🗣️ On the spillover effects of anti-Russian sanctions:

“Well, just imagine that. So, Russian sanctions deindustrialized Germany. Is that what we really wanted to do? Now, some people say, 'Yes, that's what Biden wants to do. He wants to turn Europe into a wasteland so it's an assured market for American products.' It could actually be true. Well, what's wrong with the Europeans? Why don't they realize that?” Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, economist and former Reagan administration official, told Sputnik.

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💸🇺🇸 Trump warns that the US dollar is losing its dominance as the world's reserve currency

"Our country is going to hell and we're not going to be the big boy," Trump said. "We have power, but it's waning. In fact, it's waning in terms of our currency. And I'm not just talking about the value of our currency, I'm talking about our currency being used throughout the world."

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🇷🇺🎮 Putin instructs the cabinet to find ways to promote Russian video games to foreign markets, according to a document published by the Kremlin.

Putin also gave the government until September 30 to develop a program within which small towns, as well as secondary and vocational schools, will be provided with access to audiovisual equipment. He also asked officials to think about creating a "digital distribution" service within the same task.

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🗣️ On the purpose behind putting Cuba back on the US state sponsor of terrorism list and how it serves to continue US imperialism:

“The state sponsor of terrorism designation, it's all to diminish the reputation of Cuba, to try to fight back against the positive reputation that it's gained across the world for sending doctors rather than bombs, for sending educators rather than assassins. That's the type of work that Cuba has done to promote peace, to promote health care and education. So what does the United States respond with? Not with open arms, not with Nobel Peace Prizes, but what they do instead is they create this list of state sponsor of terrorism,” Kameron Hurt, organizer with the International People’s Assembly, told Sputnik.

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📹 Fiery orange mushroom cloud erupts (0:10) as Ukrainian military train bombed by Russian forces in Dnepropetrovsk region

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"The Ukraine crisis has no parallels in world history": Dimitri Simes Sr., journalist and political scientist, speaks on the confrontation between Russia and Ukraine (comment made during Russia’s Army-2023 Forum)

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🇬🇧 Outsized, outgunned, and overpampered: what’s wrong with Ukraine’s British-made Challenger 2 tanks?

The Russian military confirmed this week that Ukraine has deployed its elite 82nd Air Assault Brigade in Zaporozhye. The brigade is known to be armed with Challenger 2s, the much-hyped but little-seen British tanks.

What are the tanks’ strong and weak points, and what challenges will they face against Russian forces?

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🇷🇺 More that half of Russians believe that their country is better than any other, while only 32% of respondents do not share this view, a poll by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) showed.

"Russia is better than other countries – six out of 10 Russians (57%) share this view, which is by 5 percentage points more than five years ago (52% in 2018). A different view is shared by a third of our compatriots (32%, -8 percentage points compared to 2018). One in 10 people could not answer this question (10%, 5 percentage points more than in 2018)," the survey said.

Around 40% of respondents think that patriots should always support Russia even if it is not right, while 15% of Russians said that they "completely agree with" this statement, the poll showed. The survey added that the opposite view is shared by 32% of Russians, with 8% saying that they "completely disagree."

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🇺🇸 Biden brags & yells at IRA event as Bidenomics numbers don't add up

On the one-year anniversary of signing into law the core pillar of the US President’s much-touted Bidenomics – the Inflation Reduction Act – POTUS was all fist bumps as he tied the drop in inflation to the bill, and saluted the crowd gathered at an event in the White House on August 16. But Bidenomics in numbers are telling a quite different story.

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🇺🇸☣️ Pentagon establishes the Biodefense Posture Review to bolster readiness against biological threats

The US Department of Defense's (DoD) report claimed that emerging infectious diseases are expected to develop and spread more frequently, which potentially threatens the readiness of US forces.

The department clarified that among the several goals the Biodefense Posture Review hopes to achieve are clarifying the missions, priorities, roles, responsibilities, authorities, and capabilities needed to enable biodefense.

