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Voting has begun in Russia’s presidential election, which is all but certain to hand Vladimir Putin another six years in power. Ballots will be cast over three days, even though the result is not in doubt as he has no credible opponent. Polling stations opened in the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia’s easternmost region, at 08:00 local …
Russia and China announce plan to build shared nuclear reactor on the moon by 2035, ‘without humans.’ Russia’s space agency Roscosmos has announced plans to work with China to build an automated nuclear reactor on the moon by 2035. The proposed reactor will help power a proposed lunar base that the two countries will jointly …
Translation: A source for “Novosti”: The Houthis tested a hypersonic missile https://twitter.com/_/status/1768106770260541722 بالإمكان التشارك مع #روسيا #الصين وكذلك اي دولةعربية او اسلامية تحب تبادل الخبرات مع القوات المسلحة اليمنيةكون العدو واحد ويملك الجيش اليمني اليوم تجربةعملية بحرية مميزة مبنية على واقع فعلي بعيدا عن المناورات أو دراسة العدو عن بعد ووفق تنظير لخبراء متاثرين بالبروباغندا …
pic.twitter.com/HzoXSjVqeU — Sprinter Press (@SprinterPress) March 13, 2024
Last week, the Wall Street Journal published new details of the failed Ukraine peace talk held in Istanbul in the spring of 2022. The story resembles some kind of off-the-wall pro-Kiev propaganda along the lines of ‘look how Moscow tried to subjugate them, it’s no wonder the Ukrainians refused.’ Today, we’ll try to reconstruct the …
Iran, Russia and China to start naval exercises tomorrow … Representatives from the countries of Oman, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan and South Africa are also present. ⚡️BREAKING Iran, Russia and China to start naval exercises tomorrow Representatives from the countries of Oman, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan and South Africa are also present. pic.twitter.com/k9iVkWcDAX — Iran Observer (@IranObserver0) …
⚡️ russians complain about a massive failure of their digital services. The disruptions were recorded both in moscow and in other regions of russia, russian media report. 👉 Follow @Flash_news_ua — BLYSKAVKA (@blyskavka_ua) March 11, 2024 In Russia, there was a massive failure in the operation of digital services In particular, outages were recorded both …
Tucker Carlson said that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwGO2EFjImQ AC
worth a watch. use English auto translation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkRQYIjauG0 AC
Explosions in the city of Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, southern Russia. Drones were heard buzzing over the city. https://t.co/fHZEdLPBYV pic.twitter.com/CACD3BF5Ts — Status-6 (War & Military News) (@Archer83Able) March 9, 2024 Ukrainian drones are heading in the direction of Kursk and Taganrog in the Russian federation.#Ukraine pic.twitter.com/pRau8WKrJN — RobertFella 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@Bonkavision5) March 9, 2024 💥👀 https://t.co/MrjFtWAf5K …
The Baltic states and Poland, more than other EU countries, help Russia circumvent sanctions, because despite the rhetoric, it is so profitable. And Poland also blocked Ukraine pic.twitter.com/Rv8Qjs22xi — Sprinter Press (@SprinterPress) March 4, 2024
via Mike Shedlock Russia and Iran developed a way to avoid the US dollar routing system known as SWIFT, Trade between the nations is booming. Image from US Institute for Peace – The Iran Primer. What is the SWIFT Banking System? Investopedia explains: The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT) system powers most …
This is the single most important, dangerous and highly revealing statement from a top defense official in the West in a long time… It also demonstrates the precarious urgency of the moment and the huge stakes going into the November US election. The world truly stands on the precipice of a nuclear nightmare with the following fresh …
Russia today has the largest and most diverse arsenal of nuclear weapons of any country in the world – head of the US Strategic Command Anthony Cotton ‼️"Russia today has the largest and most diverse arsenal of nuclear weapons of any country in the world." – head of the US Strategic Command, Anthony Cotton. pic.twitter.com/SceIu8akP1 …
by Chris Black Obviously, Russia would only start firing nukes if they thought the existence of Russia was being threatened. They certainly wouldn’t do it when they’re in the middle of winning a war against America and Germany. But hey – how about some unconfirmed and totally fake documents saying something totally different than that? …
Russia will impose a six-month ban on gasoline exports starting March 1 to meet rising domestic demand, the RBC news outlet reported Tuesday, citing two government sources and a representative of Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak. Novak was said to have told Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in a letter last month that demand for …
