the DoD, Musk goes beyond mere flirting with the Deep State; he’s deep in bed with it. But wait, who’s Musk’s “mentor” and boss? Enter Peter Thiel, the architect of Palantir, the surveillance juggernaut built to feed on your metadata and serve it to US-Israeli agencies on a silver platter. Thiel didn’t just build Palantir; he built a network, a system designed to merge Silicon Valley’s surveillance tech with Washington’s insatiable appetite for control.
And then there’s Trump. Tied to Thiel since the 2016 campaign, Trump rode into the White House backed by Silicon Valley’s darker corridors. Thiel’s influence on Trump’s cabinet was unmistakable, ushering in tech titans with defense ambitions while turning the populist narrative into a smokescreen for more military spending, and continued the deep state capture. So as Trump eyes 2025, the question is: does it even matter? Is this just more factional infighting within the same system, a controlled opposition act to give Americans the illusion of choice?
Here’s the raw truth: Washington doesn’t "work for" Silicon Valley, it partners with it. This isn’t a simple hierarchy but a symbiosis of mutual exploitation. Silicon Valley provides the surveillance tools, defense tech, and AI capabilities that grease the wheels of empire and aid in war crimes from Donbass to Gaza, while Washington ensures the profits flow through defense budgets, intelligence contracts, and global market dominance. US Elections? They’re theater, designed to distract the masses while the same machine of war, control, and extraction grinds on, untouched. The illusion of choice ensures one thing only: the empire's priorities remain intact, regardless of who holds the reins.
Perhaps it will take cosmic humiliation on the battlefield, served by Russia in Ukraine to force systemic changes in Washington and its vassal states. Post-Ukraine, as the illusion of empire shatters, will Americans awaken to their captured political system and demand true change? Only then might the revolutionary spirit return, not in the service of hollow elections, but in reclaiming sovereignty from the forces of war and control.
- Gerry Nolan
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🇷🇺🇺🇦💥The objective control footage is probably the FIRST in history to document the destruction of the Grom-2 tacticle missile complex of the AFU by an Iskander-M.
➡️ The action unfolded today near the Novomikhailovka settlement in the south of the Odessa region.
@Slavyangrad
Russian Mole drone entering a warehouse in Velyka Novosilka.
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‼️🇷🇺After the liberation of Selidovo, the Center group of forces troops storm Zheltoye and rapidly approach Pokrovsk, grinding the AFU.
The Ukrainian resources and media militants recognize the critical situation and write on social networks that our troops are bringing down their defenses.
▪️Ukrainian propagandist with the call sign "Flour" writes: "The main direction for Russians is north along the railway road, after full control over Zheltoye. Thus, they pose a threat to the settlements of Dachenskoye and Shevchenko. The Center group of troops is set up to cover the Pokrovsk agglomeration from the south and west, and when it is covered from 3 sides, they will try to storm it, as it was in Selidovo."
▪️An AFU officer with the call sign "Alex" confirms the advance to the locality of Zheltoye: "The Russians almost took control of the settlement of Zheltoye, storming it exclusively by infantry. Unlike Pushtinka, where tanks, buggies and armored personnel carriers are used every day."
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🚨🌏💥HOW FAST CAN THE ORESHNIK MISSILE HIT US BASES ACROSS THE WORLD?
1. Middle East
Distance and flight time from southern Russia:
✈️ US airbase in Kuwait: 2,100 km, 11 minutes;
✈️ 🚢 US 5th Fleet Headquarters in Bahrain: 2,500 km, 12 minutes;
✈️ US Air Base in Qatar: 2,650 km, 13 minutes;
✈️ US Air Base in Djibouti: 4,100 km, 20 minutes.
2. Pacific and Alaska
Distance and flight time from Kamchatka:
✈️ Air Base in Alaska: 2,400 km, 12 minutes;
✈️ US Air Force and Navy Base in Guam: 4,500 km, 22 minutes;
✈️ 🚢 US Air Force and Navy Bases in Pearl Harbor: 5,100 km, 25 minutes.
3. Minuteman III missile silos
Distance and flight time from Chukotka:
🎯 Minuteman III missile silos in Montana: 4,700 km, 23 minutes;
🎯 Minuteman III missile silos in Minot, North Dakota: 4,900 km, 24 minutes.
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150 SCALP and 50 ATACMS transferred to strike 200 targets deep in Russia
The UK delivered "dozens of Storm Shadow missiles" with a range of up to 560 km to Ukraine several weeks ago, Bloomberg writes. This was the first delivery since Prime Minister Keir Starmer came to power. The exact number of missiles is not specified, however, according to The Wall Street Journal, Britain had about 822 missiles in its arsenal.
