🎙 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview to the newspaper "Arguments and Facts" (October 21, 2024)
Key Points:
#BRICS
• BRICS epitomises the shifts that have long been underway in the global economy. New centres of economic growth are emerging, and alongside them comes financial influence, which in turn brings political influence.
• BRICS is a consortium where no single nation leads or is led, devoid of the bureaucratic machinery akin to that observed in Brussels, where EU officials impose decisions that contravene the will and interests of several member states, failing to align with the aspirations of voters across many countries.
• BRICS does not stand in opposition to any entity, nor does it orchestrate operations or initiate projects. BRICS is committed to enhancing the combined potential of its nations and devising collaborative strategies for harnessing these potentials for mutual benefit.
• What makes BRICS and other World Majority or Global East associations that do not include Western countries stand out, is that they are not created for the purpose of struggling or fighting with anyone. They are established to collectively benefit from their competitive advantages such as geographical location, shared history, cultural and humanitarian proximity <...>.
#USA
• The US is unwilling to relinquish the reins of power that they have held since World War II through the Bretton Woods institutions and through the role assigned to the US dollar in the international monetary system, even after free exchange of US dollars for gold had been cancelled.
• The key goal of the US ruling class is to make sure no one can undermine their dominance. This goal is illusory. The historical process is objectively heading in a different direction, and this has to be reckoned with.
• We are ready to interact with any administration voted in by the American people, but only if such a dialogue is mutually respectful, and both parties listen and hear what the other party has to say.
#Ukraine
• On multiple occasions, European leaders from Brussels have repeatedly made it clear that they must support Ukraine for as long as it takes, because Ukraine is fighting for the European values.
• It turns out that European leaders are still willing to uphold Nazi values, which is why denazification is not just a motto, but an objective of utmost importance.
#UN
• The United Nations is not a valiant knight expected to “charge in and extinguish the fire” upon witnessing injustice. The UN is an assembly of its member states, each with established rules, including the Security Council's veto rights. The United States has effectively exercised this right five times over the past year, blocking a resolution proposed by several countries, including Russia, demanding an immediate ceasefire. <...> Presently, the United States is taking every measure to avoid antagonising Israel.
• Nations such as India, Brazil, and African representatives should have long held permanent seats on the Security Council. This is essential to ensure representation of the World Majority.
#Finland#Sweden#NATO
• The zeal that the Finns and Swedes are showing in NATO, advocating for defeating Russia, is not only rooted in their historical instincts. They are also eager to show their Big Brothers in the North Atlantic Alliance that they have brought added value <...>.
• I am confident that reasonable people in Europe, who have learned the lessons taught by history, see this too, including in Finland and Sweden.
#Europe
• To reiterate, the so-called right-wing conservatives are loyal to their countries and their people. We will engage with anyone who approaches us with a proposal to talk, to seek common ground, and to think about how we can jointly make the lives of our citizens better.
#EurasianSecurity
• We suggest discussing the Eurasian continent-wide security architecture, emphasising the fact that its doors will be open to everyone, including countries from the West of the Eurasian continent.
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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️Fiend Reports in the Morning of 13 March 2025⚡️
🔴#ChasovYar Direction:
🔴In #Toretsk Sector, on the territory of the city's 'Central Mine', Russian troops continue to attack several AFU positions in the development.
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🟡 In #Toretsk's central part, the situation remains dynamic. There is no clear demarcation line. Fighting is taking place along several streets west of the 'Avangard Stadium' and in the area of multi-story buildings along Grushevsky Street.
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🟡 In #Toretsk's southern part, fighting is taking place in the western and southwestern parts of the 'Zabalka Microdistrict'. There is no clear demarcation line either, as UAVs have been spotting both Ukrainian and Russian forces on the same streets for a week.
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➡️ The Georeferencing of the images was done using footage from Russian UAVs, which confirms that part of the city is under the control of AFU fighters.
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Deputy Plotnikov Urges Police Resignees to Join Special Military Operation
In Perm, Deputy Vladimir Plotnikov proposed adding police officers who resign to the Special Military Operation (SMO) lists, citing low salaries and existing training. He emphasized duty to the Motherland and noted SMO pays better. Despite this, Plotnikov himself is a millionaire owning luxury cars and real estate. Last year, over 80,000 officers left the Ministry of Internal Affairs, worsening the staffing crisis.
