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Strat

18th May 2022, 00:09

I thought it would be best to put this in a new thread rather than the Donbass thread because the topic is a bit different and it would be buried quickly in that thread. The idea for this thread is to explore, learn about and/or discuss the man.

Here's a very large documentary about him that's in 4 parts, 1 hour a piece. You have to be logged in to a youtube account to view it:
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NBC interview:
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There are a few more documentaries as well. I'll see if this thread gets any traction before posting those.

Mike

18th May 2022, 05:00

I've seen most of those videos. I kinda like him!

amor

18th May 2022, 23:19

I have to say that every time I have watched Mr. Putin in videos, he has impressed me as a deeply thoughtful, insightful leader. Would that the USA had someone with those attributes. The present lot are at the other end of the spectrum, working for the criminal element who appear to be so evil that it is hard for ordinary folks to believe what is going on and has been planned against them. shockingly. In my opinion, they would appear to be the enemy of all life.

Bill Ryan

18th August 2022, 11:54

I think this may belong here (but possibly on several other threads as well!).

A major international tipping point happened yesterday in Russia. This video is Alexander Mercouris analyzing Putin's and (Defense Minister) Shoigu's speeches to a non-'western' international audience. They both talk about globalist neoliberal totalitarian colonialism, in quite some damning detail, and (my paraphrase) how Russia and China are going to stop that now.

It's pretty huge that a major world leader (Putin) is now talking openly about what western alt media journalists have been pointing out for years. Now the global south can all start talking about it too, and they will. :muscle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdOJmMOqDfQ

Bill Ryan

18th August 2022, 13:52

I think this may belong here (but possibly on several other threads as well!).

A major international tipping point happened yesterday in Russia. This video is Alexander Mercouris analyzing Putin's and (Defense Minister) Shoigu's speeches to a non-'western' international audience. They both talk about globalist neoliberal totalitarian colonialism, in quite some damning detail, and (my paraphrase) how Russia and China are going to stop that now.

It's pretty huge that a major world leader (Putin) is now talking openly about what western alt media journalists have been pointing out for years. Now the global south can all start talking about it too, and they will. :muscle:And more. :thumbsup: This is a Duran livestream, nearly two hours and still going, on the same very important topic.

Putin takes on the Globalists

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qoij5XWCWz0

9ideon

18th August 2022, 14:01

I think this may belong here (but possibly on several other threads as well!).

A major international tipping point happened yesterday in Russia. This video is Alexander Mercouris analyzing Putin's and (Defense Minister) Shoigu's speeches to a non-'western' international audience. They both talk about globalist neoliberal totalitarian colonialism, in quite some damning detail, and (my paraphrase) how Russia and China are going to stop that now.

It's pretty huge that a major world leader (Putin) is now talking openly about what western alt media journalists have been pointing out for years. Now the global south can all start talking about it too, and they will. :muscle:And more. :thumbsup: This is a Duran livestream, nearly two hours and still going, on the same very important topic.

Putin takes on the Globalists

They're excellent, picked up large part of that live stream myself. I really like Alexander's intelligent way of explaining things, going of to details included, like to meet the Man one day. Like the Greek too, watch his walkabouts a lot, they're actually a great pair, I hope their channel does not get bounced.

ExomatrixTV

18th August 2022, 15:07

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President of Russia Vladimir Putin Address to participants and guests of the 10th Moscow Conference on International Security:

August 16, 2022

Ladies and gentlemen,
Esteemed foreign guests,

Let me welcome you to the anniversary 10th Moscow Conference on International Security. Over the past decade, your representative forum has become a significant venue for discussing the most pressing military-political problems.

Today, such an open discussion is particularly pertinent. The situation in the world is changing dynamically and the outlines of a multipolar world order are taking shape. An increasing number of countries and peoples are choosing a path of free and sovereign development based on their own distinct identity, traditions and values.

These objective processes are being opposed by the Western Globalist Elites (https://intelligence.weforum.org/topics/a1Gb0000000LHN2EAO), who provoke chaos, fanning long-standing and new conflicts and pursuing the so-called containment policy, which in fact amounts to the subversion of any alternative, sovereign development options. Thus, they are doing all they can to keep hold onto the hegemony and power that are slipping from their hands; they are attempting to retain countries and peoples in the grip of what is essentially a neocolonial order. Their hegemony means stagnation for the rest of the world and for the entire civilisation; it means obscurantism, cancellation of culture, and neoliberal totalitarianism.

They are using all expedients. The United States and its vassals grossly interfere in the internal affairs of sovereign states by staging provocations, organising coups, or inciting civil wars. By threats, blackmail, and pressure, they are trying to force independent states to submit to their will and follow rules that are alien to them. This is being done with just one aim in view, which is to preserve their domination, the centuries-old model that enables them to sponge on everything in the world. But a model of this sort can only be retained by force.

This is why the collective West – the so-called collective West – is deliberately undermining the European security system and knocking together ever new military alliances. NATO is crawling east and building up its military infrastructure. Among other things, it is deploying missile defence systems and enhancing the strike capabilities of its offensive forces. This is hypocritically attributed to the need to strengthen security in Europe, but in fact quite the opposite is taking place. Moreover, the proposals on mutual security measures, which Russia put forward last December, were once again disregarded.

They need conflicts to retain their hegemony. It is for this reason that they have destined the Ukrainian people to being used as cannon fodder. They have implemented the anti-Russia project and connived at the dissemination of the neo-Nazi ideology. They looked the other way when residents of Donbass were killed in their thousands and continued to pour weapons, including heavy weapons, for use by the Kiev regime, something that they persist in doing now.

Under these circumstances, we have taken the decision to conduct a special military operation in Ukraine, a decision which is in full conformity with the Charter of the United Nations. It has been clearly spelled out that the aims of this operation are to ensure the security of Russia and its citizens and protect the residents of Donbass from genocide.

The situation in Ukraine shows that the United States is attempting to draw out this conflict. It acts in the same way elsewhere, fomenting the conflict potential in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. As is common knowledge, the US has recently made another deliberate attempt to fuel the flames and stir up trouble in the Asia-Pacific. The US escapade towards Taiwan is not just a voyage by an irresponsible politician, but part of the purpose-oriented and deliberate US strategy designed to destabilise the situation and sow chaos in the region and the world. It is a brazen demonstration of disrespect for other countries and their own international commitments. We regard this as a thoroughly planned provocation.

It is clear that by taking these actions the Western globalist elites are attempting, among other things, to divert the attention of their own citizens from pressing socioeconomic problems, such as plummeting living standards, unemployment, poverty, and deindustrialisation. They want to shift the blame for their own failures to other countries, namely Russia and China, which are defending their point of view and designing a sovereign development policy without submitting to the diktat of the supranational elites.

We also see that the collective West is striving to expand its bloc-based system to the Asia-Pacific region, like it did with NATO in Europe. To this end, they are creating aggressive military-political unions such as AUKUS and others.

It is obvious that it is only possible to reduce tensions in the world, overcome military-political threats and risks, improve trust between countries and ensure their sustainable development through a radical strengthening of the contemporary system of a multipolar world.

I reiterate that the era of the unipolar world is becoming a thing of the past. No matter how strongly the beneficiaries of the current globalist model cling to the familiar state of affairs, it is doomed. The historic geopolitical changes are going in a totally different direction.

And, of course, your conference is another important proof of the objective processes forming a multipolar world, bringing together representatives from many countries who want to discuss security issues on an equal footing, and conduct a dialogue that takes into account the interests of all parties, without exception.

I want to emphasise that the multipolar world, based on international law and more just relations, opens up new opportunities for counteracting common threats, such as regional conflicts and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism and cybercrime. All these challenges are global, and therefore it would be impossible to overcome them without combining the efforts and potentials of all states.

As before, Russia will actively and assertively participate in such coordinated joint efforts; together with its allies, partners and fellow thinkers, it will improve the existing mechanisms of international security and create new ones, as well as consistently strengthen the national armed forces and other security structures by providing them with advanced weapons and military equipment. Russia will secure its national interests, as well as the protection of its allies, and take other steps towards building of a more democratic world where the rights of all peoples and cultural and civilisational diversity are guaranteed.

We need to restore respect for international law, for its fundamental norms and principles. And, of course, it is important to promote such universal and commonly acknowledged agencies as the United Nations and other international dialogue platforms. The UN Security Council and the General Assembly, as it was intended initially, are supposed to serve as effective tools to reduce international tensions and prevent conflicts, as well as facilitate the provision of reliable security and wellbeing of countries and peoples.

In conclusion, I want to thank the conference organisers for their major preparatory work and I wish all participants substantial discussions.

I am sure that the forum will continue to make a significant contribution to the strengthening of peace and stability on our planet and facilitate the development of constructive dialogue and partnership.

Thank you for your attention.

source (http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/69166)
dutch (https://www.frontnieuws.com/toespraak-van-poetin-tot-de-deelnemers-en-genodigden-van-de-10e-conferentie-van-moskou-over-internationale-veiligheid) 🇳🇱 (+ Multi-Language Options). 🦜🦋🌳

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ExomatrixTV

25th August 2022, 15:14

Putin: "New World Order Worships Satan"

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During the Cold War, it was meticulously and rightly argued by scholars of various stripes that the Soviet Union created what was known as “godless communists.”[1] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn1) These “godless communists” built their ideology on Marxism/Leninism, an essentially diabolical system that sought to eradicate religion during that era.[2] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn2)

These “godless communists” failed miserably largely because you cannot fight Logos and win. Moreover, the fact that Russia has thrived over the years is a clear indication that Alexander Solzhenitsyn was right all along. Back in 2013, Vladimir Putin changed the political calculus by saying that much of the West was committing political suicide. How?

Ideologues, said Putin, were surreptitiously declaring that “faith in God is equal to faith in Satan.” For many, that was an interesting move by Putin. As Patrick Buchanan put it then, “In the new war of beliefs, Putin is saying, it is Russia that is on God’s side. The West is Gomorrah.”[3] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn3) Putin said:

“Many Euro-Atlantic countries have moved away from their roots, including Christian values. Policies are being pursued that place on the same level a multi-child family and a same-sex partnership, a faith in God, and a belief in Satan. This is the path to degradation.”[4] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn4)

The Washington Times reported then:

“In his state of the nation address, Mr. Putin also portrayed Russia as a staunch defender of ‘traditional values’ against what he depicted as the morally bankrupt West. Social and religious conservatism, the former KGB officer insisted, is the only way to prevent the world from slipping into ‘chaotic darkness.’

“As part of this defense of ‘Christian values,’ Russia (https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/russia/) has adopted a law banning “homosexual propaganda” and another that makes it a criminal offense to ‘insult’ the religious sensibilities of believers…

“Although Mr. Putin has never made a secret of what he says is his deep Christian faith, his first decade in power was largely free of overtly religious rhetoric. Little or no attempt was made to impose a set of values on Russians or lecture to the West on morals.”[5] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn5)

Certainly, Putin put the moral equation back on the table. Kevin Barrett (https://www.veteranstodayarchives.com/2014/03/22/putin-nwo/) declared that Putin was trying to “put the fear of God in the New World Order.” Barrett moved on to make the forceful argument that much of the Zionist establishment in the West is afraid of Putin because the establishment lives in fear. “Russian President Putin is resisting,” said Barrett. “That is why the Western propaganda machine is calling him names.” Barrett continued to argue cogently:

“It is worth noting that Russia and Iran – the two nations most successfully resisting NWO regime change – are doing so in the name of God…. Putin’s reference to Satanism was a pointed rebuke to the New World Order elites, who – though they push militant secularism on the societies they are trying to undermine – are closet Satanists.

“Anyone who doubts this should run the name ‘Lt. Col. Michael Aquino’ through a search engine. Aquino, an avowed Satanist, and credibly accused mass child abuser, was rewarded for his crimes against children with an appointment as Chief of Psychological Warfare for the US military…

“The shock troops of the NWO’s war against religion and tradition (and Russia and Iran) are the neoconservatives. Operation Gladio terrorist Michael Ledeen explains:
“‘Creative destruction is our middle name, both within our society and abroad. We tear down the old order every day, from business to science, literature, art, architecture, and cinema to politics and the law. Our enemies have always hated this whirlwind of energy and creativity which menaces their traditions (whatever they may be) and shames them for their inability to keep pace … We must destroy them to advance our historic mission.’

“Putin is stopping New World Order ‘creative destruction’ in Syria and Ukraine. He is part of a growing coalition opposing the NWO – not just religious traditionalists, but also progressive anti-globalization forces, including Hugo Chavez inspired anti-imperialists in Latin America.”

Kudos for Barrett here. The regime proved Putin right by applauding the Pussy Riot,[6] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn6) a Trotskyite group that ended up having sex (literal pornography) at the Moscow National Museum. (We have discussed this issue in the past.) The interesting thing about all this was that Neocons like Seth Mandel of Commentary were on the front line defending the Pussy Riot.[7] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn7)

But the crucial point here is that Putin, like Emmanuel Kant and even John Adams and others, understands that a nation cannot exist without objective morality, and objective morality cannot exist without Logos,[8] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn8) the essence and sustainer of the moral universe.

In that sense, and whether he notices it or not, Putin was implicitly or indirectly attacking the Neo-Darwinian ideology, which states that objective morality is an illusion and has no metaphysical basis. It is here that we find again that Neo-Darwinian metaphysics is intellectually useless and worthless because it denies the very essence of a moral universe.

