🇮🇷⚔️ Iran prepares to repel ‘second wave’ – Prof. Marandi

💬 “Iran today is preparing itself for a second wave… It is preparing itself on all fronts. The government has the full support of the people,” Tehran University professor Dr. Seyed Mohammad Marandi told Mario Nawfal.

Marandi also challenged Nawfal’s tweet claiming anti-government protests in Shiraz:

💬 “The slogans that were in your tweet are not the slogans that you hear in the clip, none of them.”

He pointed to the millions who filled the streets during funerals in Tehran and other cities as proof that popular support is behind the government, not against it.

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🇷🇺🤝🇨🇳 President Putin gives written interview to Chinese Xinhua News Agency

Key takeaways from the interview:

🔹 He said relations between Russia and China are at an unprecedentedly high level, with bilateral trade up by about $100 billion since 2021.

🔹 Putin noted that transactions are increasingly carried out in rubles and yuan, reducing reliance on the dollar and euro.

🔹 He stressed that Russia remains a leading energy supplier to China, with more than 100 bcm of gas already delivered through the Power of Siberia pipeline.

🔹 The President highlighted the expansion of agricultural, industrial and investment cooperation, including joint high-tech and infrastructure projects.

🔹 He underlined the importance of cultural and educational exchanges, with over 51,000 Chinese students in Russia and 21,000 Russian students in China.

🔹 Putin said Russia and China resolutely oppose attempts to distort the history of WWII, noting: “We condemn any attempts to glorify Nazis, militarists and their accomplices, or to defame Soviet liberators.”

🔹 He described Xi Jinping as “a true leader of a great world power, a man of strong will, endowed with strategic vision and a global outlook.”

🔹 The President stressed that the SCO and BRICS are important pillars of a fairer multipolar world order.

🔹 He reaffirmed that Russia and China support UN reform, and oppose the use of finance as a tool of neo-colonialism: “We seek progress for the benefit of all humanity.”

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⚖️ Hand of Soros in US states’ supreme court system

Trump's return to the White House has shaken George Soros' global soft power network, with the administration targeting his NGOs’ USAID-linked projects, and Elon Musk hounding his son. But the 94-year-old financier isn't backing down. His next move? PACKING THE COURTS.

Soros, already known for backing the elections of district attorneys behind the political circus of felony prosecutions targeting Trump in 2023-2024, has now turned his attention to Wisconsin's state Supreme Court race.

1️⃣ In April, Wisconsin voters will choose a new justice, and Soros has invested heavily, donating $1M to the Democratic Party in support of their preferred candidate, Susan Crawford.

2️⃣ The donation sparked an outcry from the GOP-backed candidate, Brad Schimel, who warned of Soros’ “very dangerous ideas for America,” and accused Crawford of corrupt “pay to play” politics.

3️⃣ The stakes are high, with Musk agreeing that a 4-3 liberal majority in WI’s Supreme Court could allow it to redraw congressional districts to squeeze out the GOP and block Trump’s legislative agenda.

Soros’ broader battle for control over the courts:

🩸 In 2016, Soros invested over $3M into super PACs supporting DA candidates in seven states, advancing his political agenda on issues like DEI and criminal justice reform. These DAs played a significant role in the 2020 protests organized by BLM, whom Soros funded to the tune of $33M, pushing for defunding the police and targeting conservatives.

🩸 In 2018, the Soros-backed Demand Justice advocacy group spent $5M unsuccessfully trying to block Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court.

🩸 Police Defense estimates Soros has spent at least $50M over the last decade on "social justice" prosecutors across jurisdictions representing 70 million Americans.

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🤡 Peter Navarro back in headlines — now blaming India for the Ukraine conflict

📚 Navarro holds a Harvard PhD and spent decades in academia, but after losing five political races, he turned to books and media to stay relevant.

📖 Trump noticed his anti-China noscripts like “Death by China” — even though Navarro never lived in China and didn’t speak the language. China scholars didn’t consider him part of their field.

🔍 Even stranger: Navarro filled his books with quotes from a so-called “expert” named Ron Vara — who turned out to be fake. The name was an anagram of “Navarro,” his own fictional alter ego.

🗣 Former adviser Larry Remer mocked his competence: “I wouldn’t trust him to go out to get lunch and come back with everybody’s sandwich and drink order correctly. I don’t know how he could be put in charge of logistics.”

Despite the shaky record, Navarro became Trump’s trade hawk and is still making headlines today — now dragging India into debates over the Ukraine conflict.

