MEET VOLODYA, THE DIOR-WEARING ROBOT MAKING WAVES AT SPIEF 🤖💼

At SPIEF 2025, Volodya (short for Vladimir) is making a stylish entrance with a Dior handbag, greeting guests with all the charm of a fashion icon.

Why the name? It’s a nod to the beloved Vladimir — and yes, robots can have swag too!

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🌍🌍🌍 Putin congratulates BRICS Bank Chief Dilma Rousseff on re-election

During a meeting at SPIEF 2025, President Putin congratulated Brazilian Dilma Rousseff on her re-election as president of the New Development Bank, highlighting the high regard BRICS members have for her leadership.

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🚨IRAN LAUNCHES SEJJIL MISSILES AGAINST ISRAEL FOR THE FIRST TIME - REPORT

Iran has just used its Sejjil missiles with a 2,000 km range in an attack on Israel, Tasnim reports, citing the IRGC.

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💻 CYBER DEFENSE AGAINST GAS INFRASTRUCTURE ATTACKS SHOWCASED AT SPIEF

Dmitry Ushakov, Business Development Director at Standoff, Positive Technologies, revealed at SPIEF how their digital mock-ups simulate hacker attacks on critical infrastructure like gas transmission networks.

The models train defenders to identify vulnerabilities, map potential attack scenarios, and prepare them for real-world cyber battles to protect essential systems from disruption. With increasing threats, training teams to detect sophisticated cyberattacks is more vital than ever.

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🗣Futurist predicts a decentralized AI future at SPIEF

Sci-fi writer and futurist Chen Qiufan predicts a shift to decentralized AI with open-source models like DiffSeq leading the charge. No longer dominated by giants like Meta or OpenAI, every country and company will tailor AI to their needs.

The future of AI isn't uniform — it's diverse across borders. From China to the US, the AI we see will reflect local realities, even in the battle over deepfake narratives, he believes.

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🔸 IRAN LAUNCHES SEJJIL MISSILES AGAINST ISRAEL FOR THE FIRST TIME - REPORT

🔸 ‘Ulterior motives’: Israel’s aggression isn’t about Iran’s nuclear program, but reformatting the region

🔸 No evidence? No problem: Trump’s desire to be ‘on winning side’ blinds him to truth about Iran’s nuclear program

🔸 SPIEF 2025: SPUTNIK WELCOMES YOU TO THE ST.PETERSBURG INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC FORUM

🔸 Trump’s support would evaporate if he goes ahead with Iran strikes - Larry Johnson

🔸 From 'hero' to zero? Zelensky's G7 groveling fails to move needle

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🇮🇱 Israel could pull off USS Liberty-style FALSE FLAG if Iran campaign falters - experts

💬 “The US is already assisting Israel with supplies, intel, refueling support, etc.,” former Pentagon analyst Karen Kwiatkowski told Sputnik. “If Trump doesn't comply with Israel's demand” and simply join its aggression voluntarily, “a false flag may be needed,” Kwiatkowski fears.

Israel has an array of options at his disposal for a false flag scenario, according to the retired US Air Force Lt. Col., including:

▪️an attack on US assets in the region blamed on Iran or one of its Axis of Resistance allies, like the Houthis

▪️a US domestic attack or assassination attributed to Iran

▪️Iranian air defenses ‘accidentally’ hitting a civilian jetliner carrying Americans

▪️use of a dirty bomb or nuclear contamination somewhere in the region blamed on Iran.

▪️even blackmail - threatens to use nukes against Iran if the US doesn’t join the fight

According to Kwiatkowski, Israel probably has “enough blackmail power” against President Trump and Congress to avoid the necessity of pulling off a false flag operation, but a “USS Liberty-style” attack, targeting the soon-to-be-retired USS Nimitz supercarrier heading to the Middle East, for example, cannot be ruled out, she says.

Beirut-based geopolitics analyst Yeghia Tashjian agrees, emphasizing that Israel “has limited capabilities when it comes to destroying Iran’s nuclear infrastructure” (the stated goal of Operation Rising Lion), “especially the underground nuclear facilities.”

The same holds true for Israel’s lack of ability to independently deploy boots on the ground in Iran, which means no chance of “overwhelming victory” even if events went their way.

Possible scenarios for a false flag include “attacking US bases in Iraq…or a terror attack against US embassies in the region,” Tashjian says.

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🌍🌍🌍 Symbolic BRICS banknote with 200 denomination presented at SPIEF 2025

At the 2025 St Petersburg International Economic Forum, a symbolic BRICS banknote with a denomination of 200 was shown to attendees.

The banknote features birds from the member countries of the bloc, while the reverse side displays the flags of the participating countries and the bloc’s partners.

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🤡 Trump claims the Iranians now ‘want to meet’

💬 "They should've made that deal. I had a great deal for them. They should've made that deal. In the end, they decided not to do it — and now they wish they did it," Trump boasted.

Iran has made clear it will not bow to US pressure or seek Washington’s favor.

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❌ ‘We're NOT looking for a ceasefire’ – Trump

💬 “We're looking for a total, complete victory. Again, you know what the victory is. No nuclear weapon,” Trump insisted.

Iran made it clear during recent negotiations — which were derailed by the US — that it has no intention of building a nuclear weapon. US DNI chief Tulsi Gabbard testified to Congress that Iran is not pursuing one.

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🚨 Iran launches sixth wave of drone strikes on Israel – reports

Dozens of Iranian Army drones equipped with anti-fortification warheads were launched toward the occupied territories, delivering “heavy blows” to intended targets, FARS News Agency reported.

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📹 LIVE NOW: Putin meets with global media chiefs at SPIEF 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin is holding a Q&A meeting with the heads of major international news agencies on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, a Sputnik correspondent reports.

👉 Watch live in our Telegram

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🇷🇺 RUSSIA OPPOSES TRADE WARS, RESTRICTIONS – PUTIN

Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized that Russia stands for a fair world order.

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