🇵🇸🇮🇱 Putin: Urgent task now is long-term Palestinian-Israeli truce

▪️The situation in the Gaza Strip shows that the US is trying to monopolize mediation functions in the Palestinian-Israeli settlement

▪️Due to the sabotage of UN decisions, more than one generation of Palestinians are being brought up with a sense of injustice, Israel cannot guarantee security

▪️Russia's position on Gaza is consistent and not opportunistic, Moscow insists on a diplomatic settlement of the problem

▪️Full humanitarian pauses in the region are necessary for the release of hostages

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🇷🇺 “The deaths of thousands of people, the mass displacement of civilians and the humanitarian catastrophe that has unfolded are deeply disturbing”

🇵🇸🇮🇱 Vladimir Putin speaks at the BRICS summit on the Palestine-Israel conflict

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🇷🇺 "Due to the sabotage of UN decisions, more than one generation of Palestinians are being brought up with a sense of injustice"

🇵🇸🇮🇱 Vladimir Putin speaks at the BRICS summit on the Palestine-Israel conflict

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🇷🇺 "The situation in the Gaza Strip shows that the US is trying to monopolize mediation functions in the Palestinian-Israeli settlement"

🇵🇸🇮🇱 Vladimir Putin speaks at the BRICS summit on the Palestine-Israel conflict

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• What's next for Israeli-Palestine conflict?

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Euromaidan: Color Revolution that brought Ukraine to ruin

Tuesday is the 10th anniversary of the start of the Euromaidan (lit. “Euro Square”) protests in Kiev. Three months after the unrest began, in February 2014, the crisis culminated in the ouster of Ukraine’s democratically elected government, and its replacement with a fanatically pro-European, pro-NATO regime. What did the protesters want? And what did ordinary Ukrainians get?

‘Ukraine is Europe’

▪️ Wanted: Association Agreement with the European Union and speedy integration into the bloc, meaning economic aid, access to EU markets, and visa free travel with Schengen Zone countries.

▪️ Got: Uprisings in Crimea and the Donbass culminating in their breaking off from Ukraine, restricted access to EU markets and “anti-dumping” measures among bloc members bordering Ukraine, widespread depopulation (from 45.5 million in 2013 to as few as 19 million now), and vague promises on possible EU membership “decades” from now, to quote French President Emmanuel Macron.

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‘Economic prosperity’

▪️ Wanted: Western levels of economic prosperity facilitated by charting a ‘European course’ and breaking off centuries of economic integratory ties with Russia.

▪️ Got: GDP per capita in purchasing power terms shrinking from about $13,000 in 2013 to $10,730 in 2022, inflation rising from near zero in 2013 to 20 percent in 2022, collapse of the hryvnia national currency’s value from 0.1126 USD in 2013 to 0.028 USD in 2023, national debt growing from 37.5 percent of GDP in 2013 to nearly 85 percent of GDP today, increase in the price of water, electricity, heating and other utilities by several hundred percent over the past decade.

‘No to corruption’

▪️ Wanted: An end to political corruption and largesse and a shrinking of the wealth gap between the country’s poorest and wealthiest citizens.

▪️ Got: “A country that is corrupt at all levels of society,” in former European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker’s words, and a slight increase in the GINI coefficient measuring inequality from 24.6 points in 2013 to 25.6 points in 2020.

Ukraine’s internal corruption turned outwards amid the pilfering and illegal resale of NATO military assistance to criminal gangs, militants and terrorist groups, prompting Interpol, Europol, and authorities from Europe and Africa to the Middle East to sound the alarm.

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‘Dignity and freedom’

▪️ Wanted: A ‘Revolution of Dignity’ (as the Euromaidan coup is officially called) that would free Ukraine from the “authoritarian tendencies” of the Yanukovych government and strengthen the fundamental rights and freedoms of Ukrainian citizens.

