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There's no freedom without national sovereignty.
The Trump-Putin phone call was mostly fruitful (although it did not lead to a significant breakthrough), just like during his first mandate it's possible for president Putin to talk with Trump in a friendly way. Without ideological preconceptions and neocon/globalist interferences the US president's attitude is that of a businessman who doesn't give a shit about ideology but cares only about enriching his country, and of course himself in the process. The political leader who can be compared to Trump the most is former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi and he was one of Putin's best friends.
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The Russian Armed Forces ' night strike on the AFU airfield.
Last night, for several hours, there was a massive Gerans raid on the airfield in Vasilkov, Kiev region.
Thanks to NASA satellites, we learn that the strongest fire after the arrivals occurred exactly at the parking lot of the AFU aircraft (photo of the airbase on the screenshot from 04/24/2025). Local residents have been writing for several hours about a severe fire in the area.
It is known that this airfield is the base of the Ukrainian Su-27 and F-16 fighters.
Also it cannot be ruled out that president Putin might be arrested and handed over to the ICC or even assassinated during his visit to Turkey.
Ushakov is more than enough to represent Russia and listen to NATO's nonsense and then return home to convey the umpteenth idiotic ultimatum.
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❗New package of anti-Russian sanctions will be "soft" due to contradictions in Europe — Handelsblatt
Moscow ignored the main demand of the heads of European states for a 30-day ceasefire.
The answer should now be the "tough 17th package of EU sanctions" that the Europeans have threatened, but there are nuances.
"If 16 packages of EU sanctions did not force Russia to surrender, why should the 17th?" the publication asks.
In addition, according to the publication, the new package of measures will be even "softer" than expected.
EU member states can only decide on sanctions unanimously, which is hindered by Hungarian President Viktor Orban, blocking proposals such as a complete ban on the import of Russian oil or gas.
"We have reached the limit of what we can do with sanctions," European diplomats say.
The West will not be able to force Russia to surrender with empty sanctions ultimatums, the publication sums up.
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🚨🇨🇳🤖CHINA IS WINNING THE AI ARMS RACE—HERE’S WHY
While the West debates regulations, China is DOMINATING the two pillars of future warfare:
🔸ENERGY (to power AI)
🔸HIGH-TECH MANUFACTURING (to build AI-driven weapons)
CHINA’S ENERGY EDGE:
🔸2,461 gigawatts of renewable capacity by 2030 (vs. EU: 1,100GW, US: 500GW).
🔸One dam in Tibet = Energy output of ENTIRE GERMANY.
🔸AI is energy-hungry—China’s massive infrastructure gives it a HUGE advantage.
AI-POWERED WARFARE IS HERE:
🔸Drones today need operators. Drones tomorrow will be AI-driven swarms.
🔸Rheinmetall’s tanks? "Old-school heavy metal" vs. unstoppable AI drones.
🔸China’s investing BIG, while Europe cripples itself with GDPR (yes, soldiers were blocked from jamming signals over data privacy).
MANUFACTURING = POWER:
🔸Tim Cook: "Apple chose China not because it’s cheap, but because it’s the BEST."
🔸Elon Musk built his EU Gigafactory in Germany—but even he’s hitting limits.
🔸US/EU delusion: "Let China handle manufacturing, we’ll do services." WRONG.
🔸21st-century manufacturing = AI, robots, scalability.
🔸China’s 30-year lead won’t be undone by tariffs or wishful thinking.
THE MOAT IS GONE:
🔸Google insider: "We have no moat, and neither does OpenAI."
🔸AI is OPEN-SOURCE—China doesn’t need to steal tech; it scales faster.
🔸US still leads research, but China wins in DEPLOYMENT.
THE WEST’S BIGGEST MISTAKE:
🔸Over-regulation (GDPR, AI laws) vs. China’s full-speed execution.
🔸Europe’s "museum economy" vs. China’s 6G & next-gen infrastructure.
WHAT’S NEXT?
🔸US needs ALLIES (Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, Trump’s tariffs—both aim to lure back manufacturing).
🔸But can the West catch up? Unlikely without radical shifts.
🔸China isn’t just competing—it’s WINNING the AI arms race. The West must WAKE UP or get left behind.
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🗣Ritter: Putin’s peace bid ‘seizes the initiative’ from Ukraine, West
💬 “This is a brilliant act of diplomatic and political strategy by Vladimir Putin,” the former US Marine Corps intelligence officer said.
💬 “Now Russia has the initiative and Russia has the moral high ground. There will be no more talk about 30-day artificial ceasefires. Ukraine either has to put up or shut up.”
