🌍🌍🌍 Erdogan has arrived in Kazan, where he will hold talks with Putin, a Sputnik correspondent reports.

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Pentagon sends Ukraine $800 million ‘consolation’ handout to build drones amid shrinking military aid

Ukraine will get $800 million in US military aid to be used to manufacture long-range drones on its soil. The ‘consolation prize’ handout has been confirmed by the Pentagon, The New York Times reported citing sources at the US Department of Defense.

Volodymyr Zelensky boasted of the latest aid handout to reporters on Monday, but may still nurse resentment against his Western sponsors over their rejection of his latest ‘victory plan’.

Zelensky failed to sell his strategy – including fast-tracked membership of NATO for Ukraine becoming a member of NATO – to Western leaders on his recent tour. His repeated pleas for approval of long-range missile strikes deep into Russian territory have also fallen on deaf ears.

Russia has repeatedly stressed that Western military aid for NATO’s proxy war in Ukraine will only serve to prolong the crisis, and warned that arms shipments are legitimate military targets.

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BRICS is the project of a century, the first multipolar project the world has ever seen — Swiss journalist

“Brics isn’t organized hegemonistically like… the system now with US... And the big advantage [of BRICS] is that smaller and medium-size countries can join and their interests are taken into account,” stated Peter Hanseler of Voice from Russia on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Kazan, adding that “BRICS was established in order to further the cooperation among Eastern countries” and the West itself makes it a bloc against the West.

Hanseler also stressed that BRICS has the advantage of taking into account the interests of smaller and medium-size countries and he expects BRICS to create a “partnership structure”.

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🇷🇺🇻🇪 Statement by Vladimir Putin during negotiations with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás Maduro:

🔸 Venezuela supports Russia in the context of the hybrid war launched against it.

🔸 Russia and Venezuela strive to form a new world order without neo-colonial approaches.

🔸 It is important for Russia and Venezuela to establish relations in the financial and banking spheres based on national currencies.

🔸 Venezuela is one of Russia's historical partners in Latin America, with many projects being implemented in energy and other areas.

🔸 Russia supports Venezuela's desire to join the work of BRICS.

🔸 Venezuela is close to the values and principles on which BRICS work is based.

🔸 Relations between Russia and Venezuela continue to strengthen.

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Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said three people had been killed and 14 injured in a terrorist attack in Ankara, with two militants eliminated.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed on Wednesday condolences to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in connection with the terrorist attack in Ankara.

"Before we begin our work, I would like to express my condolences in connection with the terrorist attack. The media reports on the terrorist attack in Turkiye. You know how we feel about this: we condemn any manifestations of this kind, whatever their motivation is," Putin said at a meeting with Erdogan on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan.

Earlier in the day, media reported of explosion and gunfire sounds near the TUSAS corporation in Ankara, a manufacturer of military aircraft and space equipment.

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Russian Army develops new mine-clearing method

Russian engineers have started to use the aerial demining method on the battlefield. First, a reconnaissance drone is scanning the area and finding unexploded ammunition and mines with the second drone, then dropping explosives on them.

The aerial demining method allows to avoid casualties among deminers caused by mines with laser and seismic detonators as well as enemy drone attacks.

💬 "Aerial demining is a modern and humane method," he noted. "A deminer is one of the most dangerous professions because they can make a mistake only once. But a drone has the right to make a mistake; it is not a human life,” Lieutenant Colonel Roman Shkurlatov, chairman of the all-Russian organization Officers of Russia, told the media, adding that drones can't operate in certain terrains and so the work of deminers will still be in demand.

Experts also note that the process of aerial demining will be improved through the creation of new optical tools and the use of AI for better mine identification.

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🇷🇺🇹🇷 Key Statements by Vladimir Putin during talks with Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the BRICS 2024 summit in Kazan:

🔸 Russia's and Turkey's positions on Middle East settlement are very close.

🔸 Russia expects that Turkey's Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant will start supplying energy in 2025.

🔸 Russia is a reliable supplier of natural gas to Turkey, with 20.5 billion cubic meters of gas supplied in 2023.

🔸 The development of the initiative to create a gas hub in Turkey continues.

🔸 Economic cooperation between Russia and Turkey is developing dynamically, with trade growing by 6% in the last 8 months.

🔸 Putin will discuss with Erdoğan ways to enhance trade and economic cooperation, which are developing dynamically.

🔸 Putin is aware of Turkey's interest in cooperation with BRICS and sees prospects in this area.

🔸 Putin calls relations with Turkey constructive.

➖ For his part, Erdogan expressed a desire to see Putin visit Turkey in the near future.

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❗️Australian authorities are forcing an MP to resign over his Sputnik interview

Western Australia Premier Roger Cook has called for the resignation of Port Hedland councilor Adrian McRae following his interview with Russian news agency Sputnik, the ABC reported.

