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washingtonpost.comOpinion | The dangerous fantasy of a win-win with PutinThe Russian president is no businessman searching for deals.

Read this and remember it once and for all. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Judging by the published official statement of Russia about the telephone conversation between Stubb and Støre with Putin, Putin did not tell them anything new about the 'Ukrainian' settlement. "Ensuring the security of Russia" is mentioned. "Achieving a just long-term peace is possible >>>

ONLY with FULL and UNCONDITIONAL consideration of the legitimate interests of the Russian Federation." This applies to Europe, NATO and the United States, see what was written in the Kremlin's letters to NATO and the United States in December 2021.

washingtonpost.comJustice Dept. charges James Comey, ex-FBI director, for a third timeComey was accused of leaking sensitive information to the media in 2016.

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Iran against Ukraine. Again.

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Iran says it is monitoring its borders after reports that Ukraine is deploying thousands of drones in countries neighboring Iran, including Iraqi Kurdistan. Tehran said its armed forces will respond decisively wherever they perceive a threat. #Iran

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Breaking news: The Justice Department has again charged James B. Comey, the third time the Trump administration has mounted a criminal case against the former FBI director — a prominent political foe of the president — since last year.

nytimes.comHow Long Will Russians Put Up With War? Here’s What They Told Us. (Gift Article)“Everything is fine” is a common refrain in a country used to adapting to a new normal.

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“Everything is fine” is a common refrain in a country used to adapting to a new normal. Most Russians are too dumb to understand what is happening to their country.

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How Long Will Russians Put Up With War? Here’s What They Told Us. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/w...

edition.cnn.comIran hosts Saudi Arabia and regional powers as fears grow of return to war | CNNSaudi Arabia and its allies dispatched top security officials to Iran for talks on Monday amid fears of a fresh US-Israeli offensive that could plunge the Middle East into further instability.

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"Tehran has called on countries in the region to remove US bases and end their reliance on Washington for defense." edition.cnn.com/2026/10/26/m... Like Moscow, Tehran brazenly dictates its terms to the entire region. As in the case of Russia, if not stopped, it will only get worse.

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kyivindependent.comKyiv's Brussels blunder leaves EU scrambling over phantom Zelensky visitPresident Volodymyr Zelensky's planned Oct. 26 trip to Brussels descended into a diplomatic guessing game, with conflicting signals from his own team leaving EU and NATO officials scrambling to establ...

Kyiv's Brussels blunder leaves EU scrambling over phantom Zelensky visit At the center of the confusion was a proposed four-way meeting between Ukraine, the U.S., the EU, and NATO on efforts to end Russia’s war.

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Why not to start seizing Russian monetary assets in Euroclear?

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The Wall Street Journal reports that Finland and Austria have seized $500 million worth of Russian real estate following a lawsuit by Ukraine. www.wsj.com/world/russia...

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BREAKING: 🇷🇴🇷🇺 Romania’s intelligence service has uncovered a Russian-directed sabotage network involved in a September 14 fire near Carfil, a Romanian arms manufacturer in Brașov. The network had also been assigned targets across Europe, including arms factories and military facilities.

On October 27, Moscow will host the Summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum. Although Russia has previously stated that there is no desire to create a gas analogue of OPEC, it intends to do just that.

On October 28-29, the third Russia-Africa summit will be held in Moscow. 48 out of 54 African states have confirmed their participation, 22 countries will be represented at the level of heads of state.

Russia: 'Territorial compromise' with Ukraine? Another bullshit produced by journalists 🧵 Sensational headlines appeared that the Kremlin allegedly announced the possibility of territorial compromises with Ukraine. Incompetent journalists again did not understand anything. Let us explain. >>>

Remember: the Kremlin's position on Ukraine, Europe, NATO has not changed in any way, Putin is confident that the West cannot bear the continuation of the war, will put pressure on Ukraine and ultimately lose. End

P.S. Alimov: The UN does not have a mandate to participate in the process of Ukrainian settlement.

Russia has legitimate security concern: Putin & Co. But 90% of Russians do not understand it, they believe Putin as the Germans once believed Hitler and Goebbels. Unfortunately, official Europe did not lift a finger to explain it to them. Still worth trying.

