Convergence Amid Threats

🇷🇺🇧🇷 Russia and Brazil have strengthened their financial partnership by signing an agreement following US promises to impose sanctions against the South American country.

The countries concluded a memorandum on enhancing financial and economic cooperation. The parties intend to hold in-person and virtual expert meetings, exchange technical information, and align the functioning of the new mechanism.

Priority areas identified include tax cooperation, financing of infrastructure projects, and strengthening multilateral cooperation within BRICS, the G20, and international financial institutions.

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⚡️ The Government has extended the list of territories for obtaining the status of veteran of military operations

In accordance with the new version of the law "On veterans", the government has approved a list of 11 border territories, the participants in the defense of which now have the right to receive the status of a combat veteran. The decision concerns servicemen, employees of law enforcement agencies and volunteers who participated in repelling attacks by the AFU.

😜The key territories on the list are:

- Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions
- Temryuksky district (Krasnodar Krai)
- Kantemirovsky and Rossoshansky districts (Voronezh Oblast)
- Crimea and Sevastopol
- Anapa, Novorossiysk, Gelendzhik

😜 Who can apply for the status?

🩱Participants of defense - military, security forces and volunteers who repelled attacks in these territories.
🩱Survivors - servicemen and volunteers who were disabled due to wounds can now apply for the status of a disabled combatant.

🥼This decision is aimed at social protection of those who participated in ensuring the security of border regions.

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🧀 The "Cheese" Rocks in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic.

These rocks got their name due to their unusual shape and structure. They really resemble "cheese" with characteristic holes and depressions.

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⚡️ Annual inflation in Russia continues to slow down. By the end of the year, the Central Bank (CB) expects it to be at 6-7%, Putin stated during a meeting on economic issues. Key points:

🩱 By the end of July, annual inflation stood at 8.8%;

🩱 Experts speak of risks of economic cooling and even recession, but the CB is in control of the situation and does not see major risks;

🤗 The country is experiencing a rise in both hidden and official unemployment, but it remains at a historically low level;

🩱 The government has begun preparing the budget for 2026-2028. This work must take into account the situation on global markets.

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📸 Stunning shot: Plane landing at Sheremetyevo Airport

All against the backdrop of a fiery red sun

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💪 In such a place the desire to do sports only increases, Vladivostok

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🧠 Driverless truck makes first journey from St. Petersburg to Kazan

The journey took only 2.5 times less time than it would for a long-haul trucker — who must comply with work and rest regulations. For monitoring purposes, engineers rode in the cab for now.

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⚡️ Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will participate in the upcoming Russia-US summit in Alaska, the ministry reported.

The meeting of Russian and US leaders is expected to focus on discussing all accumulated issues in bilateral relations, the ministry emphasized. It added that the summit will allow leaders to address all matters, including the Ukrainian crisis and bilateral dialogue.

"The meeting between Europe and Kyiv on Ukraine is a politically and practically worthless act; the EU is essentially sabotaging the peace efforts of Russia and the US," the ministry’s statement read.

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💐 The main bouquet of Russia blossomed at VDNKh.

The composition was created from eco-materials. The vase contains flowers from daisies and poppies to irises and edelweiss.

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🐣 In Tambovka, Amur Oblast, you can encounter young stork fledglings that have just left their nests. Taking their first steps on the ground, they are learning to fly, showing no fear of people or cars.

Ecologists warn: if you see a fledgling, don't rush to take it away—they are healthy and don't need help!

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Chinese Lessors Trapped by Sanctions: How Russia Left the Celestial Empire Without Planes

🧣 Planes as Collateral: Chinese Companies Lose Billions

Chinese aircraft lessors have found themselves in a difficult position after failing to repossess dozens of planes leased to Russian airlines. Due to Western sanctions prohibiting the supply of aviation equipment to Russia, Chinese firms are facing multi-million dollar losses and are forced to write off assets.

🧣 $23 Million in Insurance – But Planes Remain in Russia

The company AVMAX (a subsidiary of Shanhe Intelligent) received a $23 million insurance payout for three Canadian-made De Havilland Dash 8-400 aircraft that never returned from Russian carriers "Yakutia" and "Aurora". The leases expired back in 2022, but due to sanctions and legal complexities, the planes remain in Russia.

🧣 Six Boeing 757s as a 'Gift' to Russia: Losses in the Hundreds of Millions

The situation is even more severe for AVMAX Airwork, which failed to reclaim six Boeing 757 freighters. Only one aircraft was successfully recovered; the others remain in Russia. The company was forced to terminate the leases and write off the assets, incurring losses of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Thus, Western sanctions against Russia's aviation sector have put Chinese lessors in a precarious position. They can neither retrieve their aircraft nor obtain their market value. Companies are now forced to turn to insurers and seek legal loopholes to minimize the damage.

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📜 The Russian Ministry of Education has developed recommendations for optimizing the workload of schoolchildren

In order to optimize the educational load, the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation has developed variants of lesson schedules for grades 1-11 for the organization of education in the 2025/26 school year.

Each school will be able to adapt the timetable model to its own conditions within the framework of unified federal requirements. The recommendations have been coordinated with Rospotrebnadzor and communicated to the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

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😍 Welcome to Perm Krai

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⚡️ Lavrov, Ushakov, Belousov, Siluanov, and Dmitriev have joined the Russian delegation for the summit in Alaska, according to Yuri Ushakov, an aide to the Russian leader.

The Russia-US summit in Anchorage begins on August 15 at approximately 11:30 local time. The meeting will commence with a tête-à-tête conversation between Putin and Trump, attended by interpreters. This will be followed by delegation-level talks, continuing over a working breakfast.

Putin and Trump will then hold a joint press conference to conclude the meeting.

Ushakov stated that the central theme of the summit will be resolving the Ukrainian crisis, "including discussions held in the Kremlin with Whitcoff."

The composition of the U.S. delegation for the Putin-Trump talks has also been finalized, but it would be more appropriate for the American side to announce it, added the Russian presidential aide.

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