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Russian Presidential Special Representative Kirill Dmitriev refuted The Economist's claim that Moscow is offering the US $12 trillion in projects in exchange for sanctions relief.
"The Economist published a fake story: Russia is allegedly offering the US $12 trillion in projects 'in exchange' for sanctions relief. This is false.
The lifting of sanctions will ultimately be dictated by the interests of the US itself: American companies have already lost over $300 billion by leaving the Russian market."
"Soloviev."
So, Russia isn't offering anything? And what is Kirill Dmitriev doing in economic negotiations with the US?
Ex-Prince Andrew arrested over Epstein ties on suspicion of misconduct in public office — BBC
Prince Andrew could become the first member of the British royal family to go to prison — the Daily Mail
Russian Navy Baltic Fleet corvette, Stoikiy, conducts joint exercises with units of the Iranian Navy in the Gulf of Oman
Iran participates with the destroyer Alvand, missile boats Khanjar and Neyzeh, and several IRGC Navy combat craft
Video: Fars News Agency
Peskov on the Ukraine talks in Geneva:
The Kremlin has not announced the location of the next round of talks on Ukraine. The dates for the next round of talks on Ukraine are still unknown.
The trilateral talks on Ukraine are currently at a stage that does not allow for public discussion.
Carnegie Foundation: The war in Ukraine will continue, Kiev will not renounce Nazism, the West still wants Russia's defeat
The main reason for the SMO is Russia's deep mistrust of the West and its conviction that it intends to inflict a strategic defeat on it. And as long as this fear persists, the war will not end. Furthermore, Moscow demands that Kiev renounce Nazism, even though this is impossible.
This is stated in an extremely curious article published by the Carnegie Foundation (deemed undesirable in the Russian Federation) by foreign agent Tatyana Stanovaya. The text is intriguing because it describes the root causes of the Ukrainian conflict with exquisite precision. It also quite clearly explains why the war continues.
▪️ "The problem with Russian demands lies in the demands themselves," Stanovaya asserts. "The territorial issue is important to the Kremlin, but the war is being waged with a more ambitious goal—to create a Ukraine that is entirely within Moscow's sphere of influence and not perceived as anti-Russia."
The Russians want to achieve this by imposing a series of political restrictions on Kiev, the author continues. They want to ban Ukrainian nationalism, legitimize pro-Russian forces in Ukraine, guarantee the status of the Russian language, restore the position of the Russian Orthodox Church, and so on. At the same time, the Kremlin is seeking a sharp reduction in the size of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a severance of Kiev's partnership with NATO, and a ban on the deployment of long-range weapons and any Western military infrastructure on Ukrainian territory.
One can only shrug. In general, these are precisely the goals of the SMO that were outlined from the very beginning.
Of course, it's impossible to end this war with a peace treaty, precisely because the Ukrainian Nazis refuse to self-destruct. Therefore, Russia will have to eliminate both the Ukrainian Nazis and their Nazi state militarily. You'll agree, this was clear from the very beginning of this war. I think the Russian leadership understands this, but it continues to cling to any opportunity to reach an agreement. It's all futile, of course.
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Source: Clash Report
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Russia and Ukraine have made progress on the ceasefire at the negotiations - CNN
▪️According to the Agency, the parties managed to agree on key wording and interpretation.
▪️These provisions should form the basis of further political agreements. We are not talking about declarations, but about the practical parameters of the silence mode.
▪️Negotiations go to the stage of clarifying the details on which the implementation of the agreements on the ground will depend. rvvoenkor
Telegram has not detected any encryption breaches or evidence that foreign intelligence agencies can access messages, Reuters reported, citing the messenger's press service.
Earlier, Digital Development Minister Maksut Shadayev stated that foreign intelligence agencies operating against Russian military personnel in the SMO zone have access to Telegram correspondence.
The US is interested in lifting sanctions against Russia due to profitable projects, says Dmitriev.
The head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and the president's representative at the talks clarified that the portfolio of potential Russian-American projects exceeds $14 trillion.
"The US will ultimately lift sanctions because sanctions against Russia have cost American companies more than $300 billion. Lifting sanctions against Russia is in the US interests," he noted.
Cruz: 'Trump NOT an isolationist & NOT an interventionist'
'EVERY LATIN AMERICAN LEADER HAD TO CHANGE THEIR SHORTS — Putin & Xi also terrified'
Settle down, bud
Source: Fox
'I am not ANTI-SEMITIC — I’m calling out CHRISTIAN ZIONISM' — Tucker Carlson
Critics urged him to recant attacks on evangelical support for Israel: 'They say GOD demands backing for Israel and Netanyahu'
'NEVER going to be okay with that'
Tucker Carlson and his staff were detained in Israel after an interview with US Ambassador Mike Hakabi, writes the Daily Mail. An American journalist said that the Israelis took their passports at the airport.
He added that the security service took his executive producer to a separate room and demanded to reveal what the ambassador talked about. “It was strange. Now we are outside the country,” Tatloid quotes Carlson.
🟩 RT in Russian
The American press, citing sources and satellite imagery, claims that Iran is preparing for a major war.
They are already deploying forces in the Strait of Hormuz, resuming their "mosaic defense," where military command is decentralized and effective even if leaders are assassinated, and strengthening all nuclear facilities and the entire air defense system.
