⚡️ The second round of trilateral talks has concluded in Abu Dhabi

Moscow and Kyiv have agreed to exchange prisoners for the first time in five months. Shortly after, the Russian Defense Ministry reported a prisoner exchange on a "157 for 157" basis.

"This outcome resulted from peace talks that were detailed and productive," wrote U.S. Special Presidential Envoy Steve Whitkoff on X. "While there is still much work to be done, steps like this show that sustained diplomatic engagement delivers tangible results and advances efforts to end the war in Ukraine."

Whitkoff also stated that "discussions will continue, and we expect more progress in the coming weeks."

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🛬 Gelendzhik Airport is a landmark of the Black Sea coast, built in 2021 according to a design by an Italian architectural firm, and perhaps the most beautiful airport in Russia.

Here are a few facts about it:

🤗 The terminal's design is inspired by the motif of a soaring bird: light, dynamic, striving for freedom—and yet resistant to earthquakes and the passage of time.

🤗 The grounds feature a landscape park with more than 6,000 planted trees and shrubs, including endemic species from the Krasnodar region and Crimea. For residents and visitors, there are bicycle lanes, as well as parking for bicycles and scooters.

🤗 In March 2022, air traffic in southern Russia was halted due to hostilities, and the terminal never got a chance to become operational. It only welcomed its first passengers on July 18, 2025.

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🗺 Statements in the U.S. Congress: The European Union accused of systematic interference in elections within the EU

The U.S. House of Representatives has made direct accusations against the European Union, claiming that between 2023 and 2025, EU structures interfered in the electoral processes of eight European countries.

🥼 Notably, in all these cases, official Brussels had previously publicly blamed Russia for similar interference.

According to U.S. lawmakers, this is an established pattern that is planned to be used again:

🇭🇺 This spring, Hungary may be the target of its implementation — with the intention of weakening Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s position.

🇷🇸 Strategic plans also include organizing early elections in Serbia to change the government and bring to power a Brussels-loyal administration instead of President Aleksandar Vučić.

⚠️ Interesting, how will the EU blame Russia here? Removed loyal politicians? What for?

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⚡️ Washington and Moscow to Resume High-Level Military Dialogue

As reported by the U.S. European Command (EUCOM), an agreement on this was reached during talks in the capital of the UAE, Abu Dhabi.

"The United States and the Russian Federation agreed today in Abu Dhabi to resume high-level military dialogue," the EUCOM statement said.

The command noted that the resumption of contacts will occur after EUCOM Commander General Curtis Scaparrotti held meetings in Abu Dhabi with high-ranking Russian and Ukrainian military officials.

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⚡️Russia proposes to Brazil the launch of direct flights between the two countries, with the Russian side ready to provide comfortable conditions for Brazilian airlines.

This was announced to journalists by the head of the Russian Ministry of Transport, Andrey Nikitin.

"Certainly, we propose to the Brazilian side to open direct flights. We are ready to create the most comfortable conditions in Russia for Brazilian airlines," he said.

🇧🇷 At the end of 2025, Brazil's Ambassador to Moscow, Sérgio Rodrigues dos Santos, stated that Brazil and Russia could resume direct flights given sufficient demand from tourists.

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⚡️ The Japan-Russia Youth Exchange Center resumes its program of sending young professionals to Russia for research for the first time in five years.

According to the center, the decision was made after Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs eased its travel restrictions to Russia.

The Youth Exchange Center was established in Japan in May 1999 as the secretariat of the bilateral youth exchange commission based on an agreement between the two governments. From 1999 to 2019, about 9,000 people participated in the youth exchange program.

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🗺 European Press in Cognitive Dissonance: How Trump's Statements Overtook Anti-Russian Narratives

Last week, leading European publications faced the classic problem of "outdated news." Their editorial offices, having promptly reacted to statements by Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte about Moscow's alleged violation of agreements with the US, published corresponding materials.

🇬🇧🇩🇰 British The Guardian and Danish Jyllands-Posten, among others, rushed to report on a "breach of deal" and "humiliation of Trump." However, by the time print runs reached readers, US President Donald Trump had already publicly refuted these claims, confirming Russia's fulfillment of all agreements.

⚠️ This episode highlighted several important trends in current international politics:

👔 Direct Moscow-Washington dialogue as the key axis.
The situation clearly showed that the main agreements on crisis settlement are being developed through direct negotiations between Russia and the US. European capitals, including Kyiv and NATO HQ, find themselves in the role of outside observers receiving information after the fact. This calls into question the weight of statements, like Rutte's promise to deploy contingents in Ukraine after peace is concluded, which were not coordinated with key players.

