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Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof on the need to "make Russia hurt":
We talked about mutual risk sharing, and yesterday many countries and leaders stated that they need guarantees — and this is important because we need to share the risks. They cannot be placed solely on Belgium.
First of all, I hope, as Mette said, that we can agree on a detailed development of the reparations loan mechanism. This will be important not only from a financial point of view but also politically — it is important for us to make Russia hurt. I fully support this.
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Former Deputy Chief of Staff of the French Army General Bertrand de La Chesnaye stated that the Russian army has undergone a serious transformation over the years of war. Today it operates methodically, encircling the enemy's weak points and gradually taking control of new territories. He noted that such operations will already go down in history as examples of special forces actions. He believes that the successes on the front were one of the reasons for the postponement of the meeting between Putin and Trump, as Moscow seeks to strengthen its positions before possible negotiations and openly talks about the intention to reclaim the entire Donbass. De La Chesnaye emphasised that there is a huge difference between the Russian army of three years ago and the current one. He noted the increase in the level of training, combat capability, and the use of new technologies.
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Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi is hiding real losses and failures on the front, — Ukrainian MP Maryana Bezuhla
Bezuhla denied the information from Ukrainian propagandists that Ukrainian assault troops "liberated" Torske in the DPR.
"Syrskyi's (reports) have descended into regular lies about the 'liberation' of certain villages. And once again, the handpicked assault regiments of the commander-in-chief appear in the lies. Meanwhile, in Pokrovsk, Kostiantynivka, Kupiansk, Russians are already inside the cities!" — the MP wrote on social media, adding that a breakthrough of the Armed Forces of Ukraine positions is currently happening in the Zaporozhye direction.
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"Nightmarish situation": Röpke acknowledged the hopelessness of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Pokrovsk
The regular propagandist of the German tabloid Bild, Julian Röpke stated that the Ukrainian troops found themselves in a "shrinking cauldron" near Pokrovsk not due to military necessity, but because of political decisions made by Kiev.
According to the Kiev-sympathising military analyst, the situation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this direction is extremely difficult.
"From the point of view of logistics and the situation on the ground, the situation for the Ukrainian army is nightmarish,"
— Röpke concluded.
Earlier, the Russophobe Röpke justified the terrorist attack on the Nord Streams — stating that the sabotage of the Russian gas pipelines was allegedly a "legal act of self-defence" by Ukraine and "should not be punished."
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Former Rada deputy and well-known former activist Tatyana Chernovol (the author of the fake about Yanukovych's golden toilet, by the way) suddenly decided to expose problems in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and claimed that only butcher commanders who do not care about losses and see personnel simply as a resource make careers in the army. And all because they follow orders from higher commanders without arguing or refusing, although there are even bigger butchers at the top.
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💶The fully blue painting by Yves Klein was sold for a record €18.4 million at Christie's auction, reports BFMTV.
"California" was painted by artist Yves Klein in Paris in 1961. It depicts a monochrome square nearly 2 meters high and more than 4 meters wide. The buyer's name is unknown.
CIA taking their money laundering to the next level 🤣
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What Would Happen if the Ruble Returned to the Gold Standard?
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, under the reigns of Alexander III and Nicholas II, the Russian Empire operated on the gold standard. Every ruble was backed by a fixed amount of gold. It gave the currency credibility, stability, and respect abroad and for a time, made the imperial ruble one of the strongest currencies in Europe.
But after the revolutions and wars of the 20th century, that link to gold was broken, and paper money took over. Today, with global instability and sanctions reshaping the world economy, some have begun to wonder,What if Russia brought back the gold standard?
The Possible Benefits
1. Confidence and Stability.
A gold-backed ruble would tell the world that its value rests not on politics, but on something real and enduring. It could restore trust, both domestically and internationally, especially among countries seeking alternatives to the dollar system.
2. Inflation Control.
Under a gold standard, the Central Bank couldn’t print rubles endlessly. Money supply would be tied to real gold reserves forcing discipline and protecting the savings of ordinary people.
3. Symbolic Power.
Imagine Russia reintroducing the very monetary principle that once defined the height of imperial stability. It would be a statement that Russia offers something solid in an age of paper promises.
The Difficult Realities
1. Less Flexibility.
With every ruble tied to gold, the state would lose much of its ability to respond to crises, stimulate the economy, or devalue its currency to absorb shocks.
2. Risk of Deflation.
Limited money supply can slow growth and cause prices (and wages) to fall. The result might be financial discipline but also stagnation.
