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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏPutin arrives in Tajikistan for state visit and key summits Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Tajikistan for a state visit from October 8 to 10, where he will participate in the second Central Asia โ€“ Russia summit and a CIS leadersโ€™ meeting.โ€ฆ
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ A grand welcome: Flowers, red carpet and a motorcade

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon personally greeted his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as he stepped off his aircraft, marking a warm and prestigious reception.

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๐Ÿšจ Kremlin warns of serious escalation if Tomahawk missiles delivered to Ukraine ๐Ÿ—ฃ Tomahawk missiles may have a nuclear version, and this should be kept in mind, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian president has warned, explaining that theirโ€ฆ
๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿš€US Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine will damage US-Russia relations - Russian Foreign Ministry

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that US supplies of Tomahawk cruise missiles to Kiev could escalate confrontation and derail peace talks, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

โ€œIf it is eventually adopted, it will not only lead to a spiral of confrontation but will also cause irreparable damage to Russian-US relations, which have just begun to show elements of resuming bilateral dialogue,โ€ Zakharova said.

She urged the US to exercise restraint and expressed hope that Moscowโ€™s warnings will be heard in Washington.

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๐ŸšจTRUMP'S PLAN TO END THE GAZA CONFLICT๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป President Trumpโ€™s peace plan aims to create a deradicalized, terror-free Gaza, with hostage releases, prisoner exchanges, and economic development for the people of Gaza. Key highlights: ๐Ÿ”ถGaza redeveloped for itsโ€ฆ
๐ŸšจLavrov on Trump Gaza Plan: Best option for Arabs to stop Israeli "annexation"

US President Donald Trumpโ€™s 20-point Gaza peace plan is the best solution currently "on the table," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

๐Ÿ’ฌ"US President Donald Trump proposed his '20 points,' in which the word 'statehood' is mentioned," he said in an interview for the RT project Bridges to the East.


๐Ÿ‘‰Lavrov stressed that, while vague, the scheme is the most acceptable to Arabs and would prevent further annexations by Israel.

He called the plan "realistic" and the best choice for resolving the Gaza conflict.

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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿš€US Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine will damage US-Russia relations - Russian Foreign Ministry Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that US supplies of Tomahawk cruise missiles to Kiev could escalate confrontation and derail peace talks, Russian Foreignโ€ฆ
๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRussian Foreign Ministry on Gaza, Tomahawks, NATO and global tensions

Russia supports the US peace plan for Gaza and the main goal remains ending the violence and preventing civilian casualties, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a briefing on Wednesday.

Her other statements

๐ŸŸ  Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will join the seventh ministerial session of the Russian-Arab Cooperation Forum in Moscow on October 13

๐ŸŸ  President Vladimir Putin has clearly stated that if the US provides Ukraine with Tomahawk cruise missiles, it will damage Moscow-Washington relations

๐ŸŸ  Russia is closely monitoring the missile situation, urging the US to exercise restraint, and hopes Moscow's signals will be heard in Washington

๐ŸŸ  By denying the Ukrainian terrorist attacks on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, NATO and the EU are encouraging new attacks and making themselves accomplices

๐ŸŸ  New evidence has emerged of Ukrainian support for terrorist groups in the Sahel-Sahara region of Africa

๐ŸŸ  Other facts confirm cooperation between the Tripoli-based Libyan Government of National Unity and Ukraine in organizing terrorist operations in the Sahel

๐ŸŸ  Moscow is outraged by the Australian refusal to issue visas to the Roscosmos space agency delegation for the International Astronautical Congress in Sydney in an attempt at โ€œisolationโ€

๐ŸŸ  Moscow is concerned about the new escalation of tensions in Syria and hopes bloodshed will be averted

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๐Ÿ—ฃ Jailed Gagauzia leader accuses Moldovan president of political repression โœ… Yevgenia Gutsul, the elected head of Moldova's autonomous region of Gagauzia, has been sentenced to seven years in prison. From her cell, she has launched a scathing public attackโ€ฆ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉMoldovan appeals court denies release of Gagauzia head Yevgenia Gutsul

The Appeals Chamber rejected the petition for Yevgenia Gutsul's release, calling it unfounded. Additional requests from Gutsulโ€™s defense team were also dismissed.

