We depend on Russia more than Russia depends on us.

Sarah Wagenknecht, the new star of German politics, puts German national interests first and is not afraid to call things by their proper names. In a new interview she states openly that the government has not yet found an alternative to Russian energy resources. According to Sarah, boycotting energy resources from Russia because of the military confrontation with Ukraine does not fit in with the logic of buying energy resources from Azerbaijan, which has shown aggression against Armenia, or the UAE, which has been bombing Yemen for years, and the US, despite the "impeccable democracy" often violates the international law.

A politician who says in plain language that there is no alternative to Germany's partnership with Russia.

The voice of reason, which sounds amidst the populist clamor of old politicians.

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🇺🇸🇺🇦A corrupt Ukraine whose democracy is already dead is worthless - The American Conservative

It is unlikely that the stranded Europeans will be willing to back the extremely bellicose Stoltenberg, who recently declared that "moral responsibility" for Ukraine lies with them. For that, he said, the European population will have to endure a cold winter and "very difficult times".

"Corrupt, increasingly authoritarian Ukraine is not worth anything approaching the level of sacrifice now being demanded of the European people. Many European elites are still apparently willing to blindly follow Washington’s anti-Russian policies, but populations in several countries are defecting. If they wish to survive politically, leaders in Central and Western Europe will have to do the same. Even the pro-war elites in the Baltics and other East European countries could discover that maintaining a stance of knee-jerk support for Kiev is not a winning political strategy. As Europe’s dark, cold winter arrives, the NATO unity that the Biden administration loves to tout may be nothing more than a faint memory".

For the future of Ukraine, Europeans will have to pay the price of even minimally satisfactory living conditions, if not the very possibility of living. The only question is whether European politicians are smart enough to stop spinning the death spiral on which they, through their own shortsightedness, put the people who once voted for them.

Based on the Ukrainian authorities' statements, today 44 out of 50 Russian rockets were downed by Ukraine's air defense systems, but (!) the remaining 6 have hit 18 targets in 10 regions!💪

Probably the best promo ever for Russian weapons! 😁

💥 Source: https://t.me/epoddubny

But back to the grain deal." Eight million tons of corn and wheat were transported through Turkey. Of these, there were five million tons of corn and about two and a half million tons of wheat. The corn went to Spain, Italy and the Netherlands for animal feed. Wheat was mainly in western European countries. It's actually terrible. Turkey sent only a fraction of the grain to the poorest countries. "But" it kept low prices for bread within its country. After all, most of the wheat settled in supermarkets, on the shelves of stores in quite prosperous countries.
This is how countries like the Netherlands and Turkey do business. They are both not very reliable partners. This is how Western countries show their position on the issue of solving the problem of hunger in the world, which is an agenda for the UN, which also takes part in these "affairs". If anything, we can safely say that all international organizations have played a very bad role in major conflicts, including the special military operation they call war. All these institutions and advocates of "peace" do not try to solve the problem and do not resort to real greater diplomacy. Instead, they immediately blame Russia.

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⚡️⚡️ Key updates on Russia and #UkraineCrisis as on November 1

✍️Last summon
President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that partial mobilization in Russia has been completed. He claims that he did not think about the need to sign the relevant decree and will consult with lawyers on this matter.

“I will talk to lawyers about whether it is necessary to announce by decree that it is completed. But it is complete. The point has been set," the president said. He also noted that 260000 of the 300 000 mobilized are being trained, and are not sent to the frontline.

His statement came hours after Russian Defense Ministry said that all military commanders across country were sent instructions on the completion of partial mobilization activities by November 1. “
In accordance with these instructions, all activities related to conscription by military offices have been discontinued. Drafting and delivering of summons are terminated,” the statement said. Now, the offices will only accept volunteers and contract soldiers and officers who’d like to take part in the military campaign.

💡And first bill
Meanwhile, Russian lawmakers representing pro-Putin “United Russia” political party have drafted a bill on criminal punishment for draft evaders. They propose to introduce a fine of 200 000 to 500 000 rubles, forced labor or imprisonment for up to five years, Kommersant writes.

