🇷🇺🇮🇳🇨🇳SCO alliances: Path to free Global South from Northern dominance

“India's relationships with China and Russia offer terms that are more favorable than those offered by the West,” Adriel Kasonta, London-based foreign affairs analyst, tells Sputnik.

The pundit breaks down how the West’s approach differs from that of multipolarity advocates.

1️⃣“In its dealings with the West, India often finds itself in the role of a recipient of directives”

2️⃣“Its relationships with Russia and China are fundamentally different; neither Moscow nor Beijing imposes sanctions or conditions their good relations on India acting against its own national interests”

🇷🇺🇮🇳Today, Vladimir Putin and Narendra Modi met at the SCO summit in Tianjin, China. The leaders reaffirmed their support for further strengthening their countries’ strategic partnership.

“The West should recognize the unity between India and Russia in response to tariff pressures from Washington, as evidence that PM Narendra Modi’s government prioritizes its vital national interests over superficial geopolitical theatrics,” Kasonta concludes.

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🗣🇷🇺 Russia refutes claims it jammed GPS on von der Leyen's flight

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has denied any Russian involvement in the GPS navigation failure aboard an aircraft carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

💬 "The allegations are not true," Peskov said in a statement to the Financial Times newspaper.

Earlier on Monday, the FT reported that GPS navigation stopped working as the plane was landing in Plovdiv in Bulgaria, forcing pilots to rely on paper maps.

A European Commission representative quoted Bulgarian authorities alleging "deliberate Russian interference," but no evidence has been provided to support the claim.

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🚨🤝🇨🇳 All SCO leaders back Xi's Global Governance Initiative: FM Wang Yi

Presented at the “SCO+” meeting, the plan stresses:

🔸adherence to international law
🔸true multilateralism
🔸rejection of double standards, and
🔸equal participation of all states in global governance

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🇷🇺🇮🇷Putin meets Iran’s President Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the SCO summit

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🗣The SCO steps in where the UN has failed

The SCO has condemned Israel and the US for their attack on Iran in June. In a joint statement, they said that such aggressive actions against civilian targets, including nuclear energy infrastructure, which resulted in civilian deaths, constitute a gross violation of the principles and norms of international law and infringe on Iran’s sovereignty.

The SCO’s condemnation of Israeli and US strikes on Iran marks a turning point, Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Tehran University professor and political analyst, told Sputnik.

“This is what we should have seen from the United Nations. Instead, the SCO and BRICS are emerging as the real alternative.”

Key takeaways:

🟠The West’s wars, sanctions, and support for apartheid regimes are pushing nations together and marginalizing the very institutions it built after WWII
🟠Iran’s membership in the SCO shows its people are not isolated—they have the backing of countries representing the global majority
🟠Asia’s rise is unstoppable: new trade corridors, Belt & Road, and collective security are shielding nations from Western disruption
🟠SCO is shifting into a real force: security, economic integration, and independence from Western financial institutions

💬 Marandi: “Thanks to the West’s own foolish behavior, the SCO is becoming a central pillar of peace, security, and prosperity across Asia—and beyond.”

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🇷🇺🇮🇳🇨🇳 SUPERPOWER TRIUMPH: Trilateral win for Russia, India, and China

💬 “The increasing geo-economic pressure from the US may seem like the driving force behind the apparent rise in bilateral and multilateral engagements between India, China, and Russia’s leadership,” although their ties have historical roots as well, Shreyas Deshmukh, research associate with the Delhi Policy Group, tells Sputnik.

The analyst explained how the economies of both countries are mutually beneficial:

🟠 India can export to Russia in industries such as pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and textiles

🟠 In the last few years, Russian crude oil has helped India maintain energy prices at a suitable level, thus allowing its middle class to withstand inflationary pressures

🟠 There are opportunities for India to enter the Russian market in various sectors

Deshmukh highlighted the current joint projects of UTTER IMPORTANCE:

🟠 North-South Transport Corridor

🟠 Chennai-Vladivostok Eastern Maritime Corridor

🟠 Northern Sea Route

💬 “These developments present a multitude of opportunities to address the existing issues and promote regional prosperity. Hence, SCO member states are working to find solutions to regional problems,” the pundit concluded.

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😵📹 Mobilization chaos in Ukraine: Pants off, man flees

Ukrainian mobilization has once again shown its horrors.