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🇺🇸👨‍💻 How Western big tech firms wipe away Hunter Biden's many sins

US President Joe Biden's son Hunter is at the center of allegations that the ruling family runs a network of corrupt political influence-peddling. But Internet search engines and social media have whitewashed his record.

US-based Internet giants are scrubbing the search results and webpages of references to alleged wrongdoing by US President Joe Biden's wayward son. But now details of the conspiracy to wipe away his sins are finally coming to light.

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❗Russia’s air defense systems detected and downed a Ukrainian drone in Belgorod Region on Thursday evening, the Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed.

💬"At 22.22 Moscow time [07:22 pm GMT], the Kiev regime’s attempt to carry out a terrorist attack by an aircraft-type drone on targets in the Russian territory was thwarted. The drone was detected and destroyed by air defense forces over the territory of the Belgorod Region," the ministry said, adding that the incident did not result in any damage or casualties.

❗A Ukrainian sea drone on Thursday tried to attack Russian warships in the Black Sea southwest of Sevastopol but was destroyed in a return fire, the Russian Defense Ministry has detailed.

🇺🇳🇪🇪 Estonia's decision to terminate education in Russian contradicts international law, UN says

A legislation adopted by the Estonian Parliament on December 12 effectively eliminated minority language as a medium of instruction, UN experts said, adding that they have been in touch with the Estonian government regarding the matter.

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🚀 India and Russia Embarking on Lunar Exploration with Chandrayaan-3 and Luna-25 missions!

🌕 India's Chandrayaan-3 and Russia's Luna-25 missions are geared towards propelling both nations into the realm of lunar exploration.

🇷🇺 🇮🇳 Chandrayaan-3, India's third lunar mission, aims to successfully land a rover on the surface of the Moon. Simultaneously, Russia's Luna-25 mission aspires to conduct a comprehensive study of the Moon's surface and atmosphere.

Sputnik has prepared an infographic illustrating the distinctive features of these two space missions.

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🇺🇸🇷🇺 The West has prevented Ukraine three times from making peace with Russia

At the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, there were three attempts at a peaceful settlement, and all three were sabotaged by the West, according to an American media outlet.

During negotiations in the spring of 2022, both Russia and Ukraine made concessions to each other. Russia, for example, softened its position at the Istanbul meeting and was ready to allow bilateral guarantees for Ukraine in exchange for "permanent neutrality" and a refusal to join NATO.

The West remained the only party not to compromise, as it apparently hoped to exhaust Russia with a prolonged confrontation in Ukraine.

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🇷🇺🇧🇮 Russia Supports African Nations in Fight Against Imperialism: Burundian Defense Minister

Russia, one of the first countries to support the independence movement of African nations, continues to indirectly assist the continent in its struggle against the expansion of imperialism, said Alain Tribert Mutabazi, Burundi's Minister of National Defense and Veteran Affairs, in an interview with Sputnik Africa.

🗣 "Since Africa gained independence, Russia has supported it in many ways, including in the field of security. One of the key activities is the supply of military equipment and weapons," he elaborated.

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India has made it clear again: Ukraine is NOT invited to the G20 Leaders' Summit in New Delhi in September

🌐 🇮🇳 Why? Well, most likely because nobody in the Global South wants Volodymyr Zelensky to hijack the agenda of the developing nations at the event.

🤔 As the Ukrainian president has been desperately trying to get a platform at the upcoming summit under India's presidency, Sputnik India takes a look back at what he has previously said about being an “unwanted guest”.

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❗The Russian Defense Ministry said early Friday that a Ukrainian drone was shot down around 4:00 a.m. (01:00 GMT) when it attempted to attack facilities in Moscow and the Moscow region.

The drone changed its flight trajectory and landed on a non-residential building in the area of Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment in Moscow, the ministry said, adding that there were no casualties or fire.