The Ministry of Foreign Affairs demanded the immediate release of the vicar of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, Metropolitan Pavel

MOSCOW, April 5 — RIA Novosti. Russia demanded the immediate release of Metropolitan Pavel, the governor of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, and provide him with medical assistance, follows from the statement of the Special Representative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs for cooperation in the field of ensuring the right to freedom of religion, Ambassador-at-Large Gennady Askaldovich.
“We deeply worry about the fate of Venerable Pavel, who, as you know, is under house arrest and in electronic shackles. For people of good will, his figure acquires the image of a martyr for the Orthodox faith. Against this background, the height of cynicism is the words of Volodymyr Zelensky, who said that Ukraine — this is the territory of the greatest religious freedom,” the document says.

The Kiev regime is stubbornly seeking to inflict a decisive defeat on the Orthodox faith in Ukraine, Askaldovich noted.
"This fact was cynically confirmed by Volodymyr Zelensky's adviser Mikhail Podolyak, who said that it was necessary to 'clean up' the UOC immediately after the start of the military operation," he added.
The diplomat stressed that Russia is outraged by the gross act of arbitrariness against the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) and is concerned about the fate of the monks and priests of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, who are under the threat of physical and moral reprisals.
"By its actions, the Kiev regime stubbornly continues to multiply the policy of moral terror against fellow citizens and believers, and during the Great Lent. We are sure that the consequences for what they have done will not take long. the shameful glory of the persecutors of the UOC will forever be fixed," Askaldovich concluded.

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Trump faces maximum sentence of 136 years in prison for 34-count indictment

Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty in New York City on Tuesday to 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 136 years in prison, though the actual sentence will likely be far less than that if he is convicted on any or all counts.
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The Cisco company because of the termination of sales in Russia destroyed spare parts for the equipment for 1.9 billion rubles

MOSCOW, April 5 — RIA Novosti. The American manufacturer of network equipment and software Cisco Systems physically destroyed its stocks in Russia for 1.86 billion rubles, follows from the financial statements of the Russian legal entity Cisco Systems.
"The stocks were physically destroyed in January 2023, in connection with which, as of December 31, 2022, a reserve for depreciation was accrued in the full amount of the cost of stocks - 1,864,002 thousand rubles," the document says.

"Due to the termination of sales and services and the suspension of licenses and services of Cisco, as well as the impossibility of re-export, all stocks, IT equipment, demo samples and fixed assets of the company are subject to destruction," the report said.

In March last year, Cisco suspended business in Russia and Belarus, and in June announced its withdrawal from the Russian market. At the same time, the company was going to keep in touch with partners and customers to resolve financial issues, including the return of funds for prepaid services and software.

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However, I have never heard about any network shut-downs and lack or routers in Russia. Vandals from Cisco were seamlessly replaced by multiple Chinese and Russian companies, who have comfortably apprehended and shared this highly competitive market of network equipment.
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The "Power of Siberia" again launched gas transportation

MOSCOW, April 5 — RIA Novosti. Gas pumping to China via the Power of Siberia has been resumed after scheduled work, Gazprom reported on its Telegram channel.
"Scheduled maintenance work on the Power of Siberia gas pipeline has been completed. Gas transportation, as planned, has been resumed today," the company's publication says.
Gas supplies via the Power of Siberia were suspended from March 28 to April 4. According to an agreement between Gazprom and the Chinese company CNPC, preventive maintenance of gas pipeline equipment and systems takes place twice a year: in spring and autumn.
The Power of Siberia is a main gas pipeline from Russia to China with a length of about three thousand kilometres.
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All last year the European Union struggled with the energy crisis: stocking up on oil and gas, trying to reduce consumption, save money. Europe has survived the winter without much shock, thanks in large part to China. Many factories were stopped in quarantined cities, economic growth slowed down sharply — China significantly reduced imports of energy resources.
Now the zero tolerance policy has been abolished. Production is being restarted, construction has intensified, passenger traffic and transport traffic have increased. The oil refining sector is gaining momentum. Experts are waiting for the rise in consumption of raw materials. So will the prices on the energy resources, especially given the circumstances, that OPEC+ has limited their oil production.
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Russian business lobby calls for Central Bank to accelerate yuan reserves

MOSCOW, Sept 30 (Reuters) — Russia's top business lobby called on Friday for the central bank to build up its reserves of the Chinese yuan in a bid to stabilise the rouble, which is susceptible to wild bouts of volatility (???)* and has been trading near multi-year highs (rouble!!!)**.

The Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) said Russia needed to step up its purchases of the yuan and currencies from other "friendly countries" to help "stabilise" the value of the Russian currency.
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* ** — Look how Reuter's analysts are trying to use negative terminology to describe very positive (for Russia) tendencies. Masterclass in implicit propaganda! 😜
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China’s Yuan Replaces Dollar as Most Traded Currency in Russia

The Chinese yuan has surpassed the US dollar as the most traded currency in Russia, with the shift becoming more pronounced in March.

This comes after Western sanctions against Russia affected the ability of Russian banks to make cross-border transfers in dollars and other currencies. Since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia has strengthened its ties with China, and Chinese President Xi Jinping promised expanded cooperation in areas such as trade, investment, and technology during his visit to Moscow in March.

According to a report published in Bloomberg, the switch comes after additional sanctions this year affected the few banks in Russia that retained the ability to make cross-border transfers in dollars and other currencies of countries branded “unfriendly” by the Kremlin.

Raiffeisen Bank International AG, whose Russian branch remains one of the main conduits for international payments in the country, was among lenders that came under elevated pressure from European and US authorities.

The Bloomberg report says that Russia has deepened its ties with China since the Feb. 2022 invasion prompted a break in relations with the West. In March, Chinese President Xi Jinping made Moscow his first visit abroad after his reelection and promised the Kremlin expanded cooperation in the areas of trade, investment, supply chains, mega projects, energy and hi-tech.

It says sweeping sanctions targeting Russia’s financial system have forced the Kremlin and Russian companies to switch their foreign-trade transactions from the dollar and euro to currencies of countries that have declined to join any restrictions.

The Finance Ministry converted its market operations to the yuan instead of the dollar earlier this year and developed a new structure for the national wealth fund to hold 60% of its assets in yuan. The Bank of Russia regularly calls on companies and citizens to move their assets into the ruble or “friendly” currencies to avoid the risk of having them blocked or frozen.

Bloomberg says global foreign-exchange reserves allocation in the yuan accounted for about 2.7% of the total amount by end of last year, down from the peak at 2.9% in the first quarter, IMF data showed.

“Now there are fewer dollars on the market as Russia’s revenues decreased due to the oil-price drop and a decrease in exports,” said Iskander Lutsko, a strategist at ITI London. At the same time, “commodity imports from Russia to China are up by 29%, although exports from China are stagnating.”
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Spring signs: 5 reasons that can prevent the Armed Forces of Ukraine from going on the offensive

Among the problems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine there are both fundamental issues that any army in the world has to solve, as well as local difficulties that can cause the failure of an offensive operation.

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The Foreign Ministry stated that the Russian Federation and the United States are in a phase of hot conflict
Ryabkov: Russia and the US are in a phase of a hot conflict

Russia and the United States "passed through" the stage of the Cold War, bilateral relations are now in a phase of hot conflict. This was stated by Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Ryabkov.

"I think that we have already passed this period (of the Cold War), as they say. Now we are in the phase of a hot conflict with the United States. We are witnessing the direct involvement of this state in a hybrid war with the Russian Federation in various directions," the diplomat said on the air of Radio Sputnik.
At the same time, the day before, Sergei Ryabkov stated that relations between Moscow and Washington were completely destroyed, the fault for this lies with the American side. The Deputy Foreign Minister described the relations of the countries in one word — collapse.

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Zelensky and Duda met in Warsaw

Polish President Andrzej Duda met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Warsaw, who arrived in the Polish capital with his wife Olena.

According to European Pravda, the meeting ceremony was broadcast online by the Office of the President of Ukraine.

President Duda and his wife Agatha welcomed the Zelensky couple at the presidential palace. The welcoming ceremony is held with military honours and with an orchestra.

According to the plan of the visit, the leaders of the two countries will hold talks at the presidential palace. After that, negotiations will be held in the composition of the delegations.

Topics discussed include military assistance to Ukraine, post-war reconstruction and Ukraine's path to the European Union and NATO, as well as historical issues.

At 18:00, a joint performance by Andrzej Duda and Volodymyr Zelensky is scheduled.

