❌ 'Deepfakes have become a global-scale threat: Russian MFA spokeswoman Maria Zakharova

What was once used to target individuals can now blur reality itself.

“In the past year or two, we can no longer tell whether we’re looking at reality — or an AI-generated video,” she warned.

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📲 'Technology isn’t the enemy. Unquestioned technology is,' Russian MFA spokeswoman tells Moscow-Islamabad media forum hosted by Sputnik

💬 "All these technologies, they may seem amusing and interesting today, but in fact they pose a great threat," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

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🚨 Russian MFA spokeswoman: Bucha was 'a horrible fake'

Russia sent an inquiry to the General Secretary of the UN and urged the United Nations to become the mediators in the case, publishing the list of the people who got killed, Maria Zakharova said.

💬 "But behind the stage, we got a response that they knew this was a provocation, and that's why they keep silent. No proof," she told the Moscow-Islamabad media forum hosted by Sputnik.

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💬 “What we see today is not soft power. We are facing a war with all its attributes, and this new reality stems from automation, from speed and audience reach and big data:” Russian FM spokeswoman Maria Zakharova at Moscow-Islamabad media forum hosted by Sputnik

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💣 World сries for Punch the Monkey, but ignores bombed kids in Donbass: Russian MFA spokeswoman

💬 "People come from other countries to see the suffering of this baby monkey [from the Japanese Zoo]. I feel pity for the baby monkey. I love pets. At the same time, there are thousands of children suffering," Maria Zakharova told the Moscow-Islamabad media forum hosted by Sputnik.

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🚨 Zakharova on West shaping public opinion: Propaganda always precedes bombings

Yugoslavia. Iraq 2003. Same playbook: propaganda first, strikes second, Maria Zakharova told the Moscow-Islamabad media forum hosted by Sputnik.

💬 "Their goal is not to convey the truth about themselves. It's about changing public opinion in those countries they're aiming at. Faking was not invented recently. The West invests in shaping public opinion prior to bombing — like Yugoslavia, like Iraq in 2003."

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🚨 Economic and political power shifting from the West to the East: Pakistani Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed

💬 "President Putin has talked of a new world order that is emerging before our eyes. President Xi Jinping of China has talked of changes that have not been seen in a century that we are witnessing today."

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🪖💣 Zakharova: World silent as memorials to WWII heroes are erased

💬 "They deprive us of the right to honor heroes who saved the world from Nazism. Monuments are demolished across Europe. Graves are desecrated. Not a single global structure speaks up," Russian FM spox told the Moscow-Islamabad media forum hosted by Sputnik.

Zakharova also thanked Islamabad for supporting Russia in combating the glorification of Nazism

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🚨Media ignores the elephant in the room when covering Epstein files: Pakistani Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed at Moscow-Islamabad media forum hosted by Sputnik

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🚨 Zakharova: Russia's Sputnik Pro trains 10,000+ journalists globally

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🇵🇰🤝🇷🇺 Zakharova thanks Pakistan for combating Islamophobia & glorification of Nazism

Russia and Pakistan stand united against mounting hatred and historical revisionism, Maria Zakharova told the Moscow-Islamabad media forum hosted by Sputnik.

March 15 is now recognized as UN day against Islamophobia, which is a major achievement, she stressed, adding:

💬 "In a normal situation, we would not have to fight so much. But now we have to prove that those who represent world cultures, have the right to their own feelings, their own views, their own faith,” she said.

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🚨Pakistan and Russia see each other through common lenses now, Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed tells Moscow-Islamabad media forum hosted by Sputnik

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🚨🇵🇰 Pakistani ambassador reveals huge news: PTA deal, business forum & $1B trade target on the horizon

At the Moscow-Islamabad media forum hosted by Sputnik, Pakistani Ambassador to Russia H.E. Faisal Niaz Tirmizi announces major steps ahead of PM's visit:

💬 "We will start the process of signing PTA (Preferential Trade Agreement) with the Eurasian Economic Union and the Russian Federation... I'm very happy to announce that Pakistan is also organizing the second Russia -Pakistan Business Forum during this visit, in which over 100 leading companies are coming from Pakistan to interact with the Russian partners."