#Russia#MVD#SMO#Plotnikov
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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️Fiend Reports in the Morning of 14 March 2025⚡️
🔴#Kursk Region:
🔴In Sudzhansky district, Russian troops advanced in the settlement area of #Zaoleshensky...
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🟡 And also in #Sudzha, close to the south, in the western part of the city.
📋Reported on 14 Mar at 08:03
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🇳🇬🇷🇺 This is our brother, our member, and just one of many, who have volunteered themselves (NOT conscripted, and NOT forced) to help Russia in the special military operation. We are in constant communication regarding his welfare.
Nigerians surely love Russia. We not only contribute to the economy, and engage in cultural exchange, but many are also prepared to put themselves on the frontline and in the combat zone because frankly we all share common security/welfare and believe in the international principle of indivisible security.
God be with you Brother! Victory is ours!
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@RusEmbMalta Press release
🇷🇺President Vladimir Putin Summarises 2025: Key Messages from the “Results of the Year” Address
📍Moscow, | 19 December 2025
President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin held the annual “Results of the Year” event, combining a live Q&A session with a press conference. More than 3 million questions were submitted by citizens and journalists. Over 4.5 hours, the President addressed 103 questions on domestic development, the economy, social policy, digital sovereignty, and international affairs.
🌍Foreign Policy, Ukraine, and the Special Military Operation
▪️ Russia currently sees no readiness on the part of Ukraine for a genuine peace process or territorial compromises.
▪️ The strategic initiative has fully shifted to the Russian Armed Forces; Ukrainian forces are retreating along key directions.
▪️ Russia did not initiate the conflict and does not consider itself responsible for the human losses incurred.
▪️ Moscow remains open to political solutions and is prepared to consider security guarantees during potential elections in Ukraine, including a temporary refusal to conduct strikes deep inside Ukrainian territory.
Relations with the West and International Security
▪️ The seizure of Russian sovereign assets was described as outright plunder, undermining trust in the eurozone and global financial institutions.
▪️ Any attempt to blockade the Kaliningrad region would escalate tensions to an unprecedented, potentially large-scale military level.
▪️ Russia remains open to cooperation with Europe, the UK, and the United States – strictly on the basis of equality and mutual respect.
▪️ According to the President, the current conflict is the direct result of Western policies that deliberately escalated tensions around Ukraine.
📊Economy and Financial Stability
▪️ Russia’s GDP growth reached 1% in 2025, while cumulative growth over the past three years amounted to 9.7%, significantly exceeding eurozone indicators.
▪️ Inflation is expected to decline to 5.7–5.8% by year-end.
▪️ Unemployment fell to a historic low of 2.2%.
▪️ International reserves of the Central Bank reached USD 741.5 billion.
💻Digital Sovereignty
President Putin announced that Russia has effectively achieved full digital sovereignty, highlighting the development of domestic digital platforms and technologies as a strategic achievement amid external pressure.
Other Key Issues
The discussion also covered demographic policy, education, water supply challenges in Donbass, legislation on foreign agents, and sanctions pressure on Russia’s international partners.
🔗Full version here.
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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦✈️On drone production in Ukraine- an analysis by Rybar and Military Chronicles
We have already written about possible attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces using drones against targets in the Russian Federation. Most of such UAVs are produced and modernized in Ukraine under the direct patronage of Western engineers.
🔻Where exactly are the UAVs being assembled and retrofitted?
Back in the spring, after several successful Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian defense industry factories and enterprises, it was decided to distribute drone assembly among industrial facilities in different regions of Ukraine.
There are now more than a dozen facilities in Ukraine where drones and guided missile weapons are assembled, modernized and redesigned. Relatively small, sometimes abandoned (or disguised as such) buildings are used for these purposes.
This has made it possible to secure the assembly lines from repeated strikes by the Russian Armed Forces against the facilities of the military-industrial complex. Even if one of the buildings is hit, production is reallocated to other facilities until the destroyed facility is restored.
🔻How is everything organized?
▪️In #Kiev, specialists at the Paton Institute are upgrading long-range missiles for various weapons, including artillery, MLRS and aviation, to high-precision weapons equipped with satellite or inertial navigation modules.
