⚡More statements by the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the Primakov Readings, an international forum:

▪The financial and logistics spheres should not depend on the vagaries of the West;

▪The BRICS five can turn into an association of 15-17 states if everyone is accepted for membership. It is known that Argentina, Algeria, Iran, Indonesia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt seek to join the organiztion;

▪In December, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Economic Development will hold a joint board on the re-profiling of foreign policy activities in Asia;

▪️ Initiatives on the tribunal against the Russia in Ukraine or on reparations are illegitimate;

▪If there is a serious proposal on how to stop the conflict in Ukraine, we are ready to talk, but it must take into account the interests of Russia

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⚡US defense budget is confrontational and unprecedented, aimed at long-term destabilization on European continent - Kremlin

❗Russian’s MoD report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪Russian Forces have eliminated more than 130 Ukrainian servicemen, as well as destroyed two infantry combat vehicles and one other vehicle near Krasny Liman;

▪The Russian Army has eliminated up to 70 Ukrainian troops, as well as destroyed a Ukrainian infantry vehicle, two “Gvozdika” self-propelled artillery systems and three other vehicles near Kupyansk;

▪Russian troops eliminated more than 40 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles and a pick-up truck near Donetsk;

▪Russian Forces eliminated and wounded up to 100 Ukrainian troops, as well as destroyed two infantry combat vehicles, one armored vehicle and four other vehicles in the DPR;

▪The Russian Army hit 79 Ukrainian artillery units at their firing positions;

▪Russian Forces hit temporary dislocation point of foreign mercenaries in the Kharkov region, as well as destroyed two US-made AN/TPQ-50 radar stations in the DPR and in the Kharkov region;

▪Russian troops destroyed HIMARS MLRS and 48 HIMARS rockets in the vicinity of Malotaranovka (DPR);

▪The Russian Army destroyed S-300 radar station in the Kharkov region, as well as destroyed an Ukrainian ammunition depot in the Zaporozhye region;

▪Russian Air Forces shot down Ukrainian Su-24 aircraft in the DPR;

▪Russian air defense destroyed four Ukrainian UAVs, as well as intercepted four HIMARS, Olkha and Uragan rockets.

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New Documents Reveal Clearer Ties Between CIA & Lee Harvey Oswald

At a Tuesday news conference, journalist and expert on the John F. Kennedy assassination Jefferson Morley told reporters that he and the Mary Ferrell Foundation obtained documents that will shed new light on the CIA’s relationship with Oswald.

The documents relate to a still-classified operation and do show Oswald was working with the CIA in the weeks before Kennedy’s assassination.

However, in a 1975 deposition, CIA Director Richard Helms claimed Oswald was “never used by the CIA,” and that the agency was unable to find any “evidence that Oswald had any connection with the CIA.”

Even today, the government maintains that Oswald acted alone in killing Kennedy and denies that he had any connection with the CIA.

At the same time: Morley said that he believes the CIA is still hiding 44 documents in deceased FBI agent George Joannides’ personal file that will shed more light on Oswald’s connections to the federal government

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Cristiano Ronaldo Breaks Silence on Reported $418 Mln Move to Saudi Club

⚽️ Media reports have claimed that the five-time Ballon d'Or winner will head to Saudi Arabia after inking a whopping $418 million two-year contract with Al Nassr.

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Xi Jinping’s Visit to Saudi Arabia: A ‘Double Blow’ to the US?

Against the backdrop of tense relations between Beijing and Riyadh on the one hand and Washington on the other, the current leader of China, Xi Jinping, will visit Saudi Arabia on a three-day visit at the invitation of its king.

The visit will take place on December 7 and, according to Saudi publications, promises large contracts and agreements worth more than $29 billion. Political agreements are also expected. What impact will the consequences of the visit of the Chinese leader have on the US?

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❗️Major points made by Russian President Vladimir Putin during the online meeting of the Russia's Council for Civil Society and Human Rights:

▪️The international doctrine of human rights is used to justify the ideological dominance of the West;

▪️International organizations demonstrate cynical bias towards Russia, they are not able to fulfill their tasks;

▪️The West and international human rights organizations cannot but know that Ukraine is shelling residential areas of Donbass;

▪️Russia will continue to fight for its national interests - at first by peaceful means, but if this does not help - by all available means;

▪️Of the 300,000 mobilized, only 150,000 are in the zone of the special military operation. 77,000 of those are in combat units and the rest are in territorial defense forces;

▪️Additional mobilization efforts do not make sense;

▪️Mass public executions carried out in Ukraine for attempts to leave combat positions, no such issues in Russia.

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“Sometimes we see that the human rights agenda is being hijacked to destroyed sovereignty in some countries and to assert a dialogical political or economic dominance,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said during an online meeting of Russia's Council for Civil Society and Human Rights.

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⚡️More statements made by Russian President Vladimir Putin during the online meeting of the Russia's Council for Civil Society and Human Rights:

▪️The threat of nuclear war is rising;

▪️Russia did not talk about the possibility of using nuclear weapons, unlike the former prime minister of Great Britain;

▪️Russia does not have its tactical nuclear weapons in other countries, unlike the United States;

▪️Russia considers nuclear weapons as a means of defense, as a possibility of a retaliatory strike.

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🛰The UN General Assembly has adopted a Russian resolution on the non-deployment of the first weapons in space, according to the results of the vote.

📌122 countries voted for the resolution, 50 were against it, while four abstained.

▪️The resolution urges all States, especially those with space capabilities, to consider the possibility of not to being the first to place weapons in outer space.

▪️According to the text, the UN General Assembly urges the early start of substantive work on the basis of the updated draft treaty on the prevention of the placement of weapons in outer space, submitted by China and Russia at the Conference on Disarmament in 2008.

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📹WATCH: China’s leader Xi Jinping has arrived to Saudi Arabia

He received a warm welcome by the Royal family in Riyadh.

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📹The Russian Defense Ministry has published footage showing Russian Uragan MLRS in combat action as part of the special military operation in Ukraine.

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“We know that people in Donbass have been suffering from these crimes and the international community, the so-called ‘international community’, has been turning a blind eye to these crimes for eight long years,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said during an online meeting of Russia's Council for Civil Society and Human Rights.

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