As we have noted in the past, serious Darwinists agree that objective morality is an illusion. The noted biology philosopher Michael Ruse once again said that “there are no grounds whatsoever for being good…. Morality is flimflam.”[9] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn9) Yet like his intellectual antecedent Charles Darwin, Ruse ends up contradicting himself in the very next sentence by saying, “Does this mean that you can just go out and rape and pillage, behave like an ancient Roman grabbing Sabine women? Not at all. I said that there are no grounds for being good. It doesn’t follow that you should be bad.”[10] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn10)

Well, duh! If there are no grounds for objective morality, then good and bad are also illusion. And if good and bad are just illusion, then Nietzsche’s transvaluation of all values is the next logical step. What is good for you may not be good for me, and there is no way of adjudicating competing explanations. In that kind of world, might makes right. Ruse does not really have a problem with this argument here. In fact, he moves on to say that morality “is something forged in the struggle for existence and reproduction, something fashioned by natural selection. It is as much a natural human adaptation as our ears or noses or teeth or penises or vaginas. It works and it has no meaning over and above this. If all future food were Pablum, we would probably be better off without teeth.

“Morality is just a matter of emotions, like liking ice cream and sex and hating toothache and marking student papers. But it is, and has to be, a funny kind of emotion. It has to pretend that it is not that at all! If we thought that morality was no more than liking or not liking spinach, then pretty quickly it would break down.

“Before long, we would find ourselves saying something like: ‘Well, morality is a jolly good thing from a personal point of view. When I am hungry or sick, I can rely on my fellow humans to help me. But really it is all bull****, so when they need help I can and should avoid putting myself out. There is nothing there for me.’ The trouble is that everyone would start saying this, and so very quickly there would be no morality and society would collapse and each and every one of us would suffer.

“So morality has to come across as something that is more than emotion. It has to appear to be objective, even though really it is subjective.”[11] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn11)

Ruse, like some genetic theorists, really believes that “morality is an illusion put in place by your genes to make you a social cooperator…”[12] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn12)

This, by the way, is logically congruent with Darwin’s survival of the fittest. (I am currently writing a critique of Kevin MacDonald’s recent book for Culture Wars magazine, and these issues will be thoroughly and methodically examined.) And survival of the fittest is logically congruent with Zionism. If evolutionary theory “explains how warfare contributed to fitness in the course of the evolution of Homo sapiens,” as scholar Bradley A. Thayer maintains,[13] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn13) then how can a serious Darwinist say that Social Darwinism or even Zionism is really bad on a consistent and logical basis?

Thayer, of course, struggles mightily to rationally defend the thesis that “Warfare contributes to fitness”[14] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn14) and that “people wage war to gain and defend resources”[15] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn15) while maintaining that social Darwinists were wrong in taking social Darwinism to its logical conclusion. He says that “social Darwinists perverted Charles Darwin’s argument” and “distorted evolutionary explanations because they misunderstood Darwin’s ideas and were ignorant of or consciously chose to ignore the naturalistic fallacy. Those who use evolutionary theory to explain aspects of human behavior must recall the social Darwinists’ errors. Doing so makes it possible not only to avoid repeating errors but also to advance scientific understanding.”[16] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn16)
But Thayer moves on to make this argument:

“The ultimate causation for warfare is anchored in Darwinian natural selection and inclusive fitness….warfare can increase both the absolute and relative fitness of humans…From the classical Darwinian perspective, warfare contributes to fitness because individuals who wage war successfully are better able to survive and reproduce.”[17] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn17)

Thayer repeats this thesis over and over in the course of the book:
“An ultimate causal explanation for warfare based in evolutionary theory begins with the recognition that warfare contributes to fitness in certain circumstances because successful warfare lets the winner acquire resources.

“For evolutionary biology, a resource is any material substance that has the potential to increase the individual’s ability to survive or reproduce. As such it may be food, shelter, or territory, especially high-quality soil or wild foods; abundant firewood; or territory free of dangerous animals, such as lions, or insect infestations, or disease; and also status coalition allies, and members of the opposite sex.”[18] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn18)

And then this: “Warfare might be necessary then for offensive purposes, to plunder resources from others. In these circumstances, an individual becomes fitter if he can successfully attack to take the resources of others.”[19] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn19)

Thayer cites evolutionary theorist William Durham saying that “War is one means by which individuals ‘may improve the material conditions of their lives and thereby increase their ability to survive and reproduce…Thus successful warfare would help the tribe gain resources, and for a widen agricultural economy land is critically important.”[20] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn20)

So, is Thayer really against social Darwinism? Ideologically, yes. Consistently and logically? No. I honestly don’t blame him, for his intellectual grandfather could not solve that problem either and had to live in contradiction until his dying day. Darwin declared at the end of his Origin of Species:

“Thus, from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, the production of the higher animals, directly follows.”[21] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn21)

Correct me if I am wrong here: isn’t Darwin saying that war and famine and death are things that will get the higher animals ahead? It is agreed among scholars that this is Darwin at his best. Yet when social Darwinists took Darwin’s thesis and spread it across the political spectrum, Darwin disagreed![22] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn22)

If “Jewish intellectual and political movements” are in the struggle for survival, then the Goyim must swiftly be eliminated. That is certainly consistent with Darwin’s grand scheme. If people cannot see this and try to avoid this vital contradiction, then you can be sure that they are not to be taken seriously or they do not want to follow their own ideological project to its bitter end.

So, when people are trying to maintain an objective morality by either appealing to the so-called “evolutionary theory” or even DNA, then you can be sure that those people either are out of touch with the scholarly literature, are not well equipped to understand or articulate their own position, or are just deliberately lying.

Furthermore, to appeal to reciprocal altruism to prove objective morality, a central protocol in Darwin’s grand scheme,[23] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn23) is also a dead end because the life of Mother Theresa and countless other examples prove that this idea will not work. I was hoping that modern Darwinists would make some good improvement on this warfare theory, but so far virtually everyone has failed.

I am certainly not asking people to drop their cherished belief. In fact, there are many people who believe in the tooth fairy. But so long that this Neo-Darwinian ideology remains intellectually incoherent and morally indefensible, they can leave me out of it.

Going back to Putin, he said in 2013:

“People in many European countries are ashamed, and are afraid of talking about their religious convictions. [Religious] holidays are being taken away or called something else, shamefully hiding the essence of the holiday.”[24] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn24)

The Zionist regime, of course, made the false accusation that Putin was persecuting homosexuals. But Putin moved on to diffuse the regime’s silly argument this way: “We need to respect the rights of minorities to be different, but the rights of the majority should not be in question.”[25] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn25)

So, yes, Patrick Buchanan. Putin is one of us! Any serious politician who stands against the diabolical establishment is one of us. As Friedrich Hansen of Asia Times put it, “Make no mistake, Putin is not targeting homosexuals, as he made clear with his welcoming them to the Sochi Olympics. It also seems only fair to remind Western readers that ever since the 1980s, Sotchi has been the center of Russia with a vibrant homosexual subculture. Rather, Putin is addressing the whole gamut of post-modern incarnations of the ‘sex and drugs’ revolution: binge drinking of both genders until the doctors move in, elite illicit drug use, unmanageable crime rates, surging divorce numbers, Hook-Up sex on campus, out of wedlock births, fathers and mothers in puberty, abortion on demand, public nudism and human copulation in parks, gay promiscuity with a good conscience, swinger clubs and darkrooms, ruthless Internet dating and pornography and what have you.”[26] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn26)

How does the regime respond? Well, you know the drill. Owen Matthews, a useful idiot, declared in the Spectator that Putin has a “new plan for world domination”![27] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn27) In order to slander Putin, Matthews indirectly linked him with Willi Munzenberg, a revolutionary Jew who wanted to take the Western world to perdition at any cost. Munzenberg was so passionate about his revolutionary goal that he wrote:

“We must organize the intellectuals and use them to make Western Civilization stink! Only then, after they have corrupted all its values and made life impossible, can we impose the dictatorship of the proletariat.”

When Putin said that Russia will “defend traditional values that have made up the spiritual and moral foundation of civilisation in every nation for thousands of years,” Matthews declared that Putin “is on to something.” What is it? Matthews told us: “Putin’s new mission goes deeper than political opportunism. Like the old Communist International, or Comintern, in its day, Moscow is again building an international ideological alliance.”[28] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn28)

He again emphasized this point so that readers could get it: “And again, like the Comintern, Putin appears convinced that he is embarking on a world-historical mission.”[29] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn29) He moved on to talking about “Putin’s conservative Comintern.”

At the other end of the political spectrum, David Cameron likened Putin to Hitler.[30] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn30) John McCain, Lindsey Graham, among other usual suspects, all placed Putin and Hitler on equal footing.[31] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn31)

Historian Paul Johnson (sad to say) even went so far as to say that Putin and Hitler are basically two sides of the same coin. Johnson said that Putin
“believes in a strong Stalinist state. His goal is to reverse the events of 1989–the end of the Soviet state and dissolution of its enormous empire. He seeks to do this by using what remains of Russia’s Stalinist heritage: the military, a huge stockpile of nuclear weapons and immense resources of natural gas and other forms of energy.”[32] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn32)

Johnson was sad because “there is no Churchillian voice to sound the alarm and call the democratic world to action.”[33] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn33)

Johnson has got to be kidding. What he ended up saying was that someone like Churchill needed to step up and start lying to the West about Putin. It was so sad to read silly comments such as this by a generally good historian like Johnson. But since Johnson himself was intellectual crippled by the Zionist establishment, he could not think clearly.

But the real question is this: why did puppets of the current regime hate Putin so much? Well, Putin suggested back in 2013 the Soviet government was guided by a dark force whose “ideological goggles and faulty ideological perceptions collapsed.”[34] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn34)

“The first Soviet government,” Putin added, “was 80-85 percent Jewish.”[35] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn35) Sounds like Putin has read Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s Two Hundred Years Together. If so, then it seems clear that much of the entire media had good reasons to fear him. Perhaps Putin has been encouraged by Solzhenitsyn’s bravery. It was Solzhenitsyn who said:

“And thus, overcoming our temerity, let each man choose: will he remain a witting servant of the lies, or has the time come for him to stand straight as an honest man, worthy of the respect of his children and contemporaries?”[36] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftn36)

Putin was saying enough is enough. And this may be one reason why nearly all the major news outlets were relentlessly slandering him. Kevin Barrett ended up his excellent article saying, “God bless President Putin, who is putting the fear of God into the New World Order.” Let us hope that he will never be weary in well doing, for in due season he shall reap, if he faints not.

This slightly altered article was first published in the summer of 2015 and 2019.

[1] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref1) See for example William Husband, “Godless Communists”: Atheism and Society in Soviet Russia, 1917–1932 (DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 2002); Daniel Peris, Storming the Heavens: The Soviet League of the Militant Godless (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998).
[2] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref2) See for example Sabrina Petra Ramet, Religious Policy in the Soviet Union (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993), 4; for similar studies, see also John Anderson, Religion, State and Politics in the Soviet Union and Successor States (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994).
[3] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref3) Patrick J. Buchanan, “Vladimir Putin, Christian Crusader?,” American Conservative, April 4, 2014.
[4] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref4) Marc Bennetts, “Who’s ‘godless’ now? Russia says it’s U.S.,” Washington Times, January 28, 2014.
[5] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref5) Ibid.
[6] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref6) Peter Pomerantsev, “For God and Putin,” Newsweek, September 10, 2012.
[7] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref7) Seth Mandel, Contentions: Putin Vs. the Punk Rockers,” Commentary, August 17, 2012.
[8] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref8) E. Michael Jones has made this very point in his article “Ethnos Needs Logos: or Why I spent Three Days in Guadalajara Trying to Convince David Duke to Become a Catholic,” Culture Wars, June 2015.
[9] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref9) Michael Ruse, “God is dead. Long live morality,” Guardian, March 15, 2010.
[10] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref10) Ibid.
[11] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref11) Ibid.
[12] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref12) Ibid.
[13] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref13) Bradley A. Thayer, Darwin and International Relations: On the Evolutionary Origins of War and Ethnic Conflict (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 96.
[14] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref14) Ibid., 99, 100, 107, 114.
[15] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref15) Ibid., 99.
[16] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref16) Ibid., 102.
[17] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref17) Ibid., 103, 104.
[18] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref18) Ibid., 108.
[19] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref19) Ibid., 109.
[20] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref20) Ibid. 110, 111.
[21] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref21) Darwin, Origin of Species, 459.
[22] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref22) For a decent historical study on this, see for example Gertrude Himmelfarb, Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution (Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1962). Darwin was not as open-minded as people thought he was. “Former Darwin enthusiast St. George Mivart published anonymous articles critiquing Darwin’s theory. A gifted zoologist, Mivart would eventually publish a volume titled The Genesis of Species, an influential book that raised serious questions about the limits of natural selection, especially in its application to man. Far from rejecting Darwin wholesale, Mivart continued to embrace evolution and believe that the physical capacities of human beings had developed from the lower animals. But he continued to insist—like [Alfred] Wallace—that man was radically unique from the rest of creation and had a soul. Egged on by Thomas Huxley, Darwin became increasingly bitter over his former disciple’s criticisms, despite Mivart’s attempts to be personable in private correspondence and his public praise of the ‘invaluable labours and active brains of Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace.” John G. West, Darwin Day in America: How Our Politics and Culture Have Been Dehumanized in the Name of Science (Wilmington: ISI Books, 2007).
[23] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref23) See Denis L. Krebs, The Origins of Morality (New York: Oxford University, 2011), 41-42.
[24] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref24) Neil Buckley, “Putin urges Russians to return to values of religion,” Financial Times, September 19, 2013.
[25] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref25) Ibid.
[26] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref26) Friedrich Hansen, “Putin Stands Up to Western Decadence,” Asia Times, February 28, 2014.
[27] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref27) Owen Matthews, “Vladimir Putin’s new plan for world domination,” Spectator, February 22, 2014.
[28] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref28) Ibid.
[29] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref29) Ibid.
[30] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref30) Owen Jones, “David Cameron and the cynicism of comparing Putin to Hitler,” Guardian, September 3, 2014.
[31] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref31) Michael Kelley, “11 Prominent People Who Compared Putin To Hitler,” Business Insider, May 23, 2014.
[32] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref32) Paul Johnson, “Is Vladimir Putin Another Adolf Hitler?,” Forbes, April 16, 2014.
[33] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref33) Ibid.
[34] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref34) “Putin: First Soviet government was mostly Jewish,” Jerusalem Post, June 20, 2013.
[35] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref35) Ibid.
[36] (https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/24/putin-new-world-order-worships-satan/#_ftnref36) Alexander Solzhenitsyn, The Solzhenitsyn Reader (Wilmington: ISI Books, 2007), 558.