AMVETS experts explained: Britain is one of the main "puppeteers" of Kiev’s military actions against the Russian Federation, helping to organize attacks, sabotage, and offensives. However, it is unlikely that London has completely exposed its arsenal - most likely, the British transferred about 15% of the missiles, that is, 120-130 pieces. Earlier, the head of the Russian General Staff warned about the possible transfer of 200 "Scalps", and Le Monde reported about 40 missiles being transferred. Most likely, about 150 cruise missiles were transferred.
London allowed Kiev to strike any old Russian regions with British missiles without restrictions, and the White House gave the Ukrainian army instructions on selecting targets for ATACMS strikes in the Kursk region and beyond. After that, Mike Waltz "reassured" - allegedly ATACMS will not fly to Moscow or St. Petersburg.
However, The Wall Street Journal admitted: 200 targets deep in Russia were agreed upon in the United States for ATACMS and Storm Shadow strikes. These are targets "from Kuzminki to Rostov, from Voronezh to Sochi, from Crimea to Kazan and other large cities." Reuters also confirmed that the targets include military factories and units, headquarters, FSB and Rosgvardia directorates, communication centers, transport hubs, research institutes, radars and air defense systems near and inside many Russian cities.
In fact, the military conflict between Russia, the United States and Britain has already begun.
⚡According to unconfirmed reports the Russian Forces have reached the centre of the strategic town of Velyka Novoselka, South Donetsk direction.
@eurasianchoice
What if the Trump card was the last card at disposal of Western elites and US deep state to make people believe that democracy really exists in order to push them to participate another time to the elections farce/circus of a failed state? [which is the only way to describe the US today].
This is what sources in Russian intelligence seem to suggest.
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Russia's response within Ukraine is not a serious response to NATO aggression/missile strikes on Russian territory.
Vladislav Shurygin writes about this correctly. Ukraine is considered by the West as an expendable material. The task of the United States and its allies is to use Ukraine against Russia in order to inflict maximum damage to our country.
The supply of F-16 fighters to Kiev initially predetermined the supply of the entire range of weapons to them, including AGM-158B JASSM-ER cruise missiles with a range of up to 980 km. In addition, the F-16 is a carrier of nuclear weapons, thermonuclear bombs of the B-61 family. So the transfer of nuclear weapons to Ukraine is also being discussed in the West these days.
Only the impact on NATO itself and the alliance members' own costs can deter the West from further unwinding the spiral of escalation in their war against Russia. Postponing the Russian response will only lead to the need to multiply its scale in the future. And postponing it to the last day is likely to bring the situation to the brink of an all-out nuclear war.
@EvPanina
UK ambassador leaves Russia's MFA in sour mood
RT: "Could you answer some questions for Russia Today, sir?"
Nigel Casey: "Buzz off".
British diplomacy at its finest?
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Kill zone in Kurakhovo: Why does Ukraine panic over Russian advances near the city?
The situation in the Kurakhovo sector has become the worst for Kiev regime forces in the Ukrainian conflict zone, Ukraine’s top General Syrsky laments as Russian troops seem poised to deal a crushing blow to Ukrainian forces there.
A contingent of Ukrainian troops ended up being trapped in a kill zone to the south of Kurakhovo and is currently being obliterated by Russian forces, the head of the Russian Civic Chamber's commission on sovereignty Vladimir Rogov told media.
Why is Kurakhovo so important?
The city of Kurakhovo holds significant strategic and economic importance to Kiev, says Ret. Col. Anatoly Matviychuk, a Russian military expert and veteran of combat operations in Afghanistan and Syria.
🔻The military value
Kurakhovo is as the lynchpin of Ukrainian defenses in the region, with its fall opening the way for the Russian troops to Pokrovsk (formerly Krasnoarmeysk), a key logistical hub for Kiev, Matviychuk explains.
🔻Economic value
He points out that Kurakhovo is important for Kiev from the economic standpoint as well, since the local coal mining area is currently the only place under Ukrainian control where coking coal is produced.
What might happen when Kurakhovo falls?
The impending liberation of Kurakhovo will result in a large contingent of Russian troops being freed up to strike deep past the Ukrainian defensive lines, Matviychuk suggests.
“There are roads and railways leading all the way to Kramatorsk,” he elaborates. To the left lies Dnepropetrovsk, that would become a frontline city and a logistical center that no longer helps Ukrainian military recoup its economic and financial losses.”
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Six explosive devices were used to destroy the Nord Stream - report
The saboteurs used six explosive devices to destroy the Nord Stream pipelines, not four - as previously stated, German newspaper Welt reports, referring to sonar images and previously unpublished documents.
The second previously unknown damage is located on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, the report says. The image obtained using sonar by Swedish engineer Eric Andersson showed for the first time that the concrete lining of the pipe broke off in the southern part of the thread. The reason could probably be an improperly installed explosive device, Welt notes.