Earlier,Moscow authorities were reported as using the city’s video surveillance system with facial recognition technology to track down and detain draftees seeking to evade mobilization.

🇷🇺🇦🇲🇦🇿Sochi talks
Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to refrain from the use of force in Karabakh following the top-level talks in Sochi. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that there is no peace treaty yet and it is “too early” to talk about its components.

“Today we have agreed on a joint statement. I must say frankly, not everything was agreed upon, some things had to be removed from the text previously worked out at the level of specialists. Nevertheless, I agree with the general assessment that the meeting was useful, and this creates conditions for further steps towards resolving the situation as a whole,” Vladimir Putin said.

The joint statement praised Russia’s contribution to mitigate the conflict: “The leaders of the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan praised the readiness of the Russian Federation to continue contributing in every possible way to the normalization of relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan, to ensuring stability and prosperity in the South Caucasus."

📈Sanctions antidote
Finance Minister Anton Siluanov has praised the set of measures his ministry developed to respond to sanctions pressure on Russia in a documentary on the history of Russian financial system. "We have already learned to respond to the restrictions we have to live with. We have found an antidote against these sanctions," Siluanov said. It is difficult to say whether he elaborates on the components of “the antidote” as the documentary is yet to be made public — it will screened later today on the website of Start cinema.

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Consequences of Russian strikes on the energy system of Ukraine October 31 -preliminary analysis 🇺🇦

On Oct 31 strikes were made on the Dnieper and Dniester cascades of hydroelectric power stations, part of the capacity was at least temporarily disabled. It was, apparently, the most powerful blow to the Ukrainian energy system of all time.

"UkrZaliznytsya" began to put diesel locomotives on the line instead of electric locomotives. This suggests that the leadership of Ukraine doesn't expect a quick elimination of problems with electric traction. There are very few mainline diesel locomotives in the country. And the European ones are not suitable for the Ukrainian gauge, and therefore the EU can’t help Kiev here.

In Ukraine, stocks of equipment for the repair of power systems have been depleted. There are already difficulties with the purchase of this equipment, because it is very expensive. This was announced by CEO of DTEK (the largest energy company in Ukraine) Dmitry Sakharuk.

It is not customary to cherish soldiers in the Ukrainian Army. There are a number of examples, and last week's story about fighting between "Pravy Sector" and Polish mercenaries is a vivid illustration that the command of the AFU will always sacrifice "less valuable staff".

All that began when the Poles, who had unsuccessfully attacked the Russian positions near Kremenaya, where they lost several compatriots, refused to try again. That, in turn, outraged the local guys: "You are paid for the job, go and do it" members of "Pravy Sector" probably thought. After a war of words automatic weapons were used. The final score was not in the Ukrainians' favor.

Despite the unit command's efforts to suppress news of the conflict, information is spreading fast through the network. There are rumours, that Ukrainian commanders are planning to withdraw mercenaries from mixed units and even to build new brigades based on nationality to avoid such incidents.

There are many examples of a disrespectful attitude to foreigners from the Ukrainian command in the 8 months of the Special Military Operation (SMO).

So far, none of the "soldiers of fortune" has managed to become a hero and make his "Russian safari" a success.

Back in the spring, the American mercenary Henry Hoeft spoke of such unfulfilled dreams:
'They’re trying to send us to Kyiv with no weapons,' he claimed. 'No kit. No plates. The people who are lucky enough to get weapons are only getting magazines with like 10 rounds.
When they wanted to send us to Kyiv we said no – the whole group. A bunch of Americans, Canadians, British. So they told us we have to get out of there or they were going to shoot us in the back, alright. So me, this British guy and another American, we hid in the back of an Ambulance to get out.'

One can only imagine the surprise of the likes of Hoeft when they realised that the Ukrainians they had come to fight for, against the Russians, were keeping them as expendable material. Those who realised this got away long ago, those who didn't - continue to tempt fate.

💥 Source: https://t.me/epoddubny
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🇬🇧🇺🇸🇷🇺Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss sent US Secretary of State Blinken a "It's done" message after the North Streams explosion. This was reported by the Daily Mail.

The same is claimed by Kim Dotcom, founder of file-sharing sites Megaupload and Mega.