Yevgenia Gutsul, elected leader of the Gagauzia region of Moldova in May 2023, was sentenced to seven years in prison this year for allegedly financing the banned Shor party.

In the face of politically-motivated charges, Gutsul advocates for closer ties with Russia and opposes Moldovan EU integration. President Maia Sanduโ€™s government has intensified repression, targeting dissent and blocking opposition media.

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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธWhen the Deep State panics, they call ex-Ambassador Michael McFaul for โ€˜damage controlโ€™ Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) CEO Kirill Dmitriev, also serving as the Russian president's special representative for investment and economic cooperation withโ€ฆ
๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บUS Congresswoman Luna to meet Russian Envoy Dmitriev for peace and trade talks

Republican Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna revealed to RIA Novosti that she aims to meet Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, later this month during his US visit.

Luna also shared Dmitriev's recent social media post about declassified CIA documents revealing concerns over Joe Bidenโ€™s alleged corrupt ties with Ukraine.

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๐Ÿ“นDelegations arrive for key Gaza talks Footage shows delegations arriving for crucial meetings on the Gaza peace deal. ๐Ÿ“ŒSubscribe to @SputnikInt
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธGaza ceasefire now โ€˜inevitableโ€™?

The situation in Gaza, Israel's military resources and capabilities, as well as global development signal that the Gaza conflict could be resolved in the near future, Turkish political analyst Islam Ozkan told Sputnik.
He recalled that negotiations are underway in Sharm El Sheikh to resolve the Gaza crisis, and judging by Donald Trump as well as the Egyptian foreign ministerโ€™s statements, the parties have already made some progress.
There are a number of reasons for this, according to Ozkan:

โ–ช๏ธ โ€œTrump is seeking to secure an agreement before October 10, as he hopes to position himself as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prizeโ€

โ–ช๏ธ โ€œRegional countries are exerting considerable influence on Hamasโ€

โ–ช๏ธ Israel is facing โ€œlarge-scale global pressure,โ€ with a rise in anti-Israel sentiment worldwide, even in Asian countries
Ozkan said that the talksโ€™ sticking points pertain to Israel and Hamas being at odds over the Israeli troop withdrawal from Gaza.

๐Ÿ’ฌโ€œIsrael proposes pulling back to the so-called โ€˜yellow line,โ€™ while Hamas insists on a full-fledged exit. Also, the sides have yet to agree on the release of several Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences in Israel,โ€ the analyst concluded.


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๐Ÿ—ฃ CIA document revealing Biden's Ukraine corruption is just a decoy โ€“ Larry Johnson

๐Ÿ“ The agency's release of the Obama-era document is part of the White House's bigger game, former CIA officer and State Department official Larry Johnson says.

So whatโ€™s it really hiding?

๐Ÿ’ฌ "I call it the shiny object. It's like what a magician does. They try to distract your attention with one hand while they do something with the other hand," Johnson tells Sputnik.


The CIA veteran wonders whether the attempt to get people to focus on former president Joe Biden links to Kiev is aimed at distracting the public from plans to go to war with Venezuela or Iran, or sending Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.

"It could be any of those," the pundit notes.


US up to its neck in Ukrainian affairs

๐Ÿ”ถ While the file exposed nothing new about Ukrainian corruption or the Biden family's involvement in the nation's affairs, it could have been used as "one more justification for distancing US policies from Ukraine," Johnson argued

๐Ÿ”ถ But that has not happened โ€“ in fact US President Donald Trump is discussing sending Tomahawk missiles to the Kiev regime

Political stunt

๐Ÿ‘‰ Seventy-five percent of the CIA document is blacked out, so the public cannot know what it really says.