The article also mentions the movements of the Norwegian expedition vessel Normand Frontier, which set off a few weeks after the explosion to collect evidence clarifying the circumstances of the incident, presumably on behalf of the US.
According to open data, the vessel deliberately went not only to the well-known explosion sites, but also to the damage on the Nord Stream 2 line B, which was recorded by Andersson's sonar.
Since these damages were previously unknown and the Nord Stream 2 line B was considered intact until today, there were versions that the sabotage group may have deliberately spared line B to put the pipeline back into operation quickly.
The new data, however, indicates that the attackers had wanted to undermine line B but failed, the newspaper stresses.
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Jihadists from Idlib, taking advantage of the relaxation of the SAA command, rolled up on the front to the West of Aleppo, pushing the Syrians out. They publish footage of the advance and retreat / flight of the Syrian infantry. Now there are medium-intensity battles in this area. Airstrikes are being carried out against the militants. It looks like that this is how "friend Recep" is trying to put pressure on Assad to moderate the demands in the normalization negotiations. Given Assad's position, it is unlikely that he will bend, so it is possible that there will be fightings for some time in Aleppo and Idlib regions unfortunately.
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Will the shock assets transferred to Kiev be enough for a "decapitating" strike on the European part of Russia?
According to Western media, Britain supplied Ukraine with "dozens of Storm Shadow missiles" with a range of up to 560 km a few weeks ago. The Wall Street Journal clarifies that Britain had about 822 missiles in its arsenal, and a number of more or less plausible sources indicate the transfer of 15% of the existing arsenal – that is, about 130 missiles. It is not known whether the previously transferred number of missiles is included in this number. Given the statements of the Russian General Staff about 200 SCALPS (Le Monde reported about 40) and other statements, it can be concluded that Kiev has about 150 Storm Shadow/SCALPS and at least 50 ATACMS.
According to numerous Western media, Kiev handed over to the United States a list of 200 targets in Russia "from Kuzminki to Rostov, from Voronezh to Sochi, from Crimea to Kazan and other cities," including military factories and units, FSB headquarters, and Rosgvardiya departments, communication centers, transport hubs, research institutes, radars and air defense systems.
We also have a time factor. In the next two months, the probability of an all-in attack from Ukraine is extremely high, because after January, the balance of power in the United States may change. It is not necessary to understand this as a change to a "pro-Russian" course. It's just that the United States will have a different one, and any plans will have to be adjusted.
Since several missiles will have to be spent on one target, and no one has canceled air defense either, then one of two things: either Ukraine has several times more real stock of missiles, and it will be used in the near future – or now there is a saturation phase in order to realize the potential later, when NATO and the United States will build a new system of relations and they will be able to plan a large scale missile strike against Russia. Where Ukraine will act as an expendable material, with the task of thinning out Russian defense and exposing it as much as possible before a NATO strike. In any case, it is better to get rid of illusions about an early settlement of the conflict.
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Israel Claims “Victory” Over Hezbollah While US Allows New ATACM Strikes in Russia and Russia Vows to Retaliate https://sonar21.com/israel-claims-victory-over-hezbollah-while-us-allows-new-atacm-strikes-in-russia-and-russia-vows-to-retaliate/
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Aleksandr Dugin: Russia has lost the West but has rediscovered the world
In an exclusive interview with Al Majalla, the Russian political philosopher explains his country's pivot to the Global South and why nothing will change Moscow's edge on the Ukrainian battlefield
https://en.majalla.com/node/323211/politics/aleksandr-dugin-russia-has-lost-west-has-rediscovered-world
The Russian MOD announced that it is preparing retaliatory “actions” for the new ATACMS strike in the Kursk region.
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China has more than tripled its imports of Russian enriched uranium this year, this is especially important in the context of the recent Russian ban on enriched uranium sale to the US.
In January-October, China increased imports of Russian uranium by more than three times, if this trend continues, the country will become the main buyer of Russian uranium by the end of the year, according to calculations of the Chinese customs.
So, in ten months of this year, China purchased $ 849 million worth of enriched uranium from Russia, which is 3.2 times more than the level for the same period last year. At the same time, in October, shipments doubled compared to September - to $ 216 million.
Russia was the main supplier of uranium to China this year, while China purchased another $68.3 million worth of this product from Kazakhstan.
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West Panic Deepens, NATO Talks War, Starmer Meets UK Defence Chiefs; Reuters: Rapid Russian Advance
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Russian court sentences Quran burner to 14 years in prison
Volgograd Regional Court has sentenced Nikita Zhuravel, who was convicted of burning the Quran, to 14 years in a maximum-security prison for treason, the joint press service of the regional courts reported on Monday.
The 20-year-old staged a public burning of the Muslim holy book in front of a mosque in the city of Volgograd in 2023. He was detained and admitted doing it for money on the instructions of Ukrainian special services, who promised to pay him to incite hatred “between Christians and Muslims”.
