France hurtling towards ‘uncontrollable situation’ regardless of elections outcome

France today “no longer has the means for its policy,” and the results of the parliamentary elections cannot change that, Emmanuel Leroy, president of the Institut 1717, for a new Franco-Russian alliance, told Sputnik.

He underscored that quite possibly next Sunday, Marine Le Pen’s right-wing National Rally (RN) will not obtain an absolute majority required to govern in the country, creating “an objectively uncontrollable situation.”

“The country will be in a state of incapacity to be governed in a valid manner, and we will probably observe a crisis situation which will bring France completely to its knees on the international political level,” speculated the French political scientist.

“Emmanuel Macron's bet today is to play on the victory of this party [RN] in such a way as to create a situation of political chaos in France,” suggested Leroy.

Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has already stated that Macron's centrist coalition will pull out around 60 of its candidates to allow other contenders to have a chance to defeat the RN. But this could be nothing more than a “window dressing,” said Leroy.

The analyst noted that whether France switches to a right-wing or left-wing policy, this “wouldn’t change the fundamentals.”

And these fundamentals are that the France of Emmanuel Macron, which has been “at the forefront in the desire to completely engage in this war in Ukraine to help the regime [led] by Zelensky,” is in phenomenal debt. “I remind you that France has an official public debt of 3,000 billion euros, and that this sum is absolutely non-repayable,” the former Russia adviser to Marine Le Pen stressed.

According to Leroy, by potentially allowing Jordan Bardella to head the French government, Macron could be setting the president of the National Rally up for the role of a fall guy.

If and when France finds itself in a financial crisis “comparable to the one that Greece experienced a few years ago,” Macron could shift the blame, and the responsibility on to the National Rally,” the analyst suggested.

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More than 180 candidates running in France’s parliamentary race refused to take part in the run-off in order to prevent the 'National Rally' party from winning

◾️After the first round, Macron and the leftists wasted no time in declaring their intention to oppose Le Pen's party. They called on those who came in third to withdraw from the run-off. Their strategy involved encouraging voters to support the main competitors of the 'National Rally'.

◾️According to Le Monde, 121 candidates from the leftists, 60 from the president’s coalition, and several contenders from other parties refused to continue running in the election race.

◾️The 'National Rally' leader Jordan Bardella has already condemned such tactics and slammed these moves as 'dishonest and unnatural'.

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"The world will tremble" after the escalation that Belarus is being dragged into, President Alexander Lukashenko says.

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❗️Roscosmos head Yuri Borisov has approved the schedule for constructing the new Russian space station. It should be completed in 2033.

Contracts have also been signed for the building of the station itself, along with a new spacecraft, launched by the Angara-class rocket to carry cosmonauts and supplies to the station from the Vostochny cosmodrome.

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🎥 Yemeni Houthis have released a video promising to sink the aircraft carrie, USS Theodore Roosevelt, once its arrives in Red Sea waters.

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❗️ Nine Ukrainian aircraft were hit in 24 hours, the Russian Ministry of Defense says — following reports that the Netherlands will soon transfer F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.

Five operational Su-27s and two more that were under repair were destroyed at the Ukraine's Mirgorod airfield by Iskander ballistic missiles, the ministry said earlier.

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Here are the latest statements by Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov:

🔸Putin and Modi will discuss regional and global security issues, as well as trade and economic cooperation;

🔸The Kremlin does not expect anything from Orban’s visit to Kiev;

🔸During Orban's visit to Kiev, the responsibilities for Brussels' interests will take precedence, due to Hungary's Presidency of the EU Council.

🔸Peskov declined to comment on Trump's remarks regarding the potential resolution of the Ukrainian crisis.

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'It has been practically studied, there are no secrets left for us'

Russian experts have fully studied the ATACMS missile fuze, which consists of many components and mechanisms.

