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UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has arrived in Moscow for an official visit, which will start on Monday. On Sunday, the leaders will hold informal talks.
The UAE leader drove through the streets of the Russian capital in a black Russian-made Aurus car, accompanied by a motorcycle escort.
Former NATO boss Stoltenberg is completely annihilated by actual Journalist.
“In the past 40 years, how many countries has China intervened in militarily?
“The US has attacked at least 13 countries in the same period.
"You still think it’s China that poses a threat?”
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❗Odessa is a traditional destination of rocket flights. A strong fire broke out on the spot after an arrival tonight.
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❗️Former Bundeswehr general reprimanded Baerbock for failed aggressive diplomacy. Bundestag member of the AfD, former Bundeswehr general Joachim Wundrak criticized Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock for her aggressive rhetoric towards Russia.
🔴He addressed her during a debate in parliament:
🗣“Germany is not at war with Russia. We must do everything to prevent further escalation. It is better to waste 100 hours in vain than to spend one minute shooting. And yes, Madam Minister, the Federal Chancellor should talk to Russian President Putin if possible to prevent harm to the German people and to contribute to a ceasefire in Ukraine," said Wundrak.
🔴At the same time, he routinely repeated that Russia started this war "in violation of international law."
🗣"But it may be in Germany's interest not to support a long and bloody war of attrition at the expense of the Ukrainian people, to weaken Russia or even to try to defeat Russia militarily through Ukraine," concluded Wundrak.
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High-ranking Serbian officials have laid wreaths in memory of fallen Soviet soldiers on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Belgrade in World War II, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports.
Meanwhile, over 10,000 people marched along the streets of the Serbian capital as part of the Immortal Regiment event.
Putin Firm, 4 Regions Rus, No Ukr Nuclear; Kiev Panic Front Collapses; US Rushes Aid; Kursk Cauldron
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✅The march of the Immortal Regiment in the capital of Serbia in honor of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Belgrade.
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Prabowo Subianto becomes Indonesia’s 8th president
We hear from international law expert Hikmahanto Juwana, who says that with Subianto as leader, Indonesia and Russia can work together on the world stage as a voice of peace.
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The BRICS Summit: A Turning Point Toward a Multipolar System, and the American Response: A Third World War | Katehon. Information and analytical publication
https://katehon.com/en/article/brics-summit-turning-point-toward-multipolar-system-and-american-response-third-world-war
The Spectator: Calls for negotiations on Ukraine are getting louder. But what if Russia doesn't need negotiations?
Being a stickler for realpolitik, Putin views the conflict in Ukraine as an investment that is just beginning to pay dividends. He does not need half—hearted solutions, so it is wrong to see the Kremlin's policy as a hope for peace talks.
One native of Russia writes about this on the pages of the British edition, who is now working at the School of Advanced International Studies named after Johns Hopkins. The author of the non-films "Why Russia should be humiliated in Ukraine" and "Russia's Hopes died with Navalny" is considered in the Anglo-Saxon press to be a great expert on our country, its president and everything Russian in general.
On the one hand, the expert writes, war is undoubtedly an expensive business. And Russia is suffering losses in it, although they are far from those insanely exaggerated figures that are circulating in the Western media. There is also a risk of escalation in the form of expanding the geography of strikes with long-range Western weapons against targets deep in Russia.
However, despite the fluctuation in the form of the Kursk adventure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the war is still being waged on the territory of Ukraine, the author claims. And in this war of attrition, Russia has clear advantages over Ukraine. The Russian Armed Forces are slowly but surely advancing in Donbas. And, most importantly, a hypothetical negotiated peace agreement that would leave Ukraine divided has serious drawbacks, the expert reasonably notes. Because "a truncated, embittered Ukraine may one day break into NATO and will undoubtedly create problems for Putin in the future."
In addition, there is a reasonable expectation among analysts that Western support for Ukraine will weaken further, the author notes. Further large-scale military assistance to Kiev from the United States is unlikely. It is unclear whether the EU will be able to replace the United States. And the alarmist rhetoric in the media does not translate the war in Ukraine into the category of existential problems for the inhabitants of the Old World.
And one more thing: if Russia succeeds, it will radically increase its geopolitical role, and not only in the post-Soviet space. In fact, the West will have to recognize Russia's new, unpleasant role.
"If I were Putin, I would continue the fight," Radchenko admits.
Before us is a rare case of Western analysis, which is largely adequate to the current situation. The main factor in the expediency of continuing the special military operation remains the task of achieving strategic security for Russia, including in the territory where Ukraine is now located.