The assembly of components for such munitions was organized at an abandoned workshop in Novaya Greblya, 70 km from Kiev. The necessary equipment was brought there, and air defense equipment was placed in a nearby forest.
▪️ The industrial workshops at the Sambor metalware plant in the #Lviv region and at the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau in Dnepropetrovsk are upgrading the barrage munitions. The production technology has been established by studying the surviving Geran-2 ammunition, as well as by supplying the components required for the UAV from abroad.
▪️Analogous production is deployed at the Kommunar plant, the Khartron-Arkos research and production enterprise, and the FED Kharkiv Machine Building Plant. Near these facilities there is at least one anti-aircraft missile system, reinforced by territorial defense squads on duty with MANPADs on the roofs of neighboring houses.
🔻What's next?
According to our data, the drones required for strikes deep in Russian territory are already ready. Right now, Ukrainian formations are just waiting for permission from their Western handlers.
Other UAVs, such as the Chinese Mugin-5, mono-wings-dirigibles and balloons are being deployed to conduct reconnaissance or "probe" the Russian air defense.
These drones do not need a runway, so they can be launched from almost any area where control points or signal repeaters are located.
🔻 At the moment, there are launch and control sites for UAVs capable of striking at Russian territory in Mirnograd in the DNR, Spassky in the #Sumy Region, Volnyansk in the #Zaporozhye Region, as well as #Dnepropetrovsk, #Nikolayev and #Odessa.
Control points for drones in these cities are equipped on civilian infrastructure or in fields and wastelands. There is also maintenance and final adjustment of the drones before their massive launch at the set targets.
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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️Fiend Reports in the Morning of 7 March 2025⚡️
🔴#Kursk Region:
🔴In Sudzhansky district, in the area of #Sverdlikovo, Russian troops continue to attack with mobile groups along the border in southerly direction.
🟡 On the eastern flank, the RFAF have advanced into #Kurilovka and along the 'Kholodny Yar Ravine' to a depth of 4 kilometres.
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➡️ The situation remains difficult (for the AFU).
🔴#Svatovo Front:
🔴 In #Kupyansk Sector, the Russians expanded the bridgehead on the western bank of the Oskol River in a section up to 2.73 kilometres wide and up to 1.15 kilometres deep.
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🔴#ChasovYar Direction:
🔴In #ChasovYar Sector, Russian troops, supported by 25 units of equipment, attacked the western part of the city. During the clashes, fighters of the AFU's 24th Brigade destroyed/hit 16 units of equipment and drove the Russians out of a number of positions.
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➡️ A grey zone has been added to the map tentatively. The front configuration is being clarified.
🔴#Pokrovsk Direction:
🔴 On the right Flank, the AFU repelled attacks by Russian troops in the area of #Peschanoye.
🔴 On the left Flank, the AFU repelled attacks by Russian troops in the area of #Uspenovka and are also conducting counteractions in neighbouring areas.
➡️ The situation for the direction has not changed significantly.
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🔴#Kursk Region:
🔴In Sudzhansky district, Russian troops occupied the settlements of #Zazulevka and #Kubatkin.
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🔴#OldRussia:
🔴In #Moscow and its region, there was a massive UAV attack. At 05:40 they report 12 arrivals (minimum).
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⚡️ On the Eve of Zelensky's meeting with the US delegation regarding the sale of all Ukrainian resources and the possible start of a peaceful dialogue, the AFU launched more than 65 drones at #Moscow. Several of them hit residential buildings in #Ramenskoye and #Domodedovo near #Moscow, but the vast majority were shot down.
🇷🇺 RF MoD reported the interception of 337 Ukro UAVs, 91 of which in #Moscow region.
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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️Fiend Reports in the Morning of 8 March 2025⚡️
🔴 In #Sumy Direction, the RFAF is pressing towards the settlement of #Basovka in Ukrainian #Sumy region.
🔴#Kursk Region:
🔴In Sudzhansky district, the Russians continue to press in the area of the 'Kholodny Yar Beam' and towards the settlement of #MalayaLoknya. North and west of it, Russian troops have occupied a number of forest belts and beams.
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➡️ The situation remains very difficult (for the AFU).
