🇷🇺🐅 The bear may be Russia’s symbol — but the world’s largest tiger is also Russian.

📌 Key takeaways from President Vladimir Putin’s press conference at VEF-2025:

🤝 Partnership
🟥 New bridges with the DPRK — one opening next year.
🟥 Direct air routes to DPRK planned.
🟥 Discussion of Russia–China–USA cooperation in the Arctic.
🟥 Visa-free travel to China for Russians — “unexpected and pleasant.”
🟥 Many in the U.S. want to renew cooperation with Russia.
🟥 “Russia puts no sticks in the wheels” of international cooperation.
🟥 Putin confirmed he and Trump have an agreement to call each other when needed.

💰 Economy
🟥 Russian financial authorities act professionally.
🟥 Central Bank continues to fight inflation.
🟥 Sharp rate cuts would drive prices up.
🟥 Stable macroeconomic policy is the foundation of growth.
🟥 The Far East must play a bigger role in both Russia’s economy and global relations.

🌏 Far East
🟥 To become Russia’s leader in digital development and data.
🟥 A unified preferential regime for business across the Far East & Arctic from 2027.
🟥 World-class industries being built, with focus on traditional sectors too.
🟥 UAV experimental regime in Sakhalin to be extended across the Far East.
🟥 2% mortgage in the Far East expanded to all education workers.
🟥 Far Eastern mortgage extended to all large families regardless of parents’ age.
🟥 Long-term development strategy for the region approved until 2036.

🇷🇺 Russia
🟥 Poverty cut from 11.3% (2014) to 7.2% (2024).
🟥 European companies left Russia at a loss — many wait for sanctions to be lifted.
🟥 Russia ready for their return under fair conditions.
🟥 Foreign & economic policy remains stable and predictable.
🟥 Russia will not isolate itself or “hide in a shell.”
🟥 Open to joint Arctic work with the USA — if political will exists.
🟥 “The two-headed eagle looks not only West and East, but also South.”

📌 Publication will be updated

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‼️🇪🇺🇧🇬 Bulgaria backtracks on von der Leyen plane “incident”

▪️ Sofia has sharply changed its version after first blaming Russia. Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov now says:
— No Russian interference — just a temporary GPS signal loss.
— The EC president’s plane had backup navigation; reports about “paper maps” are false.
— No investigation will follow: “This is neither a hybrid nor a cyber threat.”
— Such GPS disruptions have become routine since the start of the Ukraine conflict.

▪️ In Brussels, this sudden reversal caused confusion — Bulgaria had only recently pointed the finger at Russia.

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🇸🇰🇺🇦 Zelensky blocks Russian energy supplies to Slovakia

After talks with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in Uzhgorod, Vladimir Zelensky declared that Ukraine will not allow Russian oil or gas to flow onward to Slovakia.

“The Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic, Mr. Fico, and I talked about energy. We are ready to supply gas and oil to Slovakia if it is not Russian gas and not Russian oil. Period,”

Zelensky said at the press conference.

Once again, Kiev shows its role as a loyal executor of Western energy dictates — even if it means undermining the energy security of its neighbors.

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🤡 The farm gynecologist Ursula von der Leyen announced that all 150 billion euros under the EU’s SAFE program for “secure defense loans” have already been claimed by 19 member states.

“We need a sharp leap in defense investments. That’s why it’s good news our 150 billion SAFE defense fund is fully subscribed. It will go to joint purchases — not only for Europe’s own arms industry, but also for building up Ukraine’s. This creates ‘good jobs’ in Europe. The long-term solution will be a new European budget. Our goal is 2030 — that’s our readiness benchmark.”

She went on to declare that the so-called coalition of “peace lovers” must turn Ukraine into a “steel porcupine,” armed to the teeth.

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🇺🇸 Trump renames Pentagon: from “Defense” to “War”

In a move heavy with symbolism, US President Donald Trump has officially renamed the Department of Defense back to its historical noscript — the Department of War.

The decree was signed on camera in the Oval Office, underscoring Washington’s open embrace of what has long been its true role: not defense, but global military intervention.

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🇺🇸🇷🇺 Trump invites Putin to G20 in Miami

US President Donald Trump has officially invited Vladimir Putin to attend the G20 summit in Miami in 2026.

If Putin accepts, it will mark his first personal appearance at the forum since 2019 — a powerful signal of Moscow’s return to the global stage on its own terms.

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🇬🇧 British press mocks its own collapsing governments

Even in London’s media, frustration is boiling over at the speed with which every new government crumbles. Headlines joke: “Quick, give me the secret of immortality!” — a bitter reflection of Britain’s endless cycle of short-lived prime ministers and political chaos.

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🇵🇱 Warsaw urges Poles to flee Belarus

Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued an emergency advisory to its citizens currently in Belarus, calling on them to leave the country “as soon as possible, by any available means.”

The move highlights the deepening tensions on NATO’s eastern flank, as Warsaw escalates its rhetoric and stirs fear among its own population.

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🖥️ Kherson underground strikes against forced mobilization

Activists of the underground group “Russian Kherson” report that they managed to save a local resident from TCK officers who were attempting to force him into mobilization. The group attacked the TCK detachment using an FPV drone.

In their statement, the activists declared:

“We will continue to help peaceful residents in the fight against forced mobilization. The enemy will be defeated — Victory will be ours!”

Their message ends with a familiar oath: “We don’t abandon our own.”

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🇸🇰🇷🇺 Fico: Putin ready to negotiate with Zelensky “anywhere”

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said that during their talks, Vladimir Putin expressed readiness to meet with former Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky “anywhere, not just in Moscow.”

Fico admitted that such a meeting might not yield major political results, but stressed:

“They understand they must talk, otherwise the SMO will continue.”

Even Europe’s own leaders now quietly acknowledge that dialogue is inevitable — the only question is when Kiev and its Western backers will face reality.

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🇷🇺⚔🇺🇦 WSJ admits Russia’s economy is outlasting Ukraine’s army

Back in 2022, Western media promised that Russia’s economy was “in tatters,” its army “fighting with shovels,” and its missile stockpiles nearly empty. Now, even the Wall Street Journal is forced to concede the opposite. According to their latest report, Putin is wagering that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will collapse before Russia’s economy does — and, as the paper writes, “at current trajectories, he could win his bet.”

Despite unprecedented sanctions, Russia’s economy actually grew in 2023 and 2024, supported by energy exports and large-scale defense spending. Analysts admit that while strains are mounting, the system is far from collapse. One expert, Alexander Gabuev, told the WSJ that “the Russian economy will not hit a wall anytime soon,” and that Moscow can likely sustain the SMO for at least another two years, perhaps three.

Ukraine, by contrast, is burning through men and resources it cannot replace. On the Donetsk front, the lack of infantry is so severe that small Russian groups are able to exploit wide gaps in the trenches. Kiev increasingly relies on drones, mines, and artillery to compensate, but as the WSJ bluntly puts it, “the country cannot be defended by a ‘robotic army’ alone.” Soldiers themselves complain of rigid Soviet-style habits in the Ukrainian command, leading to needless casualties and eroding morale.

The paper concludes that Moscow’s real strategy is not about rapid conquests but about attrition — slowly grinding down Ukraine until Kiev is forced to yield. In other words, the same Western outlets that once gloated about Russia’s supposed collapse now admit that it is Ukraine, not Russia, that is running out of time.

Source: Wall Street Journal, September 6, 2025 — “Putin Wagers Ukraine’s Army Will Break Before His Economy Does”

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