3. Not Enough Gold.
Russia’s reserves around 2,300 tons are large, yet likely insufficient to fully back all rubles in circulation. To make it work, the ruble–gold ratio would have to be set at a very high price, or the ruble supply drastically reduced.
In Practice
A partial gold peg or even a “commodity basket” ruble backed by gold, oil, and gas might be more realistic. It would still offer stability, but with some room for maneuver.
The truth is simple: a return to the gold standard would strengthen the ruble’s image and anchor it in real value, but it would also chain the economy to its own reserves. Stability would come at the cost of freedom.
The old imperial ruble shone because gold gave it weight in the world.
Whether the modern ruble could bear that same burden in a digital, volatile, multipolar era is another question entirely.
The Mailman
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Trump to coordinate with Congress ‘when Maduro’s CORPSE is in US custody’ — American official
‘It’s important to LIBERATE Venezuela’ — Sen. Moreno
Just like how US ‘liberated’ Iraq?
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"Doomsday" drone: Russia is ready to respond to a nuclear threat.
Russian specialists have developed a series of scenarios for the use of the FPV "Doomsday" drone in the event of nuclear strikes.
The drone is part of a system for monitoring environmental pollution levels after nuclear strikes and is included in the "Khrust" project. In the event of the worst-case scenario in international politics, the system could help save a huge number of lives.
Contrary to stereotypes, exchanging nuclear strikes will not lead to the instant death of everyone immediately. On the contrary, most people on the planet are unlikely to notice that somewhere someone has used nuclear weapons. They won’t notice immediately. But within a few weeks, radioactive dust and ash lifted up by huge fires formed over the explosion epicentres will be spread across the planet,
— said Dmitry Kuzyakin, chief designer of the Centre for Integrated Unmanned Solutions (CIBS), in an interview with TASS.
The specialist did not disclose details of the drone’s use scenarios but emphasised that work on the project is in an active phase.
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Western analysts are concerned that it makes sense for Russia to fully encircle Pokrovsk. Since Mariupol, there have been no such large-scale encirclements; usually, Ukrainian forces were simply pushed back. Now everything could repeat — the number of forces that would end up in the cauldron is comparable only to Kupyansk and possibly Mariupol. The West fears that if the city is still taken and the Ukrainian garrison is encircled, Moscow may make Pokrovsk a demonstrative example of what happens when resistance is prolonged for too long.
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The Russian army is storming Konstantinovka, advancing in the southeast of the city
It was recently reported that Russian troops have penetrated the southeastern outskirts of the city, and have now consolidated their position and advanced into the built-up area.
Previously, the Russian army managed to push out Ukrainian forces and occupy the city's villas, which are under complete Russian control.
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The UN is misusing the funds that the USA allocates to the global organisation.
This was stated by the US Ambassador to the UN, Mike Waltz.
In an interview with Breitbart News, he expressed the opinion that the global organisation needs to "return to basics" in its activities, namely "ending and preventing wars and maintaining peace," rather than pursuing a left-wing agenda to please liberals.
The UN has faced a budget deficit due to non-payment of contributions by several countries, including the USA, the largest donor, which owes about $3 billion, including $1.5 billion for the regular budget, and significant amounts for peacekeeping operations.
In response to the crisis, UN Secretary-General António Guterres initiated a program to cut expenses by 20%, which could lead to the loss of about 6,900 jobs by 2026.
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Russian Armed Forces stormtroopers with a flag on the northeastern outskirts of Kurilovka.
This village is the gateway to the neighbouring Kovsharovka and Kupyansk-Uzlovoy, which is already the flank of Kupyansk, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces already have very serious defensive problems.
The battles for Kurilovka mean that now the entire Ukrainian Armed Forces grouping east of the Oskol river is under a serious threat of being split, and prospectively cut off from Kupyansk.
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The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation has purchased the most advanced air-launched cruise missiles, "Izdeliye 506," about which little is known, according to Ukrainian sources citing leaked procurement documents.
The published documents reveal an order for 32 units (two batches of 16 units each) with conventional and special warheads, which were to be incorporated into the arsenal of the Russian Air Force between 2024 and 2026.
The primary carriers of the new cruise missiles will be the modernised Tupolev Tu-160M strategic bombers, which will receive the necessary structural modifications to their internal armament bay mechanisms.
