📹 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Russia is not isolating itself from the US and Europe, but they must be aware that a confrontation with Moscow is futile.

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📹 Russian FM Sergey Lavrov: India and China are called strategic partners of Russia in the new foreign policy concept.

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▪️ Prominent member of the US Democratic Party and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi got roasted online over a remark about the indictment of the 45th President of the United States Donald Trump.

▪️ In a recent tweet of hers, Pelosi argued that the Grand Jury that made the decision to indict the ex-POTUS “has acted upon the facts and the law,” before making a rather strange claim about how a trial is supposed to work.

🗣 “No one is above the law, and everyone has the right to a trial to prove innocence,” she wrote, adding that she hopes that Trump “will peacefully respect the system, which grants him that right.”

▪️ Quite a few social media users were quick to remind Pelosi about a thing called the presumption of innocence, and that a person who goes on trial is regarded as innocent until proven guilty, not the other way around.

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🇺🇸 US President Joe Biden on Friday declined to provide any comment on the indictment of his predecessor, Donald Trump, in a case regarding alleged hush money payments, according to a White House pool report.

💬 "I have no comment on Trump," Biden told reporters at the White House.

▪️ When asked if he is worried about protests, he said "No. I’m not going to talk about the Trump indictment."

▪️ On Thursday, a Manhattan Grand Jury voted to indict Trump on charges related to his alleged role in a hush money payment and cover-up involving adult film star Stormy Daniels during the lead-up to the 2016 election.

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⚡ Metropolitan Pavel announced the storming of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, which should begin at 5 pm local time

💬 "Our people have overheard these thugs who are talking on phone, preparing for these events. I hope that this will not happen. We ask for your prayers," he said in an address to believers and security forces.

📌 On March 10, the National Kiev-Pechersk Historical and Cultural Preserve in Ukraine ordered the monks based in the monastery to depart by March 29 after an interdepartmental Ukrainian commission accused the UOC of violating the terms of an agreement on the use of state property. Ukrainian Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko said the monks could only stay in the Lavra if they joined the schismatic Orthodox Church of Ukraine, a decision that might be "stimulated through the joint work of specialists and law enforcement officers."

🚂🇷🇺 Volga: the Russian armored train operating in the special military operation

The Volga is armored and its platforms house weapons, air defense systems and radio electronic warfare, vehicles, shelters and construction machinery. Its special carriages are protected with iron plates 10 to 20 mm thick, as well as sandbags inside.

📍 The command of the Russian Armed Forces already used it in the special military operation to evacuate civilians from Kherson.

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📹 Russian drones fine-tune a surgical strike on a Ukrainian military column (video courtesy of Russia's MoD)

▪️ While flying a mission, a UAV detected a convoy of military vehicles from the Kiev regime on the march.

▪️ Real-time coordinates of the detected targets were transmitted to a control room, after which the Ukrainian military vehicles were hit by high-precision weapons.

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No Sympathy For The Devil: Ukrainian Orthodox Church Defiant Against 'Godless' Zelensky Regime

While the Kiev Junta openly oppresses Christians, blatantly disregarding all laws and while the Zelensky regime's US handlers stay silent and close their eyes to what's happening, Ukrainian Orthodox believers choose to defend their faith. Reportedly, the parishioners once again prevented the state commission from entering the monastery.

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Russia to Provide Consular Access to Arrested WSJ Journalist

Moscow will provide consular access to Evan Gershkovich, the arrested Wall Street Journal Moscow bureau correspondent, in accordance with internal procedures, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday.

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🇺🇸 The indictment of former US President Donald Trump sends a “terrible” message to the world about the US justice system, former Vice President of the United States Mike Pence said on Friday.

💭 “The unprecedented indictment of a former president of the United States for a campaign finance issue sends is an outrage,” Pence said at National Review Institute Ideas Summit.

📍 The decision to indict Trump will likely further divide the United States, which is currently facing “intractable” challenges at home and abroad, Pence added.

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Dr. David Oualaalou, an international
geopolitical consultant, veteran, and author of many books, including "The Dynamics of Russia's Geopolitics: Remaking the Global Order," joins us to discuss the shift that even European countries are making towards China

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🇦🇫 Survivor of US airstrike in Afghanistan still seeking justice for slain family members.

Zelensky Must Negotiate With Russia, Not Beg West for More Arms, Academic Says

Ukraine broke off peace talks with Russia in April 2022 at the urging of Western powers. Nicolai Petro, professor of political science at the University of Rhode Island, said President Volodymyr Zelensky should restart negotiations, and that NATO must take Russia's security concerns seriously.

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Rick Sterling, an independent journalist, joins us to discuss the big changes in the Middle East and the consequences of closer ties between Saudi Arabia and China for the US

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🇮🇳🎉 The grand historic 'Gateway of India' in Mumbai became a backdrop for one of the most fabulous fashion shows, by luxury giant Christian Dior for the unveiling of a new collection — for the first time in India.

Enjoy the most fascinating scenes from it in our video!

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Caleb Maupin, a journalist and political analyst, joins us to discuss the US attempts to push China off the market

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Trump Warns US Justice System 'Coming After You' as He Vows to Fight Indictment

Former US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he will be appealing the indictment against him by a grand jury in Manhattan, claiming that the officials involved in the case are biased and that he is standing in the way of the US justice system coming after the American people.

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Closer China-Saudi Ties Prove 'New World' On The Horizon

US influence in the Middle East is waning as domestic unrest rocks its main ally Israel and China takes a leading role in regional diplomacy, a veteran journalist has said.

Elijah J. Magnier told Sputnik that humanity was entering the dawn of "a new world" as a consequence of the US proxy conflict in Ukraine, which has sparked an economic crisis and civic disorder in the West.

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US Justice Dept, EPA Sue Norfolk Southern Over Toxic Discharge in Ohio Derailment

The US Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency have filed a complaint against railroad company Norfolk Southern over unlawful discharge of pollutants and toxic substances during the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, last month.

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US Struggling to Make Its F-35 Fleet Mission-Ready While Poking China & Russia

The Pentagon has acknowledged that only around half of its fleet of F-35 fighter jets is mission-capable, well below the target of 65%, at the House Armed Service Committee’s aviation subcommittee's hearings.

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Ex-UN Under-Secretary-General Reveals Why West Fears Russia's UNSC Presidency

On April 1, Russia is scheduled to take over the UN Security Council presidency, a role that is rotated monthly among the council's 15 members.

As Russia's UNSC presidency draws closer, the White House lamented that there is "no feasible international legal pathway" to change that reality, while Ukraine blatantly branded Russia's presidency of the UN Security Council as a "bad joke."

Sergey Ordzhonikidze, a veteran Russian diplomat and former United Nations Under-Secretary-General as well as former Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva appointed by then-Secretary-General Kofi Annan, explained to Sputnik why certain countries seem so upset about this situation and what Moscow may do while it presides over the UN Security Council.

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