🎥🎥 Russian President Putin, Iranian сounterpart Pezeshkian hold presser after Moscow talks

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🇷🇺🇮🇷 Russian President Vladimir Putin described his talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Moscow as thorough and constructive.

At a press conference, Putin highlighted several key aspects of the partnership between Russia and Iran:

About the agreement

🔸 The strategic partnership agreement sets ambitious goals.

🔸 It is a groundbreaking document aimed at stable and sustainable development for both nations and the region.

About policy views

🔸 Russia and Iran align on most foreign policy issues.

🔸 Both nations pursue independent courses on the global stage.

🔸 They resist external pressure and oppose illegitimate sanctions.

About bilateral ties

🔸 Putin stressed the importance of further enhancing friendly relations.

🔸 Both governments are committed to elevating their partnership to a new level.

About economic cooperation

🔸 The pace of economic collaboration between Russia and Iran is increasing.

🔸 Energy remains a crucial element of their bilateral relations.

🔸 Construction of two new blocks at Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant will bolster the country’s energy security.

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📹 The new Russia-Iran strategic partnership sets ambitious goals in various fields, Putin said.

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US President-elect Donald Trump said that he discussed trade, TikTok and a range of other topics during a "very good" phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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The construction of two new units at the Bushehr nuclear power plant, a flagship Russia-Iran project, will significantly enhance Iran’s energy security, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

Work on the second phase is underway, with around 2,000 people on-site. The first unit, completed with Russian help, was connected to Iran’s power grid in 2011.

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🤝 A new year, two major meetings – coincidence?

1️⃣ Russian President Putin signed a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement with his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian in Moscow today.

2️⃣ Chinese President Xi Jinping, a close ally of Russia, spoke with US president-elect Donald Trump over the phone the same day.

A curious synchronicity on the global chessboard...

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📹 The development of the International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC) opens up new opportunities for cooperation in transportation between Russia and Iran, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

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📹The signing of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement between Russia and Iran will contribute to resolving the conflict in the Middle East, President Masoud Pezeshkian said following the signing ceremony.

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🤝 Key points of the Russia-Iran Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement:

◾️ If either country faces aggression, the other agrees not to assist the aggressor

◾️ Both nations will strengthen cooperation in security and defense

◾️ The agreement includes enhancing collaboration between their intelligence agencies

◾️ Moscow and Tehran will refrain from joining sanctions imposed by third countries and will guarantee the non-application of unilateral coercive measures

◾️ Russia and Iran agreed to cooperate on creating an independent payment infrastructure, free from third-country influence

◾️ The two sides will promote media cooperation to counter disinformation and negative propaganda

◾️ Mutual assistance will be provided in cases of natural disasters and industrial accidents

◾️ The partnership is set to last 20 years, with automatic extensions in five-year increments

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Russophobia erases Poland’s memory of Soviet sacrifice in WWII

January 17 marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Warsaw from Nazi invaders by the Red Army.

As Poland and the Baltic States tear down monuments to Soviet WWII liberators while pushing the “Russia threat” narrative, let’s revisit some historical facts to refresh Warsaw’s memory:

Nazi Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, employing a Blitzkrieg military campaign that allowed it to occupy most of the country within weeks.

To liberate the country, Soviet troops carried out several major military operations:

1️⃣ Lvov-Sandomierz offensive (July-August 1944)

▫️ The operation, led by Marshal Ivan Konev and the 1st Ukrainian Front, liberated Lvov and established a bridgehead at the Vistula River for future offensives.

▫️ The Red Army liberated Majdanek, a Nazi concentration camp in Lublin, where an estimated 360,000 Soviet PoWs, Jews, and Poles were killed.

2️⃣ Vistula-Oder offensive (January-February 1945)

▫️ This campaign pushed from the Vistula to the Oder River, involving a massive force of approximately 2,203,000 soldiers, 4,529 tanks, 2,513 self-propelled guns, and 13,763 artillery pieces.

▫️ Key participants included the 1st Ukrainian Front (led by Marshal Ivan Konev), the 1st Belorussian Front (led by Marshal Georgy Zhukov), and the 1st Polish Army.

3️⃣ Warsaw-Poznan operation (January-February 1945)

▫️ Encirclement, surprise attacks, and direct assaults allowed Soviet troops to fully liberate Warsaw by January 17, 1945, with the 47th Army and 2nd Guards Tank Army playing a crucial role.

▫️ The occupation of Warsaw cost the lives of approximately 200,000 civilians, and around 85% of the city was destroyed.

The Red Army suffered an estimated 600,000 casualties in the liberation of Poland, paving the way for the final offensive against Berlin.

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🇷🇺🤝🇮🇷 Inside the Russia-Iran Comprehensive Partnership Treaty: What’s in it and why it matters PART 1 👉 PART 2

Presidents Putin and Pezeshkian signed a 20-year strategic cooperation pact on Friday. Here’s what’s inside:

🔸 The 47-article treaty includes a heavy focus on security and defense, with parties agreeing to “strive to deepen and expand relations in all areas of mutual interest, strengthen cooperation in security and defense, engage in close coordination of activities at the regional and global levels.” Rejection of unipolarity

🔸 This includes “mutual respect” for one another’s national and security interests, support for multilateralism and “rejection of unipolarity and hegemony in world affairs,” in a nod to US policy.

🔸 “If one [party] is subject to aggression, the other shall not provide any military or other assistance to the aggressor that contributes to the continuation of aggression,” and strive to resolve the dispute using diplomatic means.

🔸 Russia and Iran commit not to allow each other’s territory to be used to support separatists or engage in any other hostile actions against one another.

🔸 Intelligence and security services shall exchange information and experience, while militaries engage in military exercises and consult and cooperate in countering “common military and security threats of a bilateral and regional nature.”

Regional cooperation against “third states”

🔸 Alongside cooperation against terrorism, crime, illegal immigration and the proliferation of WMDs, the treaty includes a separate article on measures to assure peace and security in the Caspian, Central Asia, the Caucasus and the Middle East, and “cooperate to prevent interference in these regions and destabilizing presence there of third states.”

🔸 Article 14 highlights the need for strengthened security, political, economic, cultural and humanitarian cooperation via the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and expanded ties between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union.

👉 PART 2

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