🇷🇺🇨🇳 China and Russia have quickened the pace of de-dollarization

Over the past three years, China and Russia have accelerated the process of dismantling the dollar's dominance in bilateral trade. Five years ago, up to 80 percent of trade was dependent on the dollar but now more than 60 percent of bilateral trade is conducted in national currencies, according to Wang Wen, Executive Dean of the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies

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Overnight, Ukrainian forces attacked the city of Novaya Kakhovka, located near the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant. Shells landed on the premises of the station’s water facility. Consequently, the city has been left without power, but there were no casualties, the local authorities report.

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German Foreign Minister Baerbock makes unannounced visit to Kiev, media reports

Her visit has become the fourth since the start of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine. Berlin remains one of the Kiev regime’s biggest sponsors despite economic stagnation and growing discontent among Germany's citizenry with the government flooding arms to Ukraine.

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📹 Rare footage of Russian Iskanders working against the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The Russian MoD has revealed how an operational-tactical missile system travels off-road from a shelter to a launch position; the target is a well-camouflaged command post, where, according to intelligence data, senior enemy officers gather every day.

The crew, having completed the task, leaves the vehicle sheltered under special camouflage, impregnated with a chemical composition that neutralizes radio waves to make the installation invisible to enemy reconnaissance.

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💤 'I'm gonna go to bed'

📹 Joe Biden's press conference ended shortly after he said he was going to bed

The American leader began to answer one of the journalists’ questions, but he was interrupted by an announcement about the end of the meeting.

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Russia has begun to develop a floating howitzer of 152-mm caliber based on its experience of artillery use during the special military operation

In the 1980s, the USSR created a prototype of a 152-millimeter caliber floating howitzer on the chassis of the BMP-3 known as Pat-S. Preparatory work on the Pat-S is now underway, and information is being collected and analyzed in order to prepare a draft of the terms of reference, Roman Khromov, deputy executive director in Russia's state-owned defense corporation Rostec, told Sputnik.

Khromov added that the peculiarity of the use of barrel artillery in the special operation zone today involves firing from closed positions at long range, followed by a quick change of position to avoid return fire.

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🇲🇲🇷🇺 Myanmar uses the yuan to pay for supplies of Russian petroleum products, Myanmar Minister of Foreign Economic Relations Kan Zaw told Sputnik, adding that the parties are preparing an agreement on the mutual conversion of national currencies

Kan Zaw expressed hope that Myanmar would conclude an agreement with Russia on tourism on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum.

Last September, Prime Minister of Myanmar Min Aung Hlaing told Sputnik that the country had begun purchasing Russian petroleum products. Myanmar will begin accepting cards of the Russian Mir payment system in October, Kan Zaw added.

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🌋 Hawaii volcano Kilauea erupts after nearly two months of calm

Right after suffering from devastating fires and not getting enough aid from the US government, Hawaii residents are now up against a volcanic eruption, posing threat to the inhabitants of the islands.

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WATCH LIVE: Vladimir Putin arrives in Vladivostok to join Eastern Economic Forum

The first round of releasing treated water from the damaged Japanese Fukushima nuclear power plant was concluded 

Now the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, is planning to start facilities inspections and other preparation procedures for the second stage. The preparations are expected to take up to three weeks.

Russia and China, which oppose Japan's release of tritium-laced treated water from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant into the sea, have jointly urged Tokyo to consider a vapor release disposal strategy instead.

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In fact, Russia is already a big winner in the conflict against the US and NATO, Dutch MP and European Parliament member Marcel de Graaf says

He noted that Russia has proven to be resistant to Western sanctions, maintained a growing economy, and is successfully conducting a policy of de-dollarization and “expanding its influence everywhere except the West.”

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⚡ 🇷🇺🇰🇵 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to visit Russia in coming days at Vladimir Putin’s invitation, Kremlin says

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Key statements made by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov:

▪️ Russia needs to protect itself and cannot allow any nationalist regime to grow stronger near its borders;

▪️ Deployment of military infrastructure near Russian borders unacceptable for Russia and requires measures;

▪️ Macron and Scholz would like to visually remain contenders for role of mediators, but they have lost this opportunity de facto.

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🇷🇺🇰🇵 During the North Korean leader’s upcoming visit to Russia, negotiations between the delegations and, if necessary, a one-on-one meeting with the President of the Russian Federation are planned, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said

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