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Mar 20 2024 
A Travelogue of Electoral Donbass
Donetsk, Avdeyevka, Mariupol – on the Road in Electoral Donbass
By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.
They have waited 10 long, suffering years to vote in this election. And vote they did, in massive numbers, certifying a landslide reelection for the political leader who brought them back to Mother Russia. VVP may now be widely referred to as… Continue reading -
Mar 16 2024 
The Terms of Surrender
Putin presented the West with a bill of exchange that it is not able to repay
By Irina Alksnis, RIA Novosti columnist.
“In an interview with Dmitry Kiselyov, Vladimir Putin stressed that the West will not just have to offer Russia guarantees of compliance with the agreements, but these guarantees: a) must be spelled out; b) suit… Continue reading -
Mar 14 2024 
Vladimir Putin on Russia’s Path Ahead
On the Cusp of Reelection and SMO Victory, Putin’s Interview with Rossiya Segodnya’s General Director Dmitry Kiselev
with thanks to Karl at karlof1’s Geopolitical Gymnasium.
With snippets all over Russian media as well as the 1:45 long video, the job fell to Dmitry Kiselev, the director general of Rossiya Segodnya, Sputnik’s parent media group. We get to… Continue reading
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Mar 06 2024 
Russia’s Renaissance: at the Farm
Russian President Putin’s Day Down on the Farm in Stavropol Territory
with thanks to Karl at karlof1’s Geopolitical Gymnasium
Clearly not a traditional farm; rather, it’s a bio-organic non-gmo “food factory” that produces much more than tomatoes. All the open ground at the top of the pic is for the next expansion phase. Krasnodar region is at… Continue reading
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Feb 22 2024 
Swans of the Apocalypse
🔹Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Kazan Aviation Plant named after S. P. Gorbunov, a branch of PJSC Tupolev, during his visit to the capital of Tatarstan. During the inspection of the new aircraft, the head of State suggested naming one of the Tu-160M missile carriers in honor of the first President of Tatarstan, Mintimer… Continue reading
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Feb 18 2024 
For the Freedom of Nations!
Lavrov and Putin at the Forum of Supporters of Combating Contemporary Practices of Neocolonialism
Thanks to Karl at karlof1’s Geopolitical Gymnasium
The forum “For the Freedom of Nations!” was held in the Russian capital, Moscow, from February 15 to 17, 2024. Representatives from 60 countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Europe came to… Continue reading -
Feb 16 2024 
The Fibonacci Flower that is Russia
Russia chooses to go slow
with gratitude to Julian Macfarlane at News Forensics
Recently, I wrote about American – a.k.a. NATO military strategy, and the Dunning Kruger syndrome which causes West to overestimate its capabilities and to underestimate those of Russia.
I argued that this way of thinking is a unique expression of Western culture and not found to the… Continue reading
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Feb 13 2024 
Putin, 2022 “Satanism Speech”
This Speech is best bracketed with his Munich Security Council Speech of 10.02.2007 (here). It tracks the evolution of President Putin’s thought, and the final turning of the Russian Mir from the Old Order built by the combined West.
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A ceremony for signing the treaties on the accession of the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Lugansk People’s… Continue reading
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Feb 11 2024 
Putin, 2007 Munich Security Conference
🗓 17 years ago, on February 10, 2007, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin delivered a speech at the Munich Security Conference, addressing points that continue to hold relevance today.
Let us recall the key highlights from the President’s historic speech:
💬 I believe that the unipolar model is not only unacceptable but also impossible in today’s world. <…>… Continue reading
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Jan 27 2024 
The Day the Siege was Broken
Tribute from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA):
On January 27, 1944, the 872-day siege of Leningrad was finally lifted, marking the end of one of the most tragic episodes of the Great Patriotic War which claimed the lives of over a million Leningraders.
The blockade began on September 8, 1941, when Nazi troops isolated the… Continue reading
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Oct 31 2023 
Putin’s Alive: ❗❗ Security Council Meeting 10/30/2023
Thanks to Karl at karlof1’s Geopolitical Gymnasium
Various BigLie Outlaw US Empire Media outlets are again saying Putin has died and so forth. Yes, the Kremlin’s website has been silent for a few days over the weekend as the Gaza Genocide expanded, but today a long readout from the Security Council meeting was published that consists… Continue reading
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Oct 18 2023 
Russia’s neutrality ballet on Israel-Palestine
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
While some Russian heavyweights push to recast Israel as a hostile state, the Kremlin is unlikely to budge. Instead, Moscow will stay ‘neutral’ to maximize its West Asian influence, all while edging closer to the Arab and Muslim worlds.
Is it possible that the philo-Semitic Russian President Vladimir Putin… Continue reading
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Jul 21 2023 
Vladimir Putin: Meeting on current issues with permanent members of the Security Council
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/71714
Taking part in the meeting were Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino, Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Defence Minister… Continue reading
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Mar 21 2023 
Putin/Xi Jinping Summit: Day 2 – The Real Work Starts
The Chinese are generally excited about the Xi Jinping / Putin summit.
President Xi met with Russian Prime Minister Mishustin. President Xi underscored the good momentum of all-round practical cooperation between China and Russia and expressed his hope for reaching new goals in bilateral cooperation through institutionalized channels of exchanges. pic.twitter.com/5eAcLaXrDt
— Hua Chunying 华春莹 (@SpokespersonCHN) March… Continue reading
