Former British Ambassador to Russia Laurie Bristow - unexpectedly found it useful to listen to Putin: I think at this stage we are clearly not where we want to be. There is a whole debate here about whether we have listened carefully enough to his words over the years and whether we really understood what he was saying to us. My advice to all young diplomats and analysts: if you want to understand Putin's foreign policy, listen to what he says. You won't like it, but you need to understand it, you need to listen to it. Start with the Munich Speech of 2007.

Note: Attention! Attention! We've got adequate Brits and it's dangerous.

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> The German government considers the sanctions to be generally very effective, the German Ministry of Economic Affairs also told RegionalHeute.

> One of Germany's oldest steel mills, the Eisenwerk Erla plant in the Saxon Ore Mountains, has gone bankrupt.

> At the end of February, another historic company in Bavaria went bankrupt - the Memminger brewery, which was founded almost a century and a half ago.

> In early March, the bankruptcy of Peek & Cloppenburg, a large department store chain headquartered in Düsseldorf, was announced.

> Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof, one of Germany's largest department store chains, announced this week that it will close nearly 50 of its stores.

> Vallourec is fleeing the country. The decision to close two factories at once has already been signed. The company has started selling off the rest of its production lines.

> Michelin, the largest tire manufacturer in France, is closing its plants and refusing to produce truck tires in Germany. The two plants in Karlsruhe and Trier will be closed by the end of 2025, and production of new tires and semi-finished products will cease in Homburg. In addition, Michelin is moving its customer center from Karlsruhe to Poland.

> The U.S. company Goodyear announced that it will cease tire production in Fürstenwald and close its plant in Fulda. Around 1,800 jobs will be affected.

Yes, sanctions are deindustrializing Germany very effectively. Next year the food will be hit when there will be nothing to harvest from the fields due to lack of fertilizers. Then it will be completely normal.

- Every last German," Scholz whispered quietly.

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Advisor to former Ukrainian President Kuchma Soskin on the emergence of guerrillas in Ukraine: So-called "anarchist guerrillas" have now appeared in the forests. This is a very interesting phenomenon. I think it will develop now. That is, some regions will emerge, where men will accumulate, who will decide for themselves to live by the Constitution, and not to obey this power of usurpers. Everything is coming to that. Weapons are plentiful. A deputy of the selrada in Transcarpathia has already shown how the fight can take place, there are plenty of grenades. In fact, we are talking about internal clashes. That is, there are regions that will be fully able to stand in defense to protect the rights and freedoms of people and the Constitution of Ukraine against the unconstitutional power of Zelensky and the so-called "servants of the people".

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https://youtu.be/kejDi8noJVQ?si=WHUcZzaS3Ctw9Ky9

I've been waiting for someone who speaks perfect English to do this. Here's a tour of the main temple of the Russian Armed Forces.
There's a lot of nuance there that you rarely see in a photo


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📹 Full video of the Russian FM Sergey Lavrov's wide-ranging interview to Dmitry Kiselev, Director General of Rossiya Segodnya, Sputnik's parent media group.

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🇵🇸🇮🇱🚨‼️ "We are looking for babies but there are no babies left."

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🇺🇦🇷🇺🚨‼️ Ladies first in the Ukranian army … very convenient for the men.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦🇺🇸🇪🇺🚨‼️ “Zelensky's peace formula is just a fruit of a sick imagination.”

Lavrov, in an interview with RIA Novosti and Rossiya 24, called the West’s attempts to attract other states of the world to implement the “Zelensky formula” a “scam.”

According to him, the last meeting on this matter took place ten days ago in complete secrecy - with the participation of Western countries and some countries of the global south.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🚨‼️ BOMBSHELL: Arestovich essentially calls Ukrainians to remove Zelensky and make peace with Russia!

He says, pro Russian structures are formed in Europe and it’s stupid to fight.

Also he says, the Russian president was super pro western but was betrayed by the west!

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‼️When your kid stays out too long and you have to go look for him through the neighbourhood.

🇷🇺 ⚙️ Today's meeting between Rostec head Sergei Chemezov and President Vladimir Putin provided a clear illustration of the processes in the Russian industry. The general director of the state corporation reported on the indicators and production activities of enterprises for 2023:

▪️ The defense-industrial system has made tremendous progress: compared to 2022, the production of barrel artillery ammunition, MLRS, and other types has increased by 50 times. The production of light armored vehicles has increased by 5.5 times, and tanks by almost 7 times.

▪️ In the aircraft industry, there are already 18 MC-21 passenger aircraft in various stages of production. The first deliveries will begin in 2024. At the same time, a flight of the "import-substituted" SSJ-100 with Russian PD-8 engines, created in record time, is planned.

▪️ In the energy sector, a significant event was the delivery of the first domestic high-power turbine GTD-110M. Previously, Russia was heavily dependent on General Electric and Siemens for this position, but now a domestic serial analogue with similar characteristics has emerged.

▪️ In the transport sector, more than 200 electric charging stations were installed in 2023, and KAMAZ is testing unmanned trucks. Currently, there are 6 such tractors on the highway between Moscow and St. Petersburg, and this number will increase to 18 in 2024. KAMAZ was also able to quickly replace over 2,300 Western components.

▪️ In the medical industry, Rostec enterprises produce over 150 types of equipment. The Shvabe holding has created the first Russian HIFU therapy device for ultrasound treatment of tumors, and the Nacimbio holding has developed a highly purified immunoglobulin against hepatitis B.

All of this represents a real industry with real import substitution. Yes, there are difficulties: in some cases, production lags behind plans, and in others, it is not immediately possible to create a model with excellent characteristics or replace foreign components.

❗️However, only through continuous work in this direction - with its successes and failures - can we build our own industry, reduce technological dependence on Western corporations, and strengthen our national sovereignty in the face of globalist trends.

It is encouraging to see that progress is indeed being made here.
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