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🗣IAEA chief calls threats of strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities ‘unacceptable’

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi called threats of strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities "unacceptable."

💬 "The attacks that are being discussed could not only worsen existing problems, but also create more serious environmental consequences," the IRIB quoted International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi as saying.


Earlier, The NYT reported that Trump did not allow Israel to attack Iranian nuclear facilities after he decided to pursue diplomacy with Tehran.

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📊 Boogeyman BURNOUT? Anti-Russia hysteria FIZZLES - US poll

🐘 A solid 60% of Republicans no longer see Russia as the enemy - up from 42% last year, a Pew Research Center survey shows.

🫏 Even Democrats display a 5-point shift in the same direction. All in all, 50% of Americans now don’t buy the Russia ‘villain’ narrative.

Maybe the hysteria’s finally wearing off?

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❗️Moldovan Socialist Party condemns disruption of Archbishop Markell’s trip to receive the Holy Fire as act of spiritual terror

💬 "The party expresses its outrage over the unprecedented act of spiritual terror committed by the Maia Sandu regime at the Chisinau International Airport against Archbishop Markell of Bălți and Fălești," the party's statement reads.

💬 "This is a deliberate act of sabotage aimed at discrediting and suppressing the canonical Orthodox Church of Moldova – the largest religious denomination in the country," it adds.

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❗️Orthodox Church UNDER FIRE: Moldovan bishop BARRED from Holy Fire pilgrimage

Archbishop Markel was stopped at Moldova’s international airport and barred by border guards from flying to Jerusalem for the Holy Fire — a major Orthodox tradition. The Church is calling it a blatant case of state meddling.

This is a direct blow to Moldova’s Orthodox Church — backed by 70% of the population — where authorities are currently propping up a rival body: the so-called Metropolis of Bessarabia.

The move is the latest sign that the country, led by Romanian citizen Maia Sandu, is being steered down the ‘Ukrainian path’.

🇷🇺Language сrackdown: authorities are already laying the groundwork for scrapping Russian-language education in schools, per a PAS Party MP.

🎤Political crackdown: Gagauzia leader Evgenia Gutsul was recently arrested, opposition figures are being targeted.

📹Media purge: 12 TV channels, plus numerous digital outlets shut down in 2022–2023 alone.

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❗️The Russian Orthodox Church has condemned Moldova’s actions as an affront to Christianity

💬 “The Moldovan authorities’ advisers, clearly distant from Christian values, believe they can solve their political problems this way. Do they think they can sever people’s connection with Christ or stop them from celebrating Easter? No. As the prophet David said, those who dig a pit for others will fall into it themselves,” Russian Orthodox Church representative Vladimir Legoyda stated.

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🛰 Star Wars, Pentagon Edition: US Space Force Preps for ORBITAL WARFARE?

America’s military is prepping for actual war in orbit, as evidenced by its most detailed battle plan yet.

Orbital, electromagnetic, and cyber warfare tactics are all laid out in the "Space Warfighting: A Framework for Planners" just published by the United States Space Force.

The USSF plans to:
🟠Boost “long-range kill chains and global power projection”
🟠Achieve “space-superiority” that means the US can seek out and destroy an enemy’s spacecraft, systems, and networks
🟠Offensive and defensive strategies cover three mission areas: orbital warfare, electromagnetic warfare, and cyberspace warfare.
🟠Offense includes orbital and ground-based strikes, plus cyberattacks to cripple “an enemy’s critical space links.”
🟠Key point: human decision-making takes a back seat to automated systems.

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🚨🇲🇩Moldova’s political WITCH HUNT: the persecution of Gagauzia’s Gutsul Yevgenia Gutsul, the elected head of Gagauzia, was detained on March 25, 2025, at Moldova’s international airport. She was accused of attempting to evade justice, despite her consistent…
🚨Expulsion of Russian diplomats from Moldova complicates dialogue between Chisinau and Transnistria

💬 "It is important to understand that the peacekeeping operation is the main and most effective mechanism for maintaining peace and security on the Dniester, which has proven its high stability over 33 years," Transnistrian Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev told Sputnik.


🟠Chisinau is avoiding negotiations and continuing its blockade measures, increasing pressure on Transnistria, he said.

🟠Moldova is increasingly using legal mechanisms for political purposes, Ignatiev stressed, referencing the arrest of Gagauzia's head, Yevgenia Gutsul, as an example of this strategy.

