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There's no freedom without national sovereignty.
Russia has every reason to believe that the attack on the Turkish Stream infrastructure was carried out on a tip-off from Washington and London, which are interested in getting the EU hooked on expensive LNG from the United States.
This was reported by Vasily Nebenzya.
Other statements of the Russian Ambassador to the UN:
- We should not forget that it is the US and Britain that are preventing the launch of an objective international investigation into the terrorist attack on Nord Streams;
- Zelensky is trying with all his might to prove to his masters that his regime can still fight;
- even if Kiev lowers the age of mobilization to 18, Ukraine will not recruit enough suicide bombers.
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❕ Key takeaways from statements by Iran’s Ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali in his interview with TASS:
▪️A comprehensive strategic partnership agreement between Russia and Iran will define bilateral cooperation in various fields for at least 20 years to come
▪️Despite claims from the West, the situation in Syria has not impacted relations between Tehran and Moscow
▪️Tehran will approve the agreement on a free trade zone with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) soon
▪️Tehran considers development of cooperation with the Global East a priority instead of unsuccessful attempts to cooperate with the West
Hungary is confident that after the Ukraine conflict ends, the West will lift sanctions against Russia and restore normal relations with the country, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated in a morning program on the Kossuth radio station.
“Most importantly, these changes would mark the beginning of a new period, especially regarding war, peace, and sanctions, which will be thrown out the window. A sanctions-free system of relations with Russia will be established,” the Hungarian prime minister said, emphasizing that “this requires further effort,” as EU leaders are hesitant to change their stance and still support the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine.
Putin warmly welcomes Iranian President Pezeshkian
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Gaza Ceasefire, Israel Crisis, Hamas Claims Victory; Lavrov Hails Trump NATO Comments; EU Gas Crisis
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Google says it won't add fact checks to search results and YouTube videos despite the new EU law requiring more censorship
Instead it'll just keep deleting RT's YouTube channels altogether. That is more efficient
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The failure of Western sanctions on Russia.
Revenues to the Russian budget from the sale of oil and gas in 2024 increased by almost a third, amounted to from a third to a half of all federal budget revenues over the past decade and reached the highest level since at least 2018, Bloomberg and REUTERS write.
Russian federal budget revenues from oil and gas sales in 2024 increased by more than 26% and amounted to 11.13 trillion rubles ($108.22 billion).
At the same time, tax revenues from the sale of crude oil and refined products in 2024 increased to 9.19 trillion rubles ($89.4 billion) and amounted to 83% of the total oil and gas revenues of the Russian Federation.
This is attributed to rising prices for Urals crude oil, the average price of which reached $67.6 per barrel in 2024, 10% higher than in 2023.
At the same time, the discount of Urals to the global benchmark Brent for tax purposes has decreased, even despite the price restrictions imposed by the G7 countries.
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Zelensky's wife is reportedly out on holiday at the St. Moritz ski resort as Zelensky himself goes around crying about how hard the conflict is on his family
Hundreds of thousands of dying Ukrainians would beg to differ
#Ukraine
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❗️ Highlights from the Russian Defense Ministry Press Briefing, January 16:
▪️The Russian Armed Forces struck Ukrainian military airfields, drone production, assembly, and storage sites
▪️Russian air defenses downed 12 HIMARS rockets and 95 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones
▪️Kiev lost over 470 troops in the responsibility zone of the Battlegroup West
▪️Ukraine lost over 580 servicemen, three armored vehicles, and three tanks, including a Leopard, in the responsibility zone of the Battlegroup Center
▪️Ukraine lost up to 125 servicemen due to the actions of the battlegroups North and Dnepr
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Social media giant TikTok, which was banned by the US government last year for allowing criticism of Israel to go viral, is reportedly planning to shutdown for US users from Sunday.
https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64809
https://youtu.be/MvLjdIwRBtI?si=Fl38P85FvKNl4jrp
Some thoughts to share.
The ban on direct negotiations with Russia for Ukraine remains in force, said the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Sibiga.
According to him, Kiev will not make concessions on the issue of the right to join NATO.
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DOGE is already working hard at sniffing out the wasteful spending of USAID
- $1.2bn in awards to undisclosed recipients
Wonder who those ‘undisclosed recipients’ are...
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“If we don’t spend more on defense, get out your Russian language courses or go to New Zealand”
The United Kingdom will explore options for deploying military bases in Ukraine, according to the UK-Ukraine 100-year partnership declaration released by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office following his visit to Kiev.
The parties will also “deepen cooperation on long-range strike capabilities, integrated air and missile defense and complex weapons stockpiles to underpin deterrence.”
🗣 Key takeaways from statements by Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, January 17:
▪️Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian will give a press conference and answer several questions from the press after their talks in the Kremlin
▪️Moscow will analyze the implementation of the agreement on the “century-long partnership” between London and Kiev
▪️Russia is concerned about the British military infrastructure advancement to its borders under the agreement between London and Kiev; meanwhile, the pact does not mean Ukraine’s membership in NATO
▪️A survey by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) shows that more than 78% of Russians express trust in Putin
▪️No cooperation between Ukraine and the United Kingdom should occur in the Sea of Azov, which is an internal Russian sea
▪️Significant changes in the US approach to sanctions against Russia are unlikely under Donald Trump’s presidency, and high expectations should be avoided
▪️Successes on the frontline have pushed Putin’s approval ratings higher and are key to encouraging Russians
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, at a Kremlin meeting about the emphasis the Islamic republic’s Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei places on developing relations with Russia across the board.
