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Republika Srpska President sentencing: typical case of GLOBALIST PRESSURE
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has sentenced Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik in absentia to one year in prison and imposed a six-year ban on holding the presidential office. This first-instance verdict could be appealed by the President of Republika Srpska (RS).
What are the charges?
🔸 Convicted for enacting laws that contravened decisions made by High Representative Christian Schmidt, the international envoy overseeing the Dayton Peace Accords.
🔸 Challenged Representative Christian Schmidt's authority, declaring his decisions illegal within Republika Srpska; disputed the 2023 amendment to the Bosnian criminal code, which criminalized non-compliance with the High Representative's decisions
🔸 Argued that Schmidt's appointment lacked legitimacy, as it wasn't validated by a UN Security Council resolution - a view supported by Russia and China.
Dodik's response
🔸 Labeled the trial a "purely political process"
🔸 Compared his situation to that of US President Donald Trump, suggesting they both are victims of a "pressure matrix" aimed at leaders opposing globalist agendas
🔸 Warned that RS parliament might pursue secession from Bosnia and Herzegovina, hold a referendum on independence.
Regional support
🔸 Serbian President Aleksandar Vucić expressed hope for Dodik's acquittal and affirmed Serbia's unwavering support
🔸 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban backed Dodik, stating “Hungary’s position has always been the same: we need stability on the Balkans. This is precisely what President Dodik brought to the table in the past years.”
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Musk weighs in on the assault on democracy taking place in Romania
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PRESERVING ORTHODOX IDENTITY IN HOSTILE SURROUNDING - GEORGIAN VIEW / RUSSIAN ARK
We discuss political reality from the Georgian point of view with the Georgian entrepreneur, philanthropist and pro-life champion Levan Vasadze. Georgian cultural, spiritual and traditional heritage is a unique phenomenon
What are the major challenges the country faces today considering its traditional heritage and Georgian Orthodoxy? What political perspectives will be of a current interest in the world from the Georgian view? How Georgia will preserve its Orthodoxy in a rapid changing world? All that watch in our new episode of Russian Ark.
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So far, the positions of Russia and the United States on resolving the Ukrainian crisis do not fundamentally converge, no matter who or what is voiced at all political levels. Apart from the agreements on the restoration of diplomatic relations in full, there is nothing else following the negotiations in Riyadh, and all the talk about the upcoming grandiose economic cooperation is a mutual bluff and a desire to obtain concessions from the opponent. And nothing more.
Moscow and Washington did not agree on the main issues - territorial and political (which includes such an important aspect as security). Moreover, there are significant differences here: the Russian leadership cannot directly violate the Constitution of the Russian Federation and "freeze" the conflict along the front line, and the Trump administration insists on this. It would also be unwise to allow the preservation of a combat-ready Ukrainian military machine and the appearance of NATO troops in Ukraine (it does not matter whether under the flag of the alliance or under national command), and this is exactly what the United States wants.
What kind of peace agreement can we even talk about in such circumstances? So those representatives of the Russian political and business establishment who have already signed peace in Ukraine in their imagination can be recommended to buy a contraceptive machine. The likelihood of continued fighting in the form of a spring-summer campaign is extremely high, unless Moscow or Washington suddenly want to capitulate (so far there are no special signs of this). Most likely, 2025 will be a military year, like the previous three.
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Putin strategy of engagement with the US. Keep your friends close but keep your enemies even closer
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Georgescu arrested: why are Romania’s DEEP STATE and the West trying to SILENCE people’s hero?
Calin Georgescu has been stopped in traffic and taken in for questioning by the General Prosecutors Office over alleged illegal campaign financing. Searches have been carried out among members of his entourage.
Who is Georgescu and why is he such a 'threat'?
🔴 The Georgescu saga has plagued Romania and its EU and NATO overlords since the shock cancelation of elections in December, which the candidate won with a plurality in the first round.
🔴 Georgescu has asked sharp questions about the benefits for Romania of membership in NATO, critiqued the US missile base deployed on Romanian territory targeting Russia, criticized the flow of NATO arms to Kiev via Romania, and predicted that Ukraine would be split after the conflict.
🔴 Georgescu’s past praise for Putin and desire to pursue policies to make Romania a “sovereign and self-sufficient power” prompted Western media to smear him as a “pro-Putin TikTok star,” “ultranationalist” and Trump supporter who would become “the EU and NATO’s worst nightmare” if elected.