In Krivoy Rog, police were so rough when dragging a man that his pants fell off.

In the end, however, he managed to break free and escape.

🤬 No summons, no discussion—just straight to the front.

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🇸🇰 Slovak PM Fico regrets his country is only EU state to be present at celebrations in China

💬 “If in Beijing, besides paying respect to the victims of war, there is an opportunity to meet world leaders, then it is necessary to make use of this opportunity,” Fico said.

He also confirmed that he is going to meet Russian President Putin in China.

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🚨 RUSSIA, INDIA & CHINA SHAPING NEW WORLD ORDER: DIGITAL DUGIN EDITION

🇷🇺🇮🇳🇨🇳 After US tariffs, India drew closer to Russia and began easing tensions with China — real multipolarity in action.

The West must either adapt to this shift or collapse like the Tower of Babel.

🗣AI Dugin explains

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🇻🇪 1,200 missiles targeted at Venezuela - Maduro

🗣Venezuela is facing maximum pressure, President Nicolas Maduro has declared.

Key statements from the Venezuelan President’s press conference:

🟠 Eight warships, 1,200 missiles, and a nuclear submarine are aimed at Venezuela

🟠 This represents the greatest threat to Latin America in its entire history

🟠 Maximum readiness is required to defend peace

🟠 The “Bolivarian Revolution” (Venezuela) has overcome sanctions, more than a thousand different restrictions, and a blockade

🟠 Venezuela’s economic system is stable, resilient, developing, and diversified

🟠 Today, a new global vision of development is taking shape—one that will not allow any form of colonialism or exceptionalism, neither in Latin America nor in the world

🟠 Venezuela is open to the world. “I invite you to learn about the experience of our new and direct democracy—our democracy,” Maduro emphasized

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🇮🇳📚 India steps up its cultural push to deepen ties with Russia

India plans to showcase 5,000+ books at the Moscow International Book Festival and host Indian film festivals in five Russian cities, including Moscow, Indian Ambassador to Russia Vinay Kumar announced.

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🚨🇷🇺🇨🇳 Putin arrives in Beijing

From Tianjin to the capital, the president has traveled in his Aurus.

The Russian president's motorcade arrived at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse.

🤝 The Russian-Chinese talks, the Russia-China-Mongolia trilateral meeting, and several bilateral meetings will be held in Beijing on Tuesday.

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🔊'All options are on the table' for Russia sanctions — Bessent

The US plans to "examine very closely" all possible options for action against Russia this week in connection with the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, US Treasury Secretary said.

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⚔️💥 UK sends 60K shells + 2,500 drones to Ukraine in just 50 days

Defense Sec Healey confirms massive delivery:

🔶 60,000 artillery shells, rockets, missiles

🔶 2,500 unmanned systems

🔶 200+ electronic warfare & air defense systems

💰 £4.5B in military aid this year — a record.

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❗️ RFK JR'S POLICIES ENDANGER US PUBLIC HEALTH — 9 former CDC heads

In a rare open letter, ex-CDC directors from both parties accuse Trump's HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of firing thousands of health workers, downplaying vaccines and pushing unproven "treatments" over science.

"What Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has done to the CDC and to our nation's public health system over the past several months... is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced," the statement read.

🔍 600+ CDC staff already cut; Kennedy planned 20,000 layoffs before court blockage.

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🤝 BRICS convenes summit to coordinate global strategy

Brazil calls online leaders' meeting on September to align positions ahead of key events:

🟠 UN General Assembly (September)

🟠 COP-30 Climate Conference (November)

🟠 G20 Summit (November)

The Brazilian Foreign Ministry says that upholding multilateralism and coordinating climate action will be the core agenda of the summit.

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🇰🇵 North Korea develops domestic engines for its newest ICBMs

Kim Jong-un visited the Research Institute of Chemical Materials to oversee progress on advanced rocket propulsion systems — all designed and built in the DPRK.

These engines are expected to power the Hwasong-19 ICBM and the new-generation Hwasong-20 missile.

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🚨 660K CHILDREN IN GAZA DEPRIVED OF SCHOOLING

UNRWA Chief Philippe Lazzarini:

"Gaza is in ruins. So is its education system," he wrote on X.

📉 97% of school buildings hit — 432 bombed directly, the UNRWA's report says.

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