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Dec 19 2025 
3-Million Messages: Putin’s Annual Press Conference and Direct Line to Begin Shortly in Moscow
Now Live
https://sputnikglobe.com/20251219/live-updates-putin-reviews-2025-at-annual-press-conference-1123319116.html
https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1LyGBXADpgpxN
https://www.rt.com/russia/629671-putin-nation-press-conference/
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold his annual year-end press conference in Moscow on Friday, once again combined with the nationwide “Direct Line” question-and-answer session with citizens. The event is scheduled to begin at 12:00 Moscow time (09:00 GMT).
This annual broadcast is traditionally among the year’s most significant political events, serving as a forum… Continue reading
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Dec 17 2025 
Expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board: Putin and Mr Belousov
The President took part in an expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board at the National Defence Control Centre of the Russian Federation.
President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr Belousov, Comrades,
Today, at the expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board, we will discuss our results over the past period and identify priority tasks for strengthening the Armed Forces and enhancing the country’s defence capability.
I would like to highlight that… Continue reading
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Dec 17 2025 
FM Lavrov and Iran FM Araghchi: Joint Press Conference After Moscow Talks
Lavrov and Iran FM Araghchi Hold Joint Press Conference After Moscow Talks
A few Lavrov quotes:
West is attempting to distort all norms of international law, trying to replace it with their own rules — Lavrov
This just reflects their 500-year neocolonial desire ‘to try to live at the expense of others,’ Lavrov adds
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Russia reaffirms once again its… Continue reading
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Dec 15 2025 
FM Sergey Lavrov’s interview with the Islamic Republic of Iran
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview (https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2065749/) with the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting media corporation (Moscow, December 15, 2025)
Read in full (https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2065749/)
Key points:
• Throughout history, Europe has repeatedly been a source of all evil and spawn of deepest crises. <…> Europe is now trying again to dictate to everyone its terms and wishes which… Continue reading
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Dec 14 2025 
Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
Russian MFA
65 years ago, on December 14, 1960, the 15th UN General Assembly adopted a landmark document: the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (https://legal.un.org/avl/ha/dicc/dicc.html). This historic step was taken on the initiative of the Soviet Union.
The Declaration, drafted and promoted largely through Soviet efforts, became a true milestone… Continue reading
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Dec 13 2025 
FM Lavrov: Embassy roundtable discussion “Ukraine crisis. Diplomacy and settlement prospects”
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to questions during an embassy roundtable discussion titled “Ukraine crisis. Diplomacy and settlement prospects,” Moscow, December 11, 2025
[Comment: It is noticed that frequently now, Russia calls the so-called ‘Peace Agreement’ for Gaza into question as a key part and a leading component of their public speeches. In this… Continue reading -
Dec 09 2025 
Q&A with Maria Zakharova on Outlaw US Empire’s New Imperial Policy Guidelines
Otherwise known as the National Security Strategy
With thanks to Karl Sanchez at karlof1’s Geopolitical Gymnasium
Maria Zakharova today was asked a few questions by Russian media about the Trump Gang’s newly revealed imperial plans. The Q&A session was actually rather short given the overall vastness of the topic. IMO, it’s essential to compare her answers and… Continue reading
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Dec 07 2025 
Dmitry Anatolievich Medvedev on New National Security Strategy
East Calling has provided this for us, quickly. Thank-you!
Before we go there, let’s take a quick look at Dmitry Peskov: Peskov’s first comment after the publication of the updated US national security strategy:
And this, of course, is a very gratifying, on the one hand, but on the one hand, we know what happens when everything… Continue reading -
Dec 04 2025 
Ahead of his state visit to India, Vladimir Putin answered questions from anchors of Aaj Tak and India Today TV channels.
Interview with Aaj Tak and Indian Today TV channels
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/78649Anjana Om Kashyap: Dear viewers,
Hello and a very warm welcome. You are watching India Today, and I’m Anjana Om Kashyap and we’re at the Kremlin today and you’re about to witness history: a very historic moment.
It is said that when two old friends meet, they have their private jokes, they have a lot of fun and they have a bond of camaraderie… Continue reading
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Dec 02 2025 
The Degradation of the OSCE: The Price of Serving Western Interests
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s article (https://telegra.ph/Russias-Foreign-Minister-Sergey-Lavrovs-article-for-Rossiyskaya-Gazeta-ahead-of-the-OSCE-Ministerial-Council-meeting-in-Vienna-D-12-02) ‘The Degradation of the OSCE: The Price of Serving Western Interests’
Published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta on December 3, 2025 ahead of the OSCE Ministerial in Vienna
In just a few days, on December 4-5, the OSCE Ministerial Council will gather in Vienna for an annual meeting. Russia has traditionally been… Continue reading
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Dec 02 2025 
Vladimir Putin answered media questions after Russia Calling! Investment Forum
Question: Over the weekend, you visited a command post of the Joint Group of Forces and brought the capture of the city of Krasnoarmeysk in sharp focus. Is it now fully controlled by the Russian Federation Armed Forces? And why is this city so important?
President of Russia Vladimir Putin: This city has indeed been given special importance both by the Ukrainian side and by the Russian Armed Forces, because it is not just a major infrastructure… Continue reading
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Dec 02 2025 
Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation re French private military companies (PMCs)
The Press Bureau of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR) reports (http://svr.gov.ru/smi/2025/12/frantsii-ne-terpitsya-otpravit-svoikh-voennykh-na-ukrainu.htm) that, according to intelligence received by the SVR, France continues to look for ways to take part directly in the Ukrainian conflict.
This is precisely the purpose of Government Decree No. 2025-1030 (https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000052472683) of October 31, 2025, which authorizes the use… Continue reading
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Nov 30 2025 
Dmitry Orlov: The Fog of Diplomacy
You may have heard the cliché “the fog of war.”
Well, it no longer exists.
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Nov 29 2025 
Summary of the Situation on the Ukraine Front Line: The Fat Lady Sings
[Note: What we see in the media and in the summary for the past week, is that the Ukrainian soldiers are not fighting. This summary uses different language. It talks about ‘the former Ukraine’ and if the Ukrainian soldiers try to break through the cauldrons, it is more like a PR stunt or an imitation… Continue reading