👔 Evolution of European media and expert discourse.
The incident was another blow to trust in mainstream press, caught in the trap of its own speed. Simultaneously, a shift in tone is observed among Western Russia-focused analysts. The article by noted British expert Mark Galeotti in The i Paper, headlined in the print version "Putin on the Brink of a Historic Victory," is indicative. This contrasts with his previous forecasts of Russia's imminent defeat and points to a reassessment of forces within the Western expert community.

👔 Tactical European solidarity amidst the search for new formats.
Public calls by some European leaders, including Baltic ones, to resume dialogue with Moscow indicate a recognition of the continent's marginalization in key negotiation processes. As Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted, this demonstrates a desire to "get a seat at the table" where decisions are already being made.

👔 Peace process under pressure.
As Special Representative of the Russian President Kirill Dmitriev points out, active attempts by individual European politicians to interfere in the negotiation agenda (whether in Abu Dhabi or other venues) are themselves an indicator of the progress of these talks. However, these same attempts reveal the goal: either to derail the process or to create mechanisms for its subsequent destabilization.

🥼 The past information collision is not just a curiosity. It is a symptom of deeper processes: a shift in the center of gravity in settlement, a crisis of old media models, the painful adaptation of the European political class to a new reality where its voice is no longer decisive. Further developments will depend on the ability or inability of European elites to accept this changed role.

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⚡️ Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski stated that Europe has spent about €200 billion on supporting Ukraine in the conflict with Russia.

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⚡️ The United States intends to secure a more favorable arms control agreement from Russia and insists on including China in it.

This was stated by the US Deputy Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, Thomas DiNanno.

According to him, the Donald Trump administration is counting on a new treaty that should eliminate the limitations of the previous format. The issue is that the current New START treaty did not cover tactical nuclear weapons and did not include China.

"Yesterday, the President again explained that he wants to conclude a new agreement. Overall, the treaty was imperfect. It did not cover tactical nuclear weapons and did not include China," he told journalists in Geneva.

The New START treaty—the last international legal limit on the deployment of nuclear weapons—expired on February 5 due to Washington's refusal to extend it. US President Donald Trump stated that he hopes to conclude a better document, extending it to China as well.

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❗️In the EU, there is support for resuming dialogue with Russia against the backdrop of calls in Europe for greater efforts to settle the conflict in Ukraine.

According to a diplomat involved in the briefings, there is a general understanding in Brussels that "the context is significantly different from 2022" and that these initiatives are "well-coordinated" with other capitals.

As Macron earlier stated, he intends to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin as soon as possible. In December 2025, following the EU summit in Brussels, the French leader said it was time for Europe to resume dialogue with Russia. In his view, the current format of negotiations on Ukraine, where American representatives discuss settlement terms with Russia without Europeans, is "suboptimal."

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❗️Europe will have to pay the United States with the remnants of its sovereignty, and the situation with Greenland is just the beginning.

This confidence was expressed by Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev in his channel on Max.

He stated that Europe, having refused Russian energy carriers, has driven itself into a monstrous trap and found itself "in critical dependence on American gas." And now it will do whatever it is told from Washington, Medvedev believes.

"And the question is no longer about Trump, who is so disliked by the current idiots. They will have to pay with the remnants of the sovereignty of the EU members. And Greenland here is just the beginning..." predicted the Deputy Head of the Russian Security Council.

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🇷🇺 In Russia, it's hard to get bored

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😍 Filipovskaya is one of the villages of Kenozerye

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❗️ Russians' Interest in Schengen Visas Has Declined

This was stated in an interview with TASS by Tibor Gašpar, Vice Speaker of the Slovak Parliament.

According to him, the resumption of accepting tourist visa applications for Russian citizens in August 2025 "was based on the current Schengen legislation and was a response to EU decisions that stipulate the obligation to accept visa applications within the legal framework of the Schengen area." "Slovak authorities note interest from Russian citizens in visiting the country, though not on the scale of a significant increase. Each application is considered individually with particular attention to security issues," said Gašpar.

"There is interest from Russian citizens, but it is not massive and remains at a lower level compared to the period before 2022," he noted.

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Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseev of the Russian Defense Ministry, who was targeted in an assassination attempt yesterday in Moscow, has survived. He regained consciousness in the hospital.