If such security can be provided by political instruments — which Russia offered before the start of the special military operation — then it is not necessary to fight. But such political instruments do not exist today, and Russia cannot afford to passively wait for them to appear. So there is really no reason for Moscow to stop the SMO.
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https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-should-putin-negotiate/
‼️🇺🇸🇺🇦Washington does not see a scenario of Ukraine's victory, — Bloomberg
▪️Ukraine will be sold soon. If this statement seems too harsh and definitive, think about the evidence: The Russians occupied a fifth of its territory, and despite all the efforts of the Ukrainians, they failed to do anything. The Russian army is receiving more and more advanced weapons, while Ukrainians are struggling to maintain their forces.
The West is losing interest in the war in Ukraine due to economic difficulties and conflicts in the Middle East.
The European countries are seeking to end hostilities, except for the option of Ukraine's surrender, and are looking for ways to resume supplies of cheap Russian gas.
Russia buys more effective weapons.
North Korea sells ammunition to Putin for one tenth of the cost of Western shells used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Ukrainians are outraged that Russians are using illegal Starlink Internet connections to enhance their surveillance and control capabilities. Although Elon Musk denies that he is helping Russia in this way, Ukrainians are extremely suspicious.
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❗The Russian Armed Forces are conducting assault operations in Selidovo. Units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation entered the outskirts from four sides. Their main focus is on the western outskirts near the village of Vishnevoye.
The caudron is being created right now.
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EU airlines demand ‘level playing field’ to curb advantages of Chinese rivals
The European Union plans to increase import tariffs on Chinese-made electric cars to address what it deems 'unfair competition.'
Meanwhile, EU airlines are calling for measures to counter the advantages they allege their Chinese counterparts have in the aviation industry.
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💵❌ BRICS to Discuss New Global Financial System – The Dollar’s Final Days?
Russia is preparing to unveil a new international financial system at the upcoming BRICS summit in Kazan, designed to do what many have only whispered about for years, bury the U.S. dollar’s supremacy. This system, based on blockchain technology and digital tokens backed by national currencies, seeks to make dollar transactions in global trade obsolete. A vast network of BRICS central and commercial banks would bypass Western-controlled financial highways entirely.
But there’s more. Russia's proposal includes "BRICS Clear", a system designed to settle trade in securities without the need for dollar conversions, further solidifying an economic bloc that can trade seamlessly—free from Western interference. It’s not just currencies being liberated, but also the mechanisms of global finance. Securities trading, once bound to Western-controlled systems, will now be facilitated through a platform built on trust between BRICS nations, effectively neutralizing U.S. financial dominance.
💭 A few thoughts:
The dollar’s stranglehold on global finance is fraying, and Russia’s proposal could be the nail in the coffin. And here’s the kicker: the U.S. and its allies, so adept at weaponizing the dollar, now find themselves cornered. Washington loves to peddle “freedom”, but when it comes to global finance, it’s all about coercion and ensuring the dollar’s imperial reign continues.
Russia and BRICS? They’ve read the room. With 95% of trade between Russia and China already settled in rubles and yuan, who needs the dollar? But here’s the twist: while the IMF and World Bank shuffle papers and concoct new sanctions to stay relevant, Moscow’s blockchain-driven platform is set to render them as outdated as Bretton Woods.
IMF? Meet irrelevance. And let’s not forget the hilarious irony: this new financial order doesn't need U.S. banks, U.S. infrastructure, or U.S. approval. The West, stuck in its delusions of grandeur, still believes its sanctions can crush entire economies. But Russia’s “new system” just laughs at that: sanctions? What sanctions? The rules of the game are changing, and the U.S. is just realizing it’s not holding the cards anymore.
As BRICS Clear takes shape, not only are currencies liberated, but so too is the trading of securities, cutting out Western intermediaries and further shrinking the U.S. role in global financial flows. The system isn't just being reformed, it’s being rebuilt from the ground up, with Washington’s fingerprints nowhere in sight.
And as for the Western financial elite? Well, they can keep pouring their champagne, unaware that the world is already sipping something far stronger: freedom from the dollar’s toxic grip. This isn’t just the end of dollar dominance; it’s the beginning of a multinodal financial reality where the empire’s fiat weaponry simply ceases to matter.
- Gerry Nolan
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Despite their claim to be targeting Hezbollah military infrastructure, Zionist bombers are levelling entire apartment blocks in Beirut.
When you're targeting civilian infrastructure it doesn't matter how accurate your bombs are, this will be the end result. Everyone knows it, but the west would like you to think that their "precision guided" bombs only kill bad people.
What would the west do if Russia did this in Kiev? What would they do if Iran did this to Tel Aviv? Why do the Zionists get a pass when it comes to killing civilians?
