The effectiveness of the Swiss conference on Ukraine is approaching zero, said Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov.

Putin's peace initiative remains on the agenda, emphasized the president's press secretary.

Peskov noted that Moscow's approach to the Ukrainian issue is transparent and consistent, well-known in Kiev.

"Many countries at the summit in Switzerland discussed the futility of Ukraine discussions without Russia, which was duly noted in the Kremlin," Peskov said.

The statement of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg about the possibility of putting nuclear weapons on standby do not fit into the context of the Swiss summit declaration, reported the Russian president's press secretary Dmitry Peskov.

"What Mr. Stoltenberg said clearly does not fit into the context of the same declaration that was adopted the day before and was signed by far from everyone. It also states, if I'm not mistaken, the inadmissibility of such rhetoric."

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China hopes the US will stop spreading false information directed against other countries, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.

A few days ago, Reuters published an investigation that suggested the Pentagon had waged a social media campaign to discredit China's COVID vaccine.

"Poisoning public opinion and defaming the image of other countries is a consistent practice of the United States," a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said.

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❗️ An explosion of ammunition has occurred at a Czech military firing range in Libava, people are injured, according to the Czech Armed Forces official account on X

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Pentagon led anti-vaccine disinformation campaign against Global South - reports

A series of social media posts from fake accounts purportedly associated with the US Department of Defense urged people to doubt the effectiveness of China's COVID vaccines and protective measures, such as face masks.

In an effort to undermine the reputation of China's COVID vaccine, Sinovac, the Pentagon conducted a covert disinformation campaign in 2020.

The Pentagon used about 300 fake accounts on the social media platform X (then known as Twitter) to discredit the Chinese vaccine in the Philippines, according to reports.

Posts from these fake accounts urged Filipinos not to rely on the Chinese vaccine or on protective measures such as face masks, with one such post reportedly claiming that "COVID came from China and the VACCINE also came from China."

A similar smear campaign was waged by the US against Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in an attempt to smear the Russian jab.

Sinovac Biotech is a Chinese biopharmaceutical company best known for developing and manufacturing vaccines, including against COVID-19. The company's COVID-19 vaccine has been widely used in China and has been approved for emergency use in several countries around the world.

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❗️ Since 2022, joint exercises of the Czech and Ukrainian militaries have been held at the Libava training range, media reports

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⚡️ Vladimir Putin will pay a state visit to North Korea on June 18-19, the Kremlin said

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⚡️ After North Korea, Putin will visit Vietnam on June 19-20, the Kremlin said.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin will discuss the development of strategic partnership and the international agenda in Vietnam, and following the negotiations, a joint statement will be issued.

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❗️Why Clooney Foundation for Justice is globalist policy vehicle disguised as charity? Part 1

Hollywood star George Clooney led a Biden campaign fundraiser on June 15, raising over $30 million. Clooney supports Democratic initiatives, including through his charity, the Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ).

CFJ’s Docket Project legal director Anna Neistat announced efforts to seek secret arrest warrants against Russian journalists in Europe for "war propaganda" due to their Ukraine coverage contradicting Western narratives. Clooney later denied this, stating that "someone in our foundation misspoke."

▪️"Like the Clinton Foundation, this entity is a 'public charity'," Wall Street analyst and charity fraud expert Charles Ortel told Sputnik. "As such it may not be controlled by one family and its board must be broadly representative of the public at large. I note that the Board is led by George and Amal [Clooney] as 'Co-Presidents'. While substantial amounts are paid for 'management' to third parties, I suspect this is actually led primarily by Amal with George along for star power and fundraising."

▪️"The Docket initiative (all initiatives) do not provide details on revenues and expenses which are required," continued Ortel. "Moreover, the entity uses 'cash' accounting rather than required 'accrual' accounting (given its size) which is sloppy and more likely to create conditions prone to fraud." Ortel has conducted a private investigation into the Clinton Foundation's alleged fraud over the past several years and sees some similarities between the Clooney and the Clinton's charities.

▪️The entity's major donors are the scandals-ridden Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Co-Impact, and Ford Foundation which promote globalist liberal agenda (such as equity, population- and birth-control programs) and often cooperate with Rockefeller Foundation and Open Society Foundations. According to Influence Watch, the Clooneys also collaborate with the Obama Foundation.

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❗️Why Clooney Foundation for Justice is globalist policy vehicle disguised as charity? Part 2

▪️During Donald Trump's tenure George Clooney and other Hollywood celebrities targeted the former president, American conservatives and lauded the controversial Black Lives Matter movement in what appeared to be a concerted liberal effort. Clooney used to criticize Hungarian PM Viktor Orban and defended billionaire George Soros against his critics.

▪️In August 2017, the Clooney Foundation gave $1 million to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), infamous for attacking US conservative entities as "hate groups." In March 2018 SPLC linked Radio Sputnik's show to white supremacists, but then retracted its claim.

▪️Since February 2022, the Clooney Foundation's Docket has been gathering "evidence" of alleged "war crimes" by the Russian military in Ukraine, while ignoring the Kiev regime's crimes against Donbass civilians, including secret torture chambers run by Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), and neo-Nazi Mirotvorets website's kill list initiative targeting Russian and foreign journalists, politicians and children.

▪️The Clooney Foundation works with Hillary and Chelsea Clinton on a documentary about the Docket's efforts "to investigate Russian war crimes in Ukraine." Judging from the Hollywood Reporter's denoscription of the series "The Swallows Will Return," the film is aimed at smearing and de-humanizing Russians.

▪️The entity was founded in 2016 by actor George Clooney and his spouse, human rights attorney Amal Clooney, with a declared aim to assist victims of human rights violations. However, the entity appears to be part of the American liberal and neocon cabal which routinely misuses charities to promote its globalist agenda at home and abroad.

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📹 Fans of the Serbian national football team chanted the name of Russian President Vladimir Putin on the streets of the German city of Gelsenkirchen before a European Championship match against England.

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📊 Almost one third (32%) of Americans oppose sending military aid to Ukraine, a poll by the Ronald Reagan Institute has shown.

Fifty-seven percent support sending aid, while another 11 percent could not give an unambiguous answer.

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✈️ A Boeing 737 caught fire and made an emergency landing in New Zealand. Flames were bursting out of the plane's engine, and residents of Queenstown heard loud pops. The airline said the plane collided with a bird, 7News reported.

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❗️ Vladimir Putin has appointed Leonid Gornin as first deputy defense minister and Anna Tsivileva and Pavel Fradkov as deputy defense ministers.

The president relieved Nikolai Pankov, Ruslan Tsalikov, Tatiana Shevtsova, and Pavel Popov of these positions.

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The Ministry of Defense has outlined how the responsibilities of the new deputy ministers of defense will be distributed.

▪️The First Deputy Minister, Leonid Gornin, will oversee the entire complex of issues related to the financial support of the Armed Forces.

▪️Pavel Fradkov will be responsible for managing property, land resources, as well as construction of facilities for the needs of the Ministry of Defense and national economy.

▪️Anna Tsivileva will handle issues related to the organization of social and housing support for military personnel, aiming to elevate associated processes to a new level.

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