Asian businesses could be able to fill the void left by Western companies in Russia's market since the interest of this region in Russia is big, Michael Goddard, the president of the Netley Group, told Sputnik

The entrepreneur also expressed hope that Russia and its partners in Asia would find new ways to facilitate investment flows.

"There will be very soon new ways to move capital in and out of Russia or in and out of anywhere. I believe a lot of that will come to the digital ruble, digital yuan that will enable people to move money. Plus, there will be an analogue of SWIFT which they are already working on. And between all of these things, they will be able to move money in and out of Russia," Goddard added.

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📹🙃 European Commissioner Ylva Johansson preferred to knit rather than listen to EC President Ursula von der Leyen's speech on the state of the EU yesterday

The leader of the French Patriots party, Florian Philippot, published this footage on social networks, noting that von der Leyen's speech was "unbearable".

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76-year-old Republican Senator Mitt Romney has called on US President Joe Biden to join him in retirement and annul his bid for re-election next year

Referring to POTUS’ promise made during his election campaign in 2020, Romney told reporters that “President Biden, when he was running, said he was a transitional figure to the next generation. Well, time to transition.”

The senator also said that he thinks “it would be a great thing if President Biden […] was to stand aside” and let his party “pick someone in the next generation.”

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🤯 Ukrainians disqualified the contestants of Miss Ukraine beauty pageant for their ties to Russia

Among the contestants were several girls who worked and lived in Russia. For example, one of the contestants used to live in Moscow and moved to Dubai last year, but keeps in touch with Russian models and speaks Russian. After the publication of the models' data, Ukrainians demanded the cancellation of the contest.

In light of of the scandal, the organizers of Miss Ukraine decided to establish a special commission to identify ties with Russia.

On Wednesday, September 13, three contestants were eliminated from the competition and two more quit on their own initiative.

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📹 Russia's multipurpose attack helicopters continue to wipe out Ukrainian strongholds and hardware

The main strike force of the joint task groups are Ka-52 "Alligator" and Mi-28 "Night Hunter" helicopters. Such groups are closely followed by Mi-35 helicopters. These helicopters launch unguided missiles at enemy targets and provide cover for attack helicopters.

Mi-8 transport and attack helicopters with a fire support group on board also join such groups. The tasks of the latter are evacuation of crew members, on-board documentation and equipment of attack helicopters in case of emergency.

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🇷🇺🇺🇸 The Congress of Russian Americans (CRA) has fought Russophobia throughout its 50-year existence by opposing closures of parks and demolition of monuments linked to Russian heritage

Most recently, Aleuts in Sitka, Alaska, wanted to completely remove the Baranov statue - representing Alexander Baranov, who governed the territories of Russian America from 1799-1819. CRA President Natalie Sabelnik expressed concern with that demand to destroy the statue as a Russophobic act.

The CRA president emphasized that Russophobia remains a part of life in the United States just as intolerance against other minorities - African, Asian or Jewish Americans - also exists. "Yes, a lot of progress has been made, but it still prevails in the United States. It is still something that I am not sure will ever go away," she said.

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🙄 "That's the job description. You don't do much"

US Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has admitted that Kamala Harris doesn't do much because that's the role of the US Vice President: to literally do nothing.

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Have you heard about the mysterious new arms based on "new physical principles"?

Russian President Vladimir Putin has mentioned that such types of weapons are being developed.

🤔 What does Putin mean?

These weapons are said to include:

▪️ Directed energy weapons;
▪️ Electromagnetic weapons;
▪️ Non-lethal weapons;
▪️ Geophysical weapons;
▪️ Radiological weapons;
▪️ Bioweapons.

Veteran Russian military observer Viktor Murakhovsky told Sputnik that Putin's comments probably referred to lasers and other high-energy physics-based weapons.

💬 "The advantage of laser weapons is clear: they destroy their target instantly. But the disadvantages, especially in field applications, are very great. It's necessary, in effect, to build a separate electrical generator for ground-based systems," he said.

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📹 Russian Pacific Marines successfully repel Ukrainian Armed Forces attacks near Ugledar

The Marine Corps of the Pacific Fleet, supported by artillery fire, is stopping all enemy attempts to break through in the DPR.

Despite having undergone training in NATO countries and being equipped with Western gear, Ukrainian units have been struggling to achieve any success on the battlefield. Every attack launch leads to devastating losses.