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Repeat after me: Russia has no legitimate security concerns; only its neighbours do. Russia has been the only one invading others.

Russian Foreign Ministry: "A number of practical issues of Russian-Slovak relations, prospects for the development of political dialogue, cooperation in the trade, economic, cultural ... spheres were discussed in a constructive manner. The exchange of views on the situation around Ukraine and >>>

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🇸🇰❗️The first meeting of the intergovernmental commission between Russia and Slovakia in five years will be held in Moscow tomorrow. The main topic: energy, in particular gas, oil and civil nuclear energy. Agriculture, ecology, tourism, sports and culture will also be discussed.

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SLOVAK FOREIGN MINISTER: SLOVAKIA WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE NATIONAL INTERESTS AND DEVELOP COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA IN AREAS NOT AFFECTED BY SANCTIONS

But the 'problem' is Ukraine, of course. bsky.app/profile/fint...

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SLOVAK FOREIGN MINISTER, AFTER MEETING RUSSIA'S LAVROV, SAYS HE WAS INFORMED THAT RUSSIA REMAINS PREPARED TO FULFIL AGREED ENERGY CONTRACTS

there will be no freezing of hostilities. Peskov also said this. Moreover, there will be no new 'grain deal'. This was stated by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alimov: "We respected our obligations, but the UN was unable to ensure compliance with obligations to the Russian Federation,

the export of our fertilizers, agricultural products. We do not see opportunities to revive the 'grain deal' in any format." The Russians have also said this repeatedly. They demand the lifting of all sanctions.

Donetsk and Zaporozhye regions (in addition to fulfilling other conditions, in particular the international recognition of Russian jurisdiction, the creation of a buffer zone, and so on). That was called a 'compromise'. So, these are the details that Peskov talked about.

But journalists around the world, without going into details, wrote about the 'Kremlin's readiness to discuss a territorial compromise'. As always, thoughtless and harmful pursuit of sensations, leading away from the truth. Aka bullshit. As long as the "details" (of Russian demands) are discussed,

to any proposals so as not to complicate relations with Trump, but the Kremlin does not intend to agree on any FREEZES. Russia has demanded and will continue to demand legal international recognition of the transition of the occupied territories under its jurisdiction at the talks.

This is well-known Kremlin's position and a key demand. At best, bargaining is possible about the size of Ukrainian territories that should go to Russia. In Anchorage, after all, this was also discussed: Russia will not seize Kharkiv and Sumy if Russia receives the entire territory of the Luhansk,

the possibility of a 'territorial compromise'. Why he formulated the question this way is not clear, perhaps it was done precisely to confuse foreign journalists. Peskov's answer was very vague: "All these [?] issues in one way or another may become a topic for discussion during attempts to reach

a peaceful settlement. A very serious conversation is ahead, which consists of a huge number of details, but we will not discuss these details publicly, as this could harm the potential peace process." What was that? It is clear that the Kremlin now does not want to answer "No"

It all started with Zelensky's statement to Fox that he would agree to a peace agreement that FREEZES the current situation (thus allowing Ukraine to retain approximately 75% or more of its territory). Then a Russian journalist, referring to Zelensky's words, asked Kremlin's Peskov about

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the crisis in relations between Russia and the European Union continued".

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BREAKING!! Seven bipartisan lawmakers warn U.S. banks, fuel distributors and port authorities that importing Russian diesel could invite legal action and congressional scrutiny, while helping fund Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

asiae.co.krTrump: "We'll Cooperate with Russia on Alaska LNG Investment After the War Ends" - The Asia Business DailyU.S. President Donald Trump expressed a general willingness to cooperate economically with Russia after the war in Ukraine ends, when asked about the

So, Trump confirmed the agreements regarding Russia's Lukoil assets and the Alaska LNG project. Speaking to reporters before a flight to Michigan, Trump emphasized that he does not want the global energy sector to "remain held hostage by the war in Ukraine". >>> www.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...

And it started a long time ago. It must be admitted that the investigation of Special Counsel Miller and the work of the FBI under Obama and Biden into associates of Trump and Russian president Putin turned out to be a huge failure, they did not understand how everything happened.