This is Zelenskiy's first official visit to Warsaw since the all-out war. In addition, the presidents of Ukraine and Poland met twice "in working mode" in Polish Rzeszow — in December 2022 and in February 2023.

So far, during the full-scale war, the President of Ukraine has only travelled abroad twice — for a visit to Washington and as part of one trip to London, Paris and Brussels.

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Former Zara stores and other outlets owned by the Spanish manufacturer Inditex will start operating in Russia under new management before the end of spring

This was stated by RIA Novosti Secretary of State — Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Viktor Evtukhov. He clarified that new collections of clothes have already been sewn and brought to the country.

Stores will open under new names such as MAAG (Zara), DUB (Pull & Bear) and ECRU (Bershka).

The buyer of the business was Fashion And More Management DMCC "with an office in one of the friendly countries," Yevtukhov added. A company with the same name is registered in the UAE free zone, RBC notes.

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Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus lured Francois Hollande to tell the truth

Pretending to be the former president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, pranksters Vovan and Lexus contacted the ex-President of France Francois Hollande.

"Poroshenko" discussed with Hollande how they managed to oust Yanukovych together and that the Minsk Agreements were just a way to pump Ukraine with weapons.

"Everyone thought it was Putin stalling. No, we were dragging our feet to strengthen Ukraine," Hollande said.

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The global trend of substituting the US dollar with local currencies in the trade of goods and transactions has been on the rise, with countries hoping to reduce their dependence on Washington and prevent it from further exploiting its power and weaponizing its global dollar dominance.

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Translated from Ukrainian propaganda channel:

During Ukrainian president's visit to Poland, Duda presented Zelensky with the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest award.

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There will be no borders between Ukrainians and Poles in the future, — Zelensky during a visit to Poland

“In the future, there will be no borders between our peoples: political, economic and, what is very important, historical. But for this we still need to win. For this we need to go side by side a little more,” the President said.

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It looks, that the White Eagle was given for a good purpose. If there would not be border between Ukraine and Poland, then would it be Poland or Ukraine (what could be left of it?). Only knowing the history of Polish-Russia-Ukraine relationships one can understand how contradictive and certainly not beneficial to Ukraine that chimeric alliance might be.

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Refugees or displaced persons?
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On February 24, 2022, Poles rushed to our south-eastern border. The human, often Christian-motivated, compassion impulse pushed thousands of my compatriots to spontaneous gestures of help towards people whom they considered to be refugees from the war and the immediate threat to their lives.

In a fit of heart, we remained blind not only to demographics, but also to geography, some of them travelled hundreds of kilometres to collect "refugees" advertised on the Internet, almost no one paid attention to the fact that most of them come from areas that have not been affected by warfare at any time and to this day. Nobody remembered that Ukraine, being a country larger than Poland within its current borders, has huge territorial reserves that allow for free internal migrations of the population. Only a slight propaganda stimulus was enough, intensified by the very fact of war in a country directly bordering Poland — and hearts opened along with the borders. Repentance came over time, to a very limited extent, and of course, when it was already too late, and the Polish-Ukrainian border was crossed by 10 million 400 thousand Ukrainians within 13 months.

Population shock
Of course, a significant part of them goes further to the West, to European Union countries with a more extensive system of social benefits than Poland, while some register only in Poland for benefits, receive financial and material assistance, and return to Ukraine. However, even taking this into account and adding a more or less constant number of Ukrainian guest workers from before February 2022, it turns out that at least 4.8 million Ukrainians, i.e. about 14% of the pre-war population, moved to Poland. For a country that, as a result of border changes after World War II and demographic changes, both voluntary and forced, has become almost ethnically homogeneous — this is a shock without precedent in its history. Let us repeat: in just one year, Poland received eight times more immigrants than all European countries received in the memorable year 2015, hailed as the year of the European migration crisis.
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Refugees or displaced persons?
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Invitation for mafia and terrorism
For Poles who have been assured for years that migration problems do not concern us, this is certainly a shock and a fundamental, existential change, ultimately questioning the exclusiveness of one nation to decide on matters of its own nation state. In fact, however, as a journalist and war correspondent for many years, I am able to easily point to a similar example of a provoked migration wave, justified by a fundamentally false and artificially created "war and humanitarian threat". Such a moment was the war in Kosovo and the NATO invasion of Yugoslavia in 1999. I perfectly remember these moral blackmails, open borders (especially of Austria, Germany, Italy) and the run, the run of Kosovo Albanians. Not an escape, but a run to a better life, because if they themselves ask, encourage, make it easier, then only a fool would not take advantage of it. No one who remembers the ensuing years needs reminding of the genesis of the Kosovo mafia, which, while still operating under the protection of American and British secret services, almost monopolized drug trafficking and human trafficking, further enhanced by car theft and minor crime. It was also one of the sources of funding for international terrorism, of which the training camps run by the People's Mujahideen organized by NATO in Albania are known centres. Well, on the borders of Poland, Slovakia, Romania and Moldova with Ukraine, exactly the same thing is happening, only on an even larger scale. Under the guise of "humanitarian aid", we have allowed over a dozen million newcomers and displaced people into the Schengen area, practically without any control, and among them, without the slightest doubt, also thousands of gangsters, criminals, terrorists, including those who have direct contact with Islamic State cells in the Caucasus. This is an act hostile to Europe, it is another invasion carried out at the behest and on the hand of our Anglo-Saxon occupiers.