🔴#ChasovYar Direction:
🔴In #ChasovYar Sector, fighting is taking place west of the town's 'Refractory Plant.'
🔴#Pokrovsk Direction:
🔴 On the right Flank, Ukrainian troops repelled a number of enemy attacks in the area of the #Peschanoye and #Kotlino settlements, and also attacked Russian positions in the #Shevchenko village and in #Peschanoye.
🔴 On the left Flank, the AFU repelled Russian attacks in the area of the #Uspenovka settlements.
📋Reported on 8 Mar at 08:06
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Embassy Comment
We have noted the article by Jonathan Eyal “#EU renewed toothless #sanctions against #Russia”, published in The Straits Times on February 1, 2025.
We agree with the author that the unilateral illegitimate sanctions aimed at continuing the hybrid war against Russia and inflicting a strategic defeat on us, are both unsuccessful and futile.
There is no doubt that the objectives of the special military operation (#SMO) on the #denazification and demilitarization of #Ukraine, its neutral and non-nuclear status, as well as ensuring the interests of the Russian people will be achieved.
The “bankrupt” Euro-Atlantic security architecture (#NATO) is being replaced by a new equal and indivisible #EurasianSecurity, which includes all the organizations that have demonstrated their effectiveness – the #EAEU, #SCO, #CSTO, etc.
The concept of #Eurasian security aligns with the accelerating formation of a multipolar world order. A key pillar of this shift is the rapidly growing, non-Western center of influence represented by #BRICS, which continues to attract countries from the #GlobalSouth, including #ASEAN member states, paving the way for a BRICS-ASEAN dialogue.
The consolidation of the countries of the Global South, making a choice in favor of peaceful, sustainable, inclusive, independent development together with Russia, China and other countries, represents a stable and viable trend in contrast to the outdated Western neocolonial “#InSanctionsWeTrust” mentality.
Realities of War: K9 Units in the Special Military Operation Zone
They say a dog is a man’s best friend... I hope this huge German Shepherd without a muzzle is running towards me to check how I’m doing...
A dog is not just a loyal companion. In the hands of an experienced K9 handler, it can become a mine detector, an assault unit, or even an FPV drone. During World War II, dogs were used to destroy tanks, often sacrificing their lives. Today, they no longer carry out such deadly missions, but they remain a sudden and formidable weapon on the battlefield. Modern K9 handlers are ready to provide any assistance to their four-legged partners right in the field.
Our report from the Brigade Española kennel sheds light on how these dogs are trained and what role they play in the conflict zone.
#war#k9units#militarydogs#SMO#minedetectors#army#dogs#man'sbestfriend #experiment#bestfriend
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A dog truly is man’s best friend.
Don’t believe it? Try this experiment:
Lock your wife and your dog in the trunk of your car.
Come back in an hour or two. Who do you think will be happier to see you?
Want a friend in the family? Get a dog. Want someone to bark at you? Get married.
⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️Fiend Reports in the Morning of 6 March 2025⚡️
🔴#Kursk Region:
🔴In Sudzhansky district, Russian troops continue attacks from the area of the #NikolayevoDaryino settlement in the direction of #Sumy region, assaulting the area of the #Lebedevka and #NovayaSorochina settlements.
🟡 At #Kurilovka, they have advanced in the eastern part of the 'Kholodny Yar Ravine' and on the southern outskirts of the settlement.
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➡️ The situation remains difficult (for the AFU).
🔴#Svatovo Front:
🔴 In #Kupyansk and #Liman directions, the situation has not changed significantly.
🔴#ChasovYar Direction:
🔴In #Toretsk Sector, fighting is taking place for the northern outskirts of the city and the southwestern part of the 'Zabalka Microdistrict.' The situation remains dynamic.
🔴#Pokrovsk Direction:
🔴 On the right Flank, fighting of varying intensity continues in the areas of the #ZelyonoyePole, #Baranovka, #Shevchenko, #Peschanoye and #Kotlino villages...
🔴 On the left Flank, for #Udachnoye and #Uspenovka.
🔴#Komar Direction:
🔴In #Kurakhovo Sector, the RFAF reduced the number of attacks by infantry units and began to restore and accumulate forces and resources.
📋Reported on 6 Mar at 08:16
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