An excellent article that highlights how Russia is making a concerted effort to ensure its veterans are celebrated and elevated in society.
Whilst the author seems to attempt to belittle these efforts, claiming that veterans haven't been appointed to "high enough" positions, they might do well in asking what sort of treatment do veterans face in the West...
If Zelensky does not resume gas transit through Ukraine, Slovakia will block all aid from the EU , - Fico.
"Our enemy is Zelensky . Zelensky caused the problems we have. I don't like him because he harms Slovakia"
— Prime Minister of Slovakia
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This is the most important clip you will see today.
Press Sec., Karoline Leavitt, announces the Trump White House will be giving press passes to independent journalists, podcasters, social media influencers, etc.
This is a death knell for the archaic MSM.
We are the media now.
Another Ukrainian Brigade Is Disintegrating As It Deploys To Pokrovsk
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2025/01/27/another-ukrainian-brigade-is-disintegrating-as-it-deploys-to-pokrovsk/
Fighting in the city of Goma, Congo, has killed at least 17 people and injured about 370.
What is known about the situation:
- Fighting between government forces and the M23 group;
- The rebel leader announced the capture of the city;
- Congolese authorities accuse Rwanda of supporting rebels and demand the withdrawal of troops;
- Rwanda denies involvement;
- The Russian Foreign Ministry recommended that Russians avoid traveling to the DR Congo and leave North Kivu.
It should be noted that the world's deadliest war since World War II also began after the fall of Goma in the DR Congo. More than 5 million people died as a result of military action.
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You don't need to speak Russian to appreciate the beauty of this heart wrenching tribute to the heroes of Leningrad.
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❗️Donald Trump freezes relations with the European Union, preferring direct ties with EU member states.
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"Today's sham elections in Belarus were neither free nor fair.
The people of Belarus deserve a real say in who governs their country.
I spent this so-called "election day" with Tikhanovskaya and EU foreign ministers to reaffirm our support for a free and democratic Belarus,"
🖥️ Alexander Lukashenko wins the presidential elections in Belarus, having received 5,136,293 votes, which is 86.82% of the total number of voters, said the head of the Central Election Commission Igor Karpenko.
🟥 It is noted that there were no complaints about violations that could have affected the voting results;
🟥 The elections were competitive and within the legal framework;
🟥 Congratulations have already been sent by the heads of Russia, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan. The Venezuelan government also published a congratulation.
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro has decided to dedicate his plane to evacuating illegal migrants from the United States. This happened shortly after Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff on goods from Colombia.
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Daily Mail: CIA declassifies plan for Operation Northwoods: US planned terrorist attacks against its citizens in the 60s to justify war with Cuba.
A 1962 report suggested blowing up ships, attacking bases and killing their own people to blame Cuba and cause public outrage.
The plan was approved by the military but rejected by President Kennedy, who was soon assassinated.
Trump later ordered the release of documents on the assassinations of Kennedy and Luther King
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Transgender service members are being forcibly discharged from the US military "for health reasons."
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The hit of the Russian pop scene "Sigma Boy" has been proposed to be banned in Europe. Because it embodies a patriarchal and pro-Russian worldview.
The initiator is German politician Nela Rail. She says that teenagers watch videos on social networks to the tracks of bloggers Betsy and Maria Yankovskaya and become Russified gigachads en masse.
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‼️🇺🇸🇺🇦 Trump's '100-day plan' for Ukraine: Ceasefire promised by Easter, peace by May 9
➖ It is impossible to say with certainty that the plan corresponds to reality. The Ukrainian publication "Strana" reports that the document was transferred from the US to the Europeans, and they in turn transferred it to Ukraine.
➖ Main:
▪️Trump plans to have a telephone conversation with Putin in late January - early February. He also wants to discuss the situation in Ukraine with its authorities.
▪️Based on the results of the negotiations, a decision may be made to continue or suspend the dialogue.
▪️Volodymyr Zelensky must cancel the decree that prohibits negotiations with Putin.
▪️A meeting between Trump, Putin and Zelensky may take place in February or the first half of March. It is not yet clear whether this will be a trilateral meeting or two separate ones. The meeting is planned to discuss the main parameters of the peace plan.
▪️Starting April 20, a ceasefire is planned to be declared along the entire front line, and all Ukrainian troops will be withdrawn from the Kursk region.
▪️An international peace conference is set to begin at the end of April to formalize an agreement between Russia and Ukraine to end the conflict. The United States, China, and a number of countries in Europe and the Global South will act as mediators.
