💬 "We do not threaten either Finland or Sweden. And we hope we are not threatened by either Finland or Sweden"

🇷🇺🇫🇮🇸🇪 Moscow has no issues with Finland or Sweden and hopes that they will not deploy missiles directed towards Russia

These countries are not waging a civil war against their regions, these countries are not killing Russians on their territory, these countries are not banning the Russian language as the language of outcasts, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

Russia has never had illusions about NATO and understands that this is an alliance that leads to confrontation and tension on the continent, the official added.

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🇷🇺The Russian MoD’s latest statement on the Ukraine crisis:

▪️ Russian Armed Forces have successfully repelled five attacks by Ukrainian assault groups in the DPR. The enemy's losses include up to 200 Ukrainian servicemen killed or wounded, eight motor vehicles, one D-30 howitzer, and one US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station.

▪️ The Russian Army repelled three attacks by enemy assault groups in South Donetsk. The enemy's losses include up to 160 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, and three Msta-B howitzers.

▪️ Russian Armed Forces have repelled an enemy attack in the Zaporozhye region. The enemy lost up to 145 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, three motor vehicles, and one UK-made Stormer HVM SAM system.

▪️ The Russian Army has repelled three attacks by Ukrainian assault groups in the LPR. The enemy losses included up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored fighting vehicles, two pick-up trucks, and one D-20 howitzer.

▪️ Russian Armed Forces have neutralized enemy manpower and hardware in the Kharkov region. The enemy lost up to 80 soldiers, two motor vehicles, and one D-30 howitzer.

▪️ Enemy losses in the Kherson region comprise up to 20 Ukrainian servicemen, three motor vehicles, two D-30 howitzers, as well as one Bukovel-AD anti-drone electronic warfare system.

▪️ Russia’s air defense facilities have intercepted three HIMARS and Olkha projectiles.

▪️ Some 467 airplanes, 248 helicopters, 6,628 unmanned aerial vehicles, 437 air defense missile systems, 11,779 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 1,149 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,331 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 12,905 special military motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.

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🇺🇸⚔️🇨🇳 US seeks to divide Indo-Pacific and use new alliances as 'proxies against China'

Washington’s goal is not to maintain stability in the Pacific region, as it often proclaims, but rather "to divide it against China," Brian Berletic, an ex-US Marine and independent geopolitical researcher and writer, told Sputnik.

The recent flurry of activity displayed by the United States with regard to Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, and, recently, Vietnam, is all geared to drum up alliances that would serve the purpose of “isolating and containing China,” he added.

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🇹🇷 Erdogan discusses the establishment of a gas hub in Turkey on the sidelines of the G20 summit

💬"In the financial center of the Atasehir district in Istanbul, we will open an energy center where we will deal not only with gas but also with oil, minerals, and renewable energy sources... In addition to this, there will be a gas hub in the Thrace region [in western Turkiye]. We discussed this issue with [Russian President Vladimir] Putin in Sochi," Erdogan told reporters.

The Turkish president added that he discussed the energy issue with counterparts during meetings on the sidelines of the G20 summit in India.

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🇺🇸US ‘trained & funded' 9/11 terrorists just like it arms Ukraine

As the United States remembers the victims of the deadly 9/11 terrorist attacks that shook the country 22 years ago, it is worth noting that Washington made a “deliberate choice” to "help create" the very extremists who masterminded them, Peter Kuznick, professor of history at the American University, told Sputnik.

💬"The US did help train, recruit and arm and educate the Islamic extremists who would then blow back against the United States on 9/11," said Peter Kuznick.

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🇷🇺 Russia will add Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Malaysia to the visa-free travel list

💬 "We are working toward establishing a visa-free system with countries of the Middle East and South Asia. We have proposed completely annulling visas for Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia. One of the reasons for interest in this issue is the possibility of increasing the traffic of tourists, including premium-class visitors," Russian Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov said at a panel at the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in the Russian Pacific city of Vladivostok.

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🪙 Ruble’s share in Russia’s exports tops 50 percent as dedollarization gains momentum

The US dollar’s slow, creeping decline as the currency of choice for global trade and central bank reserve holdings accelerated in 2022, when Washington and its allies attempted, and failed, to sanction Russia into submission amid the crisis in Ukraine. Moscow and its partners reacted by ramping up trade in local currencies.

💬“In the structure of our trade turnover, the ruble’s share is growing very strongly, of course. For example, in exports, over half of payments are in rubles. In imports, payments are still made mainly using the currencies of unfriendly countries; in general, ruble payments account for more than a third of overall trade turnover,” acting Federal Customs Service chief Ruslan Davydov told Sputnik on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok.

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🇨🇳 The yuan bounces back from a 16-year low after the People's Bank of China steps in

The currency fell to a rate of 7.26 to the US dollar last week, but peaked at around 7.35 on Friday before settling at just over 7.32 on Monday. Unnamed currency traders in China said lenders were selling dollars.

Singapore-based foreign exchange strategist Christopher Wong said intervention by the People's Bank of China "underscores policymakers' resolve to keep the yuan depreciation pressure in check." But "it remains early to tell if this is really a turnaround due to the effects of economic support measures," Wong said.

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🇷🇺🛫 Two Tu-22M3 long-range bombers performed a scheduled flight over international waters in the Baltic Sea lasting five hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said

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💬 "If there was a war, Russia would certainly activate ships and other aircraft and what have you in international waters and perhaps off the coast of the United States to deal with that. They're just assuming that what they've got over there right now is going to be sufficient for this exercise" Michael Maloof, a former Pentagon senior security policy analyst, commented on NATO preparing its biggest live joint command exercise since the Cold War.

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🇷🇺 How big is Russia's grain market?

Russia's agricultural dominance, fueled by cutting-edge techniques and expansive fertile lands, positions it as a powerhouse in global grain trade. Boasting record harvests and strategic exports, it has become the cornerstone of the world's food supply.

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🇷🇺 Russian tankmaker wants to restart production of legendary ‘flying tank’

Russian machine-building company Uralvagonzavod is mulling reinitiating the manufacturing of the T-80, turbine engine-equipped main battle tank which singlehandedly gave birth to the third generation of tank construction.

First introduced into service with the Soviet Army in 1976, the T-80 was the first third-generation MBT in the world, and the first tank model using a powerful multi-fuel gas turbine engine as its main source of propulsion, providing the 42.5-46 ton machine with pep which can prove critical in tank-on-tank encounters.

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🇺🇸 New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has invoked an emergency health order to suspend for 30 days the right to open and concealed carry of firearms across Albuquerque and Bernalillo County, an American broadcaster reported on Monday.

Grisham's decision to enact the suspension comes in response to a recent surge in deadly shootings, including the incidents involving a 13-year-old girl in July, a five-year-old girl in August and an 11-year-old boy this month - all occurring in the Albuquerque area, the news agency stated.

The emergency order will take effect on September 8, the agency added.

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