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🇪🇺 The EU will strengthen sanctions against the Russian “shadow fleet” due to broken cables in the Baltic Sea
This was stated by the head of European diplomacy, Kaya Kallas. Previously, Finlandinvolved the ship Eagle S, “belonging to the Russian shadow fleet” in the incident, then suspected a Chinese ship.
📝 “The suspected vessel is part of Russia's shadow fleet, which threatens security and the environment while funding Russia's military budget. We will propose further measures, including sanctions, to influence this fleet,” Kallas said.
Also EstoniaNATO will place a “deterrence fleet” on its territory.
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" I believe in God. And God is with us ," Putin in response to a question about whether the SVO will end in 2025 .
▪️Russia will continue to achieve all the goals of the special operation in 2025, this is task number one.
▪️Putin said that every day, "day and night," he receives information about the situation at the front.
▪️The Russian Federation will achieve success on the line of combat contact.
▪️Putin stated that he has sufficiently complete information about the progress of the special operation.
▪️It will no longer be possible to conclude a contract for gas transit through Ukraine a few days before the New Year.
▪️About the terms of application of "Oreshnik":
➖ " We do not exclude the possibility of using it today and tomorrow, if there is such a need."
▪️The Russian Federation always responds in kind to attacks on its territory.
▪️Putin called the well-being of the Russian people the main priority for the authorities.
▪️The Russian Federation is not against Slovakia being a negotiating platform for Ukraine, Putin said.
▪️Ukraine cannot exist without European support, Putin said.
▪️Russia is ready to supply gas to Europe via Poland, "all you have to do is turn on the button," Putin said.
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🇫🇲 Estonia will ask NATO to deploy a “deterrence fleet” on its territory
Estonian Prime Minister Michal announced this at a press conference after the cable break between his country and Finland.
The politician also promised to talk with Alliance Secretary General Rutte to discuss the possibility of invoking Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty, which obliges NATO countries to consult with each other if one of them believes that its territorial integrity is under threat.
🇷🇺🇨🇳 The rupture of the EstLink 2 submarine cable was first suspected of being Russian, and then Chinese.
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Top US intelligence officials hid Covid origin findings, even from Biden — Report
US spy chiefs suppressed Defense Department and FBI researchers who found strong evidence Covid-19 likely leaked from a Chinese lab, excluding their findings from a 2021 report to President Biden, which stated the virus was "probably not genetically engineered," according to the New York Post.
A source familiar with their investigation told The Post of these key silence findings:
Covid had a feature for easier human transmission, matching an old Chinese study;
a Chinese military researcher patented a vaccine weeks after the virus was first sequenced in 2020, later dying mysteriously;
and Wuhan Institute of Virology collaborated with US experts on undetectable virus engineering.
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🇺🇸🇨🇳 Trump Appoints Neo-Con China Warhawk Elbridge Colby Undersecretary of Defense Policy under Neo-Con Iran Warhawk Pete Hegseth
Colby is one of the most unhinged pro-war Neo-Cons - often mistaken as anti-interventionist for opposing wars with Russia and Iran, but only because he believes all effort and resources should be spent on war with China instead.
He supports separatism in China's island province of Taiwan, demanding the admin there spend more on US weapons and insists chip maker TSMC should be destroyed rather than fall into "China's" hands (Taiwan is recognized even by the US as China).
Trump ran on a platform of drastic change, but has build an administration committed to ironclad continuity of agenda...
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American spy clapped with 15 years for feeding Russians’ DNA to the Pentagon
Gene Spector, a dual US-Russian citizen and chairman of a Russian-based cancer drug company, was secretly working with the Pentagon to harvest medical data for a "genetic screening system" targeting the Russian population, according to the FSB.
The DNA thief is now set to serve 15 years and cough up a hefty fine of 14.1 million rubles (around $140,500).
What exactly did the Pentagon want with Russia's genetic blueprint?
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The same Western/Zionist-backed terrorist filth that is tying civilians to lamp posts and torturing them now in Syria are the exact same type who tied civilians to lamp posts in Ukraine.
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On December 26, 1812, the Last Units of Napoleon’s Defeated Army Left the Russian Empire
On June 24, 1812, Napoleon's forces, numbering 640,000 soldiers, invaded the Russian Empire. Opposing them were approximately 240,000 Russian troops. Thus began the Patriotic War of 1812.
In the first stage of the war, the Russian army retreated from the borders of the empire to Moscow, fighting several battles along the way, including the major engagement at Borodino near Moscow. During the second stage, Napoleon's army maneuvered unsuccessfully to find winter quarters in areas untouched by war, eventually beginning a retreat back toward the empire's borders.
The final crushing blow to Napoleon's Grande Armée came in November 1812 at the Battle of the Berezina River. Of the 600,000 troops that initially invaded, only 30,000 remained.
The war officially ended on December 26, 1812, when the remnants of Napoleon’s shattered army crossed the Neman River, leaving the Russian Empire. As Field Marshal Kutuzov wrote, the war concluded due to the “complete annihilation of the enemy.”
