🇷🇺 To mark the 82nd anniversary of the lifting of the Siege of Leningrad, President Vladimir Putin paid his respects by laying flowers at the Nevsky Pyatachok memorial outside St. Petersburg.

A parallel ceremony was also held in Moscow, where wreaths were placed at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden in honor of the city’s heroic defenders.

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🇺🇸 US military buildup on land, air, and sea raises fears of imminent attack on Iran - expert

🔹 The US and Israel "have outlined a plan for the next phase in resolving the Iranian issue... The level of military readiness at all levels in Iran is high and has reached a red line," Lebanese expert Brigadier General Malik Ayub tells Sputnik.

🔹 However, Israel is unlikely to participate in a war against the country, Ayub notes. Its involvement would be a "serious mistake," given its inability to withstand the previous confrontation with Iran.

🔹 The expert suggests that if war breaks out, Iran will strike Israel to use it as leverage against the US, and if Israel joins the conflict, the war will be devastating and with unpredictable outcomes.

🔹 As for the American military bases in the region, Iran will consider them US territory, not Arab land, Ayub believes.

🔹 He also mentions that Hezbollah use a war as a "golden opportunity" to liberate five positions in southern Lebanon, shifting the balance of power both domestically and internationally.

🔹 Speaking about Iran's allies in the region, Ayub notes that the conflict would threaten the Gulf states' interests, particularly Saudi Arabia, by jeopardizing the Strait of Hormuz and disrupting access to significant oil supplies and global maritime trade.

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🇷🇺🇸🇾Vladimir Putin will hold talks with Syria's interim president tomorrow, January 28, during his working visit to Russia - Kremlin

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🇷🇺💪 Russia’s military might: Why Global Firepower ranks it second only to the US

📊 New Global Firepower rankings are out: Russia holds second place - but who’s in the top three and how is their power measured?

Top 3

🇺🇸 The United States

🇷🇺 Russia

🇨🇳 China

🤔 How military power is measured

🟧 Global Firepower ranks 145 countries using dozens of metrics — from troops and air forces to naval strength and financial power.

🟧 Each nation is scored by a proprietary formula to produce a ‘Power Index,’ where 0.0000 represents the theoretical perfect score.

How objective is the scoring?

📍 Nuclear arsenals aren’t counted — though they could be a game changer or key restraint. Some numbers raise eyebrows, and some seem outdated: for instance, Russia’s jump to 1.5 million active personnel is ignored. Even so, this self-proclaimed independent resource is worth a look.

🇺🇸 The US, PwrIndx: 0.0741

🔸 Troops: 1.3 million active personnel and 799,500 in reserve

🔸 Air power: 13,032 war-making aerial systems excluding trainers and drones

🔸 Land power: ~414,000 tanks and vehicles; 5,130 artillery units

🔸 Naval power: 465 total assets

💰 Financial (waging a war requires a massive financial commitment):

🟠 Purchasing power parity (PPP): ~$25.6 trillion

🟠 Foreign exchange/gold: $910 billion

🟠 Defense budget: ~$831.5 billion

🟠 External debt: ~$24.5 trillion

🇷🇺 Russia, PwrIndx: 0.0791

🔸 Troops: 1.3M active personnel; 2M in reserve; 250K paramilitary

🔸 Air power: 4,237 war-making aerial systems

🔸 Land power: ~132K tanks and vehicles; ~12K artillery units

🔸 Naval power: 747 total assets

💰 Financial:

🟠 PPP: ~$6 trillion

🟠 Foreign exchange/gold: ~$597B

🟠 Defense budget: ~$212.6B

🟠 External debt: ~$226B

🇨🇳 China, PwrIndx: 0.0919

🔸 Troops: 2M active personnel; 510K in reserve; 625K paramilitary

🔸 Air power: 3,529 war-making aerial systems

🔸 Land power: ~158K tanks and vehicles; ~7.1K artillery units

🔸 Naval power: 841 total assets

💰 Financial:

🟠 PPP: ~$33.5 trillion

🟠 Foreign exchange/gold: ~$3.45T

🟠 Defense budget: $303B

🟠 External debt: ~$488B

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🚨 Russian mathematician cracks 'UNSOLVABLE' equation describing nature’s core processes

📍 Ivan Remizov, a senior researcher at HSE University in Nizhny Novgorod, has derived a universal formula that analytically solves a whole class of equations that have stumped the mathematical community since the 19th Century.

💬 "Such equations are a fundamental scientific tool: they describe everything from pendulum oscillations and signals in electrical circuits to planetary motion," notes HSE University in a statement.

🟠 Remizov, who is also affiliated with the Institute for Information Transmission Problems (IITP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, borrowed ideas from quantum mechanics — specifically, techniques used to describe the evolution of quantum particles — and applied them to classical problems.