Leaders across Europe have lined up to rule out putting troops on the ground in Ukraine after French president Emmanuel Macron announced he was open to the idea of sending soldiers to fight against Vladimir Putin’s forces – as the Kremlin warned of the “inevitability” of a direct war with Nato if such a move …
JUST IN – Breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria asks Russia for "protection" — AFP pic.twitter.com/W11gHqgY1x — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) February 28, 2024 “Transnistria has addressed Russia asking for help due to economic blockade from Moldova, declaration was adopted by a congress of deputies” – Russian Ria Novosti. According to an alleged text of the declaration, published …
🇷🇺🇰🇵 MASSIVE ARMS SHIPMENT FROM NORTH KOREA TO RUSSIA North Korea has reportedly shipped 6,700 containers to Russia, filled with over 3 million 152mm shells. This volume of ammunition is about 10 times more than what the entire EU has supplied to Ukraine so far. Source:… pic.twitter.com/50GdG6df2o — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) February 27, 2024 (Bloomberg) …
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine and its foreign partners could invite Russia to a future peace summit to discuss an end to Moscow’s two-year-old invasion on Kyiv’s terms, a senior Ukrainian official said on Sunday. Switzerland will host a summit to discuss a vision for peace by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, which could be handed to …
While some of Ukraine’s backers want the jets in action as soon as possible, they will have a stronger impact if the pilots are well-trained and there are enough maintenance and support crews on hand, according to Stoltenberg. “So, I think we have to listen to the military experts exactly when we will be ready …
pic.twitter.com/146u7LZ9F1 — Canadian Prepper (@PrepperCanadian) February 21, 2024 Vladimir Putin inspected the modernized “White Swans” at the Kazan enterprise of Rostec During his visit to the Kazan Aviation Plant named after S.P. Gorbunov, the President got acquainted with four modernized Tu-160M strategic missile carriers and sat in the cockpit of one of them. Rostec enterprises, …
Russian anti-aircraft missile systems shot down 10 guided bombs & 3 cruise missiles launched by the ISRAELI air force towards Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry stated. 🚨🇷🇺🇮🇱 RUSSIA recently shot down ISRAELI missiles over SYRIA. Russian anti-aircraft missile systems shot down 10 guided bombs & 3 cruise missiles launched by the ISRAELI air force towards …
Commenting on the legislation, Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin said that by tearing up the agreement Russia was returning to its own possession the fish that the UK had been consuming for decades. “He [President Vladimir Putin] returned our fish to us, because the English, shameless, had been eating it for 68 years. They have imposed …
Three out of China’s Big Four state banks have halted payments from sanctioned Russian financial institutions, Russia’s Izvestia news outlet reported on Wednesday. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Construction Bank, and Bank of China have stopped the transactions since the start of 2024, Alexey Poroshin, the general director of investment and consulting …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FF1QpCG7PA 70km range with standard 152mm and completely armored on a modern tank chassis shared with the Armata. !5 rounds per minute firing rate. Selects targets using live shared data, calculates the optimal charge, trajectory and shell type. Turret can be remote controlled. Fires 15 optimized and aimed rounds a minute. h/t JustmeTX
Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China’s Central Committee said China will “together with all like-minded partners further promote the development of the international order in the direction of equitable development” MOSCOW, February 21. /TASS/. The People’s Republic of China is ready to join forces with Russia …
Aimed to prepare for a potential war with Russia, NATO’s Steadfast Defender exercises have become the alliance’s largest military drills since the Cold War, NATO’s Military Committee Chair, Admiral Rob Bauer, told the Financial Times. The experience gained during the Steadfast Defender exercises is expected to form the basis for NATO’s plans to deploy and …
Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) on Thursday called for an investigation into Turner in a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), first reported by Punchbowl, blasting him for “reckless disregard of the implications and consequences said information would have on geopolitics, domestic and foreign markets, or the well-being and psyche of the American people.” He wrote: …