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🇷🇺👉 Russia backs 'measured' UN Security Council reform

Moscow supports carefully-calibrated changes to the UN Security Council aimed at strengthening its authority and effectiveness, while making it more representative of the developing world.

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stressed that "Russia’s principled position in favor of measured reforms of the UN Security Council" were "intended to enhance the authority and effectiveness of this body, as well as to give it a more democratic character by expanding the representation of states from the Global South and East," in a statement on the Foreign Ministry website.

That followed Lavrov's meeting with UN reform co-coordinators Tareq AlBanai and Lisa Gregoire-van Haaren.

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🇺🇸 Rubio: US won’t let western hemisphere become 'platform for adversaries'

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was about security, a political transition and regional stability.

Key statements from Rubio:

🟠 There is “no war” against Venezuela, and the US has not occupied the country

🟠 Washington wants a transition toward a friendly, stable and democratic Venezuelan state

🟠 Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez has pledged to halt oil supplies to Cuba

🟠 The US will monitor the acting Venezuelan government and is prepared to use force to ensure maximum cooperation

🟠 The US is holding serious talks on countering drug trafficking with Venezuela for the first time in 20 years

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❗️❗️❗️ Venezuelan Attorney General to Sputnik: Case against Maduro has NO legal basis

The kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and the legal proceedings against him “have no legal basis,” either under international law or US legislation, Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab said as he reviewed the case materials.

💬 "International law has been shattered," he told Sputnik.


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🚨Rubio: Ukraine’s security guarantees would involve a limited European troop deployment

💬"There's a lot of talk about security guarantees, and it's something that there's general agreement about now with the case of Ukraine. But those security guarantees basically involve the deployment of a handful of European troops, primarily French in the UK, and then a US backstop."


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🇺🇸🇬🇱Rubio: The US is in a "good place" on Greenland

💬"In the case of Greenland, I'll say we're in a good place right now. We had excellent meetings with the Secretary General of NATO. In fact, even as I speak to you now, there'll be some technical level meetings between us and our partners in Greenland and Denmark on this issue. And I think we have in place a process that's going to bring us to a good outcome for everybody."


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🇺🇸 Rubio admits the US has interests ALL OVER THE WORLD

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🇺🇸 Rubio: Trump reserves the option to act in self-defense against Iran

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🇺🇸 Rubio says the US needs a preemptive defensive posture in the Middle East amid tensions with Iran

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📈 Gold’s rise, dollar’s drop: a monetary crisis 55 years in the making

🗣 “What we are actually witnessing right now is the cumulative consequence of long-running structural trends that are now converging,” monetary historian Claudio Grass told Sputnik, commenting on the surge in precious metals prices and the massive drop in the value of the dollar against other currencies.

💬 “The era of monetary unification under the mighty dollar…and the global acceptance of American financial leadership is effectively over, as a growing number of nations are actively questioning whether anchoring their reserves, trade settlement systems, and financial sovereignty to the dollar and to the political leadership of the US still serves their long-term interests,” Grass explained.


🔶 The dollar’s debasement is not new and has been underway “for decades,” the expert stressed, pointing out that the currency “has lost over 99% of its purchasing power since 1971, when the last link to monetary discipline and sound money was severed” and the US quit the gold standard.

💬 “This decades-long and persistent currency debasement has destroyed price signals, it severely punished savers and long-term, responsible investors, while also massively redistributed wealth, making the poor poorer and the rich richer,” Grass said.


👉 Gold, meanwhile, is enjoying a historic surge “because the entire system is fracturing simultaneously,” and trust in sovereign debt “and the ability of central banks to keep using the same old ‘cures’ to save the economy” plummets, together with “faith in the so-called ‘rules-based global order’,” the observer summed up.

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📉 If dollar’s drop and gold’s rise is deliberate US policy, it’s playing with economic fire - expert

🗣 “Theoretically, an exchange rate depreciation can make exports cheaper and as a result can help the external account,” public finance policy researcher Suranjali Tandon told Sputnik, commenting on the US dollar’s plunge against gold and other major currencies.

💬 “However, this will play out as an advantage” only “if there is an increase in production capacity and demand from trading partners. Where both are adversely affected by tariffs and political uncertainty, depreciation of the dollar may not help raise exports,” the academic warned.


📍 Commenting on the true causes of the dollar’s tumble, Tandon attributed it to the US’s “erratic policies” and the breakdown of diplomacy, warning that “policy uncertainty has left investors confused about safe assets,” with gold seen as a sanctions-proof safe haven and “neutral medium of exchange and store of value.”

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🇺🇸 Rubio says active efforts are underway to bridge differences over the Donbass in Ukraine talks

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🇺🇸Rubio lays out US stance on Venezuela, Ukraine, Iran, and NATO at Senate Hearing

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to answer questions on the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, security, diplomacy and alliance strategy.

