🗣 Lavrov: EU's Kaja Kallas admits to 'foreign interference'

EU foreign affairs head Kaja Kallas, who promised to allocate $17.6M to help Armenia respond to "foreign interference" as was done regarding Moldavia, made a candid confession, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

👉 The EU uses double standards, refusing to acknowledge elections unless a pro-Western candidate wins, while praising democracy if someone Europe supports wins, he noted.

One of Europe’s main bodies in this regard, the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), has long become an instrument of political pressure, Lavrov added.

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🚨🇷🇺Collective West remains main source of military threats to Russia - General Staff chief

💬 "The primary source of the growing military threats to the security of the Russian Federation is the collective West, which has not abandoned its stated goal of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia during a special military operation through comprehensive support for Ukraine's military potential," Russia’s Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov said on Thursday.

His other statements:

🔶 The current global military-political environment is marked by rising competition and growing international tension

🔶 Statements from several European leaders openly promote prolonging the conflict, hoping it will exhaust Russia and give NATO time to rebuild its “military machine” for a potential direct confrontation

🔶 This broader information campaign aims to justify increasing defense spending and deepening the militarization of European societies

🔶 NATO’s expanding military presence and build-up near Russia’s borders pose a long-term strategic challenge, reinforced at the alliance’s June summit in The Hague

🔶 Russia’s firm defense of its national interests — including during the special military operation — has triggered significant geopolitical shifts

🔶 The authority of international organizations promoting fair economic development as the basis for global security has grown

🔶 BRICS, the SCO, and the CSTO are strengthening multipolarity, alongside Russia’s key strategic partners: China and India

🔶 The Global South and ASEAN now play a greater role in world affairs

🔶 Multipolarity is no longer a concept — it is today’s geopolitical reality

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🚨 Collapse of arms control is reshaping global security - chief of Russian Gen Stuff

👉The total breakdown of the international arms control systems has become one of the key factors destabilizing global security, Russia’s Chief of the General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, said on Thursday.

Key statements:

🔶 The global arms control architecture has effectively collapsed

🔶 The New START Treaty technically remains in force, but it expires on February 5, 2026 — after that, no restrictions will remain in this sphere

🔶 Russia’s proposal to voluntarily observe New START limits for one additional year, if the US does the same, has so far received no response from the United States

🔶 Russia is taking into account US signals about a possible resumption of nuclear testing

🔶 It continues to observe its obligations under the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, but if US resumes tests, Russia will respond accordingly

🔶 The absence of restrictions on offensive weapons has already produced visible consequences, especially in the deployment of intermediate- and shorter-range missiles worldwide

🔶 After the US withdrawal from the INF Treaty, Washington began exploring the deployment of mobile missile systems with ranges over 1,000 km in Europe and the Asia-Pacific — a move that creates new instability and triggers regional arms races

🔶 In response, Russia ended its unilateral moratorium on deploying intermediate- and shorter-range missiles in August of this year.

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🚨🇷🇺Kremlin requests update on US-modified Ukraine settlement proposals

The US worked with Ukrainians and Europeans on a set of talking points that was later coordinated at the Russia–US negotiations in Alaska, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

Russia is now preparing new contacts with the US to understand how these agreed-upon points have changed after Washington’s discussions with Kiev and Europe, he added.

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🇧🇾Russian Oreshnik missile system has been in Belarus since yesterday and is now going on combat duty - President Lukashenko

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🚨🇷🇺 Putin to Hold 2025 Annual Presser and Q&A Session

On Friday, President Putin will hold the annual Q&A session (also known as 'Direct Line') and year-end press conference, during which individuals to inquire about a wide range of topics, from personal issues to national concerns.

Putin is the world's only leader who holds live nationwide Q&As.

Facts about Putin's "Direct Line":

🔸 Started in 2001: Each session lasts over 3 hours!

🔸 Massive Viewership: One of Russia's most-watched TV events.