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29th August 2022, 12:30

Vladimir Putin: "The Are Bluffing, And I Will Tell You Why!"

... Interview with Rossiya TV

The President (http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/68571) answered questions from Pavel Zarubin of Rossyia 1 TV channel.

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Pavel Zarubin: Mr President, we have just followed your meeting with the head of Senegal who is also the current leader of the African Union (http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/68564). He expressed, and actually in the past week many countries have expressed concern not so much about the food crisis, but they are afraid of large-scale famine because world food prices are climbing and so are oil and gas prices, These issues are interrelated.

Naturally, the West blames Russia for this, too. What is the real situation at this point, how is it developing? And what do you think will happen in the food and energy markets?

President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Yes, indeed, we are seeing attempts to place the responsibility on Russia for developments in the global food market and the growing problems there. I must say that this is another attempt to pin the blame on someone else. But why?

First, the situation with the global food market did not become worse yesterday or even with the launch of Russia’s special military operation in Donbass, in Ukraine.

The situation took a downturn in February 2020 during the efforts to counter the coronavirus pandemic when the global economy was down and had to be revived.

The financial and economic authorities in the United States, of all things, found nothing better than to allocate large amounts of money to support the population and certain businesses and economic sectors.
We generally did almost the same thing, but I assure you that we were much more accurate, and the results are obvious: we did this selectively and got the desired results without affecting macroeconomic indicators, including excessive inflation growth.

The situation was quite different in the United States. The money supply in the United States grew by 5.9 trillion in less than two years, from February 2020 to the end of 2021 – unprecedented productivity of the money printing machines. The total cash supply grew by 38.6 percent.

Apparently, the US financial authorities believed the dollar was a global currency, and it would spread, as usual, as it did in previous years, would dissolve in the global economy, and the United States would not even feel it. But that did not happen, not this time. As a matter of fact, decent people – and there are such people in the United States – the Secretary of the Treasury recently said they had made a mistake. So, it was a mistake made by the US financial and economic authorities – it has nothing to do with Russia’s actions in Ukraine, it is totally unrelated.

And that was the first step – and a big one – towards the current unfavourable food market situation, because, in the first place, food prices immediately went up, they grew. This is the first reason.

The second reason was European countries’ short-sighted policies, and above all, the European Commission’s policy in regard to energy. We see what is going on there. Personally, I believe that many political players in the United States and Europe have been taking advantage of people’s natural concerns about the climate, climate change, and they began to promote this green agenda, including in the energy sector.

It all seems fine, except for the unqualified and groundless recommendations about what needs to be done in the energy sector. The capabilities of alternative types of energy are overestimated: solar, wind, any other types, hydrogen power – those are good prospects for the future, probably, but today, they cannot be produced in the required amount, with the required quality and at acceptable prices. And at the same time, they began to belittle the importance of conventional types of energy, including, and above all, hydrocarbons.

What was the result of this? Banks stopped issuing loans because they were under pressure. Insurance companies stopped insuring deals. Local authorities stopped allocating plots of land for expanding production and reduced the construction of special transport, including pipelines.

All this led to a shortage of investment in the world energy sector and price hikes as a result. The wind was not as strong as expected during the past year, winter dragged on, and prices instantly soared.

On top of all that, the Europeans did not listen to our persistent requests to preserve long-term contracts for the delivery of natural gas to European countries. They started to wind them down. Many are still valid, but they started winding them down. This had a negative effect on the European energy market: the prices went up. Russia has absolutely nothing to do with this.

But as soon as gas prices started going up, fertiliser prices followed suit because gas is used to produce some of these fertilisers. Everything is interconnected. As soon as fertiliser prices started growing, many businesses, including those in European countries, became unprofitable and started shutting down altogether. The amount of fertiliser in the world market took a dive, and prices soared dramatically, much to the surprise of many European politicians.

However, we warned them about this, and this is not linked to Russia’s military operation in Donbass in any way. This has nothing to do with it.

But when we launched our operation, our so-called European and American partners started taking steps that aggravated the situation in both the food sector and fertiliser production.

By the way, Russia accounts for 25 percent of the world fertiliser market. As for potash fertilisers, Alexander Lukashenko told me this – but we should double-check it, of course, although I think it is true – when it comes to potash fertilisers, Russia and Belarus account for 45 percent of the world market. This is a tremendous amount.

The crop yield depends on the quantity of fertiliser put into the soil. As soon as it became clear that our fertilisers would not be in the world market, prices instantly soared on both fertilisers and food products because if there are no fertilisers, it is impossible to produce the required amount of agricultural products.

One thing leads to another, and Russia has nothing to do with it. Our partners made a host of mistakes themselves, and now they are looking for someone to blame. Of course, Russia is the most suitable candidate in this respect.

Pavel Zarubin: Incidentally, it has just been reported that the wife of the head of our largest fertiliser companies has been included in the new European package of sanctions.

What will all this lead to in your opinion?

Vladimir Putin: This will make a bad situation worse.

The British and later the Americans – Anglo-Saxons – imposed sanctions on our fertilisers. Then, having realised what was happening, the Americans lifted their sanctions, but the Europeans did not. They are telling me themselves during contacts: yes, we must think about it, we must do something about it, but today they have just aggravated this situation.

This will make the situation in the world fertiliser market worse, and hence the crop prospects will be much more modest, and prices will keep going up – that is it. This is an absolutely myopic, erroneous, I would say, simply stupid policy that leads to a deadlock.

Pavel Zarubin: But Russia is accused by high-ranking officials of preventing the grain that is actually there, in Ukrainian ports, from leaving.

Vladimir Putin: They are bluffing, and I will explain why.

First, there are some objective things, and I will mention them now. The world produces about 800 million tonnes of grain, wheat per year. Now we are being told that Ukraine is ready to export 20 million tonnes. So, 20 million tonnes out of 800 million tonnes amounts to 2.5 percent. But if we proceed from the fact that wheat accounts for merely 20 percent of all food products in the world – and this is the case, this is not our data, it comes from the UN – this means that these 20 million tonnes of Ukrainian wheat are just 0.5 percent, practically nothing. This is the first point.

The second. 20 million tonnes of Ukrainian wheat are potential exports. Today, the US official bodies also say that Ukraine could export six million tonnes of wheat. According to our Ministry of Agriculture, the figure is not six but about five million tonnes, but okay, let us assume it is six, plus it could export seven million tonnes of maize – this is the figure of our Ministry of Agriculture. We realise that this is not much.

In the current agricultural year of 2021–2022, we will export 37 million and, I believe, we will raise these exports to 50 million tonnes in 2022–2023. But this is apropos, by the way.

As for shipping out Ukrainian grain, we are not preventing this. There are several ways to export grain.

The first one. You can ship it out via the Ukraine-controlled ports, primarily in the Black Sea – Odessa and nearby ports. We did not mine the approaches to the port – Ukraine did this.

I have already said to all our colleagues many times – let them demine the ports and let the vessels loaded with grain leave. We will guarantee their peaceful passage to international waters without any problems. There are no problems at all. Go ahead.

They must clear the mines and raise the ships they sunk on purpose in the Black Sea to make it difficult to enter the ports to the south of Ukraine. We are ready to do this; we will not use the demining process to initiate an attack from the sea. I have already said this. This is the first point.

The second. There is another opportunity: the ports in the Sea of Azov – Berdyansk and Mariupol – are under our control, and we are ready to ensure a problem-free exit from these ports, including for exported Ukrainian grain. Go ahead, please.

We are already working on the demining process. We are completing this work – at one time, Ukrainian troops laid three layers of mines. This process is coming to an end. We will create the necessary logistics. This is not a problem; we will do this. This is the second point.

The third. It is possible to move grain from Ukraine via the Danube and through Romania.

Fourth. It is also possible through Hungary.

And fifth, it is also possible to do this via Poland. Yes, there are some technical problems because the tracks are of different gauges and the wheel bogies must be changed. But this only takes a few hours, that is all.

Finally, the easiest way is to transport grain via Belarus. This is the easiest and the cheapest way because from there it can be instantly shipped to the Baltic ports and further on to any place in the world.

But they would have to lift the sanctions from Belarus. This is not our problem though. At any rate, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko puts it like this: if someone wants to resolve the problem of exporting Ukrainian grain, if this problem exists at all, please use the simplest way – through Belarus. No one will stop you.

So, the problem of shipping grain out of Ukraine does not really exist.

Pavel Zarubin: How would the logistics work to ship it from the ports under our control? What would the conditions be?

Vladimir Putin: No conditions.

They are welcome. We will provide peaceful passage, guarantee safe approaches to these ports, and ensure the safe entry of foreign ships and passage through the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea in any direction.

By the way, several ships are stuck in Ukrainian ports at this point. These are foreign ships, dozens of them. They are simply locked up and their crews are still being held hostage.

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Helpful note from Bill:

This Saker article is dated 4 June, nearly 3 months ago. Since then, the Ukraine grain export issue has been (largely!) resolved.

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9th September 2022, 19:33

Putin Lays Out How U.S. Caused Its Own Inflation Crisis:

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Vladimir Putin has been widely accused of responsibility for the economic woes of the West but he pointedly does not agree. In a recent address the Russian leader explained how flagrant overprinting of money by both the US and the EU and subsequent excessive spending abroad is much more to blame for rising prices than anything he and the Russian government could have done. Jimmy and America’s comedian Kurt Metzger discuss how much more sophisticated Putin’s analysis is compared to what most American politicians deliver.

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20th September 2022, 16:36

Vladimir Putin Press Conference at Shanghai Cooperation Organization - September 2022 ENG 🇬🇧 Subtitles:

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Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a press conference at the conclusion of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, September 16, 2022

00:10 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm5icaLbUMA&t=10s) - What are the prospects for the SCO and the important benefits for Russia?
02:11 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm5icaLbUMA&t=131s) - Comments on the latest developments in Ukraine, including the Ukrainian counter-offensive?
06:28 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm5icaLbUMA&t=388s) - Comments on Ukraine's Security Guarantee Draft?
- Adjustments on the Special Military Operation in Ukraine?
10:44 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm5icaLbUMA&t=644s) - Turkish President Erdogan's role in mediating between Putin and Zelensky
12:09 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm5icaLbUMA&t=729s) - Comment on the grain shipment from Ukraine?
18:37 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm5icaLbUMA&t=1117s) - Can you give details on your bi-lateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Xingping?
21:00 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm5icaLbUMA&t=1260s) - New sanctions imposed on key figures
23:35 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm5icaLbUMA&t=1415s) - Comment on the current situation between Armenia and Azerbaijan
24:33 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm5icaLbUMA&t=1473s) - Will you visit Bali, Indonesia for the G20 Summit?
25:34 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm5icaLbUMA&t=1534s) - Comments on the current energy crisis in Europe including oil and gas, Nordstream 1 and sanctions.

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Putin's Press Conference on Ukraine, Terrorism, Fertilizers and the Energy Crisis in Europe:

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Last week, President Putin gave an important press briefing at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting in Samarkand. He disclosed several crucial points that have not been reported by the Western media. For example, he warned that Russia could soon take off its velvet gloves in the war in Ukraine and that only three of the 120 ships that left Ukraine under the UN food program went to poor countries.

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Last week, the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization met in Samarkand. The meeting was not very remarkable. It was business as usual. Iran will soon join the organization and several other countries want to conclude association agreements with it.

An important extra was an unscripted press conference by President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation. There is a video with English 🇬🇧 subtitles (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm5icaLbUMA) and the Kremlin will provide an English 🇬🇧 transcript (http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/69366) as usual . Putin made some important points that were not covered in the “Western” coverage because they contradicted the propaganda stances that the “Western” media has taken. Below I've cut out parts and added some comments.

About the SCO:

Vladimir Putin: The most important thing is economic development everywhere and at all times. And the SCO, the cooperation with the SCO countries, creates conditions for the development of the Russian economy, and therefore also for the social sphere and for solving the tasks associated with improving the living standards of our citizens.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization includes countries whose populations, as has often been said, comprise almost or even slightly more than half of humanity. This is 25 percent of global GDP. And most importantly, the national economies in the region, those of the SCO member countries, are developing much faster than others in the world.

The SCO markets are where global economic growth takes place. But the “west” excludes itself from these regions. “Western” policy is hostile to many of the major SCO members. That policy creates barriers that hinder “western” industry from taking advantage of that growth. These are self-destructive measures.

There is a question about military strikes within Russia. Putin didn't seem too concerned about that.

There's nothing new about that. Frankly, I even find it a bit strange to hear your question, because western countries have cultivated the idea of the collapse of the Soviet Union and historical Russia and Russia as such, at its core.

