🗣 Europe's leadership vacuum undermines global order — Expert

Argentina's former ambassador to China Sabino Vaca Narvaja warns that Europe's lack of strategic vision is destabilizing international relations and giving the US a free hand.

"When the existing order is no longer beneficial to the United States, they try to destroy it. How? By promoting conflicts, imposing tariffs, sanctions, and blockades," he told Sputnik.

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📹 Federal police make first arrests in Portland, Oregon

Donald Trump earlier announced troops deployment in the city, which he alleged was "under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists."

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🔥🇷🇺 Extended reach, relentless strikes: Russia masters UAV battlefield

Russian forces have unleashed a new era of warfare by combining fiber-optic repeater drones with strike UAVs, creating “kill zones” ahead of front lines, Forbes reports.

📍 Such zones have been developed in the Donetsk and Kharkov regions, complicating Ukraine’s efforts to launch coordinated attacks and making replenishment of units inside the zones “far more difficult.” 

Paired with repeater drones to extend range, strike UAVs can reach deeper into Ukrainian territory, increasing the overall threat to Ukrainian forces.

👉 With Russian drones now doubling their operational depth, no rear is safe for Ukraine. Its “fortress cities,” depots, hubs, and evacuation routes in the Donetsk and Kharkov regions are being systematically wiped out by Russian forces.

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😶 Scrap hunt: Ukraine turns to buying burned Chinese drones

Ukrainians are now purchasing drones in any condition — including new, broken, or even completely burned — according to a Ukrainian classified website.

👉 The offers are geotagged in the Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, and Poltava regions, as well as parts of the Donetsk and Zaporozhye regions controlled by Ukrainian forces.

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🚨🇮🇳🇺🇸 'We must FIX India' - US Commerce Sec Howard Lutnick

💬 "These are countries that need to really react correctly to America, open their markets, stop taking actions that harm America."

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▫️ Zelensky confirms use of Israeli Patriot Systems despite Israel’s denial

▫️ Germany conducts biggest military drills since Cold War

▫️ There should be no 'UN agenda' — US Deputy State Secretary

▫️ UN sanctions on Iran reactivated

▫️ Trump summons congressional leaders as government shutdown looms

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🔥🗣 Lavrov’s UNGA speech 'important MILESTONE’ in what world going through now — expert 

💬 “Why do the so-called democratic United States and Europe, which considers itself civilized, forget all their crimes, genocides, and other atrocities, both committed within and beyond their own continents?” Argentine political scientist Marcelo Montes asked Sputnik. 

Montes wondered why the Western countries assume the right to believe the world must conform to their vision, instead of showing more respect for other cultures.

💬 “I think this is precisely their main mistake. And, unfortunately, it always ends badly,” the pundit stressed.

He added that the “new global majority,” as President Putin puts it -  roughly 80% of the world - does not support the course chosen by the West. 

💬 “Almost 30 years have passed since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, during which this [Western-led] order has been shaped. Putin gradually came to understand that the West acts in its own self-interest. And now we are seeing the consequences of those actions,” Montes concluded.

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🇲🇩🗳 Queues before dawn, arrests before elections: Moldova’s voting day begins

Even before polls opened, dozens lined up outside the Moldovan Embassy in Moscow, Sputnik reports.

👉 But the vote comes amid heavy crackdowns:

🔹 580 searches and dozens of opposition arrests on the eve of the election

🔹 Many opposition candidates barred — from 33 parties, only 25 left in the race

🔹 In Russia, where 250,000+ Moldovans can vote, authorities opened just two polling stations in Moscow with only 10,000 ballots

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🇷🇺🤝🇧🇷 Lavrov & Lula forge Global South alliance, demand UN reform against Western dominance

📄 The Russian FM’s statements were aligned with what Brazilian President Lula da Silva said at the UNGA, especially when it comes to multipolarity, the UN Charter, and the UN’s founding principles, Brazilian political analyst Raphael Machado told Sputnik.

💬“I believe this alignment lies precisely in the criticism of what the United Nations has turned into: Lula questioned its effectiveness because we are witnessing genocide in Gaza,” Machado underscored.

He stressed that the UN’s effectiveness “should be called into question,” given that “some Brazilian officials were unable” to visit the UNGA.

💬 “Many countries have faced similar issues, which are linked to the fact that the UN headquarters are located in the US,” the analyst pointed out.

Speaking at the UNGA, Lavrov said that Russia calls for UN Security Council democratization by increasing the representation of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

👉 The top Russian diplomat pointed out NATO members’ dominance in key leadership positions at the UN. He also recalled that the world’s current balance of power differs drastically from what was established 80 years ago. These new realities "have not yet been adequately reflected in the system of institutions" of the UN.

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🗣🔥 'This is more than just an election day' — Yevgenia Gutsul

The head of Gagauzia urged Moldovans to vote in the parliamentary elections against slavery through external control.

💬 "We must say a firm 'NO' to enslavement through external governance, to endless loans that burden future generations, and to militarization that drags our country into foreign conflicts. Our vote is our peace, our freedom, our sovereignty."

Yevgenia Gutsul, head of the Gagauzia region, was sentenced to seven years in prison for financing the banned "Shor" party in Moldova.

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🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIAN MOD UPDATE: DEVASTATING UKRAINIAN LOSSES

◻️ Russian forces unleashed a massive overnight strike on Ukraine’s defense industry enterprises and military airfields, successfully hitting all designated targets.