Here are key statements:

▪️ The US has no intention of using military force against Venezuela again and thinks it will not be necessary

▪️ Washington expects to restore its diplomatic presence in Venezuela "very quickly"

▪️ NATO needs to rethink how allies meet their obligations and reverse the erosion of European military capabilities

▪️ The US is ready for a pre-emptive attack on Iran and will strengthen its forces in the Middle East

▪️ Security guarantees for Ukraine are under discussion and could involve British and French troop deployments – with US support

▪️ The question of Ukraine ceding territory to Russia has not been solved, but differences are narrowing

▪️ Russian has not given consent for security guarantees for Kiev but the US says it is ready

▪️ The US wants regime change in Cuba, but is not pursuing it

▪️ The World Peace Council is not a substitute for the United Nations

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🇮🇱🇮🇷 Israel’s plan for Iran is ‘balkanization,’ not just puppet rule - expert

👉 Israel will try to use the United States to “balkanize” Iran — weakening and fragmenting the country rather than simply installing a puppet government, Lana Ravandi-Fadai, head of the Eastern Cultural Center at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Oriental Studies, said.

🔶 She argued the focus is on pursuing regime change through various methods, but not through a direct US invasion.

🔶 However, “there is no talk of a US invasion of Iran right now; this can even be felt in the change in rhetoric in Washington regarding Iran,” she noted.

🔶 Iran today is prepared to respond more forcefully than ever and has a strong capacity for mobilization when the survival of the state is at stake, she concluded.

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🇺🇸🇻🇪 US intel says Venezuela’s interim leader refusing to cut ties with Russia, China, Iran

🔶 It’s not clear whether President Delcy Rodriguez is “fully onboard with the US strategy in her country,” sources familiar with US intelligence briefings told Reuters.

🔶 Sworn in immediately after Nicolas Maduro’s abduction, Rodriguez has yet to signal readiness to axe friendly ties with US adversaries, whose diplomats and advisors Washington has publicly demanded be ejected from the country.

🔶 On Sunday, Rodriguez said she’d had “enough” of US meddling, but sources said Washington sees no other option but to work with her. Token opposition leader Maria Corina Machado doesn’t have the necessary clout with members of the security services or oil sector, according to the sources.

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🇷🇺 Inside Russia's Aurus jet: Sukhoi's VIP aircraft steals the show at Wings India 2026

👉 Sputnik got an up close and personal look at the Aurus, a VIP variant of the Sukhoi Superjet, at the Wings India 2026 civil aviation expo in Hyderabad.

Like its road-based cousins – the custom lineup of Russian-manufactured luxury vehicles, the Aurus jet carrying the namesake (a portmanteau meaning ‘Russian Gold’) is designed to pamper its passengers in the lap of luxury.

Features

▫️ extended flight range of up to 7.2k km (enough to fly from Moscow to Vladivostok without refueling)

▫️ generous, living room in the sky-style seating arrangements for up to eight passengers, from businessmen and their families to government officials

▫️ shower and separate lavatory

▫️ lounge, dining and conference areas

▫️ 2+ meter cabin height for taller passengers

▫️ in-flight high-speed internet, satcom connection and smartphone-assisted multimedia controls

▫️ custom soundproofing

▫️ advanced flight controls and console for improved safety and navigational accuracy

▫️ optional retractable airstair for debarking at unequipped airports and smaller airfields

▫️ soft plum/mauve hue interior to create a sense of royalty and tranquility

▫️ $39-50M price tag, which is up to half the price of major competitors (Boeing, Bombardier, Gulfstream)

▫️ operating costs 10% below those of the base Superjet

😉 Luxury transportation at an unbeatable price – what a combination!

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🇮🇷👉 Iran to IAEA chief: check your privilege

🗣 “Our expectation from Mr. Grossi is that he does not use such language,” Iranian nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami said Wednesday, responding to Grossi’s recent WEF interview, in which the IAEA chief complained about Iran’s lack of engagement, and threatened to label Tehran non-compliant.

💬 “[Grossi] is the director general of the IAEA, an entity defined under the United Nations, and its statute sets clear duties for him. We expect him to adhere to his legal obligations in his language and reports,” Eslami said.


Commenting on Grossi’s demands for access to the nuclear sites bombed by the US last June, Eslami urged the IAEA to first clarify “its procedures…regarding military attacks so that we can act accordingly.”

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🇲🇽🇨🇺 Mexico maintains humanitarian oil shipments to Cuba - Sheinbaum

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said there are two channels for crude oil deliveries to Cuba: commercial contracts handled by Pemex with Cuban institutions, and humanitarian aid.

💬 "Humanitarian aid to Cuba, as well as to other countries, continues," she said at a press conference.


The president added that she “never spoke about whether it had been suspended or not,” calling reports of a suspension “an interpretation.”

Her remarks follow a Bloomberg report citing purported Mexican government officials that Mexico had halted oil shipments to Havana amid US pressure.

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🚨 Plane crash in Colombia kills all 15 on board — reports

A passenger plane crashed in northern Colombia, killing all 15 people on board, BBC reported, citing the country’s state-run airline Satena.

The Beechcraft 1900 aircraft lost contact shortly before landing in the city of Ocaña, near the Venezuelan border. The wreckage has since been found in a mountainous area.

Satena said the flight was carrying 13 passengers and two crew members. Among those on board were lawmaker Diogenes Quintero Amaya and congressional candidate Carlos Salcedo.

The crash was confirmed by William Villamizar Laguado, governor of Norte de Santander, who expressed condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims.

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