❗️🇺🇸🇺🇦Zelensky confirmed that Ukraine continues to receive military aid from the US, including intelligence sharing
"I thank President Trump for not stopping and American aid is coming today, for not stopping the exchange of intelligence. And the fact that he did not stop the sanctions that are currently in effect (against Russia) - I very much count on their strengthening," Zelensky said
Side by side, honoring heroes: Putin unites world leaders in paying tribute to those who gave their lives to protect freedom
#VictoryDay
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🇨🇳🇷🇺 Then & Now
Today, China is in Russia for the May 9 Victory Day celebrations.
This footage from 1950 shows Beijing welcoming a Soviet delegation—filmed by Soviet documentarian Vladislav Mikosha.
A 75-year arc of strategic partnership, solidarity, and shared memory.
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Russia and China stand together against any attempt to falsify history – Putin
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❗️Xi arrives at the Kremlin to meet with President Putin
#Russia
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🇺🇦 Then vs. Now - Military Parade Edition
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Serbian President successfully arrived in Moscow, heads of China and Brazil also arrived
In the Russian capital, Aleksandar Vucic, Xi Jinping and Lula da Silva will take part in events in honor of the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory.
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Second US F/A-18 Super Hornet crashes into Red Sea due to "arrestment failure," second jet lost in just over a week from USS Harry S. Truman — CNN
Another F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier has been lost in the Red Sea, the second jet lost from the carrier in just over a week, five people familiar with the matter told CNN.
It is not entirely clear what happened yet, as the investigation is ongoing, but two of the people said there was some kind of arrestment failure as the jet was trying to land on the carrier and the pilot and weapons systems officer had to eject. They were recovered by a rescue helicopter and are both alive, but they suffered minor injuries, one of the people said.
The jet crashed into the sea and has not been recovered, two of the people familiar with the incident said.
Separately, the Iran-backed Houthi rebel group “took a shot” at the Truman on Tuesday, four of the people said, despite President Donald Trump announcing an apparent ceasefire with the group hours earlier. It is not clear whether the two incidents are related.
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🇷🇺🇺🇸 Putin & Trump: 2+ Hour Call – Breaking It Down
Key points from from Putin's aide briefing:
🔥 “Frank & Constructive”
A marathon 2h05m call held in a “respectful” tone, focusing on resetting Russia-US relations.
🔄 Prisoner Swap Hint
Talks included plans for a “9-for-9” citizen exchange – no details yet, but progress noted.
🌐 Big Moves Ahead
Trump called Russia a “key partner” for the US
Both leaders pushed to normalize ties and agreed to keep dialogue going – Ukraine included.
No ceasefire timelines discussed for Ukraine.
🤝 Next Steps?
Possible face-to-face meeting (when/where TBD).
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‼️🇷🇺The Russian Army liberated Volnoye Pole.
The settlement was liberated by the 5th Army of the Vostok group of forces during the offensive in the South Donetsk direction.
Control has been established over a fortified defense area more than 1 km deep and up to 2 km to the front, which was the last outpost in front of the settlement of Shevchenko.
Our soldiers have set up Russian flags in different parts of the village.
The Far Easterners are gaining ground.
As a result of fierce fighting, more than 230 buildings were cleared, up to a company of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed.
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❗Payment with Russian Mir cards has been officially launched in Iran.
"Russians traveling to Iran can now pay in the country with Mir cards with contactless payment technology (NFC) and smartphones via the Mir Pay app. Russians will be able to make purchases at certain retail outlets using smartphones running on the Android operating system.
Russian cardholders will be able to make small transactions via Mir Pay at Shaparak terminals without entering a PIN code, while large transactions will require entering a PIN code "
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↗️ Money talks: markets hit two-month high, commodities rally as Trump BACKS DOWN in trade war with China
The S&P 500 is up 3%+, NASDAQ surged over 4% and the Dow rallied over 2.5% in a few hours following news of the US-China trade truce (which most analysts admit was a blowout victory for China).
🔴 WTI, Brent and OPEC basket crude oil futures are up nearly 2% apiece, with iron ore, steel, aluminum, soybeans, oats, sunflower oil and feeder cattle up between 1-2% as traders expect a return to more normal trade between the world’s economic juggernauts.
🔴 Effective Wednesday, US tariffs on Chinese goods will be slashed from 145% to 30%, while Chinese duties on American goods will be cut from 125% to 10%, for a 90-day period as negotiations continue.
