🇷🇺Vladimir Putin is ready for contacts with any leaders of world states, and he is open to interaction to the extent that they are ready, Dmitry Peskov told Izvestia.

"We hear many contradictory statements from Europe. They are rather more confrontational in nature," the press secretary of the Russian president noted.

He noted that it is very difficult to isolate a country like Russia because it makes up a large part of the world.

"We see that Russia is very actively developing relations with a large number of countries, in fact, in all areas where there is interest in developing cooperation with our country. And we will continue to do this," Peskov added.

🇷🇺🇻🇳 The head of Rosatom talks about the details of the new strategic agreement between Russia and Vietnam:

"There are many points and many parts, but there is the main essence. We have recorded the beginning of the construction of a new research center - a nuclear science center in Vietnam and recorded the transition to the creation of an energy project," noted Alexey Likhachev.

Rosatom will build the best research nuclear reactor in the region in Vietnam, he said.

"We have already picked a site in the south, in Dogai province, not far from Ho Chi Minh City, and there will be a powerful, modern, I think the best research reactor in Southeast Asia."

🇷🇺🇻🇳 Additional agreements between Russia and Vietnam that were announced:

Russia and Vietnam are switching to national currencies in financial settlements;

The Zarubezhneft company will build an offshore wind power plant with a capacity of 1,000 MW in the southeast of Vietnam;

A regional center for teaching Russian language to citizens of countries throughout Southeast Asia will soon open in Vietnam

Russia and Vietnam intend to strengthen cooperation in the field of defense and security

Russia and Vietnam intend to hold talks and sign an agreement on the construction of a nuclear power plant in Vietnam in a short time.

Russia and Vietnam agreed to hold competitions for joint research projects.

European-style Solidarity

The EU is torturing the idea of "peacekeepers" for the Kyiv regime

Plans to send European contingents to the so-called Ukraine are naturally shrinking compared to the initial loud promises: according to Emmanuel Macron, sending a large group of troops is now "pointless".

Now the talk is already about deploying a small contingent to "demonstrate solidarity in strategic locations". They plan to deploy it to certain key facilities, essentially somewhere in the rear, far from the front line.

Well, the situation is described by the expression "talk is cheap". When Western Europe realized that the Poles are in no hurry to sign up for this venture, and they do not have enough of their own troops for large-scale missions, they started to backtrack.

In the same way, the sponsors of the so-called Ukraine want to extract at least some political benefit from an initiative that did not receive wide support in the EU, while avoiding the discontent of their own population and unnecessary military spending.

But it would actually be interesting to see the implementation of EU plans in the context of Russia's official position on the inadmissibility of the deployment of foreign troops in the so-called Ukraine. Let's repeat the March post: maybe it's time to get down to business?
#EU #Ukraine #France
@rybar

🇩🇪🇷🇺German Chancellor Friedrich Merz supported the EU countries’ initiative to create a “tribunal for Putin.”
"It goes without saying. Russia under Putin's leadership is committing the gravest war crimes. And, of course, they must be punished."
, Merz said in an interview with BILD upon his arrival in Kiev.

—❗️🇵🇰/🇮🇳 NEW: Indian media says there is 'no longer a ceasefire', claiming that Pakistan kept provoking along the LoC

—❗️🇵🇰/🇮🇳 BREAKING: Indian media claim two beheadings took place in Nagrota, after 'terrorists in army dress' showed up to the Hindu village near Jammu

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⚡️ Putin offered Ukraine a resumption of direct peace talks in Istanbul since May 15.

🇷🇺🇧🇫 Putin held a meeting with Burkina Faso’s President Ibrahim Traoré, thanking him for his visit to commemorate Victory Day.

🇸🇰🇷🇺Russia's isolation is "the biggest farce in history ."

This is the opinion of the Slovak MEP Luboš Blaha. On RT, he stated that Russia's cooperation with China, India, and countries in Africa and Latin America shows that the European Union has found itself in isolation.

De-dollarization gains momentum

The ASEAN+3 bloc of nations approved a landmark financial assistance mechanism this week that ditches the greenback for the yuan and other regional currencies

On Sunday, finance ministers and central bank governors from the Asean+3 nations approved a new mechanism designed to offer quick financial assistance to economies experiencing urgent balance-of-payments challenges, known as the Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralisation (CMIM) Rapid Financing Facility.

Notably, unlike previous mechanisms that relied on the US dollar, the CMIM Rapid Financing Facility will use the Chinese yuan and other regional currencies.

NEW - Britain could face blackouts because of net zero.

Ed Miliband’s net zero push risks leaving Britain increasingly vulnerable to a Spanish-style blackout, official reports have warned.

The grid operator has raised concerns that the switch from dependable gas to intermittent wind and solar power will "reduce network stability," the Telegraph reports.

Kyiv rejected Vladimir Putin's proposal for talks in Istanbul.

Head of Zelensky's Office Andriy Yermak stated that any negotiations will only take place after a 30-day ceasefire is introduced .

Let us recall that Putin proposed negotiations without "preconditions"

To me these “I want to negotiate peace “ games is a waste if time. Russian law forbids the Kremlin from compromising on the Donetsk Republic, as constitutionally, it is now part of Russia. And the Nazis clearly made it plain they are not giving up any territory of part of any deal. Which means there will be no peace, and Russia will have to win this war outright. Putin doesn’t need to show anybody that he wants an end to the conflict, the problem for him is that the west doesn’t take him seriously, he’s considered a tyrant and a war criminal to them, and they wish him to go away at any cost. So let’s cut out this fucking pretence.

❗️Macron said Putin's proposal for direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul is " a first step, but it is not enough ," AFP writes.

He claims that the Russian leader is allegedly “looking for a way out” and “still wants to buy time.”

Trump is just a nonstop roller coaster of wild decision making. It feels like it should be 9D chess with all the illogical moves, but he seems to be losing everywhere. Flip flopping only creates half assed attempts at achieving objectives. I think it’s because he truly doesn’t care about any of this, he wants to be holding rallies but instead is dealing with other nations problems. He’s delegating to the same swamp people as before and that’s why you’re seeing this weird mix of Neocon/Populism.

Providing arms to Israel to bomb Gaza: Talks about making it a tourist attraction: still providing arms: randomly decides to potentially recognize the Palestinian state.

The whole thing makes no sense and yet the outcome is exactly the same.

Putin Outplays Starmer/Macron, Rejects Ultimatum, Invites Kiev To Istanbul Talks; Zelensky Says NO