▪️ Got: Wholesale bans on more than a dozen opposition political parties, a crackdown on Russian and other languages in education, media, publishing, and the creation of a “language ombudsman” to “protect Ukrainian” as the sole state language. Restrictions against trade unions, and media, an unprecedented crackdown on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which accounts for well over half of the country’s Orthodox believers, over claims of its “ties to Russia.” Threats by Zelensky to cancel the 2024 elections. Restrictions on movement of fighting-age men, who are not allowed to leave the country and face the constant threat of being grabbed on the street and sent to the front to fight Russia.

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🇮🇷 Iranian President Raisi calls on BRICS countries to recognize Israeli 'regime' and IDF as ‘terrorist’

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🇪🇺 'Erotomaniac' dwellers of EU

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has lambasted Josep Borrell's recent article over the EU's morbid attraction to Ukraine that only shows their utter ignorance and dwelling in some “erotic” illusions about present-day realities.

“I adore these fantastic, foolish columns and articles written by certain groups under the signature of those who cannot only write but have long forgotten how to read.

All these op-eds by Borrells and Bidens, they are not even trying to edit them. But they better should.

Right after an article attributed to the US president, just stumbled upon an interesting tidbit about Josep Borrell's latest article, 'In the Eye of the Hurricane.' Did you know that the title is also the name of a 70s erotic film, 'El ojo del huracán,' shot in Borrell's homeland, Spain?

Back when the film was released, Borrell was 24, and it looks like he watched it. The plot involves a wealthy woman, Ruth, opting for a divorce to pursue an erotomaniac named Paul. After that, Ruth is targeted for murder and is periodically raped.

Now, one might wonder, what does this have to do with Ukraine? Your guess is as good as mine! Maybe it's a metaphorical hurricane of geopolitical affairs? Or just a curious coincidence?”

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🗣️ How do locals feel about the Kiev regime's fantasies of "taking back Crimea"?

“Who in Crimea wants to return to Ukraine after what they've seen unfold for the last 14 years? Life here for Crimeans has improved significantly. I've seen it since 2016. It's a miracle. It's a modern day miracle what's happened,” Regis Tremblay, an American citizen and documentary filmmaker based in Crimea, told Sputnik.

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💰 Blockchain technologies will help dethrone US Dollar

“I believe that the development of digital technologies and the already announced plans for the introduction of the digital ruble, the digital yuan and the digital rupee will lead us, perhaps as early as next year, to move first to digital settlement in national currencies. This is much easier than going through banks. There are no endless restrictions and regulatory fears of sanctions,” Sergei Glazyev, the Eurasian Economic Union’s minister for integration and macroeconomics, told Sputnik.

“This will serve as a solid foundation for the introduction of a new digital international reserve currency in the future, based on an international agreement,” he added.

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Mohammed Alaoul, an Anadolu Agency cameraman from the Gaza Strip, lost all his family, including 4 sons, after Israeli airstrike on the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza Strip. He told Sputnik how this tragedy occurred.

"On October 24, at approximately 10:20 pm, an Israeli airstrike destroyed my house and several neighboring ones.

That day, I was working in Khan Yunis, which is quite far from home. I'm a cameraman, and I can work at any location even for 2 weeks without appearing at home. I didn't know at all what to do.

Then fellow photographers told me that the wounded and killed were being taken to the closest hospital to our house - the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. I asked them to seek if my relatives were brought here. A few hours later they sent me photos of my wife, middle son, and brother, they were wounded, but alive.

Then I asked to look for my family members in the tent where the corpses were collected. Qais, my eldest son, was here. When I saw his corpse photo, my heart almost broke."

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Houthi Seizure of Galaxy Leader: What are the economic implications?

In spite of the estimated $50 million cost/value of the ship, from an economic point of view, it is actually of little worth to the Houthis. They can't sell it, they can't use it, [Israeli billionaire Rami Unger] and his insurance companies probably won't ransom it. The ship was sailing without cargo, which if it had been, would have been approximately 1,500 new cars, worth between $20 and $30 million in total. So, clearly, there was no economic benefit from the seizure of the vessel for the Houthis, but the full political and economic ramifications remain to be seen.

