🌍🌍🌍 to launch new investment platform tied to BRICS Bank – Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced a major initiative within BRICS to create a new investment platform linked to the BRICS Development Bank, with the goal of building an innovative tool for development that would strengthen the bloc’s financial independence.

💬 “The carrying out of this initiative will allow us to create the new Development Bank and to turn it into an innovative instrument for development that would not be affected by outside agendas.”

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🗣 Trump dismisses Elon Musk’s third party idea as ‘ridiculous’

President Donald Trump weighed in on reports of Elon Musk exploring a third political party, saying such efforts are unlikely to succeed.

💬 “He can have fun with it, but I think it’s ridiculous,” Trump said.

💬 “It really seems to have been developed for two parties. Third parties have never worked.”

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🚨 Multipolarity is reality — 🌍🌍🌍 must reflect the changing world — Lavrov

Speaking at the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov laid out a clear vision for a just multipolar world, urging BRICS nations to lead global transformation:

🔸 “Multipolarity is not a choice but an objective reality.” The outdated neoliberal model built on neocolonial practices is fading — BRICS must shape the new order.

🔸 Global South and East are now the engine of global economic growth, with regional blocs like the African Union, ASEAN, CELAC, SCO, and EAEU shaping a fairer economic system based on equality, multilateralism, and non-discrimination.

🔸 BRICS countries now account for:
▪️ Over 40% of global GDP (PPP)
▪️ Nearly 50% of world population
▪️ More than 20% of global trade

🔸 Trade within BRICS is booming — in 2024, 48% of Russia’s trade was with BRICS, and 90% of transactions were in national currencies.

🔸 Lavrov called for urgent reform and depoliticization of Bretton Woods institutions, warning against using the IMF and World Bank to maintain neocolonial dominance.

🔸 He blasted Western efforts to hijack the development agenda with ideological ultimatums disguised as “human rights and democracy” criteria.

🔸 Russia proposes a New Investment Platform under BRICS, in partnership with the New Development Bank, to fund development free from external pressure.

🔸 Artificial Intelligence is key — it may add $20 trillion to global GDP by 2030, but access must be open and inclusive. Closed, invitation-only Western initiatives pose serious risks.

🔸 Digital challenges require cross-border cooperation — no one country can face them alone.

💬 “BRICS, together with like-minded nations, will remain at the forefront of building a fair and sustainable multipolar world order.”

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🗣 US to impose additional 10% tariffs on countries supporting BRICS — Trump

💬 “Any country aligning themselves with the Anti-American policies of BRICS, will be charged an ADDITIONAL 10% Tariff,” Trump declared.

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📹 DOJ releases surveillance footage from Epstein’s detention, alleges no one entered his cell before death

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🗣 Trump calls Musk ‘TRAIN WRECK’ over third-party idea

💬 “The one thing Third Parties are good for is the creation of Complete and Total DISRUPTION & CHAOS,” President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social, commenting on Elon Musk’s recent suggestion to start a third political party.

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📊US aid to Ukraine reaches $123.3 billion

By April 2025, the US had transferred $123.3 billion in various forms of aid to Ukraine. The largest portion of this is military aid, totaling $69.5 billion. Following that, financial aid amounts to $50.1 billion, and humanitarian aid stands at $3.7 billion.

However, from May to early July, the US stopped providing any further aid to Ukraine.

🟠In February this year, the US had reportedly suspended arms deliveries to Ukraine, but these were later resumed.

🟠The Pentagon said the US had suspended all types of military assistance to Ukraine from March 4.

🟠A week later, on March 11, delegations from the US and Ukraine met in Saudi Arabia. Following the talks, Zelensky's office published a joint statement from Ukraine and Washington, which read that the US would immediately lift the pause on intelligence sharing and resume military supplies to Ukraine.

🟠However, by early July, ammunition and weapon deliveries from the US to Ukraine were reportedly suspended amid the depletion of American stockpiles.

🟠White House spokesperson Anna Kelly confirmed the suspension to NBC, noting that the decision was made to prioritize US interests.

Source: Sputnik's calculations based on open data and information from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (Germany).

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🚨Europe polarizes as Poland fortifies borders

🦫Poland is reinstating temporary border controls in the Suwalki Gap —the sole land corridor between Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave and Belarus, linking the Baltic states to the EU.

General Wieslaw Kukula, Chief of the General Staff, revealed that 5,000 troops will enforce the measure:

🟠4,000 deployed to the German border
🟠1,000 stationed near Lithuania

While Interior Minister Tomasz Siemoniak insists the move targets illegal migration, critics see it as another step in Poland’s military expansion—justified by the oft-cited 'Russian threat' narrative.

🔍The move comes as Poland undergoes Europe's most dramatic military buildup with its defense budget quadrupled since 2022 to over 4% of GDP ($30B+).

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🌍🌍🌍 Summit in Brazil:

🟠Multipolarity is reality: Lavrov at BRICS Summit

🟠Lavrov meets Iranian FM Araghchi

🟠BRICS to launch new investment platform tied to BRICS Bank

➕Other topics:

🟠US aid to Ukraine reaches $123.3 billion

🟠DOJ & FBI conclude Epstein had no 'client list' or accomplices, show surveillance footage from Epstein’s detention

🟠Trump slams Musk’s America party

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📹🔥WATCH DRONES UNLEASH THEIR POWER AGAINST UKRAINE REGIME

Destroyed:

✅Ukrainian military equipment in the Sumy region
✅Two ground robotic complexes in Seversk direction
✅Vehicles to transport drones and ammunition
✅Enemy's rotation in Orekhov direction

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📊Global debt crisis reaches STAGGERING new heights

💬"The situation with the growing US national debt is spiraling out of control, and trust in the dollar has been undermined due to illegal sanctions," Russian FM Lavrov said at the BRICS Summit.

Sovereign debt issuance shattered records in 2024, surpassing $18 trillion worldwide - with developed nations accounting for $16 trillion and emerging markets $2 trillion.

🟠Government bond issuance has nearly doubled since 2019
🟠The past 5 years saw more debt accumulation than the 8 years preceding COVID-19
🟠Tax policy shifts and high interest rates further fueling borrowing

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❌West’s Ukraine unity myth SHATTERS

🇫🇷France expresses dissatisfaction with the United Kingdom regarding the lack of a shared strategy and differing approaches to dealing with the United States, US media report, citing people familiar with the matter.

Stalled Ukraine negotiations had exposed a lack of unified direction within the coalition, French officials said, particularly criticizing the UK’s reliance on US security guarantees that had not yet materialized.

🇬🇧An unnamed UK diplomat described UK PM Starmer’s strategy as "much more cautious" than Macron’s bolder tactics for navigating Trump’s chaotic policy.

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🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIA'S MoD UPDATE: CRUSHING GAINS & MASSIVE UKRAINIAN LOSSES

⚡️ DACHNOYE (DNEPROPETROVSK region) LIBERATED

⚡️ BESSALOVKA (SUMY region) LIBERATED

▫️ Heavy Ukrainian losses: Over 1,245 troops eliminated in the special military operation zone in the past 24 hours

▫️ Air defense superiority: 7 aerial bombs and 402 drones shot down

▫️ The Ukrainian military retreats and surrenders in the Dnepropetrovsk region

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📹EXPLOSIVE FOOTAGE of intense battles for the settlement of Dachnoye in the Dnepropetrovsk region which was announced as liberated earlier today.

Fighting continues in the Dnepropetrovsk region.

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