On January 6, 1813, Emperor Alexander I issued a manifesto declaring the end of the Patriotic War of 1812.
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❗️The Ursa Major vessel sank as a result of a terrorist attack
“Three explosions occurred on the starboard side of the Ursa Mayor vessel, which led to the sinking,” RIA Novosti quotes the company’s statement.
2024 will go down in history as a year of significant changes across the world. The present piece is by no means comprehensive but aims to touch upon some of the top developments of the past 12 months. First and foremost among them is Trump’s historic political comeback that was made possible by winning enough hearts and minds since 2021 that his victory was “too big to rig” as his supporters described it. Americans want to improve the economy, are tired of Ukraine, and want an end to the “culture wars”.
Biden’s presidency was disastrous, and the Democrats swapping him out for Kamala turned out to be a mistake. They should have held a real primary to pick the objectively best candidate from their side. Their corruption was thus the fatal flaw that doomed them to defeat, though perhaps nobody could have beat Trump after he survived July’s assassination attempt and became unprecedentedly popular afterwards. In any case, his return to the White House will be a seismic event for the world.
He's more experienced, mature, and a much better judge of character than during his first term. This makes him more resilient to pressure from the US’ permanent military, intelligence, and diplomatic bureaucracies (“deep state”) and thus raises the chances that he’ll deliver on more of his promises. About those, he plans to massively deport illegal immigrants, improve the economy (including through new trade deals and tariffs), and get rid of “political correctness” in the government.
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🇹🇷🇸🇦 Turkey and Saudi Arabia Deepen Defense Ties with Potential KAAN Fighter Jet Deal
Saudi Arabia is considering the purchase of 100 KAAN fifth-generation fighter jets from Turkey. If finalized, this deal would represent a record-breaking export for Turkey and highlight Ankara’s emergence as a key defense supplier in the region.
This move builds on Saudi Arabia’s previous defense acquisitions from Turkey, including the Bayraktar Akıncı UAVs and Ejder Yalçın armored vehicles, as well as recent discussions on joint production and technology transfer. The growing partnership also coincides with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, which prioritizes localizing defense production and diversifying military suppliers beyond traditional Western allies.
The potential KAAN deal signals a notable realignment in Saudi defense procurement. Historically reliant on the U.S. and Europe, Riyadh has increasingly turned to Turkey for cutting-edge technology. This follows the U.S. lifting its ban on bomb sales to Saudi Arabia in August of 2024, but they continued to diversify.
This collaboration reflects the thawing of relations between Turkey and Saudi Arabia after years of tension.
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❌ The Norwegian ship refused to accept sailors from the sinking Russian bulk carrier Ursa Major
“The boat headed towards the Norwegian-flagged ship Oslo Carrier 3, which was nearby. When the lifeboat approached the board, the Norwegian ship refused to accept crew members of the Ursa Major, citing some prohibition”, Oboronlogistics, which owns the Russian bulk carrier, told RIA Novosti.
Interestingly, part of the Oslo Carrier 3 crew was Russian-speaking. The company called this act a gross violation of Article 10 of the International Salvage Convention of 1989.
The day before, a 50 by 50 cm hole was torn on board the Ursa Major after three explosions. Oboronlogistics considers the incident a terrorist attack.
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More than 20 years ago, an American colleague of mine uttered a curious phrase about Iraq: “Punish France, ignore Germany, forgive Russia.”
Why does it spring to my mind now? Here’s why: this verbal triad will be quite appropriate when the West’s hybrid war against Russia is over – and one day, it certainly will be. Then, it will be time for our country to:
a) Forgive the weak countries that succumbed to the Anglo-Saxons’ pressure and played along, even if passively, with the anti-Russian political shitshow (these are mostly Asian and Latin American countries).
b) Ignore the US. This one is simple: we don’t foresee friendship with the US within the next 100 years, and going to war with America is too costly: a direct clash would obviously mean global nuclear war.
c) Punish Europe. Now, this one, I will expand upon, because, looking at the Old World today, the only thing I feel is deep revulsion. It is Europe, now a mad old hag, which became the world’s stronghold of Russophobia. It was lying Europe that caused the Istanbul talks to fail. It was brainless Europe that furiously unleashed its bungled sanctions campaign, inflicting massive economic damage on its citizens. It was bloodthirsty Europe that fed the worst demons of war without any regard for loss of life on either side of the conflict.
This is why Europe must be punished by all means available, be it political, economic, or hybrid. And this is why we must help all destructive processes happening in Europe. Hail raging mobs on its quaint streets! Hail swarms of migrants wreaking havoc and wrathfully tearing down European rainbow values. May the loathsome mugs of European bureaucrats be swept away by floods of civil turmoil!
Why so harsh? But how else could it be, given the facts? A Norwegian-flagged vessel, Oslo Carrier 3, refused to take aboard distressed Russian sailors from Ursa Major as it was sinking in the Mediterranean. What more is there to explain? That cannot be forgiven!