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🇷🇺🇰🇵 Vladimir Putin presented Kim Jong Un with a glove from a spacesuit that had been in space and a domestically produced carbine rifle, Kremlin spokesman Peskov said.

In response, the Korean leader also presented a carbine - created by Korean craftsmen. The presidential press secretary noted these were not the only gifts leaders's made for each other.

Putin accepted Kim Jong Un’s invitation to visit North Korea 'with gratitude', Peskov added.

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📹 Russia's T-90M tank crews wipe out enemy strongholds and personnel

The tank crews work in coordination with reconnaissance teams and UAV crews to increase accuracy and conserve ammunition.

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🗣️ On the ineffectiveness of anti-Russian sanctions:

"The assumption in the West was that it [Russia] did not have a high tech base. So as was said by the German foreign minister, I believe, Russia would be scrounging washing machines imported from Germany to get the chips for its military capacity. These kinds of absurdities were part of the mythology, and Russia's high tech capacities were clearly constantly neglected and discounted... This was going to "be it". This was somehow so dramatic, it would decisively end the conflict. Yeah, completely naive," Jeffrey Sachs, a Columbia University economist, told Sputnik.

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The Russian MoD has issued the following statements on the Ukraine crisis:

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces have repelled eight enemy attacks in the DPR. They have inflicted around 350 casualties on the Ukrainian troops and destroyed three armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, three US-made M777 and M109 howitzers, and one D-30 howitzer.

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces have repelled three Ukrainian attacks in the Zaporozhye region. They have neutralised up to 95 Ukrainian personnel, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles. They have also wiped out US-made M777 and M119 artillery howitzers, one UK-made FH-70 howitzer, one Msta-B howitzer, one D-20 and one D-30 howitzers in counter-battery warfare.

▪️ The Russian Army has repelled one enemy attack in southern Donetsk. They have neutralised up to 140 Ukrainian personnel, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles.

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces have repelled one Ukrainian attack in the LPR. They have destroyed up to 55 Ukrainian troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, and one D-20 howitzer.

▪️ In the Kherson direction, they have neutralised up to 70 Ukrainian troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, seven motor vehicles, and one D-30 howitzer by fire.

▪️ The fighter aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces has shot down one Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force near Krasny Liman.

▪️ The Russian air defence units have intercepted four HIMARS MLRS projectiles during the day.

▪️ During the special military operation, they have destroyed 467 airplanes and 249 helicopters, 6,759 unmanned aerial vehicles, 437 air defence missile systems, 11,826 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 1,150 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,374 field artillery cannons and mortars, and 12,982 units of special military equipment.

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NATO is critically short of missiles and ammunition in general. The need for new weapons exceeds production, said the commander-in-chief of the Norwegian Armed Forces.

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😵‍💫👀 Italian PM's comportment is very reminiscent of Zelensky

At the recent G-20 summit, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Melony's behavior made many onlookers raise their eyebrows.

Some netizens couldn't help but draw comparisons between the way she carries herself and Zelensky, whose recent suspiciously jittery behavior has been widely discussed.

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❗️Head of the DPR denied the news statements coming from Kiev about the capture of Andreevka near Artemovsk (Bakhmut) by Ukrainian troops. "It's a fake," Denis Pushilin told Sputnik.

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Russia declares 2 employees of US Embassy personae non gratae

According to the statement, US ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy was summoned to the ministry on Thursday to receive a strong demarche over actions of Jeffrey Sillin and David Bernstein, the first and the second secretaries of the embassy, which are “incompatible with the diplomatic status.”

🗣 “These persons [Sillin and Berstein] carried out illegal activities by maintaining contact with Russian citizen [Robert] Shonov, accused of ‘confidential cooperation’ with a foreign state. [Shonov] was given tasks with the goal of harming the national security of the Russian Federation for financial compensation. The US ambassador was informed that J. Sillin and D. Bernstein must leave Russian territory within 7 days in the status of persona non grata,” the ministry said.

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Moscow has demanded that Kishinev cease politically motivated persecution of Russian-language media resources and observe international obligations in the field of freedom of speech and media after Moldova expelled the head of the Sputnik desk in Moldova, Vitaly Denisov, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

🗣 "The Russian side regarded this step as part of the anti-Russian campaign officially launched by Kishinev. They demanded that the Moldovan side stop the politically motivated persecution of Russian-language media resources and comply with international obligations in the field of freedom of speech and media and ensuring the rights of journalists," the foreign ministry said in a statement.

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