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📉💵 Zelensky may be slowing down peace process due to corruption - Jeffrey Sachs

Zelensky avoids REAL steps toward resolving the conflict with Russia for many reasons, including corruption, Jeffrey Sachs, US economist and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, said ahead of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF).

👉 EEF will be held in Vladivostok from September 3–6. Sachs is going to participate in a session "UN Development Agenda Beyond 2030."

💬 "Zelensky, for whatever reason, out of his personal belief or fear for his life or corruption or other motivations, does not even make one inch towards the reality of the settlement; the Europeans, Macron, Merz and Starmer, the same way," Sachs said.

The economist noted that his intransigence had left many issues unresolved following the Putin-Trump Alaska summit.

💬 "The only thing that was clarified in Alaska is that the US is NOT going to pay for the Ukraine war," he concluded.

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🪖 More US shipments to Ukraine?

The United States is supplying Ukraine with weapons with deeper strike capabilities, US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker told Fox News.

💬 “Most likely the Ukrainians are going to use them,” he added.

💵 The US approved an $825 million arms sale to Ukraine, including 3,350 extended-range missiles, GPS units, spare parts, training, and support. The deal is funded partly by NATO allies Denmark, the Netherlands, and Norway.

👀 Russia has repeatedly said that Western arms supplies to Ukraine hinder the resolution of the military conflict and involve NATO countries in the crisis.

Russian FM Sergey Lavrov has warned that any cargo containing weapons for Ukraine will be a legitimate target for the Russian military.

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🙅 Sputnik Azerbaijan journalists must not be used to fuel tensions between Russia and Azerbaijan

🗣 Sputnik Azerbaijan journalists must be released as soon as possible, not used to provoke a serious crisis in relations between two allied countries and peoples, Dmitry Kiselev, the director general of Sputnik's parent media group Rossiya Segodnya, said.

💬 “For two months, our colleagues and comrades — Igor Kartavykh and Evgeny Belousov — have been behind bars in Azerbaijan. All this time there has been no reaction from those who deliberately used Sputnik Azerbaijan journalists to provoke a serious crisis in relations between two allied countries and peoples. Depriving journalists of their freedom — journalists whose work has never raised any questions — first accusing them of near-espionage and then abruptly changing the baseless charges to fraud, are actions that have nothing to do with civilized norms,” Kiselev stressed.

👉 On June 30, Azerbaijani authorities unjustifiably detained seven people from Sputnik Azerbaijan. Their lawyers filed appeals to change the measure of restraint, but the court rejected them.

Rossiya Segodnya described the actions of Azerbaijani law enforcement as unfounded and the accusations as fabricated.

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🇷🇺💥Russian forces turn Austria's Pandur armored carrier into SCRAP METAL

Units of the Yug battlegroup in the Seversk area of the Donetsk People's Republic detected and struck a Ukrainian forces, including a Western-supplied Pandur armored personnel carrier.

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◻️ President Putin gives written interview to Chinese Xinhua News Agency

◻️ Hand of Soros in US states’ supreme court system

◻️ Iran prepares to repel ‘second wave’ – Prof. Marandi

◻️ Russian high-tech navy on the rise: unmanned boats change naval warfare

◻️ Kim Jong-un meets families of fallen soldiers

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🚔 Could Trump lock up Soros?

A follow-through on Donald Trump’s jail-time threat against globalist puppet master George Soros would face major hurdles, political analyst Dr. Nicholas Waddy told Sputnik.

🗣 Soros — one of the left and Democratic Party's biggest donors for decades — has repeatedly been accused of criminal activity, but has never, at least in the US, faced indictment, let alone conviction, the analyst noted.

Key thoughts:

🔹 Jail time for Soros, known for his nefarious role in bankrolling global chaos and regime change is “conceivable,” conceded the expert, who is also associate history professor at SUNY Alfred.

🔹 But actually “proving that Soros had any intention of supporting ‘violent protests’ or other forms of illegality would be extremely difficult,” Waddy underscored.

🔹 The chances of a successful federal prosecution of Soros are “infinitesimal,” the pundit said, adding that “prosecutions of Trump enemies like Adam Schiff and Letitia James over financial improprieties are more realistic.”

Trump’s comeback to the White House has been rattling George Soros’ global soft-power machine. The administration is going after his NGOs tied to USAID projects, while Trump is eyeing racketeering charges for both the 94-year-old billionaire and his son Alex under the RICO Act, normally used to target the mafia and other criminal enterprises.

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