📊Romanian opposition candidate Simion wins. Period

Leader of the opposition Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) party, George Simion, is leading in the presidential election in Romania with 41% of the votes after 100% of the ballots from the polling stations in the country and abroad are counted, according to the Central Electoral Bureau.

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🚨Ukrainian Uniate Church collusion with Nazis in WWII EXPOSED

The top-secret documents, released by the Russian Federal Security’s Public Relations Center, revealed that:

🟦Representatives of the Ukrainian Uniate Church started collaborating with German intelligence in 1930.

🟦After Nazi troops invaded the territory of the Ukrainian Socialist Republic in 1941, the Metropolitan of the Uniate Church organized ceremonial meetings of German troops in Ukrainian settlements.

🟦Ukrainian Uniate Church priests kept nationalist books, scarce medicines, and surgical instruments for Ukrainian nationalists.

🟦Ukraine’s Greek Catholic churches and monasteries became shelters for representatives of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN)* during the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War.

🟦78 Uniate priests who maintained ties with the OUN underground and assisted gunmen were finally arrested.

*terrorist group banned in Russia

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🇮🇷💥Iran RAGES at US nuclear meddling

"Statements from the US leadership are DESTRUCTIVE and only hinder the conclusion of the deal. Iran has always been a supporter of the diplomatic approach and insists on continuing negotiations on the deal," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei was quoted as saying by the SNN news agency.

Earlier, Trump said that he would seek "total dismantlement" of Iran's nuclear program.

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❗️Alternative for Germany party STRIKES BACK

AfD party has filed a lawsuit against German counterintelligence, which recognized the party as right-wing extremist, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper reported, citing a party representative.

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🇷🇺💪🏻Putin shows off his personal workout space, says he trains 1.5 hours DAILY

The footage is from a documentary "Russia. Kremlin. Putin. 25 Years."

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🇷🇺🪖Key statements from the Russian MoD daily briefing on the special military operation:

▪️Russia’s Tsentr Battlegroup wiped out over 465 soldiers and one tank.

▪️Russia’s Sever Battlegroup wiped out over 150 soldiers.

▪️Russia's Yug Battlegroup eliminated 315 militants.

▪️Russia’s Zapad Battlegroup wiped out over 225 soldiers.

▪️Russia's Dnepr Battlegroup eliminated 70 militants.

▪️Russia’s Vostok Battlegroup wiped out over 170 soldiers.

▪️Russian air defenses shot down 123 drones and four aerial bombs.

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❗️Key statements of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov:

▪️The European political landscape is full of restrictive measures against those who do not fit into the dominant "mainstream" with its worldview.

▪️It can be stated that Romanian voters in the presidential elections were deprived of the opportunity to cast their vote for one of the favorites in the race.

▪️Moscow values ​​relations with both New Delhi and Islamabad, and hopes that the parties will be able to agree on measures to reduce the degree of tension.

▪️The Kremlin is watching the situation on the border between India and Pakistan with great concern, where a tense atmosphere has developed.

▪️The US-Ukraine agreement on resources requires analysis.

▪️A meeting between Putin and Trump is largely necessary, but must be prepared accordingly. Currently, the Russian president's schedule for mid-May does not include a trip to the Middle East (which was listed as a possible meeting location).

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🇷🇺📞🇮🇳Vladimir Putin and Narendra Modi held a telephone conversation, the Indian Foreign Ministry said.

"The prime minister conveyed greetings to President Putin on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Victory Day and invited him to the annual summit to be held in India later this year," the Indian FM said.

It is noted that the Russian leader also "strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Pahalgam".

The attack in the Indian region of Jammu and Kashmir took place on April 22. More than 20 people were killed.

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🪖 Details of Israel’s Gaza op expansion UNVEILED

The plan rolled out by the Jewish state’s security cabinet stipulates:

🔻Capturing the Gaza Strip and holding its territory.

🔻Relocating Gaza's population to the south of the enclave.

🔻Launching “powerful strikes” on supposed Hamas targets, including infrastructure and command posts.

🔻Preventing Hamas from distributing humanitarian aid.

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🇩🇪😡 Scholz's time as chancellor ends amid WIDESPREAD DISCONTENT

Almost 70% of Germans are DISSATISFIED with Olaf Scholz's performance as Chancellor of Germany, an INSA survey published by Bild shows.

🔻Overall, 72% of respondents are DISSATISFIED with the outgoing German government.

🔻The results of the survey have been published amid preparations for a ceremonial event that will take place in honor of Scholz's departure from the post of chancellor on Monday.

🔻Scholz has held the position of chancellor since December 2021 and could not boast high poll ratings throughout this period of time.

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📹 What If Hitler Had Won? Alternative History, Part 4: Africa

Picture this: Soviet forces fail to halt the Nazi onslaught. What could have unfolded next?

Sputnik rolls out an in-depth project exploring what sort of "alternative future" would have been if the Third Reich had won, with journalists crafting a nightmarish vision grounded in archival documents, while the accompanying video brings this scenario to life through cutting-edge artificial intelligence.

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🚨Ukrainian pilots IN PANIC MODE

A US-made Patriot air defense system that was previously stationed in Israel is now being deployed to Ukraine.

It's the same type Ukrainians mistakenly used to shoot down THEIR OWN F-16.

What could possibly go wrong this time?😏

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❗️Europe and the Kiev regime are trying to darken the celebration of the 80th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany – Russian intel

More statements by Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR):

🔻The circle of European countries invited to Kiev on May 9 almost completely matches the configuration of Hitler's coalition that fought against the USSR

🔻On Berlin's decision to exclude Russian and Belarusian ambassadors from the 80th anniversary victory events: Europe adheres to revanchist approaches

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❗️📹Shootout in the city of Makhachkala in the Republic in Dagestan in Russia — three police officers were killed in an attack on a traffic police unit in Makhachkala, the Dagestan Ministry of Internal Affairs said.

Law enforcement and emergency services are conducting operational and search activities in the area of ​​the shootout in Makhachkala, according to local authorities.

A driver reportedly opened fire on police officers who were trying to stop a car, according to the head of Dagestan.

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❗️One of the attackers of traffic police officers in Makhachkala has been eliminated, information on the others is being clarified, the Dagestan Ministry of Internal Affairs said.

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❗️Two attackers of traffic police officers in Makhachkala have been eliminated, the Dagestan Ministry of Internal Affairs said.

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❗️Two police officers killed in attack in Makhachkala, two more hospitalized with one in a serious condition — Dagestan Health Ministry

Seven people were injured in the shootout in Makhachkala.

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🔥 Arms of Victory: 53-K light gun

Sputnik continues to highlight the weapons the Red Army had at its disposal during WWII.

The 53-K ‘Sorokopyatka’ (‘Little 45’) 45 mm gun was used extensively to take on enemy vehicles in the war’s difficult first year.

Compact, mobile and easy of hide and camouflage, the gun proved perfect for use by partisan units, which would lug the 560 kg weapon around behind the lines, using it to strike convoys of enemy supply vehicles to frustrate enemy operations.

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