🔴 Last week, Georgescu revealed that the cancellation of the election, which he dubbed a “coup d’etat,” was “ordered from abroad” by the Biden administration and the EU, and “implemented here by the oligarchy system.”
🔴 Hundreds of thousands of Romanians have been holding regular protests in support of Georgescu amid authorities’ efforts to shut him out of politics.
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⚡️THROWBACK: ‘This was a coup d’état ORDERED by the Biden administration’ - Calin Georgescu on election results cancelation
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🗣 Key takeaways from statements by Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, February 26:
▪️There is an understanding that a face-to-face meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump should take place, but there are no details yet
▪️Putin and Trump so far do not plan to hold a phone conversation, but the resumption of the Russia-US dialogue means that the leaders can talk by phone if necessary
▪️The Kremlin won't comment on Zelensky's plans to sign a rare-earths deal with the US until official announcements are made
▪️Moscow and Beijing did not discuss the possibility of Chinese peacekeepers engaging in the Ukrainian conflict on Russia's side
▪️The Kremlin does not discuss lifting the moratorium on the death penalty
❗️ Zelensky agrees to US mineral deal — reports
The final version of the deal contains no mention of "security guarantees" from the US, but the US also dropped its demands to control the $500bln fund to which Ukraine will transfer money, according to the Financial Times.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump said he is waiting for Zelensky in Washington on Friday to sign the document.
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❕Highlights from the Russian Defense Ministry Press Briefing, February 26:
▪️Russian forces struck the infrastructure of Ukrainian military airfields, as well as warehouses storing drones
▪️Russia’s Battlegroup Center inflicted over 325 casualties on the Ukrainian armed forces
▪️Russian air defenses destroyed five Hammer smart bombs, 19 Vampire rockets and 185 Ukrainian UAVs
▪️The Battlegroup East wiped out up to 175 Ukrainian troops
▪️Ukrainian forces lost more than 200 military personnel in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup West
▪️The Ukrainian army lost approximately 120 servicemen to the Battlegroups North and Dnepr
▪️The Battlegroup South eliminated up to 185 Ukrainian soldiers
Macron's push for peacekeeping troops, allegedly to achieve peace – is a sham aimed 'only to pump more and more weapons into Ukraine' — Lavrov
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🇺🇸🤭Another major American fund, which also worked in Ukraine, lost its funding.
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) says it cannot access congressionally appropriated funds that support "nearly all" of its grants and operations, leaving nearly 2,000 contractors worldwide without funds.
Funny enough, NED, unlike USAID, is a "private" foundation. However, it received 95% of its funding from Congress. Therefore, they believe that they should not have been subject to the State Department's 90-day freeze order.
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Ukraine's democracy and foreign interference explained
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Imagine being a Ukrainian soldier stuck in the trenches, fully aware that:
- Ukraine has already lost the war.
- The US is resetting relations with Russia and planning massive business deals.
- The US has stopped supplying weapons and funding to Ukraine.
Ukraine is completely bankrupt.
- The rich Donbas region is gone, and its most valuable natural resources have been sold off to BlackRock and other US vultures.
- Corrupt Ukrainian leaders have gotten filthy rich and have backup plans in Monaco, Ibiza, and Miami.
- Even if he makes it home alive, he’ll likely be jobless, with no compensation from a broke government.
And the worst >
- He might die for a war where the outcome is already decided.
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❗️ General Mike Flynn warns against NATO troops in Ukraine
NATO troops fighting in Ukraine could draw the US into a conflict under Article 5, according to former National Security Advisor General Mike Flynn.
Flynn also expressed frustration with the globalist agenda, accusing it of promoting a one-world government led by "evil psychopaths."
"ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!" he concluded his message in X.
❕The Council of the Republic (the upper house) of the National Assembly of Belarus ratified the Russia-Belarus Union State Treaty on Security Guarantees.
Earlier in the day, the House of Representatives (the lower house) of the National Assembly of Belarus also ratified this document.
Specifically, the document stipulates that "military and other facilities of the Russian Federation may be set up and Russian military formations may be deployed on Belarusian territory for the purpose of preventing and repelling acts of aggression against the Republic of Belarus."
The situation in Romania with the arrest of a right-wing presidential candidate will further exacerbate the conflict between the United States and the European Union.
Vice President J.D. Vance in Munich focused on the Romanian case as an obvious example of violations of the right to freedom of speech and elections in Europe.