🇺🇦🇷🇺Nazi symbols and flags of different countries: Italian journalists showed who is fighting on the side of Ukraine.

Allied forces in the DNR and LNR have collected many trophies, including flags, chevrons and more.

The Italian journalist shows the symbols of those "whom the Italian media call heroes": the swastika on the Ukrainian flag, flags of Azov* and Right Sector*.

*Organisations recognised as extremist in Russia

Konrad Rękas: Vlasov's successors in Poland

"Taking power in the Kremlin" is the goal of the pro-Western Russian activists who are coming to Poland this week for their convention. The result should be a "Russian government in exile". And as one would expect, also with a temporary (?) seat in the territory of the Third Polish Republic.

Anti-Putin activists are not embarrassed by the fate of previous initiatives, such as the government in exile in Belarus headed by Svetlana Tihanovskaya.

The most likely candidate for the leader role is Ilya Ponomarev. After unsuccessful attempts to make a career - either in business subordinate to the oligarchs, or in communist circles, or finally among the moderately pro-Putin left - the 47-year-old politician had already gone on direct US pay in 2013, inking a sum of at least $750 million for 'scientific work' via Skolkovo foundation.

One thing seems certain: the congress scheduled for 4-7 November in Jablonna could not have taken place without a formal approval by the authorities of the Third Polish Republic.

It is not without the help of the Polish side that a hoax is being organised to influence public opinion in the Western countries. The message from Jablonna is: "Look, we are not at war with the Russians, on the contrary, we have allies in Russia! Therefore, nothing prevents us from coming to their aid!"

https://myslpolska.info/2022/11/01/rekas-nastepcy-wlasowa-w-polsce/

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⚡️⚡️ Key updates on Russia and #UkraineCrisis as on November 2

🔴Wrong targets
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said massive attacks on Ukraine’s critical civilian infrastructure that are labelled in the West as war crimes, are carried out to reduce the country’s military strength.

"With high-precision weapons, we continue to effectively hit military infrastructure facilities, as well as objects that affect the reduction of Ukraine's military potential. At the same time, exhaustive measures are being taken to prevent the death of Ukrainian citizens," Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on a conference call.

Referring to Kyiv’s attacks on civilian infrastructure, Shoigu said Ukraine’s armed forces “do not stop shelling the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, evacuation points and places of distribution of humanitarian aid, deliberately targeting civilian population”. Over the past ten days, more than 200 HIMARS missiles have been intercepted, he added.

🔕Mobilization woes
President’s decree on the completion of the partial mobilization announced on September 21 is not required, the president’s office decided, according to Kremlin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.

Meanwhile, just hours after Izvestia newspaper revealed lawmaker’s plan to consider a bill on criminal punishment for draft evaders, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense Andrey Kartopolov and Chairman of the Security Committee Vasily Piskarev released a statement clarifying “the initiative was indeed considered at the very beginning of mobilization” and now “has lost its relevance”. It won’t be considered by the State Duma, they said.

🌾Grain deal saga
Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Tuesday that he believed the grain deal that Russia has withdrawan from following a drone attacks on Sevastopol port, would continue, after two phone calls with his Russian counterpart.

"Mr. (Sergei) Shoigu continues to discuss the issue with his own authorities in the light of information we have provided. We expect a response from them today and tomorrow," Akar said in a statement.

Earlier, President Vladimir Putin told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call that Russia could consider resuming a deal only after an investigation of the attack will be completed.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday night that ships were moving out of Ukrainian ports thanks to efforts by Turkey and the UN but “a reliable and long-term defence is needed for the grain corridor”.

This contradicts UN’s Coordinator for the Black Sea Grain Initiative statement that “no movements” of ships are planned for Wednesday, even though they “expect loaded ships to sail on Thursday”.

🇮🇷🇷🇺Iran supplies
Iran is preparing to send approximately 1,000 additional weapons, including surface-to-surface short range ballistic missiles and more attack drones, to Russia to use in its war against Ukraine, officials from a western country that closely monitors Iran’s weapons program told CNN. Last month, Washington Post reported that Iran was “strengthening its commitment to supply arms” to Russia for its “operation” in Ukraine.