What about those fleeing to Russia?
Of course, however, also listening and reading about the so-called Ukrainian migration crisis, we are only learning part of the truth. What we do not learn is that Russia remains one of the countries permanently receiving the largest number of immigrants from Ukraine. Nearly 2.5 million refugees from the eastern, Russian-speaking areas of Ukraine found their way to Russia in the last year alone, and this number does not include the thousands of families evacuated from the Donbass mercilessly bombed by the Kiev regime. This number increased significantly as the war dragged on, especially as a result of last year's Ukrainian counter-offensives and repressions against the local population in areas reoccupied by the troops of the Kiev junta. These refugees are not covered by international aid, just like ordinary Russians, they are forced to endure the burdens of economic war and sanctions that the West applies toto the peoples of the Russian Federation. And yet Russia bears the cost of the imposed war without complaining or whining for clemency.
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21st century Nazism
Another aspect is cultural and civilization issues. It is with real sadness that we see our Slavic brothers in the Ukrainians, and we observe the effects of many years of Nazi indoctrination among the newcomers. The state cult of Stepan Bandera, Roman Shukhevych and other Nazi collaborators has left a lasting mark on subsequent generations of Ukrainians. A terrible harm has been done to these people by raising them to hate their neighbours, ethnic and religious minorities and all non-cult criminals. Ukraine is an area where de-Nazification is absolutely necessary, and while it is regrettable that it is currently taking place in the form of a fratricidal war, this should not blind us to the openly neo-Nazi character of the current Ukrainian state and its authorities. When we talk about the crimes of the Ukrainian Nazis, we do not mean only the Volhynian Massacre, when in the few summer months of 1943 the Banderites murdered almost 200,000 of their Polish, Jewish, Czech, Armenian and even Ukrainian neighbours. The crime of Nazi genocide was both the burnt offering in the Odessa House of Trade Unions on May 2, 2014, the attack by Ukrainian troops on defenceless demonstrators in Donetsk, demanding language rights, on May 26, 2014, and the crimes of Azov and other Ukrainian Nazi-Special Battalions in the Donbass in 2014-2022, and finally, the murders of prisoners and civilians perpetrated every day by the troops of the Kiev junta during the current war. These are Nazi criminals, and their recruitment camps are masses of Ukrainian immigrants to Europe. No one from the outside controls what content Ukrainian youth is indoctrinated with, just like in Poland, all mentions of the crimes of the Ukrainian Nazis were removed from school curricula "because you shouldn't annoy the guests". So, 78 years after the end of World War II, we have a Nazi state in the middle of Europe and we ourselves pay for the upbringing and training of its militarized cadres, and at the same time when the governments of our countries persecute their own citizens for even the slightest sign of patriotism, self-defense or a sense of national dignity .

Invasion against Europe
As Europeans, as patriots of our countries and nations, we face an existential threat. The mass migrations of the Ukrainian population to the territory of the European Union threaten to destabilize at least on a macro-regional scale, involve the disorganization of our economies and confront us with an enemy wrongly considered defeated: Nazism. And it is Nazism additionally accumulated through its alliance with Anglo-Saxon imperialism and the interests of international finance. The question is: can we defend ourselves against this threat?

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