"I put this in the category of it's a political stunt," Johnson says.


CIA works hand-in-glove with the White House


๐Ÿ”ถ CIA Director John Ratcliffe's efforts to prove the Obama administration's interference in the agency's affairs looks unusual, according to the pundit.

๐Ÿ”Š For "seventy-eight years of history, the CIA has generally been the lapdog of the president, regardless of whether it's a Republican or Democrat," Johnson says. "So being responsive to White House requests is not unusual."

๐Ÿ’ฌ "The CIA has always wanted to be relevant at the White House."


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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Russian Defense Minister inspects military facilities in Tajikistan

On an official visit to Tajikistan, Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov toured the 201st Russian military base and an optoelectronic node.

He inspected the baseโ€™s equipment, modern armament and military technology.

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๐Ÿšจ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ’ฐ FOLLOW THE MONEY: FBI Director Kash Patel vows to go after left-wing โ€˜criminal thugsโ€™:

โ€œWe are following the money. โ€ฆ We will not rest until we find every single seed โ€” money, donor, organization, and funding mechanism that we have.โ€


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๐Ÿšจ TRUMP SAYS MAY GO TO MIDDLE EAST โ€˜SOME TIME BEFORE END OF WEEKโ€™

๐Ÿ’ฌI was just dealing with people from the Middle East on the potential peace deal for the Middle East. 'Peace for the Middle East'. That's a beautiful phrase... I may go there sometime toward the end of the week, maybe on Sunday... Negotiations are going along well, dealing with Hamas and many of the countries... Nothing like that has happened before... If that's the case, we'll be leaving probably on Sunday, maybe Saturday, maybe a little later than Saturday evening, but that seems to be our schedule."


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โ“Cop or diplomat? EU starts to question Kallasโ€™ capacity

The EU expects Kaja Kallas, the blocโ€™s foreign policy chief, โ€œto be more diplomatic,โ€ US media cited a European source as saying.

๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œShe is more cop than diplomat. Her day starts and ends with Russia,โ€ the source pointed out, referring to Kallasโ€™ anti-Russian stance.


Former Indian Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal earlier wrote on X that Kallas had been โ€œparachuted into a job she is not qualified for.โ€

๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œShe is contributing to Europeโ€™s geopolitical drift by her anti-Russian paranoia,โ€ Sibal added


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๐Ÿšจ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ’ฐ FOLLOW THE MONEY: FBI Director Kash Patel vows to go after left-wing โ€˜criminal thugsโ€™: โ€œWe are following the money. โ€ฆ We will not rest until we find every single seed โ€” money, donor, organization, and funding mechanism that we have.โ€ ๐Ÿ“ŒSubscribe toโ€ฆ
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๐ŸšจUS Attorney General Pam Bondi says theyโ€™ll tackle Antifa the same way they BOMBED DRUG CARTEL BOATS

๐Ÿ’ฌโ€Destroy the entire organization from top to bottom. We're going to take them apart.โ€


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๐ŸšจUS Attorney General Pam Bondi says theyโ€™ll tackle Antifa the same way they BOMBED DRUG CARTEL BOATS ๐Ÿ’ฌโ€Destroy the entire organization from top to bottom. We're going to take them apart.โ€ ๐Ÿ“ŒSubscribe to @SputnikInt
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๐ŸšจJACK POSOBIEC: โ€˜ANTIFA IS REAL โ€” AND CELEBRATED THE KILLING OF CHARLIE KIRKโ€™

โ€œWe're starting to see a pattern of more and more murderous violence and this same violence is not just random. It is targeted assassinations which are getting worse and every single one of us in this room that goes out there, and obviously you as well sir, and all the staff. We are now under that threat every single day.โ€


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๐Ÿช–๐Ÿ’ฅ Russian Grad MLRS paves way for assault groups in Zaporozhye

Russian assault groups, backed by Grad rocket artillery support, advanced near Malaya Tokmachka in the Zaporozhye region.