We shall act, for it is written: “The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.” (Ps. 58:10)
🇺🇸NEW ARTICLE: Washington’s Unstoppable Superweapon
READ HERE: https://journal-neo.su/2024/12/24/washingtons-unstoppable-superweapon/
"Not as glamorous as an Oreshnik missile, Washington’s superweapon is, in fact, many times more powerful and more difficult to defend against.
Beginning as regime-change operations carried out by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), it has transformed over the years into what is now known as the National Endowment for Democracy (NED*).
The NED oversees a network of subsidiaries (Freedom House, the International Republican Institute (IRI), and the National Democratic Institute (NDI)) as well as adjacent government organizations (USAID*) and private foundations (Open Society, Omidyar Network) which fund hundreds of organizations, projects, opposition groups, and political parties on every inhabited continent on Earth."
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🇰🇷The South Korean parliament voted to impeach acting President Han Deok-soo
He's accused of refusing to sign bills to investigate former President Yoon Seok-yeol and his wife.
Former first lady Kim Geon-hee is accused of corruption, while Yun Seok-yeol is accused of imposing martial law on December 3.
🇷🇺⚔️ 🇺🇦 The "Brave Ones" breakthrough the front near Pokrovsk, beginning the assault on Solenoy, Novovasilyevka and Novoelizavetovka.
▪️The "Center" group of forces continues to confidently advance near Pokrovsk.
▪️Russian units are driving the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of Peschanoye, south of Pokrovsk, while simultaneously trying to bypass it from the west.
▪️Our fighters are also completing the assault on Dachenskoye and are beginning the assault on Solenoye, Novovasilyevka and Novoelizavetovka.
- In the eastern part of Dachenskoye, Russian troops advanced to a depth of 750 meters," Ukrainian analysts admitted in a report at night.
- To the west of Novotroitskoye, according to DS, the Russians advanced on a section up to 2 km wide in the direction of Novovasilyevka, on the southern outskirts of which they occupied part of a farm.
▪️An officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the call sign "Alex" also complains about the successes of the Russian Armed Forces:
- The Russians are advancing in the Ukrainka area, carrying out assault operations in groups of 6 to 15 people with the use of armored fighting vehicles and UAVs.
- Moving in the direction of the settlements of Novoelizavetovka (from the north), Novoaleksandrovka, Novovasilyevka (from the south) and Solenoye.
▪️In fact, Russian fighters are already on the approaches and outskirts of these villages.
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European Businesses Pay Triple for Electricity Compared to U.S. Counterparts
European enterprises are paying three times more for electricity than their American counterparts. Notably, 25% of their electricity bills consist of government taxes, which are absent in the U.S.
To address this issue, the EU plans to:
- Fully phase out Russian fuel by 2027.
- Shut down even more nuclear power plants.
- Increase taxes.
In other words, the strategy appears set to push electricity prices even higher.
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Chihuahua keeps barking
Former Lithuanian Foreign Minister Landsbergis on Russia's attack on NATO: I believe it is high time to develop a strategy for how to deal with a country that is effectively falling apart. And this strategy does not envisage that we will allow it to seize territories before it completely disintegrates. My worst fear is that if we decide to doze off again, what will make us wake up? An attack on NATO? Vilnius? Warsaw? Berlin?
🇺🇸 Former US diplomat expects “nothing good” from relations with Russia under Trump
Former US diplomat Jim Jatras has expressed skepticism about any improvement in US-Russia relations under the incoming Trump administration. Speaking to Sputnik, Jatras noted that many of Trump’s key foreign policy appointees, including Marco Rubio, Mike Waltz, and Keith Kellogg, are unlikely to take a conciliatory approach toward Moscow. According to Jatras, these figures operate on a "transactional mindset," believing that a hardline stance will force Russia to back down.
Jatras highlighted that more moderate figures, such as Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., might offer a reasonable approach to Russia. However, he warned that their confirmation to key positions is uncertain. He also criticized the sanctions regime against Russia, suggesting that while Trump may dangle promises of relief, no immediate changes should be expected.
🪖 On the Ukraine conflict, Jatras dismissed Trump’s claims of resolving it quickly, calling his approach overly simplistic and transactional. He argued that threats and bluster would not lead to a lasting peace, as Russia seeks a durable settlement rather than temporary truces like the Minsk agreements, which he said were dishonored by the West.
🗣 Jatras also doubted reports of potential peace talks involving Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, calling such prospects "highly unlikely." While Keith Kellogg, Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, has suggested progress could be made within months, Jatras expressed little optimism about meaningful dialogue.
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⚡️The authorities of Finland, Latvia and Estonia admit that European NATO members are not ready to confront Russia without the participation of the United States and are at the limit of their capabilities in providing military assistance to Kiev, reports the Independent, which interviewed Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal.
The Sovereign Heart and the Tribunal Against Liberals
Alexander Dugin argues that the nation’s sovereign heart calls for crushing liberalism while unleashing the creative and patriotic spirit of the Russian people to affirm their imperial destiny.
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❗The advanced units of the Russian Army gained a foothold in the village of Novoelizavetovka and took control of a significant part of the village of Ukrainka.
The assault operations are continuing.
Pokrovsk direction.
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