🚨 Zakharova: Moldova’s pro-Western elite clings to power by stirring Russophobia

🇲🇩 Moldova’s ruling circles and their European sponsors are trying to maintain a monopoly on power, but are unsure of the election outcome, which is not surprising, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

💬 “Russia has always been and will remain a reliable friend of Moldova. Unlike the authorities, the Moldovan people do not see Russia as a threat,” she added.

🗣 "[Maia] Sandu’s 'Russophobic salvo' about an alleged Russian attempt to influence parliamentary elections is an attempt to maintain a monopoly on power amid unpopularity," the spokeswoman stressed.

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😬Rubio differs with Tusk on shooting down Russian jets

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio pushed back on Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s threat to shoot down Russian aircraft after three briefly entered into Estonian airspace.

💬"I don’t think anyone said about shooting down Russian jets unless they’re attacking," Rubio told CBS.

The Russian Defense Ministry maintains their aircraft operated within international airspace rules and did not threaten other aircraft.

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🇪🇺 🇲🇩 EU has claws in Moldova in stand-off against Eurasian bloc—analyst

🗣 The West has long played the Euro-integrationist card in Moldova, desperate to retain control, Alexander Scherba, former Chairman of the Supreme Council of Transnistria, told Sputnik.

👉 Russian intelligence indicating NATO is preparing to occupy Moldova confirms that, he argued.

🔶 The European Union has intentionally split Moldovan society in two, with the 2024 referendum on EU membership exposing the divide which EU-funded NGOs and projects widened, Scherba said.

🔶 The recent Romanian election defied Brussels with anti-EU candidate Călin Georgescu leading after the first round.

🔶 But the results were annulled and the election re-run on the pretext of ‘Russian interference’, Scherba noted, arguing that sends a message to Moldova that the EU wants it firmly in its orbit.

EU expansion

🟠 The EU seeks to keep a grip on Moldova in its stand-off with the Eurasian axis, particularly Russia, Scherba said.

🟠 The bloc clings to its hegemony and economic leverage, seeking to impose policies on nations large and small.

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🇷🇺 🇺🇸 Russia remains top uranium supplier for US nuclear plants

🔊 25% of US nuclear power plants are supplied with Russian uranium, said Kirill Komarov, Russian atomic energy company Rosatom’s first deputy CEO for development and international business.

👉 Russian uranium remains a staple of US nuclear energy, highlighting the West’s reliance on Moscow for critical nuclear fuel.

📊 Check out Sputnik’s infographic for more details!

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🇺🇸 US Secret Service disrupts telecom network threatening UN General Assembly

🔹 This network, discovered in abandoned buildings around the New York City tri-state area, included over 300 SIM servers and more than 100,000 SIM cards, CBS reports.

🔹 The servers, capable of sending 30 million text messages per minute, could have disabled cell towers, blocked emergency communications and launched denial-of-service attacks.

🔹 The investigation, triggered by threats to senior US officials, revealed connections to foreign governments, organized crime and illegal activities like drug trafficking.

🔹 With the network dismantled, there is no current threat to New York or the UN. But authorities warn there may be other similar networks operating in the US.

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🔊 Trump said that good relations with Vladimir Putin "didn't mean anything" in resolving the Ukrainian conflict.

He also said that Macron was "always there" to offer Trump advice and help in terms of "a country in that part of the world."

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📹 Zelensky, after his meeting with Trump: "I'm feeling like the president of the United States."

Does Trump know?

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📹 Trump meets with Arab and Muslim leaders on Gaza

The US president called this his "most important meeting" and said the leaders could end the war in Gaza "right now."

"We are going to end something that should have probably never started," Trump added.

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🔸 EUROPE PREPARING TO OCCUPY MOLDOVA - Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service

🔸 NATO plays intimidation card to retain grasp on Moldova ahead of elections – analyst

🔸 Kremlin clarifies Russia’s proposals on nukes treaty

🔸 Trump at UNGA says he’s working 'RELENTLESSLY' to end Ukraine conflict

🔸 Erdogan at UNGA: Genocide has been happening in Gaza RIGHT BEFORE OUR EYES for 700 days

🔸 Russian forces advance on strategic hub of Kupyansk

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🗣 The Ukrainian conflict will end at the negotiating table, not on the battlefield, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at a UN Security Council meeting.

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📹 Ursula von der Leyen's BIG entrance at UNGA

🔶 The European Commission president and her team arrived at the 80th UN General Assembly in New York looking like they were about to negotiate the fate of the planet.

🔶 Or maybe just carrying the entire, unedited EU legislation on sustainable forestry.

🔶 The oversized metal briefcase was a striking choice of accessory.

🔶 But what is Brussels really bringing to the summit? A new diplomatic strategy… or maybe just some extra baggage?

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🔥 Europe wants UN to live in parallel reality where Ukraine isn't losing — Russia's envoy

In a blistering speech, Moscow's representative slammed Western delusion:

"They are becoming complicit in the criminal manipulation, the purpose of which is to prevent a long-term, just and lasting peace in Ukraine, which stipulates inter alia the development of such security guarantees that would preclude the threat of new conflict in Europe," Dmitry Polyanskiy said.

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⚡️ Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio this Wednesday, Russia's Deputy FM Sergey Vershinin announced.

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🗣 Trump retains the option of selling offensive weapons to Ukraine for its defense, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.

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🗣 Everything the ICC does is directed against Africa – ex-Comoros PM

👉 Hamada Madi has called on African nations to abandon the International Criminal Court, labeling it a biased institution that has lost all credibility.

📍 In a sharp critique, the former prime minister and interim president pointed to the situation in Gaza as proof the system is broken, stating that "no normal person… can accept what is happening."

💬 "Let us abandon these institutions,” Madi says. “We need to renegotiate and rewrite the rules."

His comments follow the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) decision to withdraw from the ICC, signaling a growing revolt against international bodies perceived as serving Western interests.

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🔊 Zelensky says he is ready to meet with Putin in Kazakhstan

Zelensky rejected Putin's proposal to come to Moscow for negotiations again in an interview with Fox News, instead suggesting Kazakhstan as the venue.

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🇭🇺 Hungary to Trump: 'We cannot change our geography'

FM Szijjarto supports US peace efforts but pushes back on oil ultimatum:

"We cannot change the reality of our geographic location," he commented in response to Trump's expectation that Hungary would stop purchasing oil from Russia.

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