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Aug 14 2025 
Russian Defence Minister holds talks with heads of defence departments of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger
Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Andrei Belousov held a meeting with the heads of defence departments of the Confederation of Sahel States member countries (Burkina Faso, the Republic of Mali, the Republic of the Niger).
‘Today, we are holding the first consultations between the heads of the defence departments of the Russian Federation and… Continue reading
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Aug 13 2025 
Stanislav Krapivnik: Russian Breakthrough goes deep
Stanislav talks about a few things but what is most important is to understand how the Russian SMO is just wailing ahead at this time. Over the past number of months many people have said Russia is moving ‘faster’. For me it was more as if the Ukraine front line is falling faster,… Continue reading
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Aug 12 2025 
The Bear and the Eagle Face-Off in Alaska
All eyes on Alaska. The Bear-Eagle face-off is part of an astonishing acceleration of history in the summer of 2025.
By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.
Two weeks after Alaska, there’s the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) annual summit in Tianjin, China. India’s Narendra Modi and Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian will join, among others, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin at… Continue reading
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Aug 11 2025 
Alastair Crooke : The Pressures on Trump
With the Judge:
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Aug 10 2025 
Dmitry Medvedev: On killers from Colombian and Mexican cartels
As the Euro-imbeciles bumble about trying to obstruct America’s efforts to help resolve the Ukrainian conflict, the Banderite regime, writhing in its death throes, is frantically recruiting the vilest scum of humanity for the front lines.
It has come to the point of bringing in killers from Colombian and Mexican cartels whose names are known… Continue reading
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Aug 10 2025 
Maria Zakharova: Notes on Azerbaijan and Armenia
Comment (https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2040852/) by Russia’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the talks between the Leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Washington (August 9, 2025)
💬 The Russian Federation is interested in ensuring stability and prosperity in the South Caucasus. One of the primary conditions is the comprehensive normalisation of relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, grounded in… Continue reading
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Aug 09 2025 
On this day, in 1945 …
USSR enters the war against militaristic JapanRussian MFA – August 09, 2024
On August 9, 1945, the Soviet Union entered the war against militarist Japan in keeping with its obligations to its Allies in the anti-Hitler coalition. That marked the beginning of the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation of the Soviet troops in the Far East.
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Aug 07 2025 
Putin / Trump meeting: Yury Uskanov
Comment (http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/77725) by Aide to the President of Russia Yury Ushakov on Vladimir Putin’s meeting with US President’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (August 7, 2025)
Interview is here, loud and clear: https://t.me/rtnews/105741
💬 Yury Ushakov: This meeting took place in a business-like atmosphere and was quite constructive. Both Sides can be satisfied with the outcomes of… Continue reading
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Aug 06 2025 
Ushakov’s statements: Meeting with US special envoy Steve Witkoff:
3-Hours Later:
Main points from Ushakov’s statements following Putin’s meeting with the US leader’s special envoy Steve Witkoff:
🟢The conversation between Putin and Whitkoff was useful and constructive.
🟢Putin and Whitkoff discussed the Ukrainian crisis.
🟢Russia conveyed signals on the Ukrainian issue to the American side and received corresponding signals from Trump.
🟢The Russian President has complete information on the… Continue reading
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Aug 04 2025 
Russian Foreign Intelligence Service’s (SVR) statement original
Spies and sabotage
I have updated this as it is now available in a formal publication at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The original that came from Tass is below:
Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation: (http://svr.gov.ru/smi/2025/08/britanskie-spetssluzhby-gotovyat-ekologicheskuyu-katastrofu-v-mezhdunarodnykh-vodakh.htm)
Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service has been receiving reports indicating that the UK intelligence agencies are planning to involve… Continue reading
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Aug 03 2025 
History: Book Review – Grover Furr’s Khrushchev Lied
Grover Furr’s Khrushchev Lied is perhaps one of the most important books of the 21st century. Khrushchev’s calumny was the fountainhead of revisionism and the rollback of many Communist movements across the globe.
From our friends at the Greanville Post
Khrushchev Lied, first published in 2011, is definitely the most emblematic work of Grover Furr, an American Professor… Continue reading
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Aug 01 2025 
Putin on Oreshnik, disappointment in talks, corruption in Ukraine: in Brief
According to the Russian leader, all the frustrations in the negotiation process stem from “excessive expectations” https://tass.com/politics/1997165
VALAAM /Republic of Karelia/, August 1. /TASS/. The first serially-produced Oreshnik missile system has entered service with the Russian army, President Vladimir Putin told reporters.
He also noted that if Kiev believes that now is not the time for peace… Continue reading
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Jul 31 2025 
Medvedev’s comment re the fabled ‘Dead Hand”
Ritter explains something that has meaning that we don’t generally know and we should know. That is the background of ‘Dead Hand’. Sometimes, even a broken clock …..
TRUMP AND MEDVEDEV’S DANGEROUS EXCHANGE OF WORDS
As the rhetoric heats up, we must remain cognizant of the consequences.
The sharp exchange of words between President Trump and former… Continue reading
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Jul 28 2025 
FM Sergey Lavrov’s remarks & answers at TerraScientia National Educational Youth Forum
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to questions at 11th Terra Scientia National Educational Youth Forum, Solnechnogorsk, July 28, 2025
📺 Watch in full: Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to the questions of students at the #TerraScientia National Educational Youth Forum, July 28. 2025. pic.twitter.com/DO8bGmFAvW
— MFA Russia 🇷🇺 (@mfa_russia) July 28, 2025Transcript… Continue reading