▪️Also at this time, the exchange of prisoners will begin according to the formula “all for all”.
▪️By May 9, a declaration of the conference on the end of the conflict should be published. Martial law and mobilization will not be extended in Ukraine, and presidential elections will be held at the end of August.
➖ What is included in the agreement?
▪️Ukraine does not seek to return the territories that were liberated by Russia, either militarily or diplomatically, but at the same time does not officially recognize Russia's sovereignty over these territories.
▪️Ukraine will not become a member of NATO and declares its neutrality. The decision that Ukraine will not be accepted into the alliance must be confirmed at the NATO summit.
▪️Ukraine will become a member of the European Union by 2030. The EU is committed to rebuilding the country after the war.
▪️The number of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is not decreasing, and the United States is modernizing the Ukrainian army.
▪️After the conclusion of the peace agreement, some anti-Russian sanctions will be lifted, and restrictions on the import of Russian energy resources to the EU will be lifted.
▪️Parties that defend the Russian language and advocate peaceful relations with Russia should participate in the elections in Ukraine. The persecution of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church will also cease.
▪️Separate consultations will be held on the issue of EU peacekeepers.
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Four scenarios for ending the war in Ukraine, according to the British The Times.
Ukraine is in a difficult situation: in 2024, Russia took control of 6 times more territories than in 2023.
The main scenarios for the development of events:
- Ukraine's defeat: Russia refuses to negotiate and the US cuts off aid. This is the worst-case scenario;
- "Bad Peace": Ukraine signs unfavorable agreement and loses territories;
- Ceasefire: A temporary freeze of a conflict, with no long-term solution;
- Peace settlement: US-backed talks, sanctions against Russia, military aid to Kyiv
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Chastened by Past Wars, Kremlin Tries to Elevate Its Veterans - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/world/europe/russia-ukraine-veterans.html
Negotiations with Ukraine began with the beginning of the SVO, Moscow offered Kiev to "leave" the LPR and DPR and then there would be no military action - Putin.
Other statements by the Russian President:
- Negotiations with Ukraine will be illegitimate without the repeal of Zelensky’s decree banning negotiations with Russia;
- You can negotiate with anyone, but Zelensky, due to his illegitimacy, cannot sign anything;
- The SVO will end in 1.5-2 months if Ukraine runs out of sponsorship money and ammunition;
- Ukraine's sovereignty is almost zero;
- In 2022, Moscow received signals from Kiev that they would fight to the last Ukrainian
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‼️🏴☠🇺🇸 Saudi Arabia and other OPEC+ members ignored Trump's call to cut oil prices to pressure Russia, - Reuters
▪️Trump planned to collapse prices in order to encourage Russia to negotiate with Kiev to end the war.
▪️Ministers of the oil exporting countries that are part of OPEC+ held a meeting after which they stated that OPEC does not plan to change the current plan, which assumes an increase in production from April. And the agenda of the meeting of the countries scheduled for February 3 will not undergo changes.
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🖥️ American journalist Tucker Carlson said that the Joe Biden administration tried to organize an assassination attempt on Russian President Vladimir Putin. He spoke about this in a conversation with journalist Matt Taibi.
"Tony Blinken, for example, has been actively promoting real war, including efforts like assassinating Putin. The Biden administration has been doing that," Carlson said, calling such actions insane.
The journalist did not provide specific evidence for his claims, but noted that Biden's team may have been aiming to use the chaos as a "protective screen."
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Ukrainian scammers have launched another scam. They have started SENDING money to Russians.
But there is a nuance: in the commentary to the transfer, the scammers write gratitude "for helping the Armed Forces of Ukraine." Then they screenshot the payment, threaten the recipient to leak it to the FSB and promise a criminal case for financial assistance to the enemy.
Funded by Western tax payers no doubt...
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🔥 President Vladimir Putin paid tribute to the defenders of Leningrad at the Piskarevskoye Cemetery .
The head of state laid flowers at the memorial in honor of the 81st anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi blockade.
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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇸 Trump-Putin Ukraine Talks Could Be Combined With Nuclear Arms Control Talks, - New York Times
▪️This conversation has a deadline: the main treaty limiting the arsenals of both countries expires in almost exactly a year. If it is not extended, both countries could start an unprecedented arms race.
▪️Trump said last week: “We want to see if we can achieve denuclearization, and I think it is entirely possible.” Putin also said he and Trump could “jointly seek solutions to key problems of our time, including strategic stability and the economy.”