I have already quoted these statements and studies of some figures in Britain during and after the First World War. I quoted extracts from the writings of Mr. Brzezinski in which he divided the entire territory of our country into specific parts. Admittedly, he later changed his stance a bit, believing it was better to hold Russia against China and use it as a tool to fight China. That will never happen.
…
But they have always strives for the dissolution of our country – this is very true. It is a pity that at some point they decided to use Ukraine for these purposes. […] This is what some US-led western countries have always pursued – to create an anti-Russian enclave and turn things upside down, threaten Russia from that direction. In essence, our main objective is to prevent such developments.
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In doing so, we see attempts to commit terrorist attacks and damage our civilian infrastructure.

40% of Belgian food producers stop or reduce their activities due to shortages and rising costs

(https://www.frontnieuws.com/40-van-de-belgische-levensmiddelenproducenten-stoppen-of-verminderen-hun-activiteiten-wegens-tekorten-en-stijgende-kosten/) We have indeed reacted rather reluctantly, but that will not last forever. Recently, the Russian armed forces dealt some serious blows there. Let's call them warning shots. If the situation continues, our response will have more impact.

On Saturday, the Russian army destroyed electricity distribution systems at a power plant in Slaviansk. Dima of the Military Summary channel showed two open source photos provided by NASA that show the problems with the Ukrainian electricity network. Especially in the east the light goes out.

September 17, 2021

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September 17, 2022

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Source: NASA (https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/?v=15.327201177668963,42.72361641432674,41.7663868603579,57.182546084547255&l=Reference_Labels_15m,Reference_Features_15m,Coastlines_15m,VIIRS_SNPP_DayNightBand_At_Sensor_Radia nce,VIIRS_SNPP_DayNightBand_AtSensor_M15,VIIRS_SNPP_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor&lg=true&t=2022-09-17-T08%3A00%3A00Z) – Click to enlarge The attack on Slaviansk followed several Ukrainian attacks on electricity infrastructure in Russia and in areas under Russian control.

Putin calls such attacks terrorism:

Terrorist attacks are serious business. In fact, it involves the use of terrorist methods. We see this in the killing of officials in the liberated areas, we even see attempted terrorist attacks in the Russian Federation including – I'm not sure if this has been made public – attempted terrorist attacks in the area of our nuclear facilities, nuclear power plants in the Russian Federation. I'm not even talking about the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.

We are monitoring the situation and will do our best to avoid a negative scenario. We will respond if they fail to see that this approach is unacceptable. They are in fact no different from terrorist attacks.

In early August, some Ukrainian commandos had destroyed (https://english.pravda.ru/news/hotspots/153612-kursk_nuclear_power_plant/) high power lines at the Kursk nuclear power plant.

In Russia's Kursk region, Ukrainian saboteurs have blown up power lines feeding the Kursk nuclear power plant, the press service of Russia's Federal Security Agency said.

According to the agency, six explosions took place on August 4, 9 and 12 in the Kurchatov district of the Kursk region. The explosions were aimed at power lines.
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The incident has been the subject of criminal proceedings under Section 2 of Article 205 (Terrorist Attack) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Security forces are looking for saboteurs. The National Guard has strengthened the security of nuclear installations.

Back to Putin's press conference (http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/69366).

He is asked about a negotiating document from Ukraine. He didn't see it, but explains what happened to the negotiations at the end of March/beginning of April:

Frankly, I'm not familiar with what they came up with this time. In fact, we started this when we were negotiating with the incumbent authorities in Kiev and concluded this negotiation process in Istanbul with the well-known Istanbul Agreement, after which we withdrew our troops from Kiev to create the right conditions for the conclusion of this agreement. Instead of reaching an agreement, Kiev immediately rejected all agreements, shoved them in a box and said they would not pursue any agreement with Russia, but would instead pursue victory on the battlefield. Let them try.

Ukraine's turnaround came in early April after then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson threatened Kiev with all "Western" support.

Putin says the special military operation will continue without change of plans.

Putin later comments on the deal to let Ukraine export its grains:

As of today – as of yesterday or the day before yesterday – 121 ships have left Ukrainian ports. Only three of the 120 ships went to the poorest countries under the UN food program. About 35 percent, maybe a little more, of the grain exported from Ukraine went to European countries, to non-poor countries, and certainly not to the poorest countries in the world. And only 4.5 percent of the shipments went to the poorest countries under the UN program.
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The same goes for our fertilizer exports. This is unprecedented. I would say that this is an outrageous and shameful decision by the European Commission to lift the ban on the purchase of Russian fertilizers – but only for their countries, for EU Member States. But what about the poorest countries in the world?
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So they have lifted the sanctions on our fertilizers. The Americans were actually the first to lift them because they are generally pragmatic people.
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But there are still problems with cargo and insurance, plus the existing ban on entering our ports from where our fertilizers are exported, and with financial transfers and arrangements. They all know this and keep saying that this problem will be fixed but no one is actually doing anything about it.

General Cloutier and the Dungeons of Azovstal

(https://www.frontnieuws.com/generaal-cloutier-en-de-kerkers-van-azovstal/) To be fair, the UN Secretary General is making an effort to resolve these issues.

This scandal was new to me:

You have probably heard about 300,000 tons of Russian fertilizer stuck in European ports; our companies say they are willing to provide it for free – just unblock it and release it, and we will give it to the poorest countries and developing markets. But they still hold it, and this is absolutely amazing.

They don't want Russia to make money – but we don't make a profit by giving away fertilizer. I just don't understand what they are doing. What is the purpose of all this? There is so much talk about helping the poorest countries, but in reality the exact opposite is happening.

I have the impression – and this is especially true for the European countries – that these former colonial powers still live in the paradigm of colonial philosophy, and that they are used to living at the expense of others. They still fail to let go of this paradigm in their day-to-day policies. But it is time to draw certain conclusions and act differently, in a more civilized way.

Questions follow about China, the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, US sanctions against certain individuals and their children and the G20.

Then comes a final question about the energy crisis in Europe about which Putin had a lot to say:

The energy crisis in Europe did not start with the start of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine, in Donbass; it actually started much earlier, a year earlier or even earlier. Strange as it may seem, it started with the green agenda.
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To pursue short-lived political considerations, they chose to completely halt hydrocarbon energy programs in their countries. Banks stopped lending, …
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Now we see that prices for, say, natural gas in the United States have risen and production is growing, but not as fast as they would like – and the reason is that banks are afraid to take out loans to provide.
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These are erroneous green agenda reference points, rushing things, and green energy is unprepared to demand massive energy resources to support economic and industrial growth. The economy is growing while the energy sector is shrinking. This is the first drastic mistake.

The second error concerns natural gas.

We have tried to convince Europeans to focus on long-term contracts rather than just the market. Why? I've said it before and I'll say it again: Gazprom needs to invest billions in development, but it needs to be confident that it will sell gas before making any investments. This is what long-term contracts are all about.

Influential Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin says Russia is fighting "global liberal elites" with war in Ukraine

(https://www.frontnieuws.com/invloedrijke-russische-filosoof-alexander-dugin-zegt-dat-rusland-met-de-oorlog-in-oekraine-strijdt-tegen-mondiale-liberale-elites/) The sellers and buyers enter into mutual obligations. They said, "No, let the market regulate itself." We kept telling them, "Don't do it or it will lead to drastic consequences." But in fact they forced us to include a significant portion of the spot price in the contract price. They forced us to, and Gazprom had to include both the oil and oil products basket and the spot price in the gas price. The spot price started to rise, raising the price even in long-term contracts. But what does this have to do with us? That's the first.

Putin is right about this. The privatization and “liberalisation” of the European gas and electricity markets has never made sense and has indeed had very negative consequences.

Second, I have often told them. “Gazprom does not supply gas”. Look, are you normal people or what? Poland has chosen to impose sanctions on the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline and close the route. I said to [German Chancellor Olaf] Scholz, “Why are you calling me? Call Warsaw and ask them to reopen the route.” That's all. That's the first.

Is Scholz really that stupid?

Second. Two lines of the gas pipeline run through Ukraine. Ukraine is being supplied with weapons, but they have closed one of the lines for them. They also closed another line that supplied 25 billion cubic meters of gas – I won't talk about the exact amount, but they closed the entire route. for what? Call Kiev and ask them to reopen the second line.

And finally, Nord Stream 1. One turbine after another goes down.

Siemens has the maintenance contract for the turbine pressure pumps, but due to sanctions it cannot fulfill this. There is, of course, a solution to the lack of natural gas in Europe.

After all, if they need it urgently, when things get this bad, they'll just lift the sanctions on Nord Stream 2, with its 55 billion cubic meters a year - they just have to push the button and they'll get it to the hallway. But they have chosen to shut it down themselves; they can't fix one pipeline and have sanctioned the new Nord Stream 2 and won't open it. Are we to blame for this?

Let them think carefully about who is to blame and let no one blame us for their own mistakes. Gazprom and Russia have always fulfilled all obligations under our agreements and contracts and will continue to do so without ever defaulting.

It is indeed a sign of cowardice that European politicians are blaming Russia for problems they themselves have created. They try to hide it, but the facts are all there to point it out. Should Europe really run into energy problems during the winter, the political punishment they will receive will be brutal.

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20th September 2022, 16:52

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President of Russia Vladimir Putin:
Good evening, I am listening.

Question: Now that the SCO summit is over, summing it up, can you tell us how you regard the SCO’s development prospects and what the most important thing is for Russia in the SCO?

Vladimir Putin: The most important thing always and everywhere is economic development. And the SCO, cooperation with the SCO countries, creates conditions for the development of the Russian economy, and thus for the social sphere and for resolving the tasks related to improving the living standards of our citizens.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation includes countries whose population, as has been said many times, comprises almost or even slightly more than half of humanity. It is 25 percent of world GDP. And, most importantly, the national economies in the region, those of the SCO member states, are developing much faster than others in the world.

Now we had a separate meeting. I sat next to the Prime Minister of India at the working dinner. India’s GDP grew by 7 percent, China’s by more than 5 percent. China was in the lead for quite a time and its potential is tremendous. Our trade with these countries is growing fast. If these rates are preserved, and they are bound to be for many objective reasons, we will be one of these countries, next to them, ensuring our interests. This is what we are doing and this is the main point.

Question: This question is certainly worrying very many people in our country. People have already developed certain concerns over the course of the special military operation in Ukraine. We are increasingly seeing strikes, raids and acts of terror even on Russian territory. We are hearing all the time very aggressive statements that the final goal of Kiev and the West is Russia’s disintegration. Meanwhile, many think that Russia’s response to all of this is very restrained. Why is that?

Vladimir Putin: There is nothing new about this. Frankly, I find it even a bit strange to hear your question because Western countries have cultivated the idea of the collapse of the Soviet Union and historical Russia and Russia as such, its nucleus.

I have already cited these statements and studies by some figures in Great Britain during World War I and after it. I cited excerpts from Mr Brzezinski’s writings in which he divided the entire territory of our country into specific parts. True, later he changed his position a bit in the belief that it was better to keep Russia in opposition to China and use it as a tool to combat China. It will never happen. Let them address their own challenges as they see fit. But we are seeing how they are handling them and, most likely, they are doing harm to themselves in the process. Their tools are no good.

But they have always been seeking the dissolution of our country – this is very true. It is unfortunate that at some point they decided to use Ukraine for these purposes. In effect – I am answering your question now and the conclusion suggests itself – we launched our special military operation to prevent events from taking this turn. This is what some US-led Western countries have always been seeking – to create an anti-Russia enclave and rock the boat, threaten Russia from this direction. In essence, our main goal is to prevent such developments.

With regard to our restrained response, I would not say it was restrained, even though, after all, a special military operation is not just another warning, but a military operation. In the course of this, we are seeing attempts to perpetrate terrorist attacks and damage our civilian infrastructure.

Indeed, we were quite restrained in our response, but that will not last forever. Recently, Russian Armed Forces delivered a couple of sensitive blows to that area. Let’s call them warning shots. If the situation continues like that, our response will be more impactful

Terrorist attacks are a serious matter. In fact, it is about using terrorist methods. We see this in the killing of officials in the liberated territories, we even see attempts at perpetrating terrorist attacks in the Russian Federation, including – I am not sure if this was made public – attempts to carry out terrorist attacks near our nuclear facilities, nuclear power plants in the Russian Federation. I am not even talking about the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant.

We are monitoring the situation and will do our best to prevent a negative scenario from unfolding. We will respond if they fail to realise that these approaches are unacceptable. They are, in fact, no different than terrorist attacks.

Remark: Good afternoon, Mr President.
Kiev presented draft security guarantees for Ukraine the other day…

Vladimir Putin: Wait a second. I have something to add to my answer to the first question. You said that we are seeing activity here and there. But Kiev has announced that it has launched an active counter-offensive operation. Let’s see how it unfolds and how it ends. Please go ahead.

Question: Kiev recently published draft security guarantees for Ukraine. What can you tell us about this, and what is your assessment of this project?

Vladimir Putin: Frankly, I am not familiar with what they have come up with this time. We, in fact, started with this when we were negotiating with the incumbent Kiev authorities and, in fact, completed this negotiating process in Istanbul with the well-known Istanbul agreement, after which we withdrew our troops from Kiev in order to create the proper conditions for concluding this agreement. Instead of concluding an agreement, Kiev immediately turned down all agreements, shoved them into a box and said they would not seek any agreement with Russia, but instead would pursue victory on the battlefield. Let them try. They are just now trying to do this with the counteroffensive. Let’s see how it ends.

As for security guarantees, and these were fairly tough security guarantees, they were required from our side, from the main NATO countries and regional states, including Turkiye. Overall, we agreed with this – to a large extent. There were some things that required minor adjustments but overall we agreed and these were quite serious requirements. However, the Kiev authorities shelved them.

What have they come up with? I don’t know because they change their position on every issue almost every day. I must have a look.

I would like to recall in this connection that before the start of the special military operation, we talked about security principles and measures on ensuring the security of Russia itself but nobody deemed it necessary to respond to this. Unfortunately.