🟠 The result dramatically reshapes our understanding in one of mathematics' oldest and most fundamental branches, with deep implications for fundamental physics and economics, says the HSE press release.

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🇮🇷🛰 Iranian police seized 108 Starlink devices in recent months

In the latest case, 51 Starlink receivers were smuggled under the cover of a regular shipment.

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🗣 Ukraine reaches tipping point: Defeat becomes inevitable, peace talks the only option - expert

💬 "The real pivotal moment in a war occurs not only on the front line, but first and foremost in the mind, and the situation in Ukraine is exactly the kind of psychological tipping point," Turkish expert Burak Kaplan tells Sputnik.

🟠 Ukraine is being pushed to its limits, and it is more about morale than army now, Kaplan adds.

💬 "There is a realization of defeat. At this stage, continuing the conflict is becoming increasingly irrational for Ukraine, while seeking ways to end it appears to be the more pragmatic choice. The Abu Dhabi negotiations were a 'breath of fresh air' for Ukraine," he says.

🟠 The first meeting of a trilateral Russia-US-Ukraine working group on security issues was held in Abu Dhabi on Friday.

🟠 It was earlier reported that the next round of negotiations on Ukraine could take place in the same city in coming week.

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🔸 ‘No going back’: Russia’s Zaporozhye, Kherson & Crimea are non-negotiable – Ex-CIA officer

🔸 US military buildup on land, air, and sea raises fears of imminent attack on Iran - expert

🔸 Ukraine reaches tipping point: Defeat becomes inevitable, peace talks the only option - expert

🔸 Russia’s military might: Why Global Firepower ranks it second only to the US

🔸 Putin marks 82nd anniversary of lifting Siege of Leningrad with tribute at Nevsky Pyatachok

🔸 Western propaganda normalizes Ukrainian Nazism, ex-Spanish soldier says

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🇺🇸🇮🇷 US strike on Iran could ignite a large-scale MidEast conflict – security expert

🔊 Iran’s response to a possible US attack would be far from symbolic and could trigger a regional war, Turkish security expert Mustafa Bogurcu tells Sputnik.

💬 "This would not be a limited-scale operation: for Iran, it would not be a military action but an existential threat. One cannot expect a symbolic response to such a threat," Bogurcu explains.

🔶 The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group's arrival to the Middle East, Israel's focus on a military option and Iran’s uncompromising stance – all point to a conflict on the brink, according to the pundit.

💬 "Iran’s response would not be confined within its borders — a wide range of targets would be involved, including sites across Israel and energy facilities vital to the global economy in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz," Bogurcu says.

🔶 The expert has drawn attention to the fact that US plans to engineer a "controlled conflict" in the Middle East have repeatedly failed in the past. Washington’s current actions have made the situation even more unpredictable, according to him.

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🚨🇮🇶 Trump warns against al-Maliki returning as Iraq’s prime minister

President Donald Trump said Iraq could make a “very bad choice” by “reinstalling Nouri al Maliki as Prime Minister.”

💬 “If elected, the United States of America will no longer help Iraq,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

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💵 'The dollar's doing great' — Trump

President Donald Trump said he believes the US dollar is “doing great” and “very good” when asked whether it has declined too much.

Trump added that he previously “fought like hell” with China and Japan over what he described as efforts to “devalue” their currencies, arguing it was “not fair” because it makes competition harder.

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🚨🇨🇺 ‘Cuba will be failing pretty soon’ — Trump

US President Donald Trump said he expects Cuba to “be failing pretty soon,” claiming the country had relied on money and oil from Venezuela and is “not getting that anymore.”

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💰 ‘We’ve taken in $600 billion in tariffs’ — Trump

President Donald Trump said tariffs have been “indispensable” to US economic policy, claiming the US has “taken in $600 billion” from tariffs and that he provided farmers $12 billion “out of tariff money.”

Trump argued the measures help keep out “unfair competition” and encourage companies to build plants in the United States rather than produce abroad and sell into the US market.

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🗣 ‘There’s another beautiful armada floating toward Iran right now’ — Trump

President Donald Trump said another US naval force is moving toward Iran, while adding he hopes Tehran will “make a deal.”

🗓 The US and Iran held five rounds of indirect nuclear talks mediated by Oman in spring 2025, with a sixth round planned for mid-June that was canceled after the outbreak of the “12-Day War” between Iran and Israel.

📌 The US used negotiations to "cover up" plans to attack Iran, FM Abbas Araghchi said, reaffirming that Iran’s nuclear program is peaceful and remains under IAEA oversight.

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🛬 NASA plane lands without landing gear at Houston-area airport — reports

A NASA aircraft landed without its landing gear at Ellington Field Airport near Houston after a mechanical issue, according to ABC7.

NASA said all crew members are safe, and the runway was closed while first responders worked at the scene. A full investigation into the incident is underway, the agency said.

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