US intelligence agencies are again scaring people with alleged Russian interference in the presidential election. This time, the director of the US National Security Agency and the head of the FBI have spoken about the possibility of Moscow’s “influence.”

In their opinion, the conflict in Ukraine is only strengthening Moscow's desire to influence the situation in the US, and that this year is important for Russia.

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🇷🇺 Russian Black Sea Fleet Marines destroy temporary deployment point of Ukrainian forces on right bank of Dnepr River

Having received exact target coordinates, the artillerymen promptly aimed their guns and destroyed the enemy with 122 mm shells from a D-30 howitzer. The Marines had only a few minutes to carry out their work in order to remain unnoticed by Ukrainian units stationed on the right bank of the Dnepr River.

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The secret meeting in Riyadh on Ukraine's peace talks with Russia was nothing more than Zelensky's PR campaign, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

"The concept of putting the political spotlight on the Zelensky regime can be described in plain Russian, peppered with English, as a PR campaign of the Zelensky regime”.

In mid-December 2023, Ukraine's national security advisers held a meeting in Riyadh with representatives of the G7 countries and some Global South nations, where Kiev sought support for its so-called “Zelensky's 10-point peace plan”.

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🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin says that though he’s in his prime, he feels that he has the strength and energy to solve the challenges facing the country.

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🇷🇺🇧🇷 Russia emerges as top supplier of petroleum products to Brazil as trade between both countries surges

In December 2023, trade turnover hit $1.6 billion, with Brazil's imports reaching an all-time high of $1.5 billion, according to data from the statistical service.

Petroleum led the charge, totaling a whopping $1.14 billion, while solidifying Russia's position as the leading supplier of petroleum products to Brazil's energy sector.

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Sputnik knew about secret G7 meeting on Ukraine from an exclusive interview with Sergey Lavrov in December

“Given our good relations, I can say that ten days ago, another meeting took place: the G7 plus the leading developing countries. However, not all countries from the World Majority participated,” Russia’s Foreign Minister said on December 28 in an interview with Dmitry Kiselev, director general of Rossiya Segodnya, the parent media group of Sputnik.

“The meeting was held in complete secrecy. Nothing about it was reported anywhere. There were no leaks,” Lavrov noted.

And when asked if Moscow knew, the top diplomat replied, “we know”.

▪️ A secret meeting took place in December 2023 between Ukraine, its G7 allies, and a small group of Global South countries, Bloomberg “exclusively” reported Tuesday.

▪️ The smaller format gathering was hosted by Saudi Arabia.

▪️ Top officials from India, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye reportedly joined the meeting.

▪️ However, China, Brazil, and the United Arab Emirates, who attended previous larger sessions, were said to have been a no-show this time.

▪️ The discussion in Riyadh centered on Ukraine’s so-called peace formula, and plans for “potentially engaging with Russia in the future.”

▪️ No major progress was achieved at the event, said sources cited by the outlet.

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US meddling in Taiwan vote amid threat of China-friendly parties undermining American hegemony

Taiwan’s future and that of China-US tensions over the island are staked on “who is the winner or the loser” in the upcoming January 13 leadership vote, Thomas W. Pauken II, a veteran Asia-Pacific affairs expert and author has told Sputnik.

Chinese officials have accused Washington of Meddling in Taiwan’s electoral process, citing a recent US arms sale, diplomatic support for the ruling party’s China-hostile line, meetings with candidates by America’s de facto ambassador, and other tricks.

That’s because the US is mindful that “if the Kuomintang wins or the Taiwan People’s Party wins, we will see better relations between Taipei and Beijing,” Pauken said.

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🇷🇺🪖 Key points of Russian MoD briefing on progress of special military op in Ukraine:

▪️Two drone assembly shops and an ammunition warehouse were hit.

▪️ Four Ukrainian attacks were repelled in the Kupyansk direction, with the enemy losing up to 145 troops and two infantry fighting vehicles.

▪️ Up to 190 Ukrainian military personnel were killed in the Krasny Liman direction.

▪️ In the Donetsk direction, enemy losses amounted to 280 people, two tanks, and two Bradley infantry fighting vehicles.

▪️ Two Ukrainian attacks were repelled in the South Donetsk direction; the Ukrainians lost over 170 troops and two tanks.

▪️ In the Zaporozhye direction, one attack was repelled in the Rabotino area, with Kiev’s losses amounting to 40 troops. In the Kherson direction, Ukrainian forces lost up to 50 personnel.

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Yemeni Ansar Allah claimed responsibility for an attack on a US Navy ship in the Red Sea, after the US attacked Houthi forces, Houthi spokesperson Yahiah Sariah said in an official statement.