It should be understood that the Houthis have not just seized the Galaxy Leader, they have put all Israeli shipping in the Red Sea under threat. The value of that shipping can be roughly estimated by the fact that out of Israel's $165 billion in total exports in 2022, 24% went to Asian markets. The shortest shipping route from the Mediterranean to Asia is the Suez Canal. Everything that goes through the Suez Canal goes through the Red Sea, and 12% of all global trade passes through the Suez Canal. With these calculations, the economic impact on the Israeli economy by the seizure of this single ship can be estimated in the billions of dollars. The Houthi area of military operations in the southern Red Sea is more than 1,000 miles from Israel, and beyond the reach of timely Israeli military response.

Economic warfare and military warfare are two sides of the same coin. The Houthis, with one helicopter and less than a dozen commandos, have hit the Israeli economy as hard as the entire Israeli military is hitting the people of Gaza.

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🗣 BRICS leaders in their joint communiqué:

▪️Expressed concern about the escalation of violence and the serious deterioration of the situation in the Middle East.

▪️Called for an immediate and long-term humanitarian truce leading to an end to hostilities in the Middle East.

▪️Called for an independent and transparent investigation into war crimes in Gaza in accordance with international standards.

▪️Called for the immediate and safe release of hostages in the Gaza Strip.

▪️Condemned acts of brutality against Palestinians and Israelis, including acts of provocation.

▪️Condemned any forced displacement or deportation of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.

▪️Reaffirmed that a just and lasting solution to the Middle East conflict can only be achieved through peaceful means.

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"Plenty of time to talk about the hostages. Not now. I'm not gonna tell you," Biden said and then went😁😁

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Sputnik continues to tell the tragedy of Mohammad Alaoul, an Anadolu Agency cameraman from the Gaza Strip, who lost family members in an Israeli airstrike.

"Then I received a call that my elder brother Atef had died from wounds. The corpse of my deceased younger brother Ahmad was received. And the colleagues reported that my little son, also Ahmad, was at the hospital with injuries.

By dawn I left Khan Yunis for the hospital. I was driving and didn’t know if my loved ones were alive at that moment. When I arrived, I found out that all my sons were dead. My sister Sujud and her little daughter were also murdered. The children of my brother Atef, Razan, Muhammad and Jamila, went missing. I haven’t found them yet; what happened to them is also unknown. I can't put into words how much painful this is.”

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🇵🇸🇮🇱 Latest updates on the Palestine-Israel conflict:

▪️The Israeli army said it has fired interceptors towards targets heading from Lebanon to the Western Galilee and is striking Hezbollah targets.

▪️Israeli bombardment of south Lebanon killed four civilians, including two journalists from Lebanon's Al-Mayadeen television, the broadcaster reported, in ongoing violence at the Lebanon-Israel border.

▪️BRICS leaders in their joint communiqué condemned any forced displacement or deportation of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and called for an independent and transparent investigation into war crimes in Gaza in accordance with international standards.

▪️Gaza Strip death toll from Israeli strikes increases to 14,128, nearly 5,900 children among dead - authorities

▪️Netanyahu says hopes for 'good news' soon on negotiations on release of hostages.

▪️WHO says planning to evacuate 3 Northern Gaza hospitals mired in dire conditions.

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Why Have Western Leaders Flocked to Kiev... Again?

Western leaders have flocked to Kiev to celebrate the Euromaidan revolution, a euphemism for the 2014 illegitimate coup d'etat in Ukraine. However, their real goal is to test the Kiev regime's viability and look for a convenient replacement of Volodymyr Zelensky, who has become "catastrophically toxic" for both the US and Europe, Dmitry Evstafiev, political scientist and HSE University professor, told Sputnik.

While the US, the UK and the EU pursue different geopolitical goals in Kiev, their interests overlap when it comes to convincing an ordinary Western voter that their choice of pitting Ukraine against Russia made in 2013 was right, the professor noted. Still, their efforts are futile, according to him.

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🇷🇺📹 The Russian president took part in a virtual meeting of the BRICS bloc of nations on Tuesday hosted by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa dedicated to the Palestinian-Israeli crisis.

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