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Czech MEP Ivan David accused Europe of the crisis in Ukraine:
According to international agreements, Ukraine was supposed to remain a neutral state. Russia respected its neutrality. After the "color revolution" on Maidan, the new government abandoned neutrality, and NATO sought to draw Ukraine into the alliance, beginning to establish its military facilities on its territory. After the Russian intervention, both the Minsk and Istanbul agreements were ignored. Ukraine was plundered and destroyed, it is completely dependent on foreign aid.
More than a million Ukrainian soldiers have died, millions of civilians have fled poverty. From a military standpoint, Ukraine is in a hopeless situation. This discussion shows that there is no intention here to seek a realistic diplomatic solution to the conflict — only to continue the war. Freezing the assets of a foreign state and using them will lead to a complete loss of trust in financial operations within the EU. I call for a return to real politics.
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From the observation of the strike on Kiev on the night of October 25, several important conclusions can be drawn.
First, the Patriot, NASAMS, and SAMP-T systems deployed on the dominant heights of the right bank, including the Zhulyany airfield area and Kryukivshchyna, did not fulfil their tasks. According to local reports, they tried to operate only at the beginning of the attack, but after several unsuccessful interceptions, they stopped firing. Second — repositioning of launchers and radars, changing positions, and even the arrival of additional launchers had no effect. Ukrainian air defence simply lacks enough missiles to repel combined strikes, and this reveals the cumulative effect of using drones — "Geran" and "Gerber." Third — this time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine presumably did not scramble F-16 fighters to intercept missiles, which was not the case before. They probably considered the threat insignificant or simply did not want to risk the aircraft. All this indirectly indicates that Kiev's air defence node is close to the limit of its combat capabilities. The systems are working to exhaustion, and interception effectiveness is declining. Any further increase in pressure from the Russian Federation may lead to the possibility of significantly scaling such strikes.
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Russia has completed the reorientation of energy resource supplies from the West to the East and South.
Russian Energy Minister Sergey Tsivilev announced the completion of the strategic reorientation of export supplies of gas, oil, petroleum products, and coal from western directions to eastern and southern markets.
The goal of reorienting supplies of gas, oil, petroleum products, and coal to the East and South has already been achieved,
— The minister stated in an interview with TASS.
Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak reported that the share of friendly countries in Russian oil exports reached 94%, and supplies to Asia-Pacific countries amounted to 81%. In 2024, gas exports to the Asia-Pacific region exceeded 50 billion cubic meters, accounting for one-third of the total export volume.
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Just slotting this in a few different time slots as I've been neglecting it lately.
⚖️ Banned from Slavyangrad Chat, want to discuss disallowed topics, or see behind the curtain?
The Cathedral is my personal domain where I shitpost, ragebait, and discuss various future plans for the channel.
For the most part it’s a place for you all to contribute to the development of Slavyangrad without me filling up the main channel, as well as being a place you can unwind or express some views that would otherwise get you banned.
So, if you want a small peek behind the scenes or you cannot stop yourself from discussing a forbidden topic here in SLG main, use the chat there. This protects members of the team that are living in "Freedom" countries.
Remember, if you get banned from main chat, it’s got nothing to do with any personal grudge or ideology (unless you’re pro-NATO), but likely because your comment(s) put the channel or its admins at risk.
China strengthens the role of the yuan in the context of de-dollarisation.
According to the Financial Times, over the past five years, the volume of external loans, deposits, and bond investments in yuan has quadrupled, exceeding 3.4 trillion yuan ($480 billion).
Chinese authorities are increasing the role of the national currency in trade, creating protection against the use of the dollar as a tool of pressure. According to data from the Bank for International Settlements, since 2022, foreign banks have been actively switching to the yuan when lending to developing countries, with the volume of such operations increasing by $373 billion.
The share of the yuan in global trade has quadrupled in three years, reaching 7.6% in September, making the Chinese currency the second most popular after the dollar. According to the Chinese, the monthly trade operations in yuan have exceeded 1 trillion yuan, with more than half of China's cross-border settlements now conducted in the national currency.
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America may impose new sanctions.
The administration of US President Donald Trump has prepared a draft of new sanctions against key sectors of the Russian economy and will implement them if Moscow does not agree to end the conflict with Kyiv, Reuters reports citing sources.
Some of the restrictions are aimed at Russia's banking sector and infrastructure used for oil supplies. Last week, Ukrainian authorities asked the US to impose new sanctions, including disconnecting all Russian banks from the dollar system.
