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Apr 09 2025 
Speaking about Russia, the SMO and Winning
Larchmonter posted a comment on Smoothie’s site and has given me permission to repost it here. First, I agree with him. Second, nothing here is at all critical of Smoothie. Then, the context in which this comment is made is not essential for this discussion. The post is here: http://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2025/04/glenn-diesen-and-yours-truly.html#disqus_thread
Larchmonter writes:
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Apr 08 2025 
The Third Rome: Holy Russia, Tsarism and Orthodoxy – by Dr Matthew Raphael Johnson
Jeff J Brown gives us this fascinating book review:
The Third Rome: Holy Russia, Tsarism and Orthodoxy – by Dr Matthew Raphael JohnsonAnother great history book from Julius Skoolafish. This one focused on Russia. –
Jeff J BrownThe phrase “The Third Rome” keeps echoing in various places so I thought it timely to Mention this book as… Continue reading
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Apr 06 2025 
Mission to Moscow (1943 film about Joseph E. Davies’ visit to Russia as US Ambassador to the Soviet Union)
Eric Arnow, our Bumble Buddist from the China Writer’s Group presents a movie. It is perfect day today, to take in some history and step outside of Tariffs (so much noise, so little substance), and current wars.
A little about Eric: “I trained as a Zen monk and continue practicing Zen and Buddhism. I’m interested in… Continue reading -
Apr 04 2025 
Kirill Dmitriev : US Interview with Greta von Susteren
Image: File Image
On Thursday’s “The Record with Greta Van Susteren,” Putin Investment Envoy Kirill Dmitriev responded to questions about American hostages, the war in Ukraine, and restoring Russian American relations and business.
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Apr 03 2025 
The Alliance of Sahel States is visiting Russia: Mr Lavrov’s Statement
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2006951/
Good afternoon, respected members of the media.
We have held the first meeting in the new Russia-Alliance of Sahel States format with our friends from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. I would like to once again welcome our friends from this young but dynamically developing association, which was established less than a year ago, to Moscow.
We… Continue reading
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Apr 03 2025
Kirill Dmitriev’s presser after his negotiations with the US
RT has a series of telegram videos that are too long to embed. It starts here:
https://t.me/rtnews/89465
Mr Dmitriev is the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund. He states that he visited the US on the instruction of his president (President Putin). Note that this is the first visit of a Russian envoy since 2022. He… Continue reading
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Apr 03 2025 
Dmitry Medvedev
From his Telegram Channel
Trump has roughly bent the global trading system over the table by imposing duties on nearly the entire world. The consequences will be global. Counter-tariffs will be imposed on goods from the United States. Old supply chains will be broken, but new ones will form.
And what about us?
Russia barely does any business… Continue reading
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Apr 02 2025 
Dmitry Peskov Statement
Dmitry’s briefing was longer than usual, so he deserves his own space today. These are the key statements (with comments by me) as taken down by Ria Novosti:
🔹There are no specific details about the date and place of a possible meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump; [This is despite the… Continue reading
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Mar 31 2025 
FM Sergey Lavrov’s interview: No Statute of Limitations: The Front without a Frontline project.
Ed Note: Most of us are still surprised that Russia is in support of the UN. It is a better understanding to know that Russia is in support of the founding documents of the United Nations, the UN Charter (1945), the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). I am not sure of… Continue reading
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Mar 31 2025 
Medvedev on Russomania
A significant number of European politicians have succumbed to acute Russomania (also known as Russophobia)—a psychiatric disorder stemming from a bipolar affective exaggeration of Russia’s influence on the life of Europe and Europeans. The condition typically alternates between two distinct phases: manic and depressive.
The manic stage is characterized by motor agitation, aggressiveness, and a tendency… Continue reading
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Mar 28 2025 
Vladimir Putin addressed a plenary session of the 6th International Arctic Forum, The Arctic: Territory of Dialogue.
International Arctic Forum is a key platform to discuss current issues regarding the comprehensive development of Arctic territories, establishing effective mechanisms for the joint use and exploration of the Arctic region’s abundant resources at various levels.
In 2025, the forum’s events are being held in Murmansk on March 26–27 under the motto “To Live in the… Continue reading
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Mar 25 2025 
Russia – US (Ukraine) Agreement
Main results of the meeting of expert groups of Russia and the USA
From the Kremlin’s Telegram channel no in English formal translation.
A list of energy facilities of Russia and Ukraine covered by the temporary moratorium on strikes against the energy system, as agreed upon by the Russian and American sides
1. Oil refineries.
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Mar 24 2025 
On March 24, 1999, the North Atlantic bloc started bombing Yugoslavia
From the Russian MFA.
On March 24, 1999, the North Atlantic bloc started bombing Yugoslavia. The “military operation” against a sovereign state became a tragic milestone in the life of the Serbian people and delivered a devastating blow to international law.
The US & its cronies bombed the cities, including Belgrade, villages & civilian infrastructure for 78… Continue reading
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Mar 22 2025 
Patrick Lancaster reporting from Kursk
Casper? Casper the friendly ghost?
I’m Patrick Lancaster, reporting from the Kursk region, where Russian forces have pushed out Ukrainian troops and encountered foreign mercenaries on the battlefield. In this frontline report, we hear what Russian soldiers have to say about POWs, including Americans and Polish and how Russia views captured foreign fighters under international… Continue reading