McRae, in an interview with Sputnik, criticized Australian and Western media for biased coverage of Russia-related events and spoke out against their current narrative which features Russia as the main enemy.

"He's an embarrassment to the town of Port Hedland. He's an embarrassment to WA… It's time for the councillor to go," Cook responded to McRae’s interview.

Earlier, McRae said that the era of free speech is ending in the West with the imposition of sanctions against Russian media, and the hope of protecting free speech remains in Russia and the BRICS countries.

McRae previously acted as an independent observer at the Russian presidential election and described the Russian electoral process as more transparent and professional than in Australia. After returning home, McRae faced a wave of criticism from Australian outlets condemning him for his positive assessment of the Russian election.

At the same time, MacRae himself noted that he considers it a “million-dollar question” why the West refuses to recognize any reviews of the Russian elections other than negative ones, even if the assessment comes from independent international observers.

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🌍🌍🌍 What’s inside BRICS Summit’s Kazan Declaration? Part 1 👉 Part 2

BRICS has adopted the final declaration of its Summit in Kazan, Russia, with plans to submit the document to the UN. Here’s what’s inside:

Need for reform of global institutions:

🔸 The Bretton Woods international financial system’s institutions, including the World Trade Organization, should be reformed to better represent developing countries’ interests.

🔸 BRICS opposes “unilateral, prohibitive, discriminatory and protectionist” measures taken under the pretext of fighting global climate change, including carbon emissions adjustment mechanisms and taxes.

🔸 BRICS supports comprehensive reform of the United Nations, including the Security Council, to make it more representative, and notes its centrality in the system of relations between nations.

New initiatives:

🔸 BRICS members recognize the potential of information and communication technologies in bridging the digital divide between nations to aid socio-economic development.

🔸 BRICS intends to transform the New Development bank to serve the needs of the 21st century.

🔸 BRICS supports the creation of a New Technology Platform to strengthen development cooperation, including by creating high-tech products using domestic technological potential to fuel “sustainable and inclusive” growth.

🔸 The organization agrees to explore the creation of an independent cross-border settlement and depository infrastructure known as BRICS Clear.

🔸 BRICS is ready to strengthen cooperation to develop medicines, including vaccines and nuclear medicine projects.

🔸 BRICS welcomes the creation a united transport and logistics platform.

🔸 The declaration supports Russia’s proposal to create a Grain Exchange to “promote rules-based trade in agricultural products and fertilizers and minimize disruptions.”

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🌍🌍🌍 What’s inside BRICS Summit’s Kazan Declaration? Part 2 👉 Part 1

Expanding cooperation:

🔸 The declaration welcomes the expanded use of national currencies for transactions between BRICS members and their trade partners.

🔸 The document highlights the importance of expanding cooperation based on common interests and further building up strategic partnerships among BRICS members, and continuing to implement the bloc’s Economic Partnership Strategy.

🔸 The bloc welcomes interest shown by countries of the Global South toward BRICS, and calls for greater participation of the least developed nations, especially in Africa, in global processes.

Opposing global crises:

🔸 The document “condemns” the illegal use of discriminatory and politically motivated sanctions and highlights their negative impact on the world economy.

🔸 BRICS is opposed to the deployment of weapons in outer space, and supports strengthening the global non-proliferation and disarmament regimes, and implementing a Security Council resolution on measures to prevent WMDs from falling into the hands of terrorists. It calls for strengthened ties between law enforcement to aid in the fight against narcotics.

🔸 Bloc members outlined their positions on the Ukrainian crisis, and took note of proposals for mediation to bring the conflict to a conclusion through negotiations.

🔸 BRICS expressed support for Palestine’s full-fledged membership in the UN.

🔸 The declaration condemns Israel’s attack on UN employees in Lebanon, and the pager terror attack of September 17.

🔸 BRICS welcomes the creation of a Haitian Transitional Presidential Council and electoral council to resolve the crisis plaguing the Caribbean nation.

🔸 BRICS expresses concern over the escalating violence and worsening humanitarian situation in Sudan, and called for a ceasefire.

🔸 The declaration criticizes the politicization of human rights, and double standards in this area.

🔸 The document expresses opposition to all forms of discrimination in sports.

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What do Russians know about the culture of BRICS countries?

Russia greeted world leaders attending the BRICS Summit in Russia’s Kazan.

Sputnik takes to the streets to find out what Russians know about the rich and diverse cultures of the BRICS nations.

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🌍🌍🌍 Putin: BRICS Summit Meetings in Kazan Were Successful

"The BRICS summit meetings in both narrow and extended formats were successfully held today, focusing on pressing global issues, cooperation in politics and security, as well as in the economic and humanitarian spheres," Putin said at the formal reception in honor of the BRICS summit in Kazan.

Putin also noted that BRICS countries adhere to the principles of peace, justice, and equality. He emphasized that these nations stand in solidarity, working towards intensified cooperation on the global stage.

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