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Trump is by far the worst, most corrupt, and most traitorous president in US history

pravda.com.uaRussia to demand reduction of NATO presence in Europe during peace talks – The TelegraphVladimir Putin may use upcoming trilateral talks to demand NATO reduce its military footprint in Poland, the Baltics and Finland back to 1997 levels.

No news. And not only. Read the Kremlin's letters to the US and NATO of December 2021 with long list of demands.

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‼️Russia to demand reduction of NATO presence in Europe during peace talks

firstpost.comWho is Gentry Beach? Is ‘Trump associate’ cutting deals on behalf of the family in Pakistan, Turkey and Bangladesh?Gentry Beach, a US businessman and ‘Trump associate’, has reportedly been making deals for the Trump family in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Turkey. Beach visited all three countries after US President Donald Trump took office in January and even met Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus. But who is Beach?

Or even earlier, in 2025: www.firstpost.com/explainers/w...

broligarchy.substack.comThe Dark Triad: Trump, Musk, PutinOr why now’s the time to buy a wind-up radio

So, it's not just Musk. bsky.app/profile/secr... This is Trump's mafia.

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He noted that the United States is willing to do business with Russia "after the war concludes". Do you think these are Trump's only projects with Russia? Of course not. Musk also has projects with Russia, we wrote about this a year and a half ago.

arctictoday.comUS investor with ties to Trump family looks to Murmansk - ArcticTodayTexas businessman Gentry Beach says he has signed an agreement to use a movable liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant currently under construction in Russia’s Murmansk region. Beach, who is reported to be...

By the way, this topic should have been raised back in February of this year, but then no one paid attention to it. 👇 www.arctictoday.com/us-investor-...

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Is this news? The war in Ukraine was started for this too. Russia hopes to weaken Nato with Ukraine peace talks Putin expected to demand alliance roll back its military footprint to 1997 levels www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10...

Trump's developing schizophrenia.

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TRUMP SAYS HE DOES NOT WANT ANYBODY FROM NORWAY AND DOES NOT WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH NORWAY, ADDING THAT HE DID NOT GET THE NOBEL PRIZE EVEN THOUGH HE ENDED WARS

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TRUMP, ON FRANCE, SAYS PROTESTERS THERE WERE “A LOT OF LARGE MEN WITH VERY BIG MUSCLES” AND NOT STUDENTS, AND CLAIMS “WE OWN GREENLAND”

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TRUMP SAYS EL-SAYED “WANTS SHARIA LAW” AND THAT IF HE EVER PULLS THAT OFF HE SHOULD BE THE FIRST ONE TRIED, ADDING “I’LL BE A WITNESS,” AND CALLS EL-SAYED “A NASTY GUY” WHO IS “WORSE THAN I AM”

Slovakia should follow Serbia! Get rid of Robert Fico!

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A government delegation from NATO and EU member Slovakia, has arrived in Moscow. Leading the walk of shame onto the Terrorist State's territory, is Slovakia's Foreign Minister Juraj Blanár.

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Law enforcement officials suspect that he runs the gang from Moscow under the supervision of Russian intelligence services. The group is linked to armed attacks and extortion of money from businessmen. It recruits young perpetrators, including minors, for its crimes.

Given Putin's position, the negotiations can be considered a failure even before they begin. And this is right.

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Zelensky says the US restored full intelligence support for Ukraine and lifted Starshield restrictions. He says the main unresolved issue is the shortage of air-defense systems. Military limits and neutrality are off the table, while territory can only be discussed by leaders. #Ukraine

Meanwhile, the balanced loss of Russian coal companies in January-July 2026 amounted to 178.2 billion rubles. According to the forecast of the Ministry of Energy, the consolidated loss of the coal industry by the end of the year may amount to 300-310 billion rubles. The loss is also projected >>>

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Russian Railways has been instructed in September to cut coal transportation to its second largest coal port Ust-Luga by 80% to facilitate higher grain exports. Russia is now in a position of picking which of its starving industries live and which die .

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for 2027 (100 billion rubles). In 2025, the balanced loss amounted to 408 billion rubles. The industry is essentially bankrupt.

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