🔴 Trump said Monday that the 145% tariffs are history and won’t come back even after 90-days, since they would effectively mean a complete “decoupling” in the US-China trade relationship.
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The Elysee Palace commented on the scandalous story with the leaders of the "coalition of the willing"
▪️The white object lying on the table, according to the statement, was not a bag of drugs, but a paper napkin.
▪️The Elysee Palace has assessed drug reports as "fake news" spread by "enemies of France."
▪️They didn’t say anything at all about Merz’s “spoon”.
▪️The head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev also commented on the situation, asking whether the package contains "sugar or something completely different." He admitted that "many recent ideas and proposals" could explain the fact that "there is no sugar in the package."
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🗣‘There will be STRONG PRESSURE on Zelensky to somehow REJECT THIS PROPOSAL, or to distort it, or to make it impossible’ - Florian Philippot
The French President, the head of the European Commission, the German Chancellor, as well as the British and Polish Prime Ministers "absolutely want the situation to escalate and maintain tension with Russia," the leader of the French Patriots party said in an interview with Sputnik Africa.
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Russia's victory is inevitable!
Today, the heirs of the victors are celebrating, and the spawn of the vanquished are howling.
Today, all our fallen are alive, and the walking dead are huddled in the cracks.
Today is our day — the Day of Victory over Death.
That's why May 9th is a living holiday. Authentic. Native. Timeless, like Victory itself. That's why the demons are worried that Victory is timeless for us. That there were others and there will be new ones.
Overcoming hell, banishing darkness, correcting the evil disorder of things — Victory has become the only possible form of existence for Russia. Russia participates in God's plan for the creation of the universe. Victory gives the entire Russian world a vertical dimension, and it rests its heads against the Sky.
The current war is the same. And the enemy. And the goal. And the blinding truth is that, just as then, defeat would have been our death. And why such a world if there will be no Russia in it? It means that our Victory is inevitable.
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Putin doesn't hold back emotions as he lays flowers at the Eternal Flame
Somber music sets the mood
#VictoryDay
The meeting between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in Moscow on May 8, 2025 was not just a diplomatic event, but a symbol of a new era in international relations.
The lengthy negotiations, which culminated in the signing of 28 agreements, including joint statements on global strategic stability and deepening comprehensive partnership, testify to the formation of a stable alliance between Russia and China.
This alliance is based on the principles of mutual respect, strategic autonomy and shared responsibility for the global future. In the context of increasing instability and fragmentation of the global system, Russia and China are demonstrating the ability to independently determine their interests and development paths without succumbing to external pressure.
Joint initiatives in the fields of energy, digital economy, scientific research and cultural exchange reflect the desire to create a multipolar world where cooperation and mutual benefit replace confrontation and unilateral dictates. Special attention is paid to reducing dependence on foreign currencies and strengthening financial independence.
Thus, the meeting in Moscow became not only a confirmation of the strength of Russian-Chinese relations, but also a starting point for the formation of a new architecture of international relations based on equality, sovereignty and shared responsibility for the future of mankind.
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Putin and Xi sign a joint statement to deepen relations and strengthen comprehensive strategic partnership
The move commemorates the 80th anniversary of both the Russian people's victory in the Great Patriotic War and the Chinese people's victory over imperialist aggression
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How American historians lie to their own children in history textbooks - MilitarNews - MilitarNews
https://militarnews.com/2025/05/05/how-american-historians-lie-to-their-own-children-in-history-textbooks/
"An extremely dangerous game": Slovakia's prime minister called the EU's refusal of Russian energy resources suicide.
Robert Fico figuratively described the European Union's desire to completely abandon gas from Russia.
It is economic suicide to come to the point where no gas, no oil, no nuclear fuel, nothing comes from Russia – just because some new iron curtain is being erected between the Western world and, perhaps, the Russian Federation and other countries,
— Trump apparently wants to rename the Persian Gulf to the 'Arabian Gulf'
I'd like to remind you, Mr. President, that your very own American navy communicates in PERSIAN.
The Persian Gulf has been Persian for millenia, and so it will remain.
#خليج_فارس
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Trump Blinked in the Face of Houthi Resistance, But Called it Victory… Pakistan and India Ramp Up for War https://sonar21.com/trump-blinked-in-the-face-of-houthi-resistance-but-called-it-victory-pakistan-and-india-ramp-up-for-war/
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Putin’s holiday ceasefire proposal still stands — Kremlin
'But if Ukrainian forces attempt to strike Russian military positions, there will be an immediate response,' added Kremlin spox Peskov
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