What is also known:

🔸 Navy forces, missile forces and unmanned aircraft of Yemen's Houthis conducted a joint military operation using a large number of ballistic and ship-based missiles and drones, targeting a US Navy ship providing support to Israel;

🔸This operation was the first response to an attack on the Houthi naval forces by the US Navy 10 days ago;

🔸Ansar Allah troops will continue to prevent ships from sailing to Israel, both in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, until the aggression against the Gaza Strip ends.

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US House Speaker Mike Johnson has held a meeting in Washington with Taiwan's representative, Alexander Yui

In response, the Chinese Foreign Ministry criticized the meeting, urging US lawmakers to refrain from providing support to Taiwan's independence movement and to avoid any interference in the elections in the Taiwan region.

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Based Soviet animation vs woke Western cartoons

Putin takes aim at cartoons churned out nowadays by Western studios: "All you see is shooting, jumping and running all over the place. A half an hour later, your head will fall off from watching it. How do children put up with it?

"Our Soviet cartoons, of course, have a completely different quality,” Putin emphasized.

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A friend of Volodymyr Zelensky’s family has become the head of Ukraine’s top anti-corruption body

The Ukrainian parliament has appointed Olga Pishchanskaya, who was Zelensky’s neighbor in Krivoy Rog, as chairwoman of the Accounting Chamber, the country’s supreme auditing insititution. Rada deputy Irina Gerashchenko called it “a disgrace and nepotism.”

Peschanskaya’s sister Svetlana is a friend of the president’s wife Elena Zelenskaya. Journalistic investigations have shown that the Zelensky family’s villa in Italy is registered in Svetlana’s name. She was also among the donors to the president's election campaign.

The Accounting Chamber is a state body that, on behalf of the Rada, exercises control over the flow of funds into the state budget of Ukraine and their use.

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Mine clearance in Ukraine reportedly to be carried out by infamous US company linked to BlackRock

The American company Tetra Tech, already embroiled controversies, has initiated demining operations in Ukraine under a $47.6 million US State Department contract. But the company evidently doesn’t have a great portfolio.

▪️ Accusations of money misappropriation and falsifying soil sample results during the clean-up of the Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco.

▪️ Concealing the extent of an environmental catastrophe in Ohio, where a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying highly toxic chemicals derailed, with allegations of negligent testing and potential collusion.

▪️ A questionable $48-million demining grant in Syria, marred by two employee deaths.

The connection between Tetra Tech, BlackRock and ongoing demining work in Ukraine raises questions about corporate interests overshadowing so-called humanitarian efforts. Critics argue that Tetra Tech's track record suggests its motives are purely profit-driven, casting doubt on the necessity of demining operations in Ukraine.

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Russian strikes spark mercenary exodus from Ukraine

"Western mercenary support for Kiev dwindles, yielding only corpses, not victory flags," states a report in German press.

Russian forces are actively targeting and destroying NATO weaponry supplied to Ukraine, crippling the Kiev regime's military capabilities. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are in dire straits, losing offensive capability, and are now resorting to terrorist attacks, according to the outlet.

Earlier, French General Jean-Paul Palomero stated on the LCI news channel that Russia's military rise contrasts Ukraine's inability to replenish resources amid diminishing Western support.

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❗️EXCLUSIVE: The Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Russia Andrey Bogdanov will participate in Russian presidential election, despite the fact that it is forbidden to discuss political topics in regular Freemasonry.

"Everything that I do in the political field has never been discussed and is not being discussed with any of the Masons in the Lodge", he told Sputnik.

Here are a few more of his statements from the interview:

◾️Bogdanov has been communicating with representatives of Masonic lodges in Western countries for 33 years, from the moment he was initiated into the Freemasons:

◾️He had a very positive assessment of the global trend toward de-dollarization, noting 'we are not on the same road with the Fed', but added:

"But for now this is a screen for the average person. All currencies are still tied to the dollar and the Central Banks are not independent."

◾️ Bogdanov believes that collective security in Europe is impossible without Russia.

“I continue to stand for the European vector of development — this is not the ‘Wild West’, he stressed. The “security of Europe should be with Russia, but without overseas partners. And Europe needs to be convinced of this.”

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🇪🇨 What's behind the spike in gang violence across Ecuador?

"From the government of Lenin Moreno, continuing with the government of the banker Guillermo Lasso and the government of the young businessman Daniel Noboa, [Ecuadorian] authorities maintain a common trend that has to do with the shrinking role of the state in social matters," Jorge Paladines, an academic at the Central University of Ecuador and a teacher in law and political science, told Sputnik Mundo.

The diminished role of the state opened the door to criminal groups, which filled the gaps left by the government, according to him.

Over the past several days Ecuador has seen a spike in violence after leaders of two powerful gangs, Adolfo Macias, also known as Fito, and Fabricio Colon Pico, alias the Savage, escaped from prison.

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