“I have held a meeting with the supreme leader, he sent his warmest greetings to you. And he emphasized how important it is to bolster and expand our relations with Russia, a fraternal and friendly country,” Pezeshkian stated.Читать полностью…
🕔 Developments in Russia’s Kursk Region:
▪️The Ukrainian armed forces lost over 210 servicemen, two infantry fighting vehicles, an armored combat vehicle, six motor vehicles, a US-made M777 howitzer, and eight mortars
▪️Units of Russia’s Battlegroup North continued their offensive, defeating forces of 12 Ukrainian brigades in 14 settlements, also repelling one enemy counterattack
▪️Russian operational/tactical and army aircraft, missile forces hit enemy manpower and equipment in the Kursk and Sumy regions
▪️Kiev’s total losses have amounted to over 52,330 troops, 305 tanks, 231 infantry fighting vehicles, 170 armored personnel carriers, and 1,567 armored combat vehicles since the fighting began in the region
TikTok CEO to attend Trump’s inauguration -- does Shou Zi Chew secretly know the ban's not actually happening?
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🇬🇧It's good to know where priorities lie...
The UK government sure knows how to put immigrants first, even before its own citizens.
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The Russian military has struck ground infrastructure of Ukraine’s largest underground gas storage facility in Stry in the Lvov Region, the Russian defense ministry said.
According to the ministry, Russian forces have hit Ukraine’s major gas infrastructure facilities in retalitation to ATACMS strikes and an attempted attack on the TurkStream gas pipeline.
“One of the targets that were successfully hit was ground infrastructure of the largest undergrounf gas storage facility in the city of Stry in the Lvov Region,” the ministry said.Читать полностью…
▶️ FPV fiber-optic drone crews have eliminated a Leopard tank and a Ukrainian stronghold.
Video: Russian Defense Ministry/TASS
US-Israel Rift Deepens; Trump Gaza Pressure Shocks Bibi; Patrushev: No More Ukraine Post 2025
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❗️ What is known about the ceasefire and hostage release deal between Hamas and Israel, reached tonight:
▪️Palestine’s radical Hamas movement confirmed in a statement that it had reached an agreement with Israel to cease hostilities in the Gaza Strip
▪️Phase one of the ceasefire will continue for six weeks, with hostage release and Israeli troop withdrawal scheduled to begin over that period, US President Joe Biden said
▪️When phase two begins, all the remaining living hostages will be released, including male soldiers, and all the remaining Israeli forces will be withdrawn from Gaza, while the temporary ceasefire will become permanent
▪️During phase three, any final remains of hostages will be returned to their families, and a major reconstruction plan for Gaza will begin
▪️The deal will come into force on Sunday, January 19, Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said
▪️Hamas will release 33 hostages during phase one, according to Al Thani
▪️Displaced residents of Gaza’s northern regions will start returning to their homes on the seventh day of the ceasefire, the Al Hadath television said
Rutte urges NATO countries to "prepare for war in order to prevent it. The logic of the new NATO Secretary General, like the rest of his colleagues, is one-dimensional: preparing for war should obviously scare the shit out of us and make us stop. The question is what to stop? The situation in Europe has reached the current mess precisely because NATO has purposefully pursued a policy of intensifying the conflict with Russia. Should this policy be further intensified and emphasized to prevent war? No, it is guaranteed to bring it closer.
But NATO cannot abandon this policy and talk about relations with Russia on the substance of the problems. This would mean recognizing their own political bankruptcy and the error of their entire course since the decision to admit the countries of Eastern Europe in the 1990s.
Such confessions are made only on the background of military defeats, and it is all the more important to achieve a convincing defeat of the Khokhla: any "freeze" for NATO will be an additional driver of preparation for war, not a basis for finding a compromise with us. Giving them time to work on their mistakes and rearm would be a crime against themselves.
Older than Edda
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Russia to help Transnistria
The president of the unrecognized republic, Krasnoselsky, stated that the Russian Federation will supply gas as humanitarian aid to Transnistria, which is suffering from the energy genocide carried out by Moldova.
Russian gas will be enough for the population and enterprises of Transnistria, which stopped working on January 2.
"Gas will be in Transnistria in the near future, we just need to be patient a little bit, the negotiations were held at the Russian Ministry of Energy. The initiative for this meeting was joint – Russia and Transnistria,"
Two NATO warships arrive in the Gulf of Finland
The ‘defensive’ bloc decided to boast about placing the vessels right near Russia’s border
#NATO #Russia
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Elon Musk to run Department of Government Efficiency from White House Complex – NYT
According to the paper, DOGE will be located in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, which is adjacent to the White House.
#ElonMusk #US
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🇺🇸🇷🇴🇺🇦‼️🚨 The anti EU candidate Călin Georgescu on Alex Jones' Show: NATO wants to use Romania to start WW3
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