❗️ Any confiscation of Russian assets abroad will see a symmetrical response with no less Western funds frozen in Russia, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said in an interview with Sputnik.

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✈️ A Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber destroyed an accumulation of Ukrainian troops and equipment in the Kupyansk area.

To defeat the targets, the pilots used aerial bombs with a universal planning and correction module.

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Israel is denying visas and work permits to aid workers in Gaza as Palestinians in the enclave die of starvation, Bloomberg reported.

The policy extends to directors and managers of organizations as well as low level aid workers, according to Faris Arouri of the Association of International Development Agencies. Among the groups targeted are well known and respected organizations like Oxfam, Amnesty International, Action Against Hunger, Catholic Relief Services, and Care International.

"More than 60% of expatriate humanitarian workers have had their visas expire in the past few weeks because, as of October 7, the Israeli authorities stopped issuing work visas,” Arouri emphasized.

Israel has frequently accused relief organizations, whose employees witness the consequences of Israel’s occupation firsthand, of harboring anti-Israel views.

Meanwhile, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have begun to succumb to famine as Israel imposes a tight blockade on the enclave. A two-month-old Palestinian boy died of starvation over the weekend, according to Al Jazeera. Over half a million Gazans soon face death from hunger if current conditions continue, observers have warned.

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Biden again claims he "traveled 17,000 miles" with Chinese President Xi Jinping, whom he calls "the head of Russia."

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🇷🇺 Russian mortar crew destroys enemy observation post on right bank of Dnepr River

Reconnaissance units detected a group of enemy infantry and UAV operators stationed in an abandoned building on the right bank of the Dnepr River.

Having received the coordinates, a 120 mm 2B11 mortar crew of Battlegroup Dnepr hit the target within minutes.

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▪️ Russian fighters have taken control of the southern part of Rabotino

▪️ A Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber destroyed an accumulation of Ukrainian troops and equipment in the Kupyansk area.

▪️ Any confiscation of Russian assets abroad will have consequences. What are they?

▪️ Germany caught backing banned Islamist extremist group in Russia

▪️ Qatar announced a multibillion dollar expansion of its liquified natural gas (LNG) production

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▪️ Ukraine continues to attack Russia's territories despite Zelensky's claims

▪️ Israel denies visas to aid workers as Palestinians in Gaza die of starvation

▪️ Who’s laughing now? China’s shrewd planning paved way for manufacturing dominance

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An active-duty member of the US Air Force protesting the fighting in the Gaza Strip set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington and was hospitalized in critical condition.

In a video of the incident, a man named Aaron Bushnell declares that he “will no longer be complicit in genocide.” He then pours a liquid over himself and ignites it, shouting "Free Palestine" before collapsing.

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🇸🇰 Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has published a video message in which he expressed fear that the West has opted for the worst-case scenario in Ukraine.

In his message, the Slovak prime minister said that he was travelling to Paris tomorrow to attend a hastily planned military meeting on the situation in Ukraine, which would be attended by representatives of all EU and NATO members.

Fico has therefore decided to convene the Slovak Security Council in the morning and to hold a meeting with members of his own government before travelling to Paris.

In addition, Fico said that he would do everything to prevent the Slovak military from being directly involved in the conflict in Ukraine, even if his position would cost him his position as prime minister.

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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and other US and UK intelligence services were working long before 2022 to place their "strongholds" in Ukraine and train spies for Kiev, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said.

"The CIA has been helping Kiev to train spies. Not only spies - direct militants, extremists, terrorists, thugs. All of them. And one of the clearest examples when this chain came into motion is 2013-2014. Under the guise of democratic forces and civilians on the Maidan were primarily those who were trained at bases in Poland and the Baltics. And we also talked about this," she noted.

In addition, Zakharova recalled how the Russian side had repeatedly stated, long before 2022, that NATO and intelligence services of NATO structures were placing bases and strongholds in Ukraine. And it goes not only for the line along the border with Russia, but for the entire territory of the country.

"The question arises, why is The New York Times only now concerned about this? All the data was provided by us in public. Why was the American press silent for many years? And 'many years' is not starting from 2022, but all these years," the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman stressed.

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Russia creates 'Stupor' defense system to counter Ukrainian drones

Russia has developed a comprehensive defense system against drones capable of detecting and suppressing them in several ways at once, Vladislav Kustarev, director of the developer company LLC Stupor, told Sputnik.

"We have developed a unified system Stupor based on complementary detection complexes, such as radar station, radio frequency scanner, optical drone detection station, and countermeasures equipment for setting barrier interference and coordinate spoofing complex," he said. This became possible with the help of company’s own software.

Kustarev added that the Shtorm (Storm) and Shtil (Calm) complexes included in the system are capable of detecting and capturing a target at a distance of more than five kilometers. In turn, the Pars defense systems suppress UAVs at a distance of up to two kilometers, using a narrow beam of directed action, and creating a "dome" of 360 degrees.

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🇷🇺🇹🇷 Recep Erdogan and Vladimir Putin have held telephone talks and discussed bilateral relations, the Turkish president’s office said.

The Russian president congratulated his Turkish counterpart on his jubilee birthday (Erdogan turns 70 today) and thanked him for his contribution to the development of relations between Moscow and Ankara.

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❗️ DPR head Denis Pushilin reports Avdeyevka has been completely cleared

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❗️ The Danish police have followed their Swedish counterparts in announcing they are halting their investigation into the Nord Stream explosions.

The police said the authorities had concluded that there was deliberate sabotage in the pipeline blast case.

Russia presents intellectual alternative to Western neocolonialism

The Multipolarity Forum has kicked off in Moscow, featuring delegates from Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe, and North America.

The forum will seek to provide blueprints for economic, technological, and cultural development in a post-Western hegemony world.

“Even a few years ago, people only spoke about the interests of the G7 or other exclusive groups. Today we’re slowly seeing this start to change.” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said.

"Our formations are open for everybody, and are meant for free and sovereign people" Zakharova added.

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Key points from the speech of Russian political philosopher Alexander Dugin at the Multipolarity Forum in Moscow:

▪️ Multipolarity is an alternative philosophy, based on the idea that the West is not the only civilization on this planet, but merely one of many;

▪️ Multipolarity is not anti-Western, but against the West’s presumption of universality and exceptionalism;

▪️ Russia’s SMO helped accelerate the end of the unipolar world. We showed the entire world that you can stand your ground against the West and say no;

▪️ China offers an economic challenge to Western hegemony, the Islamic world offers a cultural and ideological challenge. Africa and Latin America are no longer Western colonies, but rising giants;

▪️ There is a battle between Globalist West and the Traditionalist West. Ordinary Westerners are also victims of the globalist system.

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"The West has identified itself with humanity in a racist, imperialistic manner," said Alexander Dugin, a Russian political philosopher, during the Multipolarity Forum.

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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova comments on Tucker-Putin interview during the Multipolarity Forum in Moscow:

▪️ Putin has been saying the same things he told Tucker Carlson for years, going back to the 2007 Munich Conference;

▪️ The reason this interview is being called historic is because the Western media is deliberately trying to keep Russia’s message from the rest of the world;

▪️ Dominance of Western media is information colonialism: “Why are you learning about Russia from CNN and Reuters?”

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👀 Under a tweet by Joe Biden, a small clarification has appeared on X, once again exposing the president telling a lie

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❗️ Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, referring to the termination of the investigation into the Nord Stream explosions by Denmark, described the situation as close to absurd.

In his opinion, it is obvious that the investigation had started to reach its closest allies.

Moscow has repeatedly requested information from Denmark about the investigation but received refusals, and now it cannot get the information, Peskov noted.