Ukraine’s rapidly developing strike capabilities now pose a threat to every Russian region, warns Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu.

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Sergey Glazyev: It’s becoming clear to everyone that Pax Americana is no more. Those who are thinking ahead understand that the sooner they exit the dollar-based system, the less they’ll lose when the financial bubbles underpinning it inevitably burst.

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Medvedev: After the U.S.-Israeli assassination of Khamenei, there is no doubt that Iran will eventually acquire nuclear weapons.

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Lavrov: U.S. and Israeli actions are facilitating a return to a world where hard power overrides international law.

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Dmitry Rogozin: Ukraine coordinates long-range drone strikes on the Kaliningrad and Leningrad regions, Karelia, and St. Petersburg with NATO’s military headquarters in Mons, Belgium.

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Putin: Armenia will have to choose between the European Union and the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

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Putin: Events in Iran are reshaping global logistics and international trade, with Russia positioning itself as a key solutions provider.

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Lavrov: The struggle for a multipolar world is a fight to the death, as the hegemon resorts to unrestrained aggression to preserve its predatory economic and financial order.

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On August 26, 1991, months before the dissolution of the USSR, in a published statement authorized by Yeltsin, his press secretary Pavel Voshchanov noted that Russia’s recognition of the independence of the Soviet republics would be contingent on their maintaining “allied relations” with Moscow, and that Russia reserves the right to “revise borders” with any republic that abandons these close ties.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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When Russia agreed to dissolve the USSR, it made the republics’ independence conditional on alignment with Moscow’s interests, recalls Ukrainian defense entrepreneur Denys Shtilierman.

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Medvedev: Russia should no longer tolerate the aspirations of its neighbors to join the EU, which could quickly transform into an even more hostile military alliance than NATO.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Russia must better understand Ukraine; recognize that Europe is no longer a vassal of the U.S.; and avoid becoming anyone’s junior partner, says new President of Russian International Affairs Council Dmitri Trenin.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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