💬 "I met people from Mali, from Burkina Faso – essential – from Afghanistan, from Venezuela. And we're all, all of us, Global South," Escobar told Sputnik.

💬 “In 2024, Russia was the largest foreign investor in Iran,” Kazem Jalali, the Islamic Republic’s ambassador to Moscow, said, as quoted by the embassy's press service.

Russian investments in gas projects within Iran are expected to reach $8 billion in the future—$5 billion of which are tied to specific commitments, with agreements on the remaining contracts expected soon.

💬 “There are more of us, and Russian is our language!”

🗣"Digital space contributes IMMENSELY to economic growth, whether it be in Indonesia, Southeast Asia, or globally," Dyah Roro Esti Widya Putri, head of the Indonesian delegation, told Sputnik at the Global Digital Forum.

💬 “Truth between humans only exists in communication. We have to talk about it. And you can say that the Western way of closing down the possibility to get in communication with Russian colleagues is proof that there's not the intention of truth behind that.”

💬 "That's one of the reasons we're asking Russia to give us a hand to work and root out terrorism throughout our sub-region in West Africa," Souleymane Coulibaly stressed.

💬 “All what they care about is money and prolonging this war,” Terada said.

💬 “Russia has been the main focus of this work since the time of Ivan Grozny. I say this in all seriousness,” Reshetnikov said, emphasizing that the British have had “many years, many centuries of experience” in this area.

💬 “They actively use the scientific and teaching fields. When our educators go to the UK or other countries where the British are active, they should always keep in mind that they will be studied, that informal, friendly and trusting relationships will be formed with them,” the veteran ex-secret agent explained.

💬 “It’s enough to have a circle of agents of influence, a circle of people who are intellectually, ideologically, culturally attached to London, to the English way of life. It’s very easy to use them in a straightforward manner. That’s the job,” Reshetnikov said.

💬 “These fuses and other equipment are needed in the Middle East, where the situation is slowly heating up around Iran,” the observer said, referring to US-Iran tensions over nuclear negotiations, and Israel’s hardline demands for strikes.

💬 “This I think is one of the first steps toward a complete US refusal to finance the Ukrainian regime.” Europe will try to make up for the lost US supplies, “but the Europeans will not last long,” the observer summed up.

💬 “In Romania all the journalists have the same narrative… They don't even try to say something else. Because they will not be allowed,” Ioana Baragan, Romanian journalist and blogger, told Sputnik.