Question: Good afternoon, Mr President.
Could you please share your opinion on the course of the special military operation? Is it necessary to adjust the plan?

Vladimir Putin: No, the plan will not be adjusted. The General Staff takes real-time decisions in the course of the operation and some are considered a key, the main goal. The main goal is to liberate the entire territory of Donbass.

This work continues despite the attempts of the Ukrainian army to launch a counter-offensive. We are not stopping our offensive operations in Donbass itself. They continue. They continue at a slow pace but consistently and gradually, the Russian army is taking more and more new territory.

I must emphasise that we are fighting not with a full army but only with part, with contracted forces. But, of course, this is linked with certain personnel parameters and so on. This is why we are not in a rush in this respect. But essentially, there have been no changes. The General Staff considers some objectives important and others secondary but the main task remains the same and it is being carried out.

Question: Did President of Turkiye Erdogan make proposals on your meeting with Zelensky at this meeting?

Vladimir Putin: He always suggests meeting with Zelensky. He has been doing this for a long time and there is nothing bad about it. The President of Turkiye is making a substantial contribution to normalising the situation, including resolution of the food problem. The export of Ukrainian grain via Odessa is largely the result of his work. So, he is really making a tangible contribution to resolving a number of serious issues that are arising in connection with this crisis. And, of course, it is only natural that he also suggests meeting with President Zelensky, thinking that it may produce some positive result. He did not raise it at this meeting.

Question: On what conditions could there be dialogue with Ukraine now, if it is possible at all?

Vladimir Putin: But they refuse. The first condition is that they agree to it. But they do not want it. Mr Zelensky has publicly announced – I do not know where exactly, but he said it publicly – that he is not ready and does not want to talk to Russia. Well, if he is not ready, fine.

Question: You have spoken a bit about your meeting with Mr Erdogan. Could you elaborate on the things you discussed with him regarding the grain deal? Is it still in effect? Will grain and our fertiliser be delivered to the poorest countries?

Vladimir Putin: Well, what we just said at the summit, and the things I said – did journalists hear them?

Remark: Yes.

Vladimir Putin: Then I will have to say it again. Firstly, President Erdogan was one of the initiators of this deal, plus obviously the UN, but he was also one of the leaders to have organised the implementation of this idea.

As of today – as of yesterday or the day before – 121 ships left Ukrainian ports. Only three of the 120 ships headed for the poorest countries under the UN food programme. Some 35 percent, maybe a bit more, of the grain exported from Ukraine went to European countries, to non-poor countries, and definitely not to the world’s poorest countries. And only 4.5 percent of the shipments were sent to the poorest countries under the UN programme.

At our bilateral meeting, President Erdogan also raised the issue of sending the bulk of these grain exports to the poorest countries under the UN food programme, but it is not up to us. We only took on the obligation to organise the grain exports. We are doing this, but the United Nations, as well as all other participants in this process, should ultimately achieve the goal for which this process was organised. But I know that the Secretary-General [UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres] – and I say this with absolute sincerity – is taking necessary efforts, he is really doing his best, but so far he has not succeeded either.

The same applies to our fertiliser exports. This is something unprecedented. I would say this has been an outrageous and shameful decision by the European Commission to lift the ban on the purchase of Russian fertilisers – but solely for their countries, for EU member states. But what about the world’s poorest countries?

So what about the rhetoric claiming that “all our joint efforts should be aimed at preventing famine in these poorest countries”? Is it all bluff? Is it done solely to solve their selfish tasks and problems they created themselves, with their own hands, both in the food and energy sectors?

And now they are trying to resolve their self-inflicted problems at someone else’s expense. This is just outrageous. But I hope that our colleagues in the European Commission will let common sense prevail to correct this mistake – and let’s consider it a mistake, a misunderstanding – and make the right decisions.

The same applies to the export of Russian fertilisers.

And it would be good to consider the opportunities provided by Belarus, one of the world’s largest potassium fertiliser producers.

So they have lifted sanctions on our fertilisers. The Americans were actually the first to lift them, since they are generally pragmatic people. Speaking of Ukrainian grain exports, do you know who actually exports it? It is done by American companies, which are the owners of this grain for the most part. It appeared to be that land in Ukraine was sold to US companies long ago – and they are simply exporting their own grain. That is apparently the reason behind so much talk about it. But I digress.

What is important is that sanctions have been lifted on our fertiliser exports – but there are still issues as regards freight and insurance plus the existing ban on entering our ports where our fertilisers are exported from, as well as on financial transfers and settlements. They are aware of this all and keep saying this problem will be solved, but no one is actually doing anything about it.

To be fair, the UN Secretary-General is taking efforts to solve these issues. He has regular contact with all participants in this process. So far, not everything has worked out. Hopefully, the Secretary-General’s negotiations will be successful.

We have no doubt that we will sell our goods; we sell them now and will continue to sell them in the future as there is great demand for them in the markets. The point is that if things continue this way, they will not reach the poorest countries. You have probably heard about 300,000 tonnes of Russian fertiliser stuck in European ports; our companies are saying they are ready to provide it for free – just unblock and release it, and we will donate it to the poorest countries and to developing markets. But they are still holding it, and this is absolutely astonishing.

They do not want Russia to earn money – but we are not making a profit by giving away fertiliser. I just do not get what they are doing. What is the purpose of all this? There has been so much talk about providing help to the poorest countries, but exactly the opposite is actually happening.

I have the impression – and this is particularly true for European countries – that these former colonial powers are still living in the paradigm of colonial philosophy, and they are used to living at the expense of others. They still fail to get rid of this paradigm in their daily policies. But it is time to draw certain conclusions and act differently, in a more civilised manner.

Question: Your most important bilateral meeting has taken place with the leader of China. This was a very important meeting, given the tense atmosphere across the globe, and the whole world was following it. What are the most important outcomes of the meeting?

Vladimir Putin: As strange as it may sound, there was nothing of paramount importance. This was actually a routine meeting between us. We have not met in person for a while, since my trip to Beijing for the opening of the Olympics, and we simply stated a significant increase in bilateral trade.

Our trade stood at US$140 billion last year, as I mentioned earlier, and we had set the goal of reaching US$200 billion, but we considered it to be a long-term task. This year’s mutual trade is expected to reach some US$180 or even US$190 billion, meaning that the goal of US$200 billion is about to be achieved, and I believe this is the bottom line.

We spoke about additional efforts required to expand bilateral trade, and what needs to be done in the current conditions to efficiently resist the illegal restrictions and all sorts of trade wars being unleashed here and there by our so-called trade partners, who apply various illegitimate restrictions.

Nevertheless, we have to take action to respond to this in some way. We are aware of what is happening.

We also spoke about the need to expand trade and settlements in national currencies, which are gradually increasing – not as fast as we would like it to, but there is progress, nonetheless. We talked about major projects we are implementing and mentioned infrastructure projects that would allow us to unblock growing commodity flows. These were the topics of discussion.

But we also mentioned some crisis-related issues and we spoke about them in a friendly yet principled manner.

Let us wind thus up, shall we? I have yet to finish speaking there. They are still waiting for me.

Go ahead, please.

Question: The US Department of the Treasury has not only increased the number of people under sanctions but also made changes as to their occupation and age limits.

Vladimir Putin: What limits exactly?

Remark: Age limits. I will explain: along with your aide Maxim Oreshkin and the general director of the Mir payment system, they now include Maria Lvova-Belova…

Vladimir Putin: I do not understand, what about Maxim Oreshkin?

Remark: They have become sanctioned by US Department of the Treasury.

Vladimir Putin: Maxim Oreshkin? Under sanctions?

Reply: Yes.

Vladimir Putin: Apparently, [he has been sanctioned] for his meeting with Mr Erdogan; he went to Turkiye and met with Mr Erdogan, and they immediately sanctioned him afterwards.

Reply: As regards age, they also included Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova, who was sanctioned for “organising the capture of children from Ukraine,” as the Americans have worded it. Those targeted by sanctions also include Ramzan Kadyrov and his underage children, three of his 14 children.

Vladimir Putin: Underage, right? This is the first time I have heard about this.

Remark: This has just happened.

Vladimir Putin: I was busy with other issues; I do not know about that.

Question: What do you think about these sanctions?

Vladimir Putin: I believe this sounds like schizophrenia, because imposing sanctions on underage children is simply outrageous. It seems that they have simply lost track of what they are doing.

As for our Commissioner for Children’s Rights, as we know, she has been involved in bringing our children from areas of hostilities: from Syria and Iraq, those children who have remained there due to various circumstances against their will, and I hope she will continue to do this, God bless her.

This is a noble mission; she risks her life and health. It is only natural that she helps to bring children from areas of hostilities or danger zones in Donbass. What’s wrong with that? We must thank her and bow our heads. Why impose sanctions against her? This is the first time I have heard about it, and it is outrageous.

Question: I have a question on the developments around Armenia and Azerbaijan. Do you think any attempts are being made by other countries to have an effect on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh while Moscow is conducting the special military operation in Ukraine? And does Russia now have enough resources to continue extending its influence on our colleagues to secure peace?

Vladimir Putin: As you can see, there are enough resources. The latest border incident has nothing to do with Nagorno-Karabakh at all: it took place in a totally different region on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border. Indeed, we regret these events and the casualties. Russia has been a major influence in containing this conflict, and I hope this continues to be so. So, answering your question, there are sufficient resources so far, thankfully.

Question: One final question regarding the G20. The SCO summit will conclude today, but its leaders will soon meet as part of the G20. Is there any certainty about your visit to Indonesia, and what could interfere with your plans to visit Bali?

Vladimir Putin: I will see, I have visited Bali, and it is a beautiful place, but this is actually not about beauty. We will see how the situation develops in our economy and other areas.

I have an invitation to visit the G20 summit; the President of the hosting nation [Indonesia] personally informed me about it when he visited Moscow, and then he telephoned me and said once again, “Bear in mind that there is certain pressure, but my stance is firm and we would like to see you at this summit.“ I will see and then we will make a decision. Russia will take part in the event.

Now one concluding question, alright? There are many of you, and just one of me.
Please go ahead.

Question: Good evening, Mr President, and thank you very much. I will be quick. You just mentioned ships with grain that left for Europe, although it is not experiencing a food crisis but an energy one, and this is what my question is about. Recently, the president of the European Commission and a number of other top European officials…

Vladimir Putin: The Chairman of the European Commission.

Question: Yes. In the heat of their efforts to find a solution to the energy crisis, they offered their citizens to send skyrocketing electricity bills not just to anyone, but personally to you. What will be your response to this? Are you going to pay these bills in case you suddenly start receiving them? Thank you.

Vladimir Putin: I have not heard anything about this either, I know nothing about it. This is yet another attempt to shift the blame onto someone else, as they say.

The energy crisis in Europe did not begin with the start of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, in Donbass; it actually started much earlier, a year before or even earlier. As strange as it may seem, it started with the green agenda. The green agenda is definitely important, and we need to take climate action and avoid reaching the point of no return when climate change becomes irreversible, with the Earth becoming a planet in the solar system that once had the atmosphere, according to scientists, but no longer has one, and the temperatures are now +500°C. Of course, no one wants this to happen, but everything must be done carefully and gradually.

To pursue momentary political considerations, they chose to completely close down the hydrocarbon energy programmes in their countries. Banks stopped extending loans, local authorities have stopped allocating land plots for future development, and implementation of plans for energy infrastructure construction was stopped as well, with huge cuts in investment in conventional energy. But this all started happening a few years back.

Now, we see that prices, say, for natural gas in the United States have risen and production is growing, but not as fast as they would like it to – and the reason is that banks are afraid to issue loans. Specialists and experts are perfectly aware of this, and all these populist statements claiming that someone is to blame for this elsewhere are made only to protect themselves from their citizens’ indignation. This is what it’s done for, and this is only the first part of this farce.

These are erroneous reference points in the green agenda, rushing things, and the green energy being unprepared to meet to the demand for huge energy resources to support economic and industrial growth. The economy is growing while the energy sector is shrinking. This is the first drastic mistake.
The second mistake concerns natural gas.

We made attempts to persuade the Europeans to focus on long-term contracts rather than solely on the market. Why? I said it before and will repeat it once again: Gazprom needs to invest billions in development but it must be confident that it will sell gas before making investments. This is what long-term contracts are about.

Mutual obligations are incurred by the sellers and the buyers. They said, “No, let the market regulate itself.“ We kept telling them, “Don't do it or it will lead to drastic consequences.” But in fact, they forced us to include a significant share of the spot price in the contract price. They forced us to do this, and Gazprom had to include both the oil and oil product basket but also the spot price in the gas price. The spot price began to grow, causing the increase in the price envisaged even in long-term contracts. But what does it have to do with us? This is the first thing.

Second, I told them many times. “Gazprom is not supplying gas.” Look, are you normal people or what? Poland chose to impose sanctions against the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline and shut off the route. I told Mr [German Chancellor Olaf] Scholz: “Why are you calling me? Call Warsaw and ask them to reopen the route.” That is all there is to it. That’s the first.

Second. Two lines of the gas pipeline run through Ukraine. Ukraine is being supplied with weapons, but it went ahead and closed one of the lines for them. They also shut off another line that supplied 25 billion cubic metres of gas – I will not talk about the exact amount, but they shut off the entire route. What for? Call Kiev and ask them to reopen the second line.

And finally, Nord Stream 1. One turbine goes out of order after another. Are we breaking them? As regards the latest turbine breaking down and being taken out of service – what actually happened? There was supposed to be a routine inspection and maintenance works; they opened the unit in the presence of Siemens specialists and found an oil leak there, which created a danger of an explosion. They saw it, and they put their signatures under the document. The turbine has to be repaired and it is not operational, with a risk of fire and explosion. But what does it have to do with us? Go ahead and repair it.

