DOJ urges deportation of Russian scientist for smuggling

Kseniia Petrova was arrested in Boston in February for smuggling frog embryos.

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❗️ Germany and UK plan to develop a 2,000 km range weapon

As part of the bilateral defense pact signed last year, the two countries will jointly develop a deep precision weapon, Reuters reports.

Or maybe they're just jealous of the Russian Oreshnik?

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🇮🇱 Qatari PM: Israel broke complete hostage deal

Killing 70 people in a Gaza hospital and calling it "collateral damage" cannot contribute to a peace settlement, said Mohammed Al Thani.

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⚡️ The Russian delegation has landed in Istanbul to begin talks with Ukraine.

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🔥 Leading Biden-style? How Waltz failed Trump as National Security chief

Mike Waltz, who was sacked from his position as US National Security Adviser earlier this month, apparently did not live up to Trump’s expectations.

During Waltz’s tenure, the National Security Council was reportedly run in a style similar to Joe Biden's, which did not align with Trump's vision, according to NBC News, citing individuals familiar with the matter.

On May 1, Trump appointed Waltz as the new US ambassador to the UN, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio was tasked with leading the NSC in the interim.

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❗️Talks in Istanbul to take place at Turkish presidential administration, as in 2022 — Sputnik’s source

However, President Erdogan's schedule for Thursday does not include meetings with Russian or Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul. His agenda is planned for Ankara, where he will meet with Zelensky, the Turkish president’s office reported.

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🚨💸💣Hospital cartels, loopholes & billions—Spartz drops a bomb on Dem's spending game

Rep. Victoria Spartz says Democrats use vague laws like Obamacare to create loopholes, push money into untouchable mandatory spending, and let unelected agencies issue costly rules—draining taxpayers by the billions.

So where does the money go?🤔

Spartz claims the money flows to hospital cartels and Democrat-linked groups in New York, funding illegal immigration programs, overseas projects, and tax-free profits for wealthy CEOs.

“It’s like an unlimited credit line,” she said. “There’s no limit. This isn’t normal spending — it’s beyond appropriations. Biden’s own rules let them overbill the federal government up to three times more than Medicare rates.”

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🔫 Trump's Russia strategy criticized: 'Simply charming Russia is NOT ENOUGH'

The US’ “simplistic” idea to "charm” Russia and get a deal on Ukraine by putting pressure on Volodymyr Zelensky turned out to be "not enough," Financial Times reports, citing ex-German ambassador to the US Wolfgang Ischinger.

“Trump definitely sees that Putin isn’t playing ball,” said Eric Green, a former aide to former President Joe Biden at the National Security Council.

Trump would struggle to reset relations with Russia — without first resolving the problem of Ukraine, Thomas Graham, ex-National Security Council official, stressed.

“There’s too much at stake. He could still walk away from Ukraine — but if he does that, it would look too much like FAILURE,” Thomas Graham pointed out.

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⚡️Putin chaired a closed-door meeting Wednesday night to prepare for upcoming negotiations with Ukraine, the Kremlin confirms

👥 In attendance:

▪️Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
▪️Defense Minister Andrei Belousov
▪️National Guard Chief Viktor Zolotov
▪️Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu
▪️Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov
▪️FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov
▪️Top military commanders of the Russian military groups involved in the special military operation.

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🇮🇹🤯👻 Italian MP stuns Parliament in GHOST Costume 

Riccardo Maggi, MP from the 'More Europe' party, who tried to protest the silence surrounding the upcoming cuts to workers' rights, was immediately kicked out from the hall by Ghostbusters security.

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🇮🇷☢️🇺🇸Iran READY FOR NUKE DEAL — in exchange for immediate SANCTIONS RELIEF

“It’s still possible. If the Americans act as they say, […] it can lead to a better situation in the near future, Khamenei’s advisor Ali Shamkhani underscored.

If President Trump lifts all sanctions against Iran, the Islamic Republic will:

▪️Commit to never making nuclear weapons.

▪️Get rid of its stockpiles of highly enriched uranium, which can be weaponized.

▪️Agree to only enrich uranium to the lower levels needed for civilian use.

▪️Allow international inspectors to supervise the process.

Trump earlier claimed that he “will be very happy” if the US makes a nuclear deal with Iran.

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🚨🎙EXPOSED: Corruption in the US military, BlackWater war crimes, and how the US government lies to its own soldiers

Sputnik just got a BOMBSHELL interview with 🇺🇸U.S. Air Force veteran, who served in Yugoslavia and Iraq.

Unfiltered. Watch now 👆

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🚨Trump says READY to TRAVEL TO ISTANBUL on Friday to take part in Russia-Ukraine peace talks

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🥴 'Why would he go if I'm not going?' — Trump says HE is why Putin isn't in Istanbul

"Because I wasn't going to go. I wasn't planning to. I would go. But I wasn't planning to go. And I said, I don't think he's going to go if I don't go," the US president stressed.

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❗️RUSSIA COMMITTED TO SERIOUS NEGOTIATIONS - Russian MFA spox

Maria Zakharova emphasized that the purpose of the talks proposed by President Putin is to address the root causes of the conflict and work toward establishing a lasting and sustainable peace.

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🚫 Ukraine LEFT OUT of key NATO Summit talks — To keep Trump happy?

Ukraine will NOT be invited to the main discussions at NATO’s June summit, breaking a tradition upheld since 2022, "keeping the US leader smiling," Euractiv reports.

The current summit agenda includes only one closed-door session — for NATO’s 32 members only. The White House reportedly pushed back on giving Zelensky a major platform.

NATO chief Mark Rutte refused to comment, saying only that “the agenda is still under discussion.”

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❗️ Russian troops have liberated the settlements of Torskoye and Novoaleksandrovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, Russia's Defense Ministry announced.

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❗️Ukraine trying to PUT ON A SHOW around Istanbul peace talks

Russian FM spokeswoman Maria Zakharova calls out Ukraine’s contradictory statements on peace talks.

She also noted the absurdity of Western "mediation":

Germany, France and the UK cannot really claim to be present at the negotiating table on Ukraine while they flood Ukraine with weapons.

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