❗️Mishustin proposed reappointing Olga Lyubimova to the post of minister of culture.

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❗️Mikhail Mishustin proposed appointing the Governor of Russia's Kaliningrad Region Anton Alikhanov as the new minister of industry and trade.

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❗️Prime Minister Mishustin proposed appointing Russia's Khabarovsk region Governor Mikhail Degtyarev as minister of sports.

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What is the political career of Denis Manturov who was proposed for the position of first deputy prime minister?

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What is the political career of Alexander Novak who was proposed for the post of deputy prime minister for fuel, energy complex and the economic bloc?

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Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has announced candidates for a new Russian government.

Who is on the list of proposed candidates?

▪️Denis Manturov was proposed for the position of first deputy prime minister

▪️Alexander Novak was proposed for the post of deputy prime minister for the fuel, energy complex and economic bloc

▪️Mikhail Murashko was proposed for the post of minister of health

▪️Anton Kotyakov was proposed for the post of minister of labor and social protection

▪️Anton Siluanov was proposed for the post of finance minister

▪️Dmitry Chernyshenko was proposed for the post of deputy prime minister to oversee IT, communications, tourism, sports, culture, media and youth policy

▪️Olga Lyubimova was proposed for the post of minister of culture

▪️Kaliningrad Region governor Anton Alikhanov was proposed as the new minister of industry and trade

▪️Russia's Khabarovsk region Governor Mikhail Degtyarev was proposed as minister of sports

▪️Kemerovo Region Governor Sergey Tsivilev was proposed as new energy minister

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Xi's charm offensive: How China is outplaying US and EU leadership in Europe

China experts tell Sputnik that Chairman Xi Jinping's recent visit to Europe won't bring immediate changes, but is part of Beijing's broader and long-term geopolitical strategy.

"Nothing much will change," Jeff J. Brown, author of The China Trilogy, tells Sputnik. "The Old Continent’s industrial sector will continue to quietly invest billions in China, behind the back of Uncle Sam. Brussels and Washington will continue to do all they can to sabotage China with boycotts, blockades, sanctions and tariffs."

Nonetheless, during visits to France, Serbia, and Hungary, Xi appears to have advanced on a set of long-term objectives:

▪️China has made it clear it doesn't fear possible US and EU trade restrictions and secondary sanctions;

▪️By enhancing cooperation with Hungary and Serbia, China will demonstrate to the rest of the EU that Chinese-European cooperation could be mutually beneficial;

▪️By building new electric vehicles (EV) and battery plants in Hungary, China will obtain deeper access to the EU market and may avoid additional import duties on Chinese EVs if those are stipulated by Brussels in the wake of its ongoing probe into Beijing's trade practices;

▪️By investing in Serbia, China both helps the Balkan state maintain economic and political sovereignty amid Western pressure over Belgrade's refusal to join anti-Russia sanctions and sends a friendly signal to Moscow, an old Serbian ally;

Basically, all the objectives set out by the Chinese leadership ahead of the European tour were achieved, according to veteran Asia-Pacific affairs expert Thomas Pauken II.

"I think this is going to create a major shift, at least for France, Hungary and Serbia to draw closer to China," the consultant concludes.

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US touts HIMARS to Philippines’ military

While funneling weaponry and munitions to the regime in Kiev, the United States also does not forget to try peddling its arms to countries in other parts of the globe.

The US military attempted to highlight the capabilities of probably one of the most overhyped US weapon systems, the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), this month.

This de facto promotional stunt included the US forces attempting to show how HIMARS “can be transported and quickly deployed in a plethora of different ways, including via non-army assets,” Defense News reports, citing US Army field artillery Captain Garret Kohnke.

The exercise in question involved two HIMARS systems being moved around the Philippines via C-310 transport aircraft, semi-trucks and hovercraft before participating in a live fire exercise.

The goal was apparently to present HIMARS in a favorable light to the Philippine Armed Forces.

HIMARS gained quite a bit of media attention after the United States supplied a number of these systems to the Kiev regime to be used in the Ukrainian conflict.

The Russian forces, however, quickly adapted to the then-new addition to Kiev’s arsenal and it quickly became apparent that HIMARS rockets can be intercepted by Russian air defenses.

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Ukraine invited Poland to participate in the “big privatization” drive, said the head of the State Property Fund (SPF) of Ukraine Vitaliy Koval.

According to him, Warsaw was interested in bakery factories, while Kiev invited the Polish side to see the distilleries.

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Footage from Belgorod, where the missile warning siren was sounded.

At about 19.20 Moscow time, air defenses destroyed 12 Vampire missiles over the Belgorod region, the Ministry of Defense reports.

Footage by a Sputnik's correspondent.

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Russian uranium ban has given US nuclear industry the shivers

"Presently, Russian uranium accounts for 20 to 25 percent of the American nuclear fuel market. It is virtually impossible to suddenly abandon such a supplier. That would mean halting a quarter, or even a third of all American nuclear generation," Alexey Anpilogov, a political scientist and expert in the field of nuclear energy, told Sputnik.

US nuclear fuel company Centrus Energy has expressed concerns about the congressional ban on Russian deliveries of low-enriched uranium, warning about potential challenges for the entire US civil nuclear industry.

The bill contains a provision that allows for the granting of waivers through 2027. Anpilogov pointed out that the introduction of the waiver alongside the legislation was no coincidence: American lawmakers likely recognized the near impossibility of finding a replacement for Russia in the nuclear fuel market.

However, the waiver process details have yet to be unveiled by the US authorities hitting a raw nerve of US nuclear companies, according to S&P Global.

Anpilogov expects that the US will be unable to replace Russia's deliveries of both low-enriched uranium (LEU) and high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) for a long time. Moreover, Tenex, part of Russia's nuclear corporation Rosatom, is the only company that sells HALEU, which is indispensable for advanced nuclear reactors, on a commercial basis.

The expert concluded that the controversy around the Russian nuclear fuel ban underscores the priority of the economy over political ambitions.

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▪️Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has announced candidates for a new Russian government

▪️Tenth anniversary of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republic's independence referendums

▪️US touts HIMARS to Philippines’ military

▪️Xi's charm offensive: How China is outplaying US and EU leadership in Europe

▪️Russian Aerospace Forces have received a new assignment of Su-35S fighter jets from the advanced 4++ generation

▪️Manhattan-size Arctic plot with 'geopolitical implications’ hits market for more than $300 million

▪️Russian uranium ban has given US nuclear industry the shivers

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