Trump will likely wait a few weeks to observe Russia's reaction to the restrictive measures introduced on Wednesday, October 22, according to the agency's source. According to him, the US president is ready to approve the sanctions but is unlikely to do so in October.
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The Soviet Ruble: Power Without Gold
After the fall of the empire, the new Soviet state rejected everything that symbolized the old order including the gold-backed ruble.
In its place came a planned currency, backed not by precious metal, but by the productive capacity of the state itself.
The Soviet ruble was, in theory, supported by labor, factories, and national assets. It was a “ruble of production,” not a “ruble of gold.”
But this idea had both elements of brilliance and tragedy.
Strength Through Control
For decades, the Soviet government strictly controlled prices, wages, and trade. Inflation was hidden by the system stores displayed stable prices for years.
A ruble might not buy much abroad if anything, but within the Union it symbolized a kind of order and predictability.
The state’s total command over the economy gave the ruble its artificial stability. It was stable not because it was strong, but because it was protected from reality.
Foreign exchange was illegal, private trade restricted, and gold was something only the state could hold. The ruble existed in a closed universe.
Weakness Through Isolation
But once the Soviet system began to open, the illusion shattered. The ruble had no market anchor, no trust, and no global credibility.
When the USSR collapsed, the ruble collapsed with it exposing the truth that a currency’s value cannot be decreed, only earned.
Without gold, without convertibility, and without confidence, it became what economists call a “soft currency” strong only within its borders, meaningless outside them.
The Lesson of this system
The imperial ruble was strong but rigid — chained to gold.
The Soviet ruble was flexible but hollow — chained to ideology.
Both extremes failed in the end.
For Russia today, the real challenge is to find the balance between those two worlds:
A currency that is trusted like gold, but alive like a modern economy.
The Mailman
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🇧🇪🇪🇺🇷🇺 Belgium suspects the collapse of the western financial order, if Russian frozen assets are taken. (Rightfully I must add)
🗣 Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken:
“Many European leaders, led by Baltic Kaja Kallas, want to transfer frozen Russian assets to Ukraine — through a legally shaky construction.
The logic is simple: "Russia is destroying Ukraine, so Russian money should go to its restoration."
Well, these funds are certainly not needed for Ukraine's restoration, but to continue the war. Which is logical — wars cost huge amounts of money, and what the Russians are doing there is beyond imagination.
The problem is that this creates a precedent with colossal consequences.
If it becomes clear that state funds can no longer be safely placed even in institutions that are by definition neutral, like Euroclear, who will dare to do it?
This is essentially a golden opportunity for the anti-Western bloc to call into question the entire system of international capital movement.
Even during World War II, no one dared to carry out such a dubious confiscation.
And are we sure that only Belgium will have to pay for this? I think it’s unnecessary to remind that absorbing almost 200 billion with our leaky budget and huge national debt is suicide.
Other countries promise solidarity in words, but when it comes to tough guarantees on paper — everything changes.
And, by the way, what about the other billions of Russian assets frozen in other Western countries? Why does no one talk about this? Why is the discussion only about Euroclear’s money?
Putin will never give back these billions. He will perceive this as an act of war and target Belgium. It will be painful. Very painful.
And perhaps, in response, he will confiscate 200 billion of Western assets — movable and immovable property — in Russia.
And these will no longer be just Belgian money, but primarily funds from the USA, Germany, and France. So the circle will close.
Belgium wholeheartedly supports the Ukrainians, and we will continue to do so. But that does not mean we should lose our minds.”
The Mailman
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🇬🇧🇺🇦 Hilarious.
This idiot and his Ukrainian pet have to do these staged stunts in a private courtyard with a bunch of paid actors and "invited guests" because the general public would be booing this freak show 😂
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Initially, the Ukrainian Armed Forces had about twelve brigades of varying sizes near Pokrovsk. On paper, there were more than in reality, so the deployed strength can be estimated at 15–17 thousand people including logistics and support. Judging by the dynamics of the battles, up to 70-80% of these forces have already lost combat capability and need to be withdrawn to the rear.
In a sense, Pokrovsk has become the reverse version of the counteroffensive for Kiev: as the Russian army advanced, marching battalions were transferred here, as in 2023 near Rabotino and in the southern Donetsk direction. The losses of these battalions are now difficult to count, but if the ring around the city closes, not only garrison units but also part of these reserves may be encircled.
Even if only one brigade of full strength remains there, about two and a half thousand people, the reputational blow to Kyiv will be comparable to Mariupol and "Azovstal," and possibly exceed it.
