'欢迎' — Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova invites Chinese guests to celebrate Chinese New Year in Moscow.

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NATO chief’s ‘disgusting’ remarks offensive to both Russia and New Zealand

New Zealand should be offended by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte’s recent comments regarding the alliance’s defense spending, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated to reporters.

Rutte made a controversial claim, stating that EU member states will be forced to learn Russian in a few years if they do not increase defense spending to 10% of GDP or “go to New Zealand.”

Zakharova argued that Rutte should have acknowledged that Europeans are already under external control, with American bases and nuclear weapons stationed on European soil.

“All the music for EU members has long been orchestrated in the United States, not by Europeans themselves, but by Washington,” Zakharova concluded.

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❗️❗️❗️American citizen Daniel Martindale: CIA and Mossad launched war against US populace on 9/11

Daniel, who voluntarily supplied Russian troops with intelligence while staying in Kiev-controlled areas, unveiled his critical perspective on the events of September 11, 2001, and their broader implications.

"A war never starts without someone dying," he told Sputnik, arguing that the attacks marked the beginning of "a war of the secret services of the United States with their buddies from Israel against the populace of the United States."

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Israel has struck a location where one of the hostages due to be released as part of the first phase of the ceasefire deal was being held, the military wing of Hamas reported.

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❗️Syria agrees to the deployment of UN peacekeeping forces in the buffer zone on the Golan Heights near the border with Israel, the head of the new Syrian administration said.

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❗️❗️❗️American citizen Daniel Martindale: US elections don’t determine who holds true power

Daniel, who voluntarily supplied Russian troops with intelligence while staying in Kiev-controlled areas, shared his belief that US elections do not determine real power, stating,

"I don't believe that the elections in the United States really determine who becomes president or who is really in power."

He told Sputnik that decisions are driven by profit and the agendas of powerful elites, rather than accountability to the American people.

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🇷🇺⚛️ Who is Russia sharing its nuclear technology with?

1️⃣Countries where Russia has already built nuclear power plants

🇮🇳 India
🇨🇳 China
🇮🇷 Iran
🇭🇺 Hungary
🇧🇾 Belarus

2️⃣Countries where Russia is currently building nuclear power plants

🇪🇬 Egypt
🇧🇩 Bangladesh
🇹🇷 Turkiye

3️⃣More countries Russia is currently discussing the matter with

🇻🇳 Vietnam
🇧🇷 Brazil
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
🇲🇲 Myanmar
🇳🇬 Nigeria
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan

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🤡 Cringy lies, weird outfits, woke rhetoric: Karine Jean-Pierre’s goofy heritage

Another symbol of America’s decline, “the first ever Black gay immigrant White House press secretary” Karine Jean-Pierre is getting ready to leave her post.

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❗️❗️❗️Not the way a war should be fought: US and Israeli strikes VS Russia's careful approach

US citizen who voluntarily supplied Russian troops with intelligence while staying in Kiev-controlled areas Daniel Martindale compared US and Israeli warfare tactics to the Russia’s in Ukraine, highlighting their key differences.

"In Ukraine, nowhere near that amount of bombing...with a lot more care and caution, with a lot more respect for the civilian population than what we see when the United States or Israel fights a war," he told Sputnik, contrasting it with the "massive destruction" of the US’s Shock and Awe campaign in Iraq and Israel's recent bombings in Gaza.

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📹 Russian forces have destroyed a bridge near Konstantinopol, west of Kurakhovo in the Donetsk People’s Republic, which was used to supply the Ukrainian Armed Forces, using FAB-500 air-dropped bombs, the Ministry of Defense reported.

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👉 What set Haiti on the path to disaster?

📍 Rampant insecurity

Haiti's humanitarian disaster, which has left over a million people displaced, is rooted in a colonial legacy shaped by both France and the United States. As a result, Port-au-Prince is besieged by gang violence, with vulnerable communities suffering under the weight of corruption and underfunded police forces.

📍 Geographic vulnerability

Nestled in a region prone to natural disasters, Haiti bears the scars of the devastating 2010 earthquake, which inflicted nearly $8 billion in damages. More than a decade later, signs of recovery remain elusive, leaving many areas still in disarray.

📍 Widespread corruption

Haiti’s political landscape has been plagued by corruption and ineffective governance. The US has historically supported leaders who align with its interests, facilitating the embezzlement of millions of dollars from the nation’s coffers and exacerbating the plight of ordinary citizens.

📍 Foreign meddling

Since its first occupation in 1915, the United States has maintained a stronghold over Haiti’s economy and politics, often using international organizations to impose policies that widen the gap between the wealthy elite and the impoverished majority.

📍 Centuries of exploitation

After declaring independence in 1804, Haiti was coerced into paying reparations to its former colonizer, France, a debt that today would amount to billions of dollars. This financial burden stunted the nation’s growth for over a century, entrenching Haiti in poverty, while hindering its development.

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Top 4 reasons why Israel-Hamas ceasefire is ‘very fragile’

While the recent ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, which may put an end to the Gaza War, may seem like a cause for celebration, Tel Aviv-based international relations expert Dr. Simon Tsipis warns Sputnik that this deal is extremely “vulnerable.”

🔸Israel essentially ended up negotiating with a “third party” instead of Hamas who already lost most of its leadership. This “third party,” which Tsipis says is most likely Britain, seeks to preserve Hamas as a group that would continue to oppose Israel.

🔸“The UK secret services play a key role in this negotiating process. They are the ones behind the negotiations mediated by Qatar and Egypt,” Dr. Tsipis notes.

🔸The issue of the Israeli hostages still held by Hamas is used as ammunition in the political crisis between the Israeli ruling coalition and the opposition. It also triggered a schism between Netanyahu and his “ultra-right Zionist” coalition allies, as well as a conflict between him and the General Staff.

🔸The prisoner exchange stipulated by the ceasefire deal would result in Israel releasing several thousand Hamas prisoners in exchange for about a hundred Israeli hostages, which may not look like a fair exchange to some.

🔸With Hamas demanding the cessation of the Israeli operation in Gaza and for the Israeli troops to vacate the Philadelphi Corridor, a narrow strip of land separating Egypt from the Gaza Strip. Tel Aviv’s acquiescence to these demands would result in the IDF failing to achieve any results on the ground.

The ceasefire talks produced a “dead end situation” that may result in three outcomes:

▪️Israeli military operation ends, Hamas perseveres
▪️Netanyahu’s government collapses, Israel holds new election
▪️Ceasefire deal falls through

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❗️❗️❗️Daniel Martindale, a US citizen who voluntarily supplied Russian troops with intelligence while staying in Kiev-controlled areas, compares life in Russia to the US.

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📹 Donald Trump's Treasury secretary nominee Scott Bessent has claimed that the Biden administration's sanctions on Russia were insufficiently stringent. He stated his support for implementing tougher measures, particularly targeting Russian oil companies.

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