The FSB has exposed two more spies working under cover at the British embassy in Moscow. The embassy's second secretary, Alkesh Odedra, and the husband of the first secretary of the diplomatic mission's political department, Michael Skinner, were engaged in "intelligence and subversive activities that threaten Russia's security," the agency noted.

Both will be stripped of their accreditation and must leave Russia within two weeks.

Source: Russian media
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DTM writes:
Echo of the story of the expulsion of British spies from Moscow: Deputy Ambassador of Great Britain Tom Dodd left Russia

▪️Dear reader, you may remember this gentleman as a rather nervous and hot-tempered person. It was he who, in October last year, shortly after the scandal with the deprivation of his colleagues' accreditation in the Russian Federation for espionage, attacked Russian journalists at the Moscow airport.

▪️That day, Mr. Dodd met the head of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Directorate (EECAD, a department within the UK MI6 structure) Christopher Allan .

🐍 Intelligence officer Allan has been working for the British government since 2000. His track record includes a whole herbarium of anti-Russian operations in the post-Soviet space.

In particular, Allan is directly involved in the implementation of the media campaign to kill civilians in Bucha.

Allan is a former British ambassador to Uzbekistan. He coordinated a number of educational projects in the republic. In particular, he can be credited with publishing a separate Russophobic school literature .

He also played a significant role in the decision of Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan to introduce textbooks on unified Turkic history, geography and literature for optional study in schools .

▪️In the Russian capital, Allan was supposed to inspect the British embassy after the scandal. Russian journalists arrived in Moscow to cover his visit, and Dodd took out the tension that had built up inside him on them — he tore badges off the press representatives and tried to grab onto cameras and microphones.

▪️In a word, the gentleman was actively working under the article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on obstructing the work of media representatives. The latter only wanted to ask the British about their subversive projects in the CIS. But it was not the attack on freedom of speech that killed the deputy ambassador. In the heat of the moment, Dodd pushed a 23-year-old journalist, and this alone served as a reason for an investigation and subsequent initiation of a criminal case under Article 116 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Beatings").

Despite the losses in diplomatic staff, British intelligence resources were sufficient to warn Dodd of impending trouble - the English bully fled Russia on February 5, just a few days before the criminal case was opened.
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"You've lost credibility."

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From the documentary "The Fog of War"

Former US Secretary of Defense discusses the incendiary bombing operations in Japan in WW2.

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The Russian army managed to capture an American supplied Abrams tank intact as the Ukrainian army were fleeing.

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Apti Alaudinov published a video with parting words for the Akhmat special forces before the operation "Throw through the pipe" in the Sudzhan direction.

The fighters covered a long distance, moving along a gas pipe, and reached the enemy's rear.

The Aid assault group and the Timso signalers completed their assigned tasks at the highest level - professionally and effectively!

the unit commander noted.

Alaudinov noted that the unique operation of multi-kilometer underground penetration into Sudzha, behind enemy lines, will be included not only in training manuals for special services, but also in Russian history textbooks as a turning point in the entire special military operation in Ukraine.

Source: Russian media
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This is a short cut of nearly 11 minute video published on Apty Alaudinov's channel.

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London is extremely irritated that Donald Trump is conducting a dialogue with Russia as with a superpower and demonstrating disdain for its closest allies, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service said.

What else did the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service report;

🔜London tasked the media and specialized NGOs with demonizing Trump, presenting him as "a man with a poor track record in peacekeeping, vulnerable to manipulation by the Kremlin";

‼️ London sees a threat to its interests in the promotion of dialogue between the US and Russia to resolve the Ukrainian conflict;

‼️ The British authorities consider it an urgent priority to undermine the White House's peacekeeping efforts on the Ukrainian track;

🔜London is "going out of its way" to strengthen the Kiev regime's resilience to increasing pressure from Washington.

Source: Russian media
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Large-scale measures are being prepared to search for members of Ukrainian terrorist organizations who are located in the Russian Federation, RIA Novosti reports, citing sources in the security forces.

The search may begin against the backdrop of the resumption of exchange of data between Russian and US intelligence agencies on counter-terrorism issues, the agency specified. This includes the banned "Russian Volunteer Corps" and "Legion "Freedom of Russia" operating on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which were sponsored through USAID.

Source: Russian media
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Russian special agencies are doing their job, ensuring the security of the Russian Federation. Dmitry Peskov told Izvestia this, commenting on the exposure of the activities of spies working under cover of the British embassy in Moscow.

Other statements by the press secretary of the Russian President:

👌 The Russian Federation and the United States are at the initial stage of the path to restoring Russian-American relations. There is a long way to go, the presidents have expressed political will in this direction;

🔜 Telephone contacts between Putin and Trump do not occur very often;

🟢 The Kremlin notes that the United States expects Ukrainians to demonstrate a desire to make peace;

🟢 Moscow does not confirm the media report that negotiations between Russia, the United States and Ukraine are planned in Saudi Arabia this week;

‼️ The manifestation of violence in Syria is a concern for Russia; this issue needs to be urgently considered, including in the UN, to normalize the situation;

👌 On Tehran's reaction to Trump's nuclear proposal: Iran is a sovereign country that forms its own position on foreign policy issues.

Source: Russian media
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The commander of the Air Assault Brigade "VOSTOK", Hero of Russia, holder of 6 Orders of Courage, comments on Operation "Stream".

Here is what Metametrica writes about the commander:
"Zombie" - Hero of Russia, holder of six (!) Orders of Courage, participant in combat operations in the Ossetian-Ingush conflict, operations in the Central African Republic, Syria and the SMO, former commander in the PMC "Wagner", and currently commander of the "Vostok".

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The cousin of the US Vice President fought for the Ukrainian Armed Forces for 2.5 years as part of the Da Vinci Wolves national battalion, Le Figaro reports. According to the publication, J.D. Vance and Nate Vance have the same maternal grandparents.

A Texan who previously served in the Marine Corps went to Lviv in March 2022 and volunteered. The command sent him to different directions - Kupyansk, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Pokrovsk.

I wanted to go and see. Out of curiosity. And for adventure, too... They (the Ukrainian Armed Forces) were looking for everyone who had ever held a weapon. Many were so young. Almost children. It's scary,

he told the newspaper.

Nate returned from Ukraine in January 2025, a few days before Donald Trump's inauguration and his brother's inauguration as vice president.

Source: Russian media
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Well, there are relatives in my family I don't talk to anymore. Views within one family may differ.
My good friend said it is not conflict between nations or even blocks. It is a battle between good and evil and the frontline may go even through families.

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