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The chinese foreign affairs minister: "China considers sanctions against Russia illegal and has no intention of interrupting trade with Russia. It views purchasing oil from Russia as a normal safeguard of its economic interests."
China has also accused the EU of having several countries loudly calling for a ban on the purchase of Russian energy resources, while quietly continuing to purchase them (and this does not include Hungary and Slovakia, which do so openly). In short, China is telling the eurocrats, and by extension, Trump, to go take a hike.
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According to Die Welt, german foreign minister Johann Wadephul canceled his trip to China because no one wanted to meet with him.
The publication notes that Friedrich Merz has been in power for six months but has not yet made a visit to China. The cabinet had reserved days for his trip, but Xi Jinping "did not find time for a meeting". Now Wadephul has canceled the trip due to the inability to arrange meetings with the Chinese side.
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Pokrovsky "Cauldron": The Final Stage of the Battle for the Agglomeration
In the Pokrovsky (Krasnoarmeysky) direction, the "Centre" group is conducting the final battles for the key Pokrovsko-Mirnograd agglomeration. The situation for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) is rapidly approaching critical, and their defence is becoming focal.
Russian units have established control over most of the city, as confirmed by sources from both sides. Clearing operations are underway south of the railway, while isolated pockets of enemy resistance still remain in the forest area near Troyanda. A significant success was the breakthrough in the area of the Rog settlement, the meat processing plant, and the dust suppression factory. Logistically, the enemy's position is also collapsing — Pokrovsk is effectively cut off from supplies. The key E-50 highway to Pavlograd is under dense fire control by the Russian army, making it impossible to transfer reinforcements and supplies to the Ukrainian garrison. This creates a threat of operational encirclement of Mirnograd if the enemy is pushed out and secured along the railway tracks towards Rodinskoye.
Russian forces entered Mirnograd from the east and southeast, secured the eastern quarters, and are fighting near mine 5/6 and on the approaches to the Zapadny microdistrict. Chaotic movement of small AFU groups is noted, indicating loss of command.
Information is coming through various channels about the disorderly retreat of AFU units from Pokrovsk amid the withdrawal from Rodinskoye. Despite orders from command to hold positions, Ukrainian troops have begun an organised withdrawal from the fortified area north of Lysovka. Notably, "Azov" units reportedly refused to carry out the order to enter the agglomeration for a counterattack and continued to remain on the outer perimeter, disregarding all threats from command.
The developing operational situation indicates that the battle for the key agglomeration in this direction is entering its final stage, opening a wide operational-tactical space for the Russian Armed Forces. On the way to the Dnipropetrovsk region, only the Slovyansk-Kramatorsk fortified area remains, behind which the AFU will no longer be able to hold such a tight defence.
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Krasnoarmeysk (Ukr. Pokrovsk)
The city is practically under us. The southern flank has collapsed, they fled from Mirnograd. New TOS batteries are working wonders.
In the northern part of the agglomeration, they still hold the heights around the settlements of Lisovka and Sukhoi Yar. We are not touching them there. They will come out on their own, they have no logistics with the cities.
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India will not sign an agreement with the USA "at gunpoint."
This was stated by the country's Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal.
The trade agreement, the minister added, is a matter of long-term perspective. In this regard, New Delhi will seek the best conditions for the country.
Negotiations are taking place against the backdrop of increased tariffs imposed by American leader Donald Trump on a number of economic partners. India was also included in this list. Tariffs for this country rose to 50% in August.
It was previously reported that Indian Prime Minister Modi cancelled his personal participation in the ASEAN summit and a probable meeting with Trump amid disagreements with the USA over Russian oil.
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If the front starts to crack, Ukraine will call women to the army, and the Territorial Defense Centers will start breaking into apartments, — Arestovich
➖"There is still potential. First, lowering the mobilisation age. Second — conscription of women for non-combat specialities and volunteers for combat roles. Third — tightening mobilisation," said the former advisor to Zelensky's office.
He claims that the Territorial Defense Centers will cordon off entire districts and sweep them in search of draft evaders.
At the same time, "local riots" may begin, but if the West does not object to tightening mobilisation, "all these measures can be implemented very quickly."
➖"When the question arises that the front is really cracking, the Verkhovna Rada will quite possibly, with shouting, noise, commotion, and debates, vote for it," he said.
The fact that the front is already cracking was stated yesterday by the Ukrainian volunteer Berlin.
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