We were told: look, they delivered a turbine from Canada but Gazprom will not accept it. But Gazprom is right in doing so. We said so many times: Gazprom’s contract for servicing turbines is not with Siemens but with a UK-based Siemens subsidiary. That is what it is all about. And this UK-based subsidiary must provide documents that specify that sanctions have been lifted from the turbine as this is our property, and Gazprom must be sure of it because it may choose to sell it, say, to Iran, China or some other country. It means that the sanctions have been lifted and it is in a proper technical condition. The Siemens subsidiary must provide [guarantees] but has not provided anything but idle talks. That is what it is all about.

Also, it was necessary to make amendments in the logistics contract as the turbine was supposed to be delivered from Canada to St Petersburg, but it was delivered to Germany. This may seem unimportant at first glance but it has practical importance. Look, are we making all this up? And this is what led to Nord Stream 1 stopping operation.

After all, if they need it urgently, if things are so bad, just go ahead and lift sanctions against Nord Stream 2, with its 55 billion cubic metres per year – all they have to do is press the button and they will get it going. But they chose to shut it off themselves; they cannot repair one pipeline and imposed sanctions against the new Nord Stream 2 and will not open it. Are we to blame for this?

Let them think hard about who is to blame and let none of them blame us for their own mistakes. Gazprom and Russia have always fulfilled and will fulfil all obligations under our agreements and contracts, with no failures ever.

Thank you. All the best.

source (http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/69366)
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"Wow, that was some impressive press conference, he is an excellent speaker and doesn't hide behind lecterns, doesn't have any tele-prompters with his answers, and yet he is able to give such in depth answers to every question, plus he had some 'alternative' comments about the present deplorable state of gas supply brought about by our own dim-witted politicians".

ExomatrixTV

22nd September 2022, 14:48

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Putin: Lessons From Childhood

As a child growing up in Leningrad, Vladimir Putin lived in a run-down five-story building. He and his parents shared an apartment with two other families. The yard was filled with garbage, and the garbage was filled with rats.

"Putin and his friends used to chase after them with sticks, until one day a large rat, which he had cornered, turned and attacked him, giving him the fright of his life. The memory stayed with him, and years later he would draw the lesson: ‘No one should be cornered. No one should be put in a situation where they have no way out."

The story is recounted in Philip Short’s biography, Putin. Several lessons from childhood can be found in the biography that seem to have been formative for Putin. Three of them stand out.

No One Should be Cornered

Despite the repeated promises (https://original.antiwar.com/ted_snider/2022/08/22/what-did-the-west-promise-russia-on-nato-expansion/) of the US, Germany, the UK and NATO that NATO would not move further east, NATO kept moving east. NATO kept encroaching, moving closer and closer to a Russia that had been explicitly left out of the European Union and now saw the US led military alliance devouring territory as it moved right up to its borders. Russia was being cornered.

As early as 2008, when NATO first announced at the Bucharest summit that Ukraine and Georgia will become members of NATO, the Russian leadership made clear that they saw this decision as an existential threat. Putin warned (https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/05/world/europe/05nato.html) that NATO membership for Georgia and Ukraine was "a direct threat" to Russian security. John Mearsheimer quotes a Russian journalist who reported (https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2022/03/11/john-mearsheimer-on-why-the-west-is-principally-responsible-for-the-ukrainian-crisis) that Putin "flew into a rage" and warned that "if Ukraine joins NATO, it will do so without Crimea and the eastern regions. It will simply fall apart."

Over a decade later, Putin was issuing the same plea to the US. On December 2, 2021, Putin asked the US for immediate negotiations (https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/12/15/russia-sends-security-proposals-on-nato-to-us-as-ukraine-tensions-soar-a75828) and sent a proposal on mutual security guarantees. He asked the US (https://apnews.com/article/business-russia-ukraine-moscow-sergey-lavrov-90d7347e8f25bea1ddb2c7b3dc1687c0) for "reliable and long-term security guarantees" that “would exclude any further NATO moves eastward and the deployment of weapons systems that threaten us in close vicinity to Russian territory.”
The US declined and closed the door. Russia had no way out.

With NATO crowding Russia’s borders, Ukraine being flooded with lethal NATO weapons and tens of thousands of elite Ukrainian troops massing along the eastern border with Donbas, like that rat in Putin’s yard, Russia was cornered. With its warnings and pleas for immediate negotiations being ignored, Russia saw no way out.

That does not justify the invasion of Ukraine. But the next move had been learned by Putin in his childhood.

Never Bluff

There were many rules taught by the KGB that Putin had already learned as a child "scrapping with the other kids." One of them was "Don’t reach for a weapon unless you are prepared to use it . . . It was the same on the street. [There] relations were clarified with fists. You didn’t get involved unless you were prepared to see it through."

When Putin said in 2008 that "if Ukraine joins NATO, it will do so without Crimea and the eastern regions," the West ignored him, thinking it was a bluff. But Putin learned as a child not to bluff. You don’t threaten action unless you are "prepared to see it through."

With the US becoming increasingly directly involved in the war, not only providing weapons, training and targeting intelligence, but even going so far as war-gaming with and advising the Ukrainian military, Russia set a new red line.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has asked (https://archive.ph/g62hn#selection-563.147-563.236) the US to go beyond the HIMARS rocket systems with their 50 mile range and provide "a missile system with a range of 190 miles, which could reach far into Russian territory."

On September 15, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova declared (https://www.rt.com/russia/562888-moscow-red-line-us-ukraine/) that if the US agrees to supply those longer range missiles to the Ukrainian army, "it would cross the red line and become an actual party to the conflict." The Russian spokeswoman then added that "In such a scenario, we would have to come up with an adequate response." Russia, she reminded the West, "reserves the right to defend its territory using any means available."

A week later, on September 21, Putin repeated that warning himself (https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/putin-announces-partial-mobilization-russian-citizens-90253619). On top of the threat of longer range missiles, Putin said some leading NATO countries had talked about the possibility of using nuclear weapons against Russia and said, “I would like to remind those who make such statements regarding Russia that our country has different types of weapons as well, and some of them are more modern than the weapons NATO countries have. In the event of a threat to the territorial integrity of our country and to defend Russia and our people, we will certainly make use of all weapon systems available to us. Putin then said, “This is not a bluff.”
As a child, Putin learned that you "Don’t reach for a weapon unless you are prepared to use it."

Recognizing that providing Ukraine with longer range guided missiles that could strike Russian territory "would likely be seen by Moscow as a major provocation," that that provocation could lead to World War III and that the benefits "during the next stage of the war" "would be minimal," Biden seems to be resisting (https://archive.ph/g62hn#selection-599.164-599.196) Zelensky’s latest request.

Never Back Down

Putin is not spontaneous or rash. His ex-wife, Lyudmila, said that "Everything he did was always thought through." A Swedish diplomat who knew him said that "he sizes up his opponents coldly and soberly, and anticipates his own and others’ actions well before he makes the first chess move."

When you do make that move, you commit to the sequence of moves it sets off. "If something happens," Putin once said, "you should proceed from the fact that there is no retreat. It is necessary to carry it through to the end." The KGB taught that rule, but Putin says that he already knew it because he "learnt it much earlier, scrapping with kids."

Putin would repeat that "carry it through to the end" formulation. "If you want to win a fight," he said, "you have to carry it through to the end, as if it were the most decisive battle of your life."

Though the US and its NATO allies repeatedly commit to arming and aiding (https://time.com/6208399/biden-ukraine-military-aid/) Ukraine for the duration (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/20/us/politics/biden-gas-russia-europe.html), Putin has shown no sign of retreating or backing down. Having seemingly now concluded that Russia is fighting, not a regional war against Ukraine, but a protracted global war against "the entire Western military machine (https://www.rt.com/russia/563209-putin-donbass-mobilization-ukraine/)," on September 21, Putin ordered a partial mobilization (https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/putin-announces-partial-mobilization-russian-citizens-90253619) of up to 300,000 reserves. The mobilization will include only (http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/69390) military reservists "who served in the armed forces and have specific military occupational specialties and corresponding experience," representing about 1% of Russia’s full potential.

Russia sees NATO encroachment and NATO presence in Ukraine as an existential threat. Putin learned as a child that "there is no retreat" and that "you have to carry it through to the end, as if it were the most decisive battle of your life."

source (https://original.antiwar.com/ted_snider/2022/09/21/putin-lessons-from-childhood/)

dilapidated five-storey building. He and his parents shared an apartment with two other families. The yard was filled with garbage, and the garbage was full of rats, writes Ted Snider. (https://original.antiwar.com/ted_snider/2022/09/21/putin-lessons-from-childhood/)

“Putin and his friends chased them with sticks until one day a large rat he had cornered turned and attacked him, giving him the fright of his life. The memory stayed with him, and years later he would learn the lesson: 'No one should be cornered. No one should be put in a situation where he has no way out.'”
The story is told in Philip Short's biography, "Putin". The biography contains several childhood lessons that seem to have been defining for Putin. Three of them stand out.

No one should be cornered

Despite repeated promises (https://original.antiwar.com/ted_snider/2022/08/22/what-did-the-west-promise-russia-on-nato-expansion/) from the US, Germany, the UK and NATO that NATO would not move further east, NATO continued to move east. NATO continued to advance, ever closer to a Russia explicitly kept out of the European Union and now watching the US-led military alliance devour territory and reach its borders. Russia was cornered.
As early as 2008, when NATO announced at the Bucharest summit that Ukraine and Georgia would join NATO, the Russian leadership made it clear that it saw this decision as an existential threat. Putin warned (https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/05/world/europe/05nato.html) that Georgia and Ukraine's NATO membership posed "an immediate threat" to Russian security. John Mearsheimer quotes a Russian journalist who reported (https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2022/03/11/john-mearsheimer-on-why-the-west-is-principally-responsible-for-the-ukrainian-crisis) that Putin “burst out in anger” and warned that “if Ukraine joins NATO, it will do so without Crimea and the eastern regions. It will just fall apart. It will just fall apart.”
More than ten years later, Putin made the same plea for the US. On December 2, 2021, Putin asked the US for immediate negotiations (https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/12/15/russia-sends-security-proposals-on-nato-to-us-as-ukraine-tensions-soar-a75828) and sent a proposal on mutual security guarantees. He asked the US (https://apnews.com/article/business-russia-ukraine-moscow-sergey-lavrov-90d7347e8f25bea1ddb2c7b3dc1687c0) for "reliable and long-lasting security guarantees" that would "preclude any further move by NATO eastward and the deployment of weapon systems that threaten us in close proximity to Russian territory."

The US rejected this and closed the door. Russia had no way out.

Zelensky wants to destroy the whole world by drawing the West into a nuclear war with Russia

(https://www.frontnieuws.com/zelensky-wil-de-hele-wereld-verwoesten-door-het-westen-in-een-kernoorlog-met-rusland-te-trekken/) With NATO advancing to Russia's borders, Ukraine was awash with deadly NATO weapons and tens of thousands of Ukrainian elite troops gathered along its eastern border with Donbas, like that rat in Putin's yard, Russia was cornered. Because his warnings and pleas for immediate negotiations were ignored, Russia saw no way out.
That does not justify the invasion of Ukraine. But the next step Putin had learned in his youth.

Never bluff

There were many rules taught by the KGB that Putin had learned as a child while “scratching around with the other kids.” One was “You only threaten with violence” if you are “willing to carry it out” … It was the same on the street. “There relations were clarified with fists. You didn't get involved unless you were willing to carry it out."
When Putin said in 2008 that “if Ukraine joins NATO, it will do so without Crimea and the eastern regions”, the West ignored him and thought it was a bluff. But Putin learned not to bluff as a child. You don't threaten action if you're not "willing to carry it out."
As the US became more and more directly involved in the war, not only providing weapons, training and targeted intelligence, but even going so far as to play war exercises with and advise the Ukrainian military, Russia established a new red line.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has asked the US (https://archive.ph/g62hn#selection-563.147-563.236) to go beyond the HIMARS missile systems with their 80-kilometer range and "provide a 350-kilometer missile system that can reach well into Russian territory."

On September 15, Maria (https://www.rt.com/russia/562888-moscow-red-line-us-ukraine/) Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, stated that if the US agreed to supply these extended-range missiles to the Ukrainian military, "it would cross the red line and become a de facto party to the conflict." become." The Russian spokeswoman then added: "In such a scenario, we should come up with an adequate response." Russia, she reminded the West, "reserves the right to defend its territory by any means available."

A week later, on September 21, Putin himself repeated that warning (https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/putin-announces-partial-mobilization-russian-citizens-90253619) . In addition to the threat of longer-range missiles, Putin said some leading NATO countries had discussed the possibility of using nuclear weapons against Russia and said: "I want to remind those who make such statements about Russia that our country also has different types of weapons. , and some of them are more modern than the weapons that NATO countries have. In the event of a threat to the territorial integrity of our country and to defend Russia and our people, we will certainly use all the weapon systems at our disposal. Putin then said, "This is not a bluff."
As a child, Putin learned that "you don't reach for a weapon if you are not willing to use it."
Biden acknowledges that providing Ukraine with longer-range guided missiles capable of hitting Russian territory "would likely be perceived by Moscow as a major provocation ," that provocation could lead to World War III, and that the benefits "during the next phase of the war, would be minimal," Biden appears to be resisting Zelensky's latest request.

The opening salvos have been thrown - What are Putin's next steps in Ukraine? (https://www.frontnieuws.com/de-openingssalvos-zijn-geworpen-wat-zijn-de-volgende-stappen-van-poetin-in-oekraine/)

Never back down

Putin is not spontaneous or rash. His ex-wife, Lyudmila, said that "everything he did was always thought through". A Swedish diplomat who knew him said that "he judges his opponents coldly and soberly, anticipating his own actions and those of others before making the first chess move."

