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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
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Jul 26 2025 
G20 Development Working Group Ministerial Meeting
The question on my mind is if the trend from the previous G20 meeting will continue. An early conclusion: It is a BRICS shop! The trend continues.
First we’ll take the 20, then we’ll take UN [massacred quote from Leonard Cohen].
Address (https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2038128/) by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Aleksandr Pankin at G20… Continue reading
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Jul 25 2025 
Maria Zakharova: How did Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia really fare as part of the Soviet Union?
Russia’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:
(from the weekly briefing (https://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/2037845/?lang=en#sel=140:1:WXl,154:38:j3r) on current foreign policy issues, July 24, 2025)
July 21 marked 85 years since the establishment of the Latvian, Lithuanian, and Estonian Soviet Socialist Republics.
Since the Soviet Union’s collapse, the political elites of the three Baltic republics – which formally gained ‘independence’ (though in reality, lost… Continue reading
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Jul 17 2025 
Medvedev, pre-emptive strikes and what Putin really thinks
Featured image: A Ball of Vampires
Dmitry Medvedev had an interview with TASS. What is interesting is that he says that Russia now must consider responding in full or “even deliver preemptive strikes if need be.”
We have heard similar messaging from Dmitry Trenin very recently, and from Prof. Sergei Karaganov over a period of… Continue reading
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Jul 17 2025 
The other side of the SMO
We often report on how the Russian SMO is proceeding, but seldom on the continual drone attacks from Ukraine into Russia. Civilians get injured and killed in these drone swarm attacks. This is last night:
122 Ukrainian drones were shot down over Russia overnight
During the period from 23:30 Moscow time on July 16 to 7:00 Moscow… Continue reading -
Jul 16 2025 
Russia Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu: NATO still remains a key threat to Russia’s national security
The importance of this interview lies in the fact that Mr. Shoigu brings real numbers to the table regarding NATO’s military strength. He also outlines without a shadow of doubt that the US has taken over NATO.
According to official data, the alliance’s armed forces consist of over 4 million personnel, and they have more than… Continue reading
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Jul 16 2025 
SCO+ partner category incoming
It is a pleasure and surprise to read Mr Lavrov’s comments following the SCO Foreign Ministers Council Meeting, Tianjin
SCO is growing from 10 member states and 2 observers to SCO+ with a partner category, and with the Lao People’s Democratic Republic joining first as a partner country. The plan is for approximately 30 further member… Continue reading
