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Mar 05 2026 
President Putin answered questions from journalist Pavel Zarubin
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/79260
Pavel Zarubin: We watched your meeting. Could you answer a few questions now?
President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Go ahead, please.
Pavel Zarubin: You just mentioned the situation on the global gas markets. Many countries are panicking over the current events. Prices have soared, and it is unclear what will happen with prices and deliveries next.
Of course, this makes one recall that Europe has repeatedly prohibited… Continue reading
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Mar 05 2026 
Russian MFA Statement
https://t.me/MFARussia/28575
Moscow is deeply concerned that the situation in the Middle East continues to deteriorate.
There are no signs that the US and Israel – which launched a military operation under a completely far-fetched pretext aimed at overthrowing the legitimate authorities in Iran – are prepared to show restraint and stop the bloodshed. On the contrary, belligerent… Continue reading
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Mar 04 2026 
FM Lavrov: Statement and Answers to Media Questions – Brunei
As usual, the diplomatic statement after talks is first, and then the meat of the discussion is in the answers to the media questions.
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2083836/
Colleagues,
Yesterday afternoon and today, we engaged in substantive discussions with Second Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brunei Darussalam Erywan Yusof.
Brunei is a long-standing and reliable partner of ours in the Asia-Pacific region.… Continue reading
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Feb 24 2026 
‼️10 Flamingos: Regarding allegations of an enemy strike against ICBM production in Russia
Elena Panina
Regarding allegations of an enemy strike against ICBM production in Russia
According to a number of sources, the enemy has begun systematically using long-range cruise missiles “Flamingo”. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, since February 12, 10 such missiles have been shot down by Russian air defense forces.
Satellite images of the consequences of a supposed… Continue reading
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Feb 19 2026 
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Feb 19 2026 
Maria Zakharova : On Rubio’s statements that the US is the only country that can get Russia and Ukraine to negotiate.
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s response (https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2081637/) to a media question on US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s recent remarks (https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/02/secretary-of-state-marco-rubioand-hungarian-prime-minister-viktor-orban-at-a-joint-press-availability) (February 19, 2026)
The noted duality in Washington’s position indeed raises questions. If someone sincerely intends to act as a mediator in a settlement process, then supplying one of the parties to the conflict… Continue reading -
Feb 18 2026 
FM Sergey Lavrov’s interview: Al Arabiya television channel, Moscow, February 18, 2026
https://mid.ru/tv/?id=2081544&lang=en
Key Points:
Key statements from Lavrov in the Al Arabiya interview:
🔘Russia is not seeking and does not want war;
🔘The Kiev regime is currently the main obstacle to resolving the conflict;
🔘All the slogans of the Munich Conference boiled down to the idea that Russia is an enemy and must be defeated;
🔘Lavrov expressed hope that Europe’s current political… Continue reading
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Feb 18 2026 
Sirius Report: U.S. Has Sinister Motives When It Comes To Russia
It has become increasingly clear that the U.S. has sinister motives when it comes to Russia, after Anchorage had made such positive progress which has evaporated away in recent months.
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Feb 17 2026 
Middlegame and a Strategy for the Day after Tomorrow
Sergei A. Karaganov
National Research University–Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia
Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs
Distinguished Professor, Academic Supervisor;
Council on Foreign and Defense Policy
Honorary Chairman—
Fear is the only thing the EU understands
Sergey Karaganov argues the conflict with the West has entered its middle game – and that only firm deterrence, including the credible threat of… Continue reading
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Feb 17 2026 
Patrushev on the protection of navigation and maritime borders of the Russian Federation
Nikolai Patrushev said that pirate attacks on the Russian maritime trade indicate that Western opponents decided to paralyze the foreign trade of our country / Pavel Bednyakov / RIA Novosti
(The translation is not wonderful but absolutely understandable).
“If we do not give them a tough rebuff, then soon the British, the French and even the Balts… Continue reading
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Feb 17 2026 
Trilateral talks on Ukraine end in Geneva after 6 hours of discussions
The talks were held behind closed doors at Hotel InterContinental
GENEVA, February 17. /TASS/. The trilateral closed-door talks on the Ukrainian settlement involving Russia, the United States, and Ukraine have ended in Geneva after six hours of discussions, a source told TASS.
The talks began at 1:56 p.m. local time (12:56 a.m. GMT). They were held behind… Continue reading
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Feb 14 2026 
Avoiding oblivion… and rehabilitating humanity
Tariq Marzbaan and Nora Hoppe conduct a fourth interview with Professor Sergey Karaganov on nuclear escalation, US decline, Europe’s crisis, and the search for a post-capitalist model to “rehabilitate humanity.”
Source: Al Mayadeen EnglishFollowing our first three interviews here, here and here with Professor Sergey A. Karaganov*, we wish to turn… Continue reading
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Feb 14 2026 
Stanislav Krapivnik: Fake Talks & War Profits: No Peace Ahead?
With Nima
This interview argues that current U.S.–Russia talks over Ukraine are not serious negotiations but improvised, commerce-driven dealings lacking diplomatic depth. It claims there is no middle ground between Russia and Ukraine, accuses Ukrainian elites of profiting from prolonging the war, and criticizes U.S. officials for inconsistency and hidden motives. The discussion also portrays Europe… Continue reading
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Feb 12 2026 
Three Russian ‘Key Point’ Press Briefings: Defense, Maria Zakharova and Sergey Ryabkov
My comments, indented, follow the Key Points.
Key takeaways from Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov’s statements at the Zhirinovsky Readings International Scientific and Expert Forum:
On new US policy
▪US President Donald Trump “became the first and almost the only” Western leader to recognize NATO expansion as the root cause of the conflict in Ukraine
Comment: This is… Continue reading