When you make that move, you commit to the sequence of moves it initiates. “If something happens,” Putin once said, “you must assume that there is no retreat. It is necessary to carry it out to the end.” The KGB learned that rule, but Putin says he already knew it because he "learned it way before, while scratching with kids."
Putin would repeat that "persist to the end" formulation. “If you want to win a fight,” he said, “you have to endure it to the end, as if it were the most decisive battle of your life.”
While the US and its NATO allies have repeatedly pledged to arm (https://time.com/6208399/biden-ukraine-military-aid/) and help Ukraine while it lasts (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/20/us/politics/biden-gas-russia-europe.html) , Putin has shown no sign of withdrawal or hesitation. Having apparently come to the conclusion that Russia is not waging a regional war against Ukraine, but a protracted global war against " the entire Western military machine (https://www.rt.com/russia/563209-putin-donbass-mobilization-ukraine/) ", Putin ordered a partial mobilization (https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/putin-announces-partial-mobilization-russian-citizens-90253619) of up to 300,000 reserves on September 21. The mobilization will only (http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/69390) include military reservists “who have served in the military and have specific military professional specialties and corresponding experience”.representing about 1% of Russia's full potential.

German hospital refuses to treat Russians
(https://www.frontnieuws.com/duits-ziekenhuis-weigert-russen-te-behandelen/)
Russia sees the advancing NATO and NATO presence in Ukraine as an existential threat. Putin was taught as a child that "there is no going back" and that "you have to hold on to the end, as if there is no turning back".

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ExomatrixTV

22nd September 2022, 17:16

Jordan Peterson Leaves Piers Morgan SPEECHLESS on Vladimir Putin!!!:

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thepainterdoug

22nd September 2022, 17:51

i have no strong opinion of Jordan Peterson either way. But In this case, he makes perfect sense to me, and all this end of September stuff, with whats coming on the 24th ,along with the Vatican calling in their money and all confirms we are in for some serious stuff come winter in Europe.

Peterson is right, the greedy money changers here in the west and around the world have backed themselves into a non negotiation with someone who holds the commodity cards. He has the gas, he holds the heat card, the energy card
Only Media propaganda is holding this anti Putin lie up.

JackMcThorn

22nd September 2022, 18:37

Just a note about the msm news. Yester-day when Putin's speech and mobilisation came to light the vibe on the main stream seemed that of delight, they have had some good ukrainian news the past few weeks and yester-day seemed to be the cherry on top. Some of the alt commentators suggest this mobilisation was part of the planning and not some rash, last minute decision. It was coming anyways.

I think the mobilisation is going to be strong enough to police the 1ooo km front lines while keeping regular army resources at the ready in the event the west decides to fight the Russian on the ground. They are saving the best for last. Everyone knows reservists are a bit less experienced than the regulars. This will be a trial by fire for 3ook.

NATO and the U.S. are chompin' on the bit. They want to have their victory cigars but Putin is not kidding around. There is going to be hell to pay for a lot of people and it just seems like it's getting worse every day.

ExomatrixTV

27th September 2022, 20:12

Putin Just Called Their Bluff And It's About To Get Real Bad:

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The United States has stepped up the rhetoric around nuclear war in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin's speech around nuclear war. Is the U.S. actively engaged in war? This is only the third time Russia has mobilized its army so this is serious business.

ExomatrixTV

27th October 2022, 16:57

Vladimir Putin Addresses Russian Security Council (October 26, 2022):

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Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses members of the Russian Security Council and heads of various security agencies of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. The brief talk addresses recent security threats to Russia and CIS members, the current state of affairs in Ukraine, and the need for continued collective efforts of CIS members in joint security ventures.

October 26, 2022 The President’s opening remarks at a meeting with the heads of CIS security and intelligence agencies

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President of Russia Vladimir Putin:

"Mr Bortnikov, colleagues,

Good afternoon.

I am happy to welcome you to Moscow for a regular meeting of the Council of Heads of the CIS Security and Intelligence Agencies.

First of all, I would like to say that over the past years the Council has become a highly popular venue for discussing a broad range of professional issues, coordinating strategic decisions on protecting our states and the Commonwealth of Independent States as a whole from internal and external threats.

Our joint efforts are especially important now. The potential for conflict remains very high both in the world as a whole and at the regional level. We see the rise of new risks and challenges to our collective security.

This is caused above all by a dramatic aggravation in global geopolitical confrontation. The world is changing and becoming multipolar before our very eyes. However, some members of the international community are doing everything in their power to preserve their faltering hegemony and to this end, they are using various political, military, economic, information and other methods and means, from destroying the legal framework of strategic stability to adopting unilateral sanctions against those who reject their policy.

They do not even stop short of openly subversive actions. I am referring to the explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines. This actually amounts to the destruction of the common European energy infrastructure. This is being done, although, to put it mildly, these methods are doing colossal damage to the European economy and are seriously impairing the quality of life for millions of people. And besides, they are keeping silent about who has done this and who stands to gain from it.

Some countries have long been using the tactics of blackmail, pressure and intimidation throughout the CIS space. In particular, attempts continue to be made to implement ‘colour revolution’ scenarios, methods involving nationalism and extremism are employed, and armed conflicts, which directly threaten the security of all CIS members, are being stoked.

We can see the goals of those who are doing this in Ukraine, which has been made an instrument of US foreign policy. The country has actually lost its sovereignty and is being directly governed by the United States, which is using it as a battering ram against Russia, Belarus, which is a member of our Union State, and the CSTO and the CIS in general.

At the same time, we can see the United States’ real attitude to its client states. Ukraine was almost immediately turned into a testing site for military biological experiments and is being flooded with weapons, including heavy weaponry, without any heed to the Kiev regime’s statements about its desire to obtain nuclear weapons. The Kiev authorities have declared this desire publicly, but everyone keeps silent. We also know about their plans to use a so-called “dirty bomb” as a provocation.

As for threats in the CIS space, I would like to say that the level of threat coming from ISIL, Al Qaeda and other terrorist organisations has not decreased. They are trying to infiltrate CIS countries and are creating undercover cells, while the concentration of terrorist groups in Afghanistan, especially on the borders of Central Asian states, certainly carries the potential risk of invasion in the region.

It is obvious that the CIS as a whole and its individual states have never faced such comprehensive threats before. It is therefore our common task to protect our nations from them as much as possible, to strengthen stability and peace in the CIS space and to continue to promote mutually beneficial integration processes, which have provided an example of truly partner relations over the past decades.

We must make use of all the forces and means available to us to fulfil these tasks. Of course, we must also make the fullest possible use of our experience and contacts, which, as we have seen more than once, are noticeably increasing the potential and efficiency of each of our agencies.

One of the priority tasks is to jointly counter any attempts to interfere in the internal affairs of the CIS countries. We know what this is. To resist it, we must more actively reveal and curb the work of foreign secret services, aimed at destabilising the situation in each individual CIS member-state.

It is also important to continue our coordinated systemic struggle against terrorism. Recently, there has been positive dynamics in this respect. Thus, terrorist crimes, including acts of terror have gone down in practically all CIS states.

It is necessary to continue developing counterterrorism cooperation. In particular, we must continue to exchange information on persons taking part in or suspected of terrorist and extremist activities. We must focus on revealing and blocking terrorist infiltration channels under the cover of migration flows, including the spread of foreign mercenaries with combat experience, which poses a serious threat to us.

The black market in arms operating in Ukraine is creating serious challenges. Cross-border criminal groups are actively involved in smuggling these arms to other regions. These are not just small arms. There is a persistent risk of criminals getting hold of more powerful weapons, including portable air defence systems and precision weapons.
Furthermore, the act of terror on the Crimean Bridge and sabotage attempts at the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant – after all, such attacks have already been carried out around it – and many other incidents show the need to take enhanced security measures at critical transport and energy facilities. These facilities and crowded places must be protected as reliably as possible in the first place.

Some tasks remain as urgent as before. This applies to countering cybercrime and drug trafficking, eliminating cross-border criminal groups and, of course, developing cooperation in protecting state frontiers.

I am confident that the current meeting will help us implement our common mission on enhancing the security of our countries and the CIS in general. It will certainly improve the joint activity of our secret services aimed at neutralising common threats.
Colleagues and friends,

I wish you success in your very important work that is complicated but very much in demand.

I am grateful for your attention.

Thank you.

source (http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/69681)

ExomatrixTV

27th October 2022, 17:43

https://whynotnews.eu/mp4/Vladimir-Putin-Addresses-Russian-Security-Council-October-26,-2022.mp4

source (https://ttsreader.com/webplayer/?url=http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/69681)

Bill Ryan

31st October 2022, 11:00

A highly prescient Nexus Magazine article, published in 2017, 5 long years ago. (This is one of the 200 free articles presented in this thread: 200 free Nexus magazine articles from the last 14 years) (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?119809-200-free-Nexus-magazine-articles-from-the-last-14-years)

Who Is Vladimir Putin? Why Do the US Government and the Western Media Demonise Him?

https://projectavalon.net/Who_is_Vladimir_Putin.pdf

https://projectavalon.net/Who_is_Vladimir_Putin.pdf

Bill Ryan

13th January 2023, 21:08

Here's a section from Alexander Mercouris' video for today which I found fascinating, as someone who's been involved in the past professionally with issues of management and leadership. (As Mercouris has, as well.)

The details here are a little arcane, but anyone interested in Putin's personality (his actual one, not the demonic figure he's somehow portrayed as in western media — and even by one or two apparent Russophobes on the forum! :P ).

Mercouris discusses — with some relish :) — the published exchange between Putin and his Minister of Industry and Trade, Denis Manturov, in the context of a wider government meeting held a couple of days ago. The entire transcript is published here:

http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/70338

In this exchange, Manturov is roasted by Putin for failing to answer his questions to his satisfaction (and IMO, quite appropriately too). He clearly came to the meeting unprepared, and while Putin is really quite a patient and moderate man (yes, he is), he can't abide sloppiness or evasiveness. Efficiency is what he wants all around him.

So he always seeks facts and figures and detailed answers to his direct questions. If there are particular problems, he also wants to hear them. But here Manturov is wriggling around like a hapless scolded schoolboy, and I confess I found it hilarious. (Mercouris did, too.)

The section starts off (slowly) at 43.35, and then builds for 15-16 minutes as Manturov keeps on digging his hole deeper and deeper, all the time Putin becoming more and more annoyed. For any students of Putin who may be reading this — Enjoy. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDrdjdZQjUg

Matthew

14th January 2023, 01:50

...
The details here are a little arcane, but anyone interested in Putin's personality (his actual one, not the demonic figure he's somehow portrayed as in western media — and even by one or two apparent Russophobes on the forum! :P ).
...

Putin has a personality? Look, let me make one thing clear: I'm not a Russophobe. But I am a leaderphobe and this strange concept of a leader that acts like a human is alien to me. I've lived in England my entire life, see it from my perspective. :beer: :bigsmile:

Vicus

14th January 2023, 18:34

Vladimir Putin: Leading Humanity Through the Transition

Vladimir Putin was not afraid to enter into a fierce geopolitical and military battle with the Empire of Lies. The whole world perceives the Ukrainian war in this way. They have been encroaching right up to the borders of Russia. It is not surprising that the Russian president is pushing back, but that does not mean he is threatening European or world stability or peace.

Recently, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel admitted that "the 2014 Minsk agreement was an attempt to give time to Ukraine. It also used this time to become stronger as can be seen today. The Ukraine of 2014-2015 is not the modern Ukraine," Referring to Merkel's comments, Putin said, "It was absolutely unexpected for me. It's disappointing ... Trust almost dropped to zero." This only shows, he went on to say, "that launching the SMO [Special Military Operation] was the right decision".

Zelensky, a week before the war was launched, threatened to tear up the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, allowing Ukraine to develop nuclear weapons. That announcement was probably still ringing in Putin's ears when he started the SMO.

Back in March, more than 40,000 Syrians registered to fight alongside Russia in Ukraine, how many, if any, actually got permission to join the SMO is unknown. But Syria was undoubtedly saved by Russia in 2015-17 when it played a key role in defeating the CIA's proxy jihadist horde. Or as one Syrian reported; "Russian soldiers gave their blood for Syrian soil, and now it is time [for the Syrians] to help the brotherly [Russians]."

You could say that this is how Putin's Russia naturally acts and builds relationships. To help out those in need and countries that ask for it. Syrian president Bashar al-Assad had the following to say about this: If Moscow asks, Syrians will fight with Russia in Ukraine.

https://www.sott.net/image/s33/666526/large/Syrian_support_2.jpg

Unlike the USA, Russia does not have vassals, it has friends, and the only thing they have to do is ask. The Syrian president also said "Western nations bear responsibility for the chaos and bloodshed," accusing them of using "dirty methods to support terrorists in Syria and Nazis in Ukraine." A valid point.

While the Empire is creating chaos, Russia is trying to put out the fire. We must ask ourselves who is taking a stand for humanity and who advocated and practices domination and destruction.

END OF UNIPOLARITY
''Attempts to create a unipolar world have acquired an absolutely ugly configuration in recent times and they are absolutely unacceptable for the overwhelming majority of states on this planet'' ~ Vladimir Putin (Source)

The US elite refuse to accept a multi polar world order for the benefit of all, and would rather risk everything to maintain their faltering dominance.