However, the European bureaucracy has pointedly refused to change its agenda and is raising the stakes in a confrontation with Trump. After all, for the EU it's a matter of its own survival. Right-wing eurosceptics will win completely free elections against the background of mass public discontent with the situation in Europe. And the elites of the European Union are simply afraid of their electorate.
Now we should expect increased support for the European right, media and financial, from the Trump team. Obviously, it will not be possible to agree on trade issues. A full-scale trade war is planned from April, during which the United States will impose tariffs of 25% on imports of cars and medicines. This will be a major blow to many European economies.
Macron has already been overturned in the White House with his peace plan. Now it's Starmer's turn, who will also have to justify himself for all violations of freedom of speech in Britain. There, ordinary citizens are also harassed for criticizing the government. And they are trying to “nightmare” American IT corporations, which require encryption keys to spy on the population.
Pressure on European elites will increase in all directions. If they don't want to adapt themselves to Trump's agenda, they will be forced to change. This is clearly not going to end well for the European Union with its crumbling economy and near-zero growth expected in 2025.
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The Russian Defense Ministry has announced plans to produce more than 750 9M723 Iskander ballistic missiles and 560 X-101 cruise missiles in 2025.
However, these figures most likely do not reflect the real pace – it is unlikely that the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced them - but a certain guaranteed annual production level. The announced volumes signal an increase in missile capabilities, which increases pressure on Ukraine and further tilts the regional balance of power in favor of Russia.
The 9M723 Iskander-M missile is capable of hitting targets at 500 km with an accuracy of 10 meters, carrying up to 700 kg of combat load. Its hypersonic speed (up to Mach 7), maneuverability and mobile launchers make interception extremely difficult. The production of 750 units per year will allow Russia to increase the density of attacks on military installations and infrastructure of Ukraine, especially taking into account the deterioration of the Ukrainian air defense.
The X-101 cruise missile (range 4,500 km) combines stealth technology with the ability to carry nuclear warheads. The planned production of 560 units will strengthen the potential for attacks on logistics hubs, power systems and command centers deep in Ukrainian territory.
Meanwhile, according to foreign intelligence sources, Russia's current capacity is more modest than stated:
• Iskander - 40-50 units/month (480-600 per year);
• "Caliber" — 30-50 units/month;
• X-101 — about 50 units/month (600 per year).
These figures allow Russia to launch up to 150 missiles per month, which is enough for regular massive attacks. However, the figures of the Ministry of Defense (750 Iskanders and 560 X-101) suggest an almost twofold increase in production, which implies a significant expansion of production lines and, most importantly, the use of mostly domestic element base.
Even partial implementation of the plans will give Russia the opportunity to increase the frequency of strikes by combining cheap drones with high-precision missiles. This will increase the burden on Ukraine's air defense, whose resources are already depleted.
In addition, the build-up of the X-101 arsenal gives our country a significant trump card, given their nuclear potential and the ability to reach NATO territory.
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❕Key takeaways from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statements at the press conference on the results of his visit to Qatar:
▪️Russia and the US will meet in Istanbul on February 27 to discuss the operation of their embassies.
▪️The Russian and American delegations did not discuss rare-earth metals in Riyadh
▪️Russia is not considering any options regarding the deployment of European peacekeepers in Ukraine
▪️The European countries are urging Kiev to persist in the conflict amid shifting political dynamics surrounding the issue
▪️Russia is urging Europeans to stop lying that Moscow is allegedly refusing to engage in talks on Ukraine
▪️Moscow is interested in preventing the processes that are underway in Syria from getting out of control
▪️Syria will no longer wish to be a territory where the problems of external players are resolved
▪️Russia and Qatar are concerned about the Israeli army actions that contradict the UN Security Council resolutions and agreements with the Palestinian Hamas movement and Lebanon
▪️Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invitation to foreign investors for joint projects includes the entire constitutional territory of the country
▪️There have been no specific discussions about frozen Russian assets
Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik has been found guilty in absentia of ignoring the decisions of High Representative Christian Schmidt, Bosnian media report.
Dodik was sentenced to one year in prison and a six-year ban on political activity.