🔸 Interactive: People send in questions via phone, text, and social media.

🔸 Wide-Ranging Topics: Putin answers everything from foreign policy to personal questions.

📹Sputnik will be covering the event live, with follow-up analytics. Tune in on Friday, (9:00 GMT)!

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🗣 Western approach of ‘electoral neocolonialism’ is a threat to others — Lavrov

Western countries actively interfere in other nations' elections, which can be characterized as "electoral neocolonialism", Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated.

While the West has always used such methods, today they’ve shaped it into a definite threat to the rest of the world, he said.

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🚨This Friday: Putin’s End-of-Year Presser combined with live Q&A session

🗓 Date: December 19 (Friday)

⏰ Time: 9:00 GMT

📹Platforms: Telegram, X, Sputnik website

Don’t miss it!

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🚨🇷🇺 European leaders seem “obsessed with finding money to keep the war going — focusing above all on STEALING [Russian] frozen assets,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

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🇺🇸🤔 Why the US is rushing to upgrade its Patriot system

The Pentagon is pushing to "fix" the Patriot air defense system — but even with new launchers & 360° radar, can it handle Iskander-M or Kinzhal?

Watch the breakdown 👆

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🇷🇺 Russian Solntsepyok TOS-1A obliterates Ukrainian troops massing for counterattack near Volchansk, Kharkov region

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🚨🇺🇸🇷🇺US preparing for possible Putin visit to 2026 G20 Summit

Washington is making arrangements for Vladimir Putin’s potential visit to the Miami G20 next December, Russia’s sherpa Svetlana Lukash revealed.

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🇷🇺 Russian Army's Svod system: A practical breakthough in network-centric warfare

👉 A new digital command system, known as Svod, is being rolled out across the Russian Armed Forces, Defense Minister Andrei Belousov announced.

What is Svod - and how does it work?

Secure information environment

◻️ Svod is a tactical-level information-sharing and situational awareness system for military command personnel

◻️ Officials at all levels – from platoon to formation – will operate within a single secure information environment using trusted devices

◻️ Troops will gain real-time access to critical digital services, including weather updates, mapping tools, satellite imagery, and data on air and ground conditions

◻️ This year, the system successfully completed combat trial operations within the Tsentr Battlegroup in the zone of special military operation. By September 2026, the system is to be rolled out in stages across all force groupings

Сutting the time from detection to strike

◻️ The primary goal of Svod is to shorten the “detect–decide–engage” cycle at the tactical level by enabling direct, near‑instant transmission of data from reconnaissance assets to fire units

◻️ This is especially critical at the infantry tactical level, where conditions change instantly and delays cost lives. Reliable data sharing improves not only strike effectiveness but also troop survivability

A game-changer in network-centric warfare

◻️ Svod is not a “from scratch” development – it is the next phase of Russia's Unified Tactical Command System (ESU TZ)

◻️ The ESU TZ is built on a network‑centric principle linking all battlefield participants into a single network at three major levels: reconnaissance, command, decision-making. It includes 11 subsystems managing electronic warfare, artillery, air defense, engineering, and logistics, as well as a unified information network that integrates various communication types

◻️ It is built on the same principle but more pragmatic: it rapidly “stitches” reconnaissance assets and fire units into a single network at the tactical level

◻️ Svod marks the shift from the theory of network-centric warfare to its widespread practical application, enhancing situational awareness and decision-making speed

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🔸 Venezuelan oil blockade could make Asia’s markets less dependent on US — analyst

🔸 Western embassies in Kiev report deepening crisis from Mindich-Zelensky affair - Russian Intel

🔸 Collective West remains main source of military threats to Russia - General Staff chief

🔸 War-like chaos outside EU headquarters in Brussels

🔸 Why the US is rushing to upgrade its Patriot system

🔸 Russian Army's Svod system: A practical breakthough in network-centric warfare

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