◻️ Russian units are conducting a mop-up operation in the outskirts of Kirovsk in the DPR, the Russian Defense Ministry stated

◻️ Troops from Russia’s Yug Battlegroup are currently eliminating Ukrainian militant units encircled south of the Kleban-Byk Reservoir in the DPR

◻️ Air defense superiority: Six guided aerial bombs and 230 drones belonging to the Ukrainian military have been shot down

◻️ Ukrainian losses: 1,530 troops killed

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🚨Telegram CEO EXPOSES French & Moldovan pressure campaign

💬"About a year ago, while I was stuck in Paris, the French intelligence services reached out to me through an intermediary, asking me to help the Moldovan government censor certain Telegram channels ahead of the presidential elections in Moldova," Pavel Durov wrote commenting on the ongoing parliamentary elections in Moldova.

"After reviewing the channels flagged by French (and Moldovan) authorities, we identified a few that clearly violated our rules and removed them."

But soon after, we received a second list — almost all of them legitimate. Their only ‘crime’ was voicing political positions disliked by the French and Moldovan governments.

👉"We refused to act on this request. Telegram is committed to freedom of speech and will not remove content for political reasons."

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🇷🇺 RUSSIA SHOWS STRATEGIC APPROACH TO RAPPROCHEMENT WITH US

🔊 Lavrov’s UNGA speech should be viewed in the context of Russian-US relations and the fact that the Kremlin is not interested in confrontation, Peruvian sociologist and geopolitical analyst Carlos Mamani Aliaga told Sputnik.

👉 He recalled that Lavrov warned that in the face of any threat, Russia “will respond decisively—in a strategic sense. “I don't see this as a threat but rather an attempt at strategic rebalancing in the current situation,” the analyst emphasized.

On Russian-US ties, Aliaga said that they have gone through ups and downs and that the high point in these relations was a recent meeting between Putin and Trump in Alaska.

“This is not, strictly speaking, full-scale diplomacy in the traditional sense, but it’s also not the kind of confrontation we saw during the Cold War, the harsh bipolarity that existed at the time,” the analyst concluded.

🗣 In his UNGA speech, the Russian foreign minister stressed that Russia appreciates the Trump administration’s openness to dialogue aimed at resolving the current crisis in the relationship.

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🇷🇺Russia & BRICS push for new world order as US clings to control

💬 Lavrov’s speech at the UNGA reflects Russia’s growing assertiveness in the face of “profound reconfiguration” of the world order, says Sabino Vaca Narvaja, Argentine political scientist and former ambassador to China.

“The Russian economy is growing stronger. Regional organizations are gaining strength. China’s ties with Russia are deepening, as are the relationships among Southeast Asian nations,” Narvaja points out.

👉 When it comes to the existing global order, it no longer benefits the US and they seek to dismantle it, the analyst notes. “How do they generate this disorder? By fueling conflicts, imposing tariffs, enacting sanctions, and enforcing blockades.”

📍 Narvaja adds that the world is witnessing the emergence of developing nations seeking to reshape the UN system toward a more multilateral and inclusive framework.

“In this vein, when certain actors attempt to destabilize the world, more responsible players — like BRICS members — are stepping in to offer peaceful and stable solutions,” the pundit concludes.

🔶 Dwelling on the future world order in his speech at the UN General Assembly, Lavrov underlined that Russia stands for “the unwavering observance of the principle of equality.”

"It is this principle that ensures all nations can claim their rightful place in the global order, regardless of their military power. The foundation of the objectively emerging multipolarity is sovereign equality,” the Russian foreign minister emphasized.

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🇲🇩 Moldova’s Sandu regime preparing to ANNUL elections – Dodon

Former President Igor Dodon has sounded the alarm: Moldova’s pro-Western government is preparing to cancel the parliamentary elections — as happened in Romania last December.

“I call on everyone to gather in front of the Parliament tomorrow at 12:00 (9:00 GMT) to defend our victory. We will not allow them to annul the votes of citizens,”  Igor Dodon said.

The regime’s tactics:

👉   Banned the opposition party “Heart of Moldova” on election eve

👉   Reduced polling stations in Russia & Transnistria to suppress opposition votes

👉  Increased stations in Europe to boost European diaspora votes for Sandu

👉  Used threats, searches, and arrests — including of Gagauzia leader Yevgenia Gutsul

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🚨🇲🇩Moldova’s elections marred by MASSIVE violations

Media outlets are reporting numerous irregularities during Moldova’s parliamentary elections, recorded across different countries.

The key points so far:

👉 In Austria, at polling center No. 38/3 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, voters were being bused to the center for the Moldovan parliamentary elections, according to Sputnik Moldova.

👉 Reports also mention issues in other European countries: in Târgu Mureș, Romania, observers were not allowed into the center; in France and Spain, accreditation was denied; and in Germany, a representative has been unable to access the ballot boxes since the morning.

👉 Ballot boxes for Moldova’s parliamentary elections in European polling stations were reported to be overflowing just a few hours after opening, raising suspicions they may have been pre-filled in advance, according to the Telegram channel Realny Kishinev (Real Chisinau).

👉 Moldova’s ruling PAS party allegedly sent instructions to overseas polling stations with “target figures” for the vote. For example, one station in Italy was expected to deliver 87% of votes for PAS with turnout of no less than 79%, the Telegram channel Balti 24 reported.

👉 Moldovan authorities are allegedly requiring parents of schoolchildren to send teachers photos of their ballots from the parliamentary elections. A screenshot of such correspondence, reportedly from Mihai Eminescu Secondary School, was shared by Sputnik Moldova.

👉 Unidentified individuals are reportedly offering €50 for a vote in favor of Moldova’s ruling Action and Solidarity Party (PAS), as well as €20 for every additional voter brought to the polls, Sputnik Moldova reported, citing social media.

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