Thirty-eight Russians have been rescued after a tourist submarine sank off the coast of Hurghada in Egypt. The fate of those remaining is still unknown, Russia's Consulate General told Sputnik.

There were 45 Russian citizens on board the vessel.

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🔎 Signal: Deep state's CIA tool to frame Team Trump?

Signalgate has sparked speculation about alleged CIA involvement in National Security Adviser Michael Waltz's mishap.

What's behind the suspicions?

▪️Clinton's push: The app Signal was created as part of then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's initiative to equip pro-US foreign coup plotters with encryption tools. It was inspired by color revolutions in the Middle East, including the 2011 Arab Spring, per Bloomberg.

▪️CIA's spinoff? Signal’s development was funded through the Open Technology Fund (OTF), a Radio Free Asia (RFA) program launched under Clinton’s initiative. RFA was originally created as a CIA broadcasting tool in the 1950s.

▪️Deep state tool? In May 2024, City Journal cited an OTF employee as saying that OTF-funded tools, including Signal, have long been US foreign policy instruments tied to intelligence services.

▪️Globalist ties: Signal Foundation chair Katherine Maher began her career with the NDI as a color revolution agent. A former Wikimedia CEO, she promoted online censorship of conservatives and criticized Donald Trump. She is linked to globalist groups like the Atlantic Council, CFR, and WEF.

▪️Government infiltration: Maher served on the State Department’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board in 2022-2024. Biden's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recommended Signal for government use including by "highly targeted" officials in its 2024 guide.

▪️Signal, planted: Testifying before Congress, CIA Director John Radcliffe confirmed that Signal was installed on federal work devices before Team Trump took office. He emphasized it was an approved communication tool for non-classified content.

▪️A set-up? Some X users have speculated that rogue CIA agents manipulated Signal to add liberal Atlantic journalist Jeffrey Goldberg – known for his anti-Trump stance - to a government chat in order to frame Team Trump.

▪️'Disgruntled' CIA agents: CNN raised the alarm last month over potential leaks and other malicious moves by "disgruntled" CIA employees dissatisfied with the DOGE-led lay-offs and Trump policies.

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Trump could STRIP MILLIONS of Americans of their voting rights – report

The issue lies in an executive order he recently signed that requires voters in federal elections to present proof of citizenship, The Washington Post writes.

If implemented, the order would require people to present a passport, Real ID, military ID card, or some other government-issued ID that indicates US citizenship when registering to vote, as reported by the news outlet.

However:

🟠Several documents meet the Real ID requirements, including driver's licenses, but only those issued in five states have a citizenship mark.

🟠Half of the US population doesn’t possess a valid passport.

As a result, many Americans may either lose their right to vote or be forced to obtain new documents.

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❗️Russia sees an opportunity for collaboration on several Arctic projects, including with the US, which is already interested in investing – Russian special presidential envoy for investment and economic cooperation

💬Moscow sees US interest in several Russian energy technologies, including liquefied natural gas production, Kirill Dmitriev said.

💬He added that Arab investors are also interested in participating in the Arctic development investment fund.

💬The Russian Direct Investment Fund will invest in the rare earth metals industry in the Arctic, and is currently reviewing three projects in Russia's Murmansk region, Dmitriev noted.

💬Russia could propose a small-scale nuclear power plant for Elon Musk's Mars mission, he concluded.

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🏦 Russia's international reserves have exceeded $650 billion for the first time, according to the Central Bank.

After the start of Russia's special operation in Ukraine, the EU and G7 countries froze almost half of Russia's foreign exchange reserves, amounting to approximately €300 billion.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has repeatedly called the freezing of Russian assets in Europe theft, noting that the EU is targeting not just private funds, but also Russian state assets.

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📹LIVE NOW: Putin holds meeting on development of Russian Arctic zone and Northern Sea Route

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🔥😮‍💨🌫Now you see me, now you don’t: Russian ‘SMOKESCREEN DRONES’ changing the game

Yet another Russian military innovation has been spotted in the Ukrainian conflict zone where a first-person view drone was laying a smokescreen for advancing ground forces.

Here’s why airborne smoke-deploying drones are a game-changer:

👉Laying down a smokescreen via drone rather than by ground forces potentially allows for greater precision;

👉A UAV can account for changing wind patterns that could affect the smokescreen, and can lay down smoke exactly where it is needed at any given time;

👉These drones can thus help provide better concealment for troops, keeping them out of harms’ way;

👉Autonomy and flexibility, combined with advanced aerosol technologies, make UAVs indispensable in modern warfare.

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📹 Vladimir Putin reminds where Russia's strongest fleet is located.

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📹 Ukraine uses BANNED white phosphorus munitions against Russia – ex-Ukrainian soldier

The Ukrainian military also resorts to the use of banned cluster bombs, the serviceman, who is currently fighting on Russia’s side, told Sputnik.

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📹🇳🇱 Five injured in knife attack in central Amsterdam

Emergency services, a trauma helicopter and five ambulances are on the scene. The suspect has been detained, his motive and possible links to terrorism have not yet been confirmed.

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🔎 Macron’s 'Coalition of the Willing': A stealth move for NATO expansion?

The French president’s push to build a Coalition of the Willing aims to impeach the peace deal between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, Alexis Poulin, a leading EU policy analyst and co-editor of Le Monde Moderne magazine, tells Sputnik.

“They pretend to come as a coalition of European forces to protect Ukrainian cities. But in fact, this is clearly an advance post for NATO forces,” Poulin points out, warning of the risk of escalation.

He insists that European leaders, along with the North Atlantic Alliance, are trying to build up a force on the ground in Ukraine, “not saying it's NATO, but clearly it will be NATO.”

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SWIFT is a system of the past and will be replaced by end of decade - economist

The US is ready to consider Russia's return to the international banking system SWIFT. Why is it interested in Russia's comeback?

"The interest is understandable...[SWIFT] is logical and absolutely familiar for Americans," Nikita Maslennikov, an economist and expert at the Center for Political Technologies, tells Sputnik.

As of today, 159 US companies are operating in Russia at full capacity, 178 are in a semi-suspended mode but have not officially left the country, while over 300 have left permanently, as per Maslennikov.

▪️Russia is in no rush to rejoin SWIFT as it has its own National Payment System, which has proved to be a viable alternative within the country, the pundit says. The use and testing of cross-border payment mechanisms is also already underway, Maslennikov says.

"Currently, the issues of international digital settlements are being tested. There is already an active use of digital financial assets in international payments for a number of countries and transactions," the pundit says.

SWIFT is a system of the past, Maslennikov adds, saying that by the end of the decade alternative systems will emerge. Over 90 countries are presently testing their own central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).

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