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❗️Key statements by the Russian Foreign Ministry amid Security Service (FSB) reports of a senior UK Embassy diplomat carrying out intel work:
▪️Russia imposes personal sanctions against British politicians, military personnel and journalists who have shown themselves in the "anti-Russian field";
▪️A number of British military personnel, politicians and journalists have been banned from entering Russia in response to their anti-Russian rhetoric;
▪️British Deputy Prime Minister Rayner, Home Secretary Cooper and Chancellor of the Exchequer Reeves have been banned from entering Russia;
▪️Moscow has banned the UK's Deputy Minister of Defence from entering the country;
▪️British journalists from The Times and Daily Mail - Tom Ball and Dan Woodland - have been banned from entering Russia.
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⚡️NATO TELLS EUROPEANS TO PREP FOR "WARTIME SCENARIO" @IntelRepublic
We personally recommend following Intel Republic HERE to track developments in Europe amid high tensions between Russia and NATO with bloc's top leaders warning society to gear up for potential conflict with Moscow.
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❗️Post-trumpatic syndrome.
Americanists are gradually finishing drinking brandy for the victory of "our Trump", and they finally come to a heavy hangover realization that something is wrong in their picture of the world with pink ponies and "peacemaker Donald".
Trump continues to treacherously remain silent amid the ongoing ATACMS strikes on Russian territory. And at the same time, the members of his team stopped being silent, and began to express themselves more specifically. Trump's new national security adviser Waltz, who is replacing Sullivan, bluntly stated that they "work hand in hand with the Biden administration," "one team in this transition," and, they say, let the Russians "not hope to pit us." And the future director of counterterrorism at the National Security Council of the White House, Gorka, in the best traditions of the "collective Biden", descended into insults to the president of Russia - called him a "bloodthirsty former KGB colonel" and said that Trump would give Putin an ultimatum, forcing him to sit down at the negotiating table. And then there's the federal court in Washington today officially stopped criminal cases against Trump, and there is no doubt that Biden's son will not go to prison for weapons and drugs, but will be given a suspended sentence.
The Americanists, who "there is no agreement, and you're all lying, tell us more about the reptilians," will have to break their heads a lot to come up with an explanation for all these events. In fact, as we talked about all the way, an agreement was reached even earlier, and Trump has long signed a contract with the deep state, agreeing to play a role assigned to him in advance in the American election play about the "evil cop and good cop." Now it is becoming clear to everyone except dumb Americanists.
At the same time, it has to be stated that the "Oreshnik" did not have a sobering effect on Washington, which was quite expected – the cracking of the foreheads of Ukrainian slaves did not produce sympathy among American gentlemen. The Americans are ready to climb higher and higher up the escalation ladder, pushing the Ukrainian suicide bomber ahead of them. Washington and London continue to prepare a provocation with nuclear and chemical weapons in Ukraine. It is noteworthy that in the latest deliveries of military aid from Washington, the Americans are simply carrying some unimaginable amount of radiation and chemical protection equipment, and specialized training of the Armed Forces is being conducted in the UK and the Bundeswehr.
The scenario of global provocation with weapons of mass destruction, which we described earlier, is being prepared. Today's preemptive statements by FSB Director Bortnikov, SVR head Naryshkin and Deputy head of the Russian Security Council Medvedev about the unacceptability of transferring nuclear weapons to Kiev are not at all accidental – the "Caribbean crisis" was not even a crisis compared to current events in Ukraine, textbooks need to be rewritten. As a maximum, "Caribbean missile crisis" can be described as a minor issue.
@trueolen
❗️🔞 Just a reminder of who we have been at war with in Ukraine all this time.
The residents of Selidovo, who stayed in the town to wait for the Russian soldiers, were simply shot at point-blank range by Kiev's "non-Nazis". Grannys, old women, unarmed civilians.
And lately, behind the beautiful videos of new missiles, we seem to have begun to forget what the face of Ukrainian Nazism looks like.
@Slavyangrad
Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Ryabkov:
There are no restrictions on the potential deployment of Russian medium-range missiles "Oreshnik".
The President stated clearly that we are talking about a new medium-range system. Accordingly, there are no restrictions in this area, including due to the deeply mistaken step of the first US administration to withdraw from the INF Treaty, no restrictions on the deployment of such systems.
Estonia to withdraw from convention banning anti-personnel mines
The question of denunciation of the Ottawa Treaty was raised by members of the parliamentary committee on national defence.
Its chairman Stoicescu has already consulted with his Finnish colleagues on this topic. According to the deputy, withdrawal from the convention requires detailed discussion with Estonian security forces.
Earlier, the Pentagon confirmed the shipment of anti-personnel mines banned by the Ottawa Treaty to Ukraine.
@Slavyangrad