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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
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Feb 12 2026 
The reality of AI – Nato’s Nightmare: Russia is Reshaping the AI Kill Chain
New Rules Geopolitics
Russia is rewriting modern warfare.
A new paper from CSIS explains how Moscow abandoned large-scale Command and Control (military systems, procedures, and technology commanders use to issue orders, receive information from the battlefield, and coordinate forces) modernization and instead weaponized agility.
Russia’s new center of gravity is tactical software that shortens the kill… Continue reading
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Feb 10 2026 
Elena Panina: West aims to change constitutional order in Belarus
SVR (civilian foreign intelligence agency of Russia): The West aims to change the constitutional order in Belarus
Translated from channel
NGOs of Western countries, including “democratization” structures, agencies and funds of the USA, Britain, Germany, Poland and other European states, are accumulating forces and resources to once again attempt to destabilize the situation and achieve a change… Continue reading
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Feb 10 2026 
FM Sergey Lavrov at 15th Middle East Conference
Mr Lavrov is not positive (as we all can see) on the current developments in the Middle East and West Asia region. He names the names of those who are responsible for the current situation.
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2078660/
Thank you, Mr Baklanov.
Thank you for inviting me to the latest forum, this time the 15th anniversary forum of the Middle… Continue reading
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Feb 09 2026
FM Sergey Lavrov’s interview with TV BRICS international media network, Moscow, February 9, 2026
https://www.mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2078196/
Key talking points
• The global arena is undergoing a transformation that began some time ago with the objective transition toward a multipolar world order. This is neither the bipolarity of the Soviet-American era with the Warsaw Pact and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, nor the unipolarity that emerged after the Soviet Union’s collapse. <…> Multiple… Continue reading
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Feb 05 2026
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with RT television channel, Moscow, February 5, 2026
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2077070/
Key talking points: #Europe #EU #Germany
Question: Hello again, everybody. I’m Rick Sanchez, and we are coming to you today from a different location, the Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation. Oh, if these walls could talk! This is such a special experience. I think for me, as an American journalist, to be able to… Continue reading
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Feb 05 2026 
Short commentary by Vladimir Putin on the Holocaust
This is an interesting assessment of a short commentary by Vladimir Putin on the Holocaust made to leading jews in the Russian Federation.
The narrator says: “Watch how Putin celebrates Holocaust Remembrance Day with Jewish leaders at the Kremlin. Putin basically tells them that they’re not special. Putin told the Chosen that they can’t enjoy special… Continue reading
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Feb 03 2026 
For Fun & Profit : Build Your Own Oreshnik
Hey DIY tinkerers!
Tired of woodworking? Ever dreamed of dropping god-like thunderbolts from space? Forget nukes, too messy. Bring on “Oreshnik”, the ultimate DIY kinetic suborbital strike system. No fallout, no radiation, just pure physics porn: a 150 kg spear of tungsten-aluminum goodness that hits at Mach 10 and turns Ukrainian bunkers into glowing craters.… Continue reading
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Feb 03 2026 
Interview of Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev to TASS, Reuters, WarGonzo project
http://www.scrf.gov.ru/news/speeches/3962/
– QUESTION TASS. Hello, if I may, I’ll start. The first month is now 2026, it seems that it is already possible to sum up its results …
– Yes, it’s That’s right. A month of the year on events.
– But we’ll still return to 2025 year. What is the most amazing forecast this year and… Continue reading
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Feb 02 2026 
What conclusions should Russia draw from the US National Defense Strategy
By Dmitri Vitalyevich Trenin (Russian: Дмитрий Витальевич Тренин) is a member of Russia’s Foreign and Defence Policy Council [ru].[1] He was the director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, a Russian think tank.[2] A former colonel of Russian military intelligence,[3] Trenin served for 21 years in the Soviet Army and Russian Ground Forces, before joining Carnegie in… Continue reading
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Feb 01 2026 
Are the sanctions against Russia having “a debilitating effect on the Russian population”?
No. This is sensationalism, with an agenda.
[Note, it is interesting to compare Eva’s article presenting first hand information with the likes of Gilbert Doctorow and John Helmer]Eva Bartlett
I was asked about the following claim:
“Sanctions are having a debilitating effect on the Russian population, while the oligarchs are getting rich.”
To claim that the sanctions against Russia… Continue reading
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Jan 29 2026
FM Sergey Lavrov : interview with Turkish media
This is what I was waiting for – a clear change of tone vis a vis the US. Now, he calls it, who did what, whereas during the previous phase, there was no negative statements regarding the US administration. Take a look at this question: What do you see as the main… Continue reading
