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Aug 24 2025 
Alastair Crooke and Nima
After listening, I found that this is a summary of a previous interview, so you may have seen it already. Nima doing a Danny. Oh boy!
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Aug 19 2025 
The Russian SMO
From the US we are getting reports that Ukrainian war refugees are being sent back to Ukraine. Regular reports from European countries inform that the stipends and living expenses of Ukrainian war refugees are being cut, in an attempt to get them to return. With Russia liberating anything from one to three villages and towns… Continue reading
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Aug 17 2025 
Pepe Escobar with ‘b😄mbshell’ Danny
NO Trump DEAL, Ukraine DONE | Mark Sleboda JOINS
(No, Sleboda does not join, but follows, and I have not listened to that. It is good to hear Pepe out). At the end he describes the pressures on Trump, but also his ‘escape route’ that we see beginning to play out.
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Jul 14 2025 
Trump on Weapons to Ukraine
Summary
Trump in a meeting with Mark Rutte (NATO) announced that the U.S. will impose 100% secondary sanctions on Russia and its trading partners if a ceasefire deal in Ukraine isn’t reached within about 50 days—that is, by the end of August.
Europe Will Now Pay for U.S. Weapons Sent to Ukraine via NATO. Basically the US… Continue reading
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Jun 18 2025 
Zaporozhye to Donetsk Directions. From Orekhovo to Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk).
Marat Khairullin affords a rare view across the front line.
For the second day in a row, there have been no announcements about the liberation of settlements. Over the past few months, we’ve grown accustomed to our units advancing, freeing villages and towns – this is what activity on the front line has typically looked like.
However,… Continue reading
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Jun 09 2025 
Sanchez Effect | Vladimir Medinsky Interview
‘Ukraine’s negotiators said to my face — foreign partners are against the deal’.
Russia’s top negotiator Vladimir Medinsky reveals behind-the-scenes of peace talks in the premiere episode of RT’s flagship show ‘Sanchez Effect’ with Award-winning American journalist, Rick Sanchez.
Medinsky – a portrait of sanity – on negotiations with Ukraine.
Pepe Escobar: Worth quoting him at length:… Continue reading
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Jun 02 2025 
Formal Statement: Vladimir Medinsky, Ukraine Talks
Statement by Head of the Russian delegation Vladimir Medinsky following the second round of resumed Russia-Ukraine direct talks in Istanbul
https://t.me/MFARussia/25198
First, we handed our two-part memorandum to the Turkish side. The first part concerns ways to achieve a durable and sustainable peace. The second part outlines the steps towards making a genuine ceasefire possible and includes… Continue reading
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May 31 2025 
U.S. Begs Russia to End War. New Russian Offensive Gathers Momentum
London Paul analysis: Paul discusses why the US is begging Russia to end the war and why this is an immensely complex issue. He further discusses the ongoing new Russian offensive now underway.
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May 23 2025 
Russian MFA: Kiev’s latest drone attack targeting Russian civilians
Foreign Ministry statement (https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2019580/) on Kiev’s latest drone attack targeting Russian civilians (May 23, 2025)
[Latest from the Russian MOD: In the course of repelling a massive enemy drone attack (from 20:00 of 20 May to 8:00 of 23 May), the Russian air defence systems shot down (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/21397) 1,177 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles, including… Continue reading
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May 20 2025 
Pepetual War: Ukraine
The featured image is random and for illustration only.
Most have wondered how on earth Ukraine can still keep fighting. All looks lost, and then it seems as if the sails on their ship find another gust of air somewhere to propel it – Not always in the right direction. The situation for them on the… Continue reading -
Apr 29 2025 
Nikolai Patrushev: the contours of victory
Nikolai Patrushev: the contours of victory in the Northern Military District are already clearly visible
From Tass and translated with Yandex
Assistant to the President of Russia and Chairman of the Maritime Board in an interview with TASS on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Victory said that today’s events are related to the times… Continue reading
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Apr 27 2025 
FM Lavrov’s interview with CBS
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2011803/
The video is available at the link and it is Mr Lavrov in English. This was not a friendly interview.
Question: Good morning, Minister Lavrov. I want to ask you about what happened in Kiev. There was a large Russian attack on that capital city about 1 o’clock in the morning. President Trump has said publicly… Continue reading
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Apr 22 2025 
US Plays “Mediator” in its Own War on Russia
By Brian Berletic for NEO
The survival and success of multipolarism depends on the multipolar world cooperating against US attempts to reassert American primacy – not only through direct and proxy war, but also through economic coercion and political interference – and to understand that a US war on Russia in Ukraine or a proxy war… Continue reading -
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:
War is politics by other… Continue reading
