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Oct 19 2026 
How Prepared is Russia to Strengthen Africa’s Economic Sovereignty?
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(Moscow Bureau) – In late October, participating African leaders, entrepreneurs and stakeholders, and experts will be looking for corporate bilateral economic deals during the 3rd Russia-Africa summit, but such expected arrangements are blissfully complicated – and as potential Russian investors, both state and private, grossly lack appropriate financial mechanisms. After text exchanges for a couple… Continue reading
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Oct 19 2026 
Russia-Africa Summit to Focus on Economic, Investment Cooperation – Russia Foreign Ministry
© Sputnik / Pavel Bednyakov
Sputnik InternationalMOSCOW (Sputnik) – The agenda of the Russia-Africa summit will focus on economic, investment and trade cooperation, Tatiana Dovgalenko, head of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department for Partnership with Africa, said on Monday.
The third Russia-Africa Summit will be held on October 28-29 in Moscow.I would say that this time the… Continue reading
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Oct 16 2026 
Putin & Gerasimov : SMO update
Reported by Sputnik
Lugansk People’s Republic is fully liberated by Russian Forces – Putin
Since the beginning of the year, 310 settlements have been liberated, he added.
Russian president visited the auxiliary command post of the Joint Group of Forces and he held another meeting with the command staff.
Other key statements by Vladimir Putin:
🔸 About 10% of… Continue reading
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Oct 10 2026 
Stanislav Krapivnik: Putin Brings Back General Armageddon to End the War
With Glenn Diesen
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Oct 10 2026 
Dmitry Medvedev on PressTV
“The world is now moving towards multipolarity”
Dmitry Medvedev warns US-Israeli attacks on Iran have collapsed regional security, pushing West Asian nations toward nuclear armament and accelerating the global shift to multipolarity.
The video is on this page: https://www.presstv.co.uk/section/150151
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Oct 09 2026 
President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the CIS Council of Heads of State and Caspian Environmental Summit
🎙 Statement (http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/80952)by President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the restricted-format meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State (Turkmenbashi, October 9, 2026)
💬 Vladimir Putin: Over the past three and a half decades, the Commonwealth of Independent States (#CIS) has come a long way, establishing itself as a respected regional integration association.
It is thanks… Continue reading
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Oct 07 2026 
Karaganov: Russia must be prepared to use nuclear weapons
The Karaganov Doctrine
As tensions with NATO rise, Russia must reinforce nuclear deterrence and remain ready to use its arsenal only as a last resort
By Professor Sergey Karaganov, honorary chairman of Russia’s Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and academic supervisor at the School of International Economics and Foreign Affairs Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow
The… Continue reading
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Oct 04 2026 
Weekly SMO Summary : Two Majors and more …
Note Amarynth : Kiev’s major bridges across the Dnieper are the targets now. Slowly Kiev is being ‘cauldroned’ or sectioned with fire power. Hence the warning from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs that foreign diplomatic visits and diplomatic staff need to leave. Andrei Martyanov spoke about this today and if you are deeply into… Continue reading
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Oct 01 2026 
Transcript: Putin at Valdai Discussion Club
Now Complete
Vladimir Putin addressed the plenary session of the 23rd annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club. This year’s theme is “Responsibility for the Future: Limits of the Possible, or Limitless Possibilities?”
The discussion was moderated by Research Director of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai International Discussion Club Fyodor Lukyanov.
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Fyodor Lukyanov: Friends, ladies and gentlemen.
It is a pleasure to welcome you to the plenary session of the 23rd annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club. I am pleased to invite… Continue reading
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Oct 01 2026 
President Putin Live at the Valdai Club
Sputnik: https://sputnikglobe.com/20261001/putin-adresses-valdai-international-discussion-club-plenary-session-1124816326.html
TelegramX
There are a few YouTube feeds if you would like to search. Some do not have English soundtracks. (This time it is a messy business to find good media – for me the Sputnik link on their website worked well).
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Oct 01 2026 
Russia’s comments on the western threats to Kaliningrad : Patrushev & Peskov
1)Key takeaways from statements by Russian Presidential Aide and Maritime Board Chairman Nikolay Patrushev:
➡️Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued the necessary instructions to ensure security in the Kaliningrad Region, and relevant agencies are carefully implementing them
➡️Russia will retaliate swiftly and appropriately if NATO tries to implement its threats against the Kaliningrad Region
➡️If NATO ever launches… Continue reading
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Oct 01 2026 
FM Lavrov : Remarks to media – Valdai Club
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks to the media following the 23rd meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club (Moscow Region, September 29, 2026)
Take-away: REALITY WILL COMPEL THEM!
❓ Question: German FM Johann Wadephul himself said that he attended the meeting solely to avoid being, so to speak, “left out” of the negotiations and leaving the… Continue reading -
Sep 26 2026 
FM Lavrov : UNGA – Sep 26, 2026
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement at the General Debate of the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly, New York, September 26, 2026
Mr President,
Excellencies,
Ladies and gentlemen,
In recent days, we have heard repeatedly – from this rostrum and in the corridors of the General Assembly – that tectonic shifts are underway in global politics, and that… Continue reading
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Sep 23 2026 
Four Days in Ekaterinburg
Craig Murray
I was surprised a few weeks ago to get an invitation from Yana Lantratova, Russian Federal Commissioner for Human Rights, to deliver a speech on human rights to the International Youth Festival in Ekaterinburg. It is approaching 20 years since I was last in Russia, and I tend to avoid invitations from governments. But… Continue reading