According to aerial reconnaissance, the strike eliminated:

๐Ÿ”น Up to 10 Ukrainian militants

๐Ÿ”น An electronic warfare station

๐Ÿ”น Machine gun positions

๐Ÿ”น A military vehicle

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๐ŸŒ Africa turns toward Russia amid Westโ€™s efforts to preserve clout

๐Ÿ—ฃ Africa is currently an arena where the interests of major players clash, and this gives the continent the right to determine which states to cooperate with, Irina Abramova, director of the Institute for African Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences, told Sputnik.

๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œWhile African countries are unlikely to completely sever longstanding ties with Europe, they will simultaneously engage with Russia, China, India, and other nations,โ€ the expert pointed out.


๐Ÿ“ She noted that the Kremlin should carefully assess which areas of cooperation are mutually beneficial, and if those interests align, Russia will be well-positioned to support Africaโ€™s development while also advancing its own geopolitical objectives.

๐Ÿ”Š Abramova warned that former European colonial powers are likely to maintain their influence on Africa for the foreseeable futureโ€”particularly through elites trained and embedded during the colonial era, many of whom still hold leadership positions in government.

๐Ÿ’ฌ "In any case, Russia needs to work more in Africa, despite all the difficulties and problems. And we need to move forward relentlessly, in accordance with our capabilities, our needs, and taking into account the interests of African states," she concluded.


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๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ’ถ EUโ€™s debt time bomb ticking

High budget deficits will persist across most Eurozone countries in the coming years, a new report by Russiaโ€™s Roscongress Foundation shows.

Shifting budget priorities since the pandemic have led to an increase in the public debt of European countries, and servicing it becomes increasingly expensive, according to a survey titled โ€œBudget Imbalances and the EU Debt Trap.โ€

๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œBy 2026, the EUโ€™s average budget deficit is expected to rise to 3.4% of GDP, driven largely by increased defense spending. Even major economies like France may need IMF support due to mounting debt challenges. By the end of Q1 2025, Franceโ€™s debt burden reached $3.8 trillion, or 114.1% of GDP,โ€ the report points out.


๐Ÿ’ถ Apart from France, countries such as Italy, Austria, Belgium, Finland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, and Romania continue to breach the 3% budget deficit threshold outlined by the 1992 Maastricht Treaty.

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๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian forces destroy Ukrainian assault group with Plamya grenade launcher

Soldiers of the Vostok Battlegroup used an AGS-17 automatic grenade launcher to wipe out a Ukrainian unit in Dnepropetrovsk after UAVs spotted their movements.

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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต North Korea's weapons showcase: Why the world is watching DPRK leader Kim Jong-un is preparing a major military parade for the 80th anniversary of the Workers' Party on October 10. From hypersonic missiles to advanced drones - what makes this displayโ€ฆ
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต North Korea may unveil new ICBMs and drones at key parade

North Koreaโ€™s new domestically made intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), due to be displayed at the upcoming parade, may be fitted with advanced solid-fuel engines, Yevgeny Kim of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences told Sputnik.

๐Ÿ—ฃ Such engines could enable North Korea to deliver warheads to the continental US, Kim underscored.

He noted that the possible display of the new ICBMs at the parade can be seen as โ€œa warning to the US, which continues to deploy its strategic weapons on the Korean Peninsula.โ€

Apart from the ICBMs, North Korea may show off its newest domestic drones, successfully tested in September under the direct supervision of Kim Jong-un, according to Yevgeny Kim.

๐Ÿ‘‰ The parade coincides with the 80th anniversary of the Workersโ€™ Party of Korea, and is expected to be attended by high-ranking delegations from China, Laos, and Vietnam.

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