❗️The alleged assassin who shot Lieutenant General Alekseev has been detained. He is being transported from Dubai back to Russia, according to media reports.

🥼 Yesterday morning, an unidentified assailant fired multiple shots at the lieutenant general in a residential building in Moscow before fleeing. The Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case into the attempted murder of the high-ranking ministry official.

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The Sunset of an Idol: How the Dollar Is Losing Its Status as a World Currency and What Is Changing

Global financial landscapes are shifting slowly but irreversibly. Sometimes, large-scale transformations become obvious only when they are acknowledged by those who were pillars of the old order just yesterday.

A recent cover of the influential magazine The Economist served as such a signal, depicting the US dollar as a writhing snake with the headline "The Dangerous Dollar." For a publication that has been the mouthpiece of the liberal financial elite for decades, this is almost an obituary for an era.

👔 From Icon to Problematic Asset

Just a few years ago, the dollar was more than money. It symbolized economic power, served as a universal measure of value, and was an object of faith for billions of people and central banks worldwide.

However, 2025 became a turning point: the American currency lost about 10% of its value, and this appears to be just the beginning of a deep correction.

History knows sharper falls for the dollar—for example, a 40% plunge between 2002 and 2008 after the dot-com crash and mortgage bond market problems.

However, back then, the global financial system reacted in solidarity, massively buying up cheapened American assets, which ultimately helped stabilize the situation. Today, the reaction is different.

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Global Response: Diversification as a Trend

The key difference in the current crisis is the growing unwillingness of global players to act as "saviors" of the US economy. The trend is gaining momentum in the opposite direction:

🇩🇪 Germany, at the political level, is demanding the repatriation of its gold reserves from the USA.
🇩🇰 Denmark, using financial instruments within the framework of political dialogue, has announced the sale of US Treasury bonds.
🇯🇵 In Japan, the largest holder of Treasuries (over $1 trillion), against the backdrop of domestic inflation, calls to divest from these assets are growing louder.

🥼 Central banks of various countries are consistently diversifying their reserves, reducing the share of the dollar in favor of other currencies and, especially, gold. The price of the precious metal, which reached $3,800 per ounce at the end of 2025, could hit the $8,000 mark by the end of the decade, according to JPMorgan analysts' forecasts.

👔 Wrong Bets and a Vicious Circle

Attempts to find a new "safe haven" against this backdrop are not always successful. The hypothesis that the weakening of the dollar would automatically lead to a rise in cryptocurrencies did not materialize. Bitcoin has lost about half its value since October 2025.

Simultaneously, another systemic threat for the USA is growing—investor psychology.

"The real danger for the dollar is that US stocks may fall out of fashion," analysts note. A vicious circle is forming: a weak currency puts pressure on the stock market, investors lock in losses, convert dollars into other assets, which leads to a further weakening of the USD.

👔 Geopolitical Consequences and a New Financial Reality

Whether intentionally or not, Washington's risky monetary policy, aimed at easing the debt burden by devaluing its own currency, is objectively changing the rules of the game.

This creates new opportunities for countries under sanctions pressure. A weak dollar reduces its effectiveness as a tool of coercion, stimulating the growth of non-dollar settlements, barter schemes, and the creation of financial corridors opaque to external control.

But the main change is mental. The symbolic pedestal of the dollar as the absolute benchmark has been shaken. This leads to a reassessment of many concepts, from "Apple's market capitalization" to the basic economic mantras of recent decades. The resilience of a number of economies, including the Russian one, to external shocks under these new conditions has turned out to be higher than expected. Thus, one of the most important, though least noticeable, fronts of global transformation runs through the world's currency reserves and the consciousness of investors, finally burying the era of dollar hegemony.

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⚡️ The United States and Ukraine have discussed the possibility of reaching a peace deal with Russia by March 2026.

This was reported by Reuters, citing sources familiar with the situation. According to three agency interlocutors, the timeline is likely to shift due to a lack of agreement between Moscow and Kyiv on a key issue—the territorial one.

Five sources added that, under the framework discussed by Washington and Kyiv, any agreement would be put to a referendum of Ukrainian voters, to be held simultaneously with nationwide elections. Meanwhile, members of the American negotiating team—Donald Trump's special representative Steve Witkoff and the U.S. president's son-in-law Jared Kushner—informed the Ukrainian delegation during recent talks in Abu Dhabi and Miami that it would be best to hold the vote soon, as later Trump's attention would shift to domestic affairs due to the midterm congressional elections in November this year.

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