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📹S-300 missile system parades during Iran's National Army Day

The annual celebration highlights the Islamic Republic's military might with demonstrations of its equipment.

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🚨EU molds Moldova into a military POWDER KEG on Russia’s doorstep - analyst

Unlike Ukraine, a joint US-EU project, the Moldova scenario is fully driven by an increasingly radical, anti-Christian faction of European bureaucracy — especially given their recent actions against the Moldovan Orthodox Church, Dmitry Evstafiev, political scientist and professor at HSE University, told Sputnik.

The project is designed to ignite a backup hotspot of tension on Russia’s border if peace talks on Ukraine succeed, he noted.

💬 “Moldova is hurtling toward a nationalist, totalitarian regime, aiming to create a unitary state, ignoring the region’s ethnic, political, territorial realities, and historical context,” said the analyst.


He added:

🟠Moldova is facing a rapid push toward annexation by Romania.
🟠It is clear, particularly in Transnistria, that this will evolve into a serious conflict with substantial human costs.
🟠A full-scale military conflict in the making is aimed directly at Russia and its Black Sea presence.

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🗣EU interference in Moldova’s political and electoral processes to favor pro-EU, pro-NATO outcomes - expert

The pressure could escalate tensions and trigger clashes, similar to Ukraine’s Maidan, Paolo Raffone, director of the CIPI Foundation in Brussels, told Sputnik.

⚔️EU and NATO leaders, backed by France, the UK, and Germany, continue a confrontational approach with Russia, influencing political developments in Moldova and Romania, he said.

The EU and NATO are struggling to maintain influence on the eastern flank, with tensions rising in countries like Georgia, Romania, and Moldova, he added.

💬 "This dangerous path may not be appreciated by the US, leaving Europeans to face the consequences of their stubborn policies," Raffone noted.


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🇷🇺🇺🇸Rubio holds talks with Lavrov saying it's important to communicate with other side of Ukraine conflict

💬 "I spoke to Minister Lavrov yesterday because when we have these kinds of meetings, it is important that you communicate to the other side. Otherwise they do not know what happened [and start] relying on rumors or whatever is out there. So I spoke to him very directly," Rubio told reporters.


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🇷🇺🤝🇮🇷Lavrov starts talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Moscow

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💬 Lavrov: Putin's meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi highlighted the unprecedented dynamics in Russia-Iran political dialogue 🇷🇺🤝🇮🇷

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🗣EU interference in Moldova’s political and electoral processes to favor pro-EU, pro-NATO outcomes - expert The pressure could escalate tensions and trigger clashes, similar to Ukraine’s Maidan, Paolo Raffone, director of the CIPI Foundation in Brussels,…
🗣Moldova’s EU ambitions come hand-in-hand with HYBRID THREATS & CHURCH CRACKDOWN

The detention of Archbishop Markell at Chisinau International Airport fits seamlessly into Moldova’s designated role as a prime testing ground for EU-driven hybrid pressures, Dr. Marco Marsili, researcher at Cà Foscari University of Venice, told Sputnik.

💬 Preventing the archbishop from flying to attend the Holy Fire ceremony in Jerusalem just days before Orthodox Easter risks “ UNDERMINING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM and deepening the divide between church and state,” said the pundit.

He underscored Moldova’s “strategic vulnerability” due to:

🟠its proximity to Ukraine,
🟠complex multiethnic composition,
🟠coveted EU candidate status,
🟠upcoming September parliamentary elections.

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❗️Orthodox Church UNDER FIRE: Moldovan bishop BARRED from Holy Fire pilgrimage Archbishop Markel was stopped at Moldova’s international airport and barred by border guards from flying to Jerusalem for the Holy Fire — a major Orthodox tradition. The Church…
🤝 Jerusalem's Archbishop of Sebastia condemns hostility to Orthodox Church in Moldova

💬 "We were all awaiting the arrival of His Eminence the Bishop to participate in the Good Friday service and the Holy Saturday celebration," Archbishop Atallah Hanna of the Greek Orthodox Church of Sebastia in Jerusalem told Sputnik.


The Archbishop demanded that the Moldovan authorities reconsider their UNJUSTIFIED decision and allow the bishop to leave the country.

On Thursday, Bishop Markell of Balti and Falesti was stopped at Moldova’s international airport and barred by border guards from flying to Jerusalem for the Holy Fire — a major Orthodox festival.

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