▪️The last preliminary arms control talks were completed shortly before the war began. Putin has since argued that any talks on limiting nuclear weapons must also cover the war in Ukraine.
▪️The Biden administration has refused to mix the two issues, "but Trump appears open to broader talks, which is exactly what Putin would like because it could allow him to compromise (on Ukraine, too)," the NYT writes.
▪️The meeting between Putin and Trump, where the nuclear issue and Ukraine will be discussed, may take place without the participation of Kyiv representatives, the newspaper believes. Former State Department official Stephen Sestanovich believes that concluding a deal only with the US is also one of Putin's desired goals.
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California may secede from the United States, the New York Post reports .
California Secretary of State Shirley Weber has endorsed the "Calexit" initiative and signature collection has begun.
If 55% vote yes, California could become a new country with a GDP nearly twice as big as Russia's
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The container ship Baltic Summer with a Russian crew was seized by Spanish Navy special forces with the support of the US FBI off the coast of Portugal and forcibly sent to the port of Vigo.
The security forces demanded confessions of smuggling, searched the crew’s personal belongings and cabins, and opened several containers.
Having found no prohibited items, the ship continued its journey to St. Petersburg and is now in the Baltic Sea.
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The US is imposing 25% tariffs on all goods from Colombia and sanctions against Bogota for refusing to accept deported migrants.
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OSINTdefender: Israel could start supplying weapons to Ukraine.
In its X account, the OSINT project wrote that in recent days, several US Air Force military aircraft have flown from Ramstein Air Base in Germany first to Hatzerim Air Base in southern Israel, and from there to the city of Rzeszow in eastern Poland.
The latter is often used to send weapons for further transportation to Ukraine.
Why is this important? Because (if true) this way the US can claim to suspend aid to Ukraine, all the while continuing to fuel the carnage through its bloodthirsty proxy.
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German companies have begun to boycott Tesla cars and the X* social network. All because businesses do not like the position of Elon Musk, who supports the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. In addition, entrepreneurs criticize the billionaire for allegedly interfering in European politics, writes the German publication Tagesschau .
German energy supplier Badenova has gotten rid of 11 Tesla vehicles from its fleet and removed its page from the X* social network. The company's press service explained this by saying that Musk is weakening the German economy and is violating the permissible limits of influence on politics.
Other companies are following suit. Retailer Rossmann has stopped buying Tesla cars, citing Musk’s support for Donald Trump, who has repeatedly called climate change a “hoax.” Energy-efficient construction company Viebrockhaus has gone further, eliminating not only Tesla cars but also the company’s batteries from its purchases, replacing them with more expensive Varta products.
The refusal to cooperate with Musk is also happening at the level of government structures. More than 60 universities and ministries in Germany have announced that they will stop using the X* platform. Large companies such as Mercedes and BASF have taken similar steps, refusing to place ads on X*.
Tesla's declining popularity is also reflected in sales. In 2024, only 37,000 new Tesla cars were registered in Germany, compared to 63,000 in 2023. The company's market share in the electric vehicle segment fell from 12.1% to 9.9%.
Experts believe that if such trends continue, it could seriously affect Tesla's position in Germany and also increase the negative perception of Musk in Europe.
Earlier, the British branch of the German automaker BMW announced its departure from the X* social network. The reason for this was the controversial hand gesture of X* owner Elon Musk during Trump's inauguration. Some people perceived this hand movement as a Nazi salute.
In addition, a flash mob is gaining popularity online. Tesla owners are sticking stickers on their electric cars with the text: I bought this before we knew Elon was crazy.
Social network X is blocked in Russia.
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🇷🇺🇺🇦 No peace plans for a settlement in 100 days exist in reality, said the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak.
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⚡️Donald Trump sets himself the goal of ending the war in Ukraine by the spring of this year, British media report.
At the same time, Ukrainian media cite the exact deadline for the end of the conflict as May 9.
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that if the Hungarian Prime Minister blocks EU sanctions against Russia, it will immediately become clear that he is playing on Vladimir Putin's team.
"If Orban really does block European sanctions at a key moment in the war, it will become absolutely clear that in this big game for the security and future of Europe, he is playing on Putin's team, not ours. With all the ensuing consequences," Tusk wrote on his page on the social network X (banned in Russia).
Earlier, Viktor Orban warned that he would agree to extend sanctions against Russia only if Ukraine returned gas transit, stopped threatening oil transit and stopped attacks on the Turkish Stream.
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