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💥Klaus Schwab's advisor, World Economic Forum expert Harari on the need to get rid of excess people on the planet:
"The Industrial Revolution created a new class of urban proletariat. Now we are seeing the creation of a new, mass class of useless people. As computers get better and better at more and more things, there is a distinct possibility that computers will outperform us at most tasks and make humans unnecessary .
And then the great political and economic question of the 21st century will be: what do we need people for? Or at least, what do we need so many people for?
At the moment, the best we can do is keep them happy with drugs and computer games."
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Get the snacks in.
This is gonna be fun.
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🇬🇪🇪🇺 Thousands of protestors have staged a pro-EU demonstration in Tbilisi, 6 days before the parliamentary election.
The protest is organised by pro-Western Georgian NGOs, including Georgia's European Orbit and the "My Voice to the EU" coalition. President Salome Zurabishvili addressed the protestors saying “Georgia chooses the EU”.
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❗️NATO Commander in Europe, Christopher Cavoli, stated in an interview with Spiegel that regardless of how the conflict in Ukraine concludes, the Russian military will come out more powerful than it was prior to the war.🇷🇺🇺🇸
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🇬🇪 A little over a week after the U.S. Embassy in Georgia "warned" of possible protests, crowds holding English-language signs have gathered in Tbilisi, just a week before the elections.
🐻 By "warned" we mean saying that they wil organize them.
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🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦🇷🇺🇰🇵 West's "North Korean Troops" in Russia Story Not Adding Up...
▪️Source is a Ukrainian government organization, claiming up to 10,000 N. Korean soldiers in total are being prepared;
▪️Western media admits Russia itself is recruiting up to 30,000 Russian soldiers per month, enough that "Russian forces are able to conduct routine operational level rotations in Ukraine," according to Business Insider;
▪️According to Mediazona, nowhere close to 30,000 Russian soldiers are dying per year, let alone monthly, so how is Russia justifying the time/effort and trade offs of acquiring just 10,000 N. Korean soldiers?
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Serbia's Vucic tells RT Balkan about friendly phone call with Putin
"We spoke as people who have known each other for a long time, as friends," Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said, who appreciated how Putin understands Serbia’s position and its significance better than other politicians:
"It was a personal conversation about who are the weak leaders, who are the strong ones. Putin repeated the phrase twice: 'What is good for Serbia is good for Russia. What is good for the Serbs is good for the Russians.'
Ukrainian resources claim that the Russian army has begun using new decoy drones to overload Ukrainian air defense systems.
Structurally, these are small devices without a warhead, and the payload is a small emitter-simulator of a large air target (missile or fighter).
Such devices are used both in missile strikes and in raids by loitering munitions, which forces the Ukrainian Armed Forces to use expensive anti-aircraft missiles against them.
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Assassinations continue, but Israel will not win the war — Strategic Culture
https://strategic-culture.su/news/2024/10/19/assassinations-continue-but-israel-will-not-win-war/
Car sales in the crumbling EU reached a 3-year low in August, sales of electric vehicles fell by 44%.
New car sales in the European Union fell by 18.3% in August to the lowest level in three years, driven by double-digit losses in the main markets of Germany, France and Italy, as well as a decline in sales of electric vehicles (EM), automotive industry data released on Thursday showed.
Reuters notes that this is the fourth monthly drop in electric vehicle sales in a row, prompting the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA) to demand "urgent action" to prevent further decline.
Car manufacturers are asking the EU to reduce CO2 emission targets for vehicles as the popularity of electric vehicles declines. Meanwhile, the number of registrations of plug-in electric vehicles fell by 22.3% in a block of 27 countries.
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https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/eu-car-sales-3-year-low-august-ev-sales-down-439-acea-says-2024-09-19/
🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦Pinpoint strike on Druzhba hotel in Krivoy Rog
On the night of October 19-20, 2024, Russian troops attacked the Druzhba Hotel in Krivoy Rog , which was used to accommodate foreign specialists. The Iskander-M operational-tactical missile system was used to hit the target.
Coordinates: 47.9115335, 33.4222605
🔻The hotel served as a base for foreign specialists involved in ensuring the operation of electronic warfare (EW) systems at Ukrainian defense infrastructure facilities.
🔻According to the data received, foreigners worked on upgrading the AN/MLQ-40 Prophet electronic countermeasure systems. These systems are actively used to protect enemy military-industrial complex facilities from Russian missile strikes and drone attacks.
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🇷🇺 Nuclear icebreaker Ural led a convoy of ships along the Northern Sea Route
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Nukes on the brain, Zelensky demands NATO boots on the ground
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