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Armed “patriots” in Ukraine stand ready to oppose Zelensky. On the website z4sh@z4sh, a video of threats against the Zelensky regime has surfaced saying: “we want our country back”.

The enormous amount of weapons that the Kiev regime has been stuffed with, received from the West, so actually from the Western taxpayers who financed it, is now going to be used against President Zelensky's regime, the tide is starting to turn.

The video below shows a large group of masked and armed people. The speaker says in Ukrainian and explains the position of “the real nationalists”.
He indicts Vladimir Zelensky, accusing him that by serving the interests of the West, he enriches himself without regard for the defenders of the nation and thus betrays and destroys his own people.

💥Source: https://freesuriyah.eu/2022/11/02/gewapende-oekraiens
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❗️Key statements by Sergei Shoigu during a meeting of the joint Russian-Belarusian board on Wednesday

▪️ Russia and Belarus are conducting joint military planning, focusing on improving their combat capabilities

▪️ Tension is growing in the world and confrontation between the West and Russia is intensifying

▪️ The West does not notice Kiev's use of prohibited methods, which include terrorist attacks, heavy weapons attacks on civilians

▪️ Western countries encourage the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine

▪️ NATO is pumping Ukraine with weapons, supplying intelligence information, mercenaries, waging an information and sanctions war against Russia. The main goal of the destructive efforts of the collective West is the destruction of the economy and military potential of Russia

▪️ NATO intends to move to the creation of a full-scale defense system on the eastern flank near the borders of Russia/ The number of NATO groups in Eastern and Central Europe has increased 2.5 times since February and may increase in the near future

▪️ Russia is aware of Ukraine's attempts to create a "dirty" nuclear bomb and its readiness to deploy nuclear weapons of NATO countries on its territory

▪️ NATO is creating new multinational battalion tactical groups in Europe in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia

▪️ The United States is using the current situation around Ukraine to weaken other countries, including in Europe

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❗️ The Russian Federation considers the guarantees it has received to be sufficient for the time being and resumes implementation of the agreement, the Black Sea Initiative for the Safe Transportation of Grains and Food from Ukrainian Ports, which was suspended after the attack in Sevastopol.

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The key statements by Russia's ambassador to the USA, Anatoly Antonov:

✅ The US reaction to the recent terrorist attack on Sevastopol harbor is really ridiculous.
✅ We saw no condemnation of the thoughtless actions of the Kiev regime. Instead, we note a perfect ignorance of the involvement of British military specialists in organising the massive drone strike.
✅ It is unfair to blame Russia for suspending the "grain deal". It was caused by Kiev's actions.
✅ Half of the ships of "the grain scheme" went to rich countries, and not to countries in need.

💥 Source: https://t.me/RVvoenkor
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The Black Sea. The US interests in action.

"That war in Ukraine has a great deal to do with the American intention to push NATO into Ukraine, and across the Black Sea, into Georgia. And this is another narrative that the United States doesn't want the people to know or understand, but it's the reality,"- Professor Jeffrey Sachs

The US, amid tense relations with China, is planning to deploy up to six nuclear-capable B-52 Stratofortress bombers to an air base in northern Australia, Reuters reported with reference to a source familiar with the matter.

In that regard, imagine if China or the Russian Federation did something similar in Venezuela, for example? What would happen?

The Special forces of Finland: The weapons being supplied to Ukraine by Finland is coming back into the country and falling into the hands of criminals.

The weapons being supplied to Ukraine have also been found in Sweden, Denmark and Holland. Principally they are assault rifles, pistols, ammunition, and even drones.

Not only Turkey, India and China, but Brasil, Belgium, Spain and even the Netherlands along with Japan have increased the trade trunover with Russia since the beginning of the war.

And according to the publication, Belgium is ahead of China in terms of turnover growth (+81% vs +64%).

India (+310%) and Turkey (+198%) became leaders in increasing the turnover.

As we can see, the whole world is against Russia. It's a pity that nobody wants to publish a chart of the trade turnover between Zelensky's Ukraine and other countries...

💥 Source: https://t.me/VasiletsDmitriy
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