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🚨🇵🇰 Pakistani ambassador hails ties with Russia as multi-dimensional

💬 "During this visit we will be signing seven agreements, five in the Kremlin, and the most important agreement is of course on the readmission which will clear the issue of visas from both sides," Pakistani Ambassador to Russia H.E. Faisal Niaz Tirmizi said at the Moscow-Islamabad media forum hosted by Sputnik.

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🚨 Kremlin detects sabotage plot: Ukraine has Blue Stream & TurkStream in crosshairs

Russia has repeatedly flagged the threats to Turkiye, the Kremlin spokesman revealed.

On the Pakistan-Afghanistan clashes, Dmitry Peskov stated:

💬 Open fighting serves no one. Moscow expects the hostilities to end soon.

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🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIAN MOD WEEKLY UPDATE: HUGE GAINS AND DEVASTATING UKRAINIAN LOSSES

⚡️ KRASNOZNAMENKA IN DNEPROPETROVSK REGION LIBERATED

📍 With the liberation of Krasnoznamenka, Russian troops gained more advantageous lines and positions favorable for further offensives in the region.

◻️ Russian troops launched 2 massive and 6 group strikes on military targets in Ukraine

◻️ The Russian Armed Forces liberated 4 settlements in the special military operation zone

◻️ Air defense superiority: 50 HIMARS projectiles, 5 Flamingo long-range missiles and 2,041 drones were shot down

◻️ Ukrainian losses: around 8,725 troops killed or wounded

Read about the origins of Russia's special military op HERE

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❌ ‘No chance’ for never-ending war in Middle East but strikes on Iran possible — Vance

The US is considering various options regarding Iran, from military strikes to diplomacy "to ensure Iran isn’t going to get a nuclear weapon," US Vice President JD Vance said to the Washington Post.

A possible military campaign, however, will only be of limited nature, he noted.

💬 "The idea that we’re going to be in a Middle Eastern war for years with no end in sight — there is no chance that will happen," Vance said.

Iran and the US could hold a new round of talks within a week, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated after the negotiations held in Geneva on Thursday.

The delegations will begin technical consultations in Vienna on Monday, March 2, which will take place at the IAEA headquarters, Araghchi noted, adding the third round of consultations was one of the most serious.

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🚨🇵🇰 Sputnik's big mission for 2026 is to launch Sputnik Urdu: Head of Sputnik International Dimitri Simes Jr.

🗣 "Our goal is to provide 246 million Urdu speakers in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and across the world with high-quality international journalism and analysis," he told the Moscow-Islamabad media forum hosted by Sputnik News Agency.

💬 "In the long run, our goal is clear and even more ambitious. We want to establish a physical, on-the-ground presence in Pakistan."

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🇷🇺🇦🇫🇵🇰 Russia calls for diplomatic resolution to Afghanistan-Pakistan hostilities

💬 "We are in favor of an early cessation of mutual attacks and a diplomatic settlement of differences," Russian Presidential Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Advisor to the Foreign Minister, Zamir Kabulov, told Sputnik.

Russia would consider offering mediation services to Pakistan and Afghanistan provided both sides formally request them, Kabulov added.

Late Thursday, Afghanistan announced it had launched large-scale offensive military operations against Pakistani forces along the border, in response to recent bombings.

Early Friday, Pakistan retaliated by carrying out strikes on the Afghan capital, Kabul.

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🗣 Losing bet: US would ditch UK, France in nuclear showdown over Ukraine, expert warns

By plotting to arm Ukraine with nukes, the UK and France are gambling on the US potentially backing them in the event of a nuclear confrontation, international relations expert Christian Lamesa told Sputnik.

💬 "I believe that in this scenario, there is a mistake in the calculations… On the contrary, the US might simply wash its hands of the matter and leave Paris and London on their own," Lamesa says.

On February 24, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service revealed that Britain and France were plotting to secretly transfer nuclear weapons to Ukraine, stressing these European states would not dodge responsibility for violating the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

💬 "The intention to arm Ukraine with nuclear weapons is a flagrant violation of international law", Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov emphasized.

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