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Foreign-made equipment destroyed, hit or intercepted by the Russian armed forces over the past 24 hours:

▪️ Bayraktar TB2 UAV (Turkish-made)
▪️ Three M198 155 mm howitzers (US-made)
▪️ One FH70 155 mm howitzer (British-made)
▪️ One L119 105 mm howitzer (British-made)
▪️ One M777 155 mm howitzer (US-made)
▪️ One Panzerhaubitze-2000 155 mm self-propelled howitzer (German-made)
▪️ Two AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radars (US-made)
▪️ Six "Storm Shadow" cruise missiles (British-made)
▪️ One "Hammer" guided aerial bomb (French-made)
▪️ One HIMARS missile (US-made)

More from the Russian MoD briefing:

🔸 The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost 1800 servicemen in the last 24 hours.

🔸 Russian air defenses shot down 81 UAVs in 24 hours.

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🎥 Criminals used to smuggle cigarettes from Ukraine, but now they traffic Ukrainians themselves — it's more profitable.

A minibus with hiding places seized by the Ukrainian border service was earlier typically used for smuggling cigarettes. Now it's used to smuggle draft dodgers as well.

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Hungarian PM Victor Orban's statements after meeting with Zelensky in Kiev:

◾️ Orban said he asked Zelensky to consider any opportunity for a ceasefire before peace talks and thinks it could speed up negotiations;

◾️ Hungary is ready to help with the modernization of Ukraine's economy;

◾️ The issue of peace in Ukraine will be the main one during the next 6 months of the Hungarian EU Presidency.

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Russia unveils disposable drone fitted with warhead to intercept enemy UAV

The Vogan-9SP disposable drone, designed to intercept enemy drones by detonating its own warhead, was developed in Russia.

The UAV was presented to the public at the "Technologies of UAV detection and countermeasures" conference held in St. Petersburg on July 1 and 2.

According to developers, the quadrcopter-type drone’s specifications include:
▪️ designed to intercept enemy "kamikaze" drones;
▪️ can reach speeds up to 200 km/h;
▪️ works in conjunction with a radar station and a laser system to detect targets;
▪️ homes in on the target using its automatic guidance systems;
▪️ detonates the warhead located in the nose upon reaching the target;
▪️ positioned in a 45-degree angled launch tube, it takes off from a guide rail;
▪️ before destroying an enemy drone, the Vogan-9SP must receive a command from the operator, who makes a decision based on the image from its camera.

The system is already being tested, and an improved drone is being developed able to reach speeds of over 250 km/h.

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🎥 WATCH: Attack drone operators from the 123rd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Yug battlegroup destroy the positions and manpower of Ukrainian 10th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade near Seversk.

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I can, you can't: Baerbock's plane breaks her own party's night flight ban

In Frankfurt, flights are banned after 11 pm — a policy of the Alliance 90/The Greens party. But that did not prevent party member and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock taking a flight to Luxembourg on a military plane at 11:56 pm, after the Germany-Switzerland football match, according to Bild.

Is "climate change" canceled?

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❗️Ukraine’s Kraken* neo-Nazis flee Chasov Yar before regular units arrive

The Nazi Ukrainian battalion Kraken* fled from their positions in Chasov Yar before regular units had arrived, a Ukrainian prisoner of war named Valentin Gridnev told Sputnik.

The prisoner revealed that Kraken* militants, who were deployed on the second line in Chasov Yar, were supposed to cover regular units.

"They promised that we would be protected by Kraken*, but when we arrived, our superiors already knew that there was no one there, they left us high and dry. Yeah, we were pulling up, when the last of their vehicles left, so we were on our own," he divulged.

*Kraken battalion is a terrorist organization outlawed in Russia.

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Le Pen accuses Macron of plotting ‘administrative coup’

French President Emmanuel Macron, coping with his party’s failure in the elections, is plotting an “administrative coup,” said the leader of the 'National Rally' party, Marine Le Pen, on radio 'France Inter'.

"There are rumors that the President is going to consider the possibility of replacing the Director General of the National Police, that is, four days before the run-off election. Although he was supposed to remain in office until the end of the Olympic Games. The same fate awaits the National Gendarmerie Director," the politician said.

She claims that the purpose for this rush in appointments is to prevent 'National Rally' leader Jordan Bardella from being able to govern the country "the way he wants" if the RN wins a majority of votes in the second round of the parliamentary elections, and he gets the post of prime minister.

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