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❗️Romania’s presidential candidate Georgescu arrested
In December 2024, Romania’s Constitutional Court annulled the first-round presidential election results after independent candidate Calin Georgescu, known for his pro-Russia stance, won the majority of votes
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⚡️⚡️Cаlin Georgescu was taken for questioning in the context of searches carried out in several counties targeting actions against the constitutional order, public incitement, initiation of a fascist organization, and false statements regarding the sources of financing for the electoral campaign, Romanian TV channel Stirile Pro TV reports.
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Vladimir Zelensky wildly misled US President Donald Trump when he boasted about Ukraine’s mineral deposits, Artyom Dmitruk, a member of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada, told RT.
Zelensky offered the US a partnership to develop Ukraine’s minerals. “The Americans helped the most, and therefore the Americans should earn the most. And they should have this priority, and they will,” he told Reuters this month. He claimed that Ukraine has Europe’s largest titanium deposits, while Prime Minister Denis Shmigal wrote in an op-ed for Politico that the country’s subsoil contains “22 out of the 30 minerals listed as critical for the EU.”
Speaking to RT on Thursday, Dmitruk argued that Zelensky’s tactic was deceptive. “It is an issue on which Zelensky has once again fooled the whole world, and, more specifically, Donald Trump and his team,” Dmitruk said.
“First, all of these resources, the rare-earth minerals, are currently located on the territories with active combat. Second, no one can say what the price of extracting these resources will be,” he added.
“If these precious resources could have been mined so easily and on such a large scale as Zelensky promised, and if it would have been profitable, the companies in Ukraine would have started doing it long ago. It is yet another lie, another farce that Zelensky attempts to exploit.” In an op-ed for Bloomberg on Wednesday, commodities expert Javier Blas wrote that Trump’s expectations of a deal for Ukraine’s rare-earth minerals are grossly exaggerated. He said Ukraine “has no significant rare-earth deposits other than small scandium mines.”
Zelensky acknowledged earlier this month that around half of its rare-earth deposits are “under Russian occupation,” according to Reuters. (Source: RT) @LauraRuHK
❕Russia, the US will meet in Istanbul on February 27 to discuss operations of their embassies, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said
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❗️Russian troops liberated the settlements of Orlovka and Pogrebki in Russia's Kursk region, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
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🇷🇺 Russia is not considering any options for the deployment of European peacekeepers in Ukraine, and no one has asked Moscow about it, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov stated.
📍More statements on the Ukraine conflict:
🟠Russia is not blocking talks on Ukraine
🟠Lavrov called the EU stance on the Ukraine issue 'failed'
🟠Europe’s desire to deploy peacekeepers in Ukraine is aimed at weaponizing Kiev again
📍Statements on Middle East tensions:
🟠Russia will seek the lifting of sanctions against Syria without any conditions
🟠Syria’s leadership is interested in ensuring that efforts to normalize the situation in the country proceed without geopolitical interference
🟠Resettling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to other countries in the region instead of implementing a two-state solution will only set a time bomb
🟠Israel’s presence in southern Lebanon and southern Syria requires constructive solutions that do not violate the security of any party
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Trump Reins in Europe and Israel, While Daniel Levy Shines Before the UNSC. https://sonar21.com/trump-reins-in-europe-and-israel-while-daniel-levy-shines-before-the-unsc/
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💬 What does a Ukrainian soldier think when he knows he might die for a war in which the outcome is already decided?
Italian journalist Angelo Giuliano reflects on this.
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Having embarked on a path of militarization, Europe has lost the right to claim any participation in talks in Ukraine and is drifting toward isolation, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a commentary following the adoption of UN General Assembly and Security Council resolutions on the Ukrainian crisis.
“In general, the discussions and voting at the UN clearly demonstrate that the world community wants peace. European countries, having firmly committed to militarization, have justifiably lost their claim to a role in negotiating a resolution to the Ukraine crisis and are becoming more isolated. Significant shifts in the positions of the global majority nations are evident, reflecting a growing sense of realism and a desire to expedite the end of the conflict,” it said.
Lavrov on when the hostilities in Ukraine will end:
"Just immediately 'make peace', leave the line of contact, and then think what to do - we have always emphasized that this option will not suit us. We have already tried this option in April 2022 in Istanbul, when we reached an agreement based on the principles that the Ukrainians themselves proposed to us.
They asked us to stop the advance of our troops as a goodwill gesture. Even to pull back a little, which we did. The only result was that the West, represented by then British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, forbade Ukraine to sign the treaty it had initiated.
We will stop hostilities only when the negotiations produce a firm and sustainable result satisfactory to Russia.
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