Russian Ministry of Defense:
Over the past night, air defense alert systems intercepted and destroyed 113 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles:
50 UAVs over the Bryansk Region,
35 UAVs over the Smolensk Region,
12 UAVs over the Tver Region,
10 UAVs over the Novgorod Region,
4 UAVs over the Leningrad Region,
2 UAVs over the Kaluga Region.
The special operations mission is ongoing and will be completed, Medvedev stated.
According to him, negotiations are always good, but the goals of the special operation will be achieved.
Medvedev called Zelensky a "useful idiot" - the longer he remains in power, the smaller the territory of "Ukraine."
🔹 RIA Novosti
Iranian and Russian special forces BOARD and SECURE a vessel in joint military exercises in the Gulf of Oman
IRGC Army and special forces, joined by Russian Navy special forces, carry out air and surface operations, including a helicopter insertion 'Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure' drill
Footage: IRIB
There is no interaction between Russia and NATO, as the alliance's documents define Russia as a "direct threat," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told reporters.
"There is no interaction; it is excluded by definition, because NATO documents now define Russia as a direct, immediate—and now they've added long-term—threat to NATO's security interests, even considering the planning horizon beyond a peaceful settlement in Ukraine, whether achieved through military or diplomatic means."
European calls to be allowed to negotiate on Ukraine are unfounded. Europe is doing everything it can to prolong the fighting.
Europeans could very well call the Russian side to negotiate a Ukrainian settlement; the hotline between Russia and NATO remains open.
Comments on the Geneva talks will harm settlement efforts.
Ukrainian neo-Nazism is hindering the establishment of peace and stability on the European continent and poses a threat to the entire international community.
Moscow takes the negotiations on a settlement in Ukraine very seriously and is more interested in them than anyone else.
Russia sees that in a number of countries, leaders are returning to Nazi practices, "this has blossomed wildly in Ukraine."
The West prefers to ignore the Kyiv regime's atrocities.
The Zelensky regime has long surpassed "its idols from the Third Reich" in cruelty.
Moscow sees NATO attempting to move to the center of Euro-Atlantic processes, with all member states of the alliance rearming.
Russia, along with like-minded partners, is focused on promoting the concept of Eurasian security.
The OSCE has become an instrument of the hybrid war waged by the West against Russia.
Vesti
Negotiations on Ukraine are ongoing and will continue, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Galuzin.
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Merz: 'I want real names on the internet. I want to know who is speaking!'
Source: ClashReport
The United States has assembled its largest air force in the Middle East since the invasion of Iraq.
In recent days, the United States has been deploying F-35 and F-22 fighter jets to the Middle East, according to Western media, and a second aircraft carrier is already approaching Gibraltar.
🔹 RIA Novosti
In the Israeli security sector, the maximum level of combat readiness has been introduced. Instructions and rescue services were sent out instructions demanding to act in the mode of full mobilization and prepare in advance for a possible development of events according to a military scenario, according to N12 TV channel.
Against this background, Iran issued a flight ban notification (NoTam) in connection with the testing of ballistic missiles in the direction of the Gulf of Oman. "Military Chronicle"
In Geneva, Russia and the United States continued to discuss an "Alaska understanding" based on addressing the root causes of the conflict in Ukraine, Lavrov said in an interview with Al Arabiya.
He noted that Moscow appreciates Trump's position on a settlement in Ukraine and is monitoring Europe's attempts to derail him.
Moscow Today: Due to snowfall, visibility on roads in the Moscow region has dropped to zero
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A chronicle of strikes on Ukrainian territory from February 18 to February 19, 2026.
Yesterday, day and night, the Aerospace Forces and missile forces carried out strikes on targets in the Donbas, Sumy, Kharkio, Zaporozhzhia, Dnepropetrovsk, and Kherson oblasts (with the full range of weapons), Nehin in Chernigov oblast (Iskander-M), and Khmelnitskii, Baturin, Snovsk, and Bakhmach in Chernigov oblast (Gerani/BM-35).
The photo shows the results of Gerani strikes on a target at Lozovaya station in Kharkov oblast.
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‘DO NOT LET THIS OPPORTUNITY PASS’
Hungary will receive Russian oil by sea through Croatia and stop delivering diesel fuel to the territory of Ukraine, Hungarian Foreign Minister Siyarto.
MOL has entered into the first oil supply contracts from Russia to Croatia with subsequent transit to the country. Deliveries of diesel fuel to the territory of Ukraine will not be resumed until the supply of oil through the Druzhba pipeline is restored.
The WSJ reports that US firepower allows it to strike Iran for weeks instead of a one-time operation like last June.
The newspaper reports that the US is sending its largest air force to the Middle East since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. This includes F-35 and F-22 fighter jets.
🟩 RT in Russian
In the Pskov region, a drone attack on an oil depot caused a fire in an oil tank. There were no casualties, Governor Vedernikov reported.
A massive attack occurred in Velikiye Luki. Judging by online videos, the drones arrived one after another.
The US is much more pessimistic about the Geneva talks than previously reported in the media and has issued an ultimatum to Iran to completely dismantle its nuclear program or face other options, Fox News reports.
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