But I'll tell you what the problem is, as a former citizen of the Soviet Union. The problem of empires is that they imagine themselves to be so powerful that they can allow themselves small miscalculations and errors. Some they'll bribe, some they'll scare, some they'll make a deal with, some they'll give glass beads, some they'll frighten with warships — and this will fix problems. But the number of problems continues to grow. There comes a moment when they can no longer cope with them. The United States are making sure-footed strides directly along the path of the Soviet Union. ~ Vladimir Putin (Source)

The US Empire is having a mental breakdown. Blowing up energy pipelines of their supposed EU allies, preventing sovereign countries from meeting up with Russian officials, pressuring Turkey on which payment systems their banks can use, cope-sanctioning Algeria for buying Russian weapons.

Short on 'soft power', the only thing it has left on its downward trajectory, and by which it can get attention, is explicit threats of violence or other punitive measures.

SATANIC TAKEOVER
''Let me repeat that the dictatorship of the Western elites targets all societies, including the citizens of Western countries themselves. This is a challenge to all. This complete renunciation of what it means to be human, the overthrow of faith and traditional values, and the suppression of freedom are coming to resemble a "religion in reverse" - pure Satanism. Exposing false messiahs, Jesus Christ said in the Sermon on the Mount: "By their fruits ye shall know them." These poisonous fruits are already obvious to people, and not only in our country but also in all countries, including many people in the West itself.'' ~ Vladimir Putin (Source)

Leaders in the West are truly wicked, and their work truly pushes in the opposite direction of life.

The current global confrontation is also taking place in the spiritual/religious realm. Russia is at war with an anti-religious Western civilization that is itself at war with God and attempting to overthrow the very foundations of spiritual and moral values: God, the Church, the family, gender, man. The anti-Christian Western "woke" elites are bent on the destruction of Christian Russia, a war against the last Christian bastion.

Putin is unapologetic about Russia's determination to defend Christian values and maintained that it is very important to defend Christianity against the corroding influence of Antichrist-type ideas that are causing people to lose their human dignity.

A psychopathic elite is bent on recreating humanity in their own deviant image, with one of their goals evidently being to normalize Pedophilia, making Putin's struggle a veritable holy war of good against evil.

FINISHING THE FIGHT
Putin's Russia has the status of the undisputed leader of the "alternative" world, capable, and more importantly, ready to use force where it considers it fundamental and important for its own survival and that of basic human rights.

Metaphorically-speaking, the world is one big schoolyard with a single, big, bad bully. Until now, the majority stood with the bully, either out of fear, cowardice or because they are sadists themselves. Only a few stood against him, but they were largely powerless to change the status quo. Now a newcomer has arrived who has not just stood up to the bully, but given him a black eye. The bully knows he can't take on this newcomer in a fair fight, so he calls on his followers to denounce the newcomer and banish him. Slowly but surely however, more and more of the bully's "allies" are starting to figure out that the bully is scared and weak, and will not defend them should the newcomer also take aim at them over their immoral and spineless behavior. One by one, they begin to rethink their positions.

This simplified explanation of world affairs is not too far off the mark, considering that Putin, according to a former classmate of his, stood up against bullies in the schoolyard. To this day, he is simply acting on his nature. :muscle:

https://www.sott.net/article/475658-Vladimir-Putin-Leading-Humanity-Through-the-Transition

Bill Ryan

22nd January 2023, 12:20

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/30065

Slavyangrad/30065

Open Minded Dude

22nd January 2023, 15:26

Is there any credence to the very recent claims by US and Ukranian (who else?) 'sources' that he has cancer?

E.g. here:

"Vladimir Putin is terminally ill with cancer and will die very soon, Ukraine's military intelligence head has claimed." - Daily Mail

I think it is propaganda or could there sth be true?

Bill Ryan

22nd January 2023, 15:29

Is there any credence to the very recent claims by US and Ukranian (who else?) 'sources' that he has cancer?

E.g. here:

"Vladimir Putin is terminally ill with cancer and will die very soon, Ukraine's military intelligence head has claimed." - Daily Mail

I think it is propaganda or could there sth be true?100% pure invented propaganda nonsense. They've been saying this since 25 February last year. :)

Isserley

31st January 2023, 09:46

davidickeofficial/7203

Tintin

31st January 2023, 11:24

Actually, David Icke might for once be wrong here (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?118635-The-Putin-Thread&p=1541018&viewfull=1#post1541018)

I can't access the Telegram account from work; who is the 'top' political scientist being quoted here? The source? (Smells a little like black propaganda being circulated.) Just a hunch.

Nobody is pure as the driven snow of course and that would apply to VP too but there are factions at play opposed to him, as well as those that support him.

Bill Ryan

31st January 2023, 12:18

Actually, David Icke might for once be wrong here (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?118635-The-Putin-Thread&p=1541018&viewfull=1#post1541018)

I can't access the Telegram account from work; who is the 'top' political scientist being quoted here? The source? According to the article (https://davidicke.com/2023/01/30/vladimir-putin-is-set-on-big-war-with-nato-to-bring-back-the-iron-curtain-says-top-russian-political-scientist-as-ukraine-warns-russia-will-launch-new-pre-emptive-strike-by-february-24/), it's Professor Grigory Yudin.

The page simply says:

~~~
Vladimir Putin is set on a ‘big war’ with NATO to try and bring back the Iron Curtain, a Russian expert has warned, as it is revealed Russia is planning a ‘new pre-emptive strike’ in Ukraine.

Moscow is said to be preparing for a new offensive ahead of the first anniversary of their invasion on February 24, and satellite photos show Putin’s forces building up fortifications.

Putin aims to start by swallowing both Ukraine and Moldova, then subjugate eastern Europe restoring an Cold War-style Iron Curtain across the continent, according to Professor Grigory Yudin.

He sees ‘the entire eastern Europe’ as his ‘fiefdom’, the professor told YouTube show CivilNet in a chilling forecast.

Read more: Vladimir Putin is set on ‘big war’ with Nato to bring back the Iron Curtain says top Russian political scientist as Ukraine warns Russia will launch new pre-emptive strike by February 24
~~~

(But the 'Read more' final paragraph doesn't feature a link to click.)

The article seems to be based on simultaneous reports from The Daily Mirror (https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/vladimir-putin-set-big-war-29074488), The Daily Star (https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/putin-set-big-war-against-29076207), and The Daily Mail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11686959/Vladimir-Putin-set-Iron-Curtain-big-war-Nato-Ukraine-warns-strike-February-24.html), all of which have near-identical headlines. :facepalm:

Yes, David should know better, and he's quite wrong here.

Tintin

31st January 2023, 12:48

Actually, David Icke might for once be wrong here (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?118635-The-Putin-Thread&p=1541018&viewfull=1#post1541018)

I can't access the Telegram account from work; who is the 'top' political scientist being quoted here? The source? According to the article (https://davidicke.com/2023/01/30/vladimir-putin-is-set-on-big-war-with-nato-to-bring-back-the-iron-curtain-says-top-russian-political-scientist-as-ukraine-warns-russia-will-launch-new-pre-emptive-strike-by-february-24/), it's Professor Grigory Yudin.

The page simply says:

~~~
Vladimir Putin is set on a ‘big war’ with NATO to try and bring back the Iron Curtain, a Russian expert has warned, as it is revealed Russia is planning a ‘new pre-emptive strike’ in Ukraine.

Moscow is said to be preparing for a new offensive ahead of the first anniversary of their invasion on February 24, and satellite photos show Putin’s forces building up fortifications.

Putin aims to start by swallowing both Ukraine and Moldova, then subjugate eastern Europe restoring an Cold War-style Iron Curtain across the continent, according to Professor Grigory Yudin.

He sees ‘the entire eastern Europe’ as his ‘fiefdom’, the professor told YouTube show CivilNet in a chilling forecast.

Read more: Vladimir Putin is set on ‘big war’ with Nato to bring back the Iron Curtain says top Russian political scientist as Ukraine warns Russia will launch new pre-emptive strike by February 24
~~~

(But the 'Read more' final paragraph doesn't feature a link to click.)

The article seems to be based on simultaneous reports from The Daily Mirror (https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/vladimir-putin-set-big-war-29074488), The Daily Star (https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/putin-set-big-war-against-29076207), and The Daily Mail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11686959/Vladimir-Putin-set-Iron-Curtain-big-war-Nato-Ukraine-warns-strike-February-24.html), all of which have near-identical headlines. :facepalm:

Yes, David should know better, and he's quite wrong here.

Thanks :) (wry smile - it's blatant transparent propaganda as usual)

artamis

31st January 2023, 17:48

Here's a very large documentary about him that's in 4 parts, 1 hour a piece. You have to be logged in to a youtube account to view it:

For anyone who doesn't have a yt account or simply hates to log onto yt use this:

https://piped.video/

paste the yt video url on the search bar of piped.video website, it bypasses yt blocks.

Isserley

1st February 2023, 16:14

David should know better, and he's quite wrong here.

David refers to Yudin, and Yudin may or may not be right/wrong.
MSM is a mixture of truth and lies and time will show the true face of the botoxed man in Kremlin.

https://twitter.com/YudinGreg/status/1594468667131150341?s=20
https://twitter.com/YudinGreg/status/1594468672952745985?s=20

9ideon

21st February 2023, 09:04

Direct Link to Live Address Putin to Nation (English Translated).

21 Feb 2022

VO-e_04qag0

Bill Ryan

21st February 2023, 11:52

Direct Link to Live Address Putin to Nation (English Translated).

21 Feb 2022

VO-e_04qag0I can't yet see an official transcript on https://em.kremlin.ru, but here are some ongoing real-time bulletpoint summaries posted on Telegram (https://t.me/intelslava/44876) as the speech was progressing:

This is NOT any kind of formal transcript, just a few unofficial summarized extracts from the long speech.

~~~

A year ago to protect our people on historical lands. To eliminate the neo-Nazi regime of the established regime in Ukraine, a decision was made on the SMO. Step by step we will carefully and consistently solve the tasks set before us.

Russia did everything possible to solve the problem in Ukraine by peaceful means. But the statements of Western leaders turned into a forgery and a lie.

The promises and statements of Western rulers turned into forgery and cruel lies. The West supplied weapons, trained the nationalist battalions. Even before the start of the SMO, negotiations were underway on the supply of air defense systems and aircraft. We remember Kyiv's attempts to obtain nuclear weapons.

The United States deployed bases and biological laboratories near our borders, mastered the theater of military operations, prepared Ukraine for a big war.

While Donbass was on fire and blood was shed, and Russia was sincerely striving for a peaceful solution, the West was playing on people's lives, playing with "marked cards". They behaved the same way, destroying Yugoslavia, Iraq, Libya, Syria. The concept of honor and decency is not for them.

We firmly defend not only our interests, but also the position that there should be no division into "civilized" countries and the rest. We were sincerely ready for a constructive dialogue.

In response, we received an indistinct, hypocritical reaction. NATO expanded to our borders, new missile defense position areas were created.

We received a refusal on all fundamental positions. It became clear that the go-ahead for the implementation of aggression had been given. The threat grew every day. By February 2022, everything was ready for the next punitive action of Kiev in the Donbass.

Kyiv's actions completely contradicted UN resolutions. It was THEY who started the war. And we used force to stop it.

Kyiv's next goal was to strike at Crimea and Sevastopol. Now Kyiv is openly talking about it. They revealed what we already knew so well

We are defending our home, and the goal of the West is unlimited power. they have already spent more than $150 billion on arming Kyiv.

They spare no expense to encourage unrest and coups around the world. At a conference in Munich, Russia was blamed so that everyone would forget what the West had done in recent decades. Entire regions are in chaos. American experts say that as a result of the wars unleashed by the United States after 2001, more than 900 thousand people died, more than 38 million became refugees.

In the 1930s, the West opened the way to power in Germany for the Nazis, today they are making "anti-Russia" out of Ukraine, this project goes back to the 19th century, Austria-Hungary, Poland nurtured it to tear off historical territories from our country.

Recently, one of the brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was given the name "Edelweiss" as a Nazi division that participated in the deportation of Jews, executions of prisoners of war, and punitive operations. SS chevrons are very popular in Ukraine. Wehrmacht marks are applied to the equipment.

The West doesn't give a damn who to bet on in the fight against us. The main thing is that they fight with our country, fulfill their will, serve as a weapon against Russia.

We are not at war with the people of Ukraine, they themselves are a hostage of the Kiev regime and its Western masters, who occupied this country, destroyed its industry and robbed its wealth.

The responsibility for the escalation of the conflict lies entirely with the Western elites and the Kiev regime, for which the Ukrainian people are a stranger.

The more long-range Western systems will come to Ukraine, the further we will be forced to move the threat away from our borders.

The goal of the West is to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia, to end us once and for all. We will respond accordingly, because we are talking about the existence of our country.

More and more aggressive information attacks are being carried out against us. The main target is the younger generations.

Russia cannot be defeated on the battlefield.

Family is the union of a man and a woman. So say the sacred books of all world religions. But the West is also trying to revise these sacred texts.

The West will try to undermine and split our society. they relies on national traitors who exude the poison of contempt for their Fatherland. It has always been so.

Who has embarked on the path of direct betrayal, commits terrorist and other crimes, will be held accountable under the law. But we will not "hunt for witches", settle scores with those who have abandoned their homeland. They have to live with it.

We are all proud that our people have taken a principled position in relation to the SMO, understood the meaning of actions, supported our actions. This support showed real patriotism, a feeling that is historically inherent in our people.

I want to thank all the people of Russia for their courage and determination, to say thank you to our heroes - soldiers and officers of the army and navy, employees of the National Guard, special services, patriots, volunteers.

Special words to the residents of the DPR and LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. You yourself have determined your future, made a firm choice.

We have started and will continue to build up a large-scale program for the restoration and development of new subjects of the federation. To revive enterprises and jobs, the ports of the Sea of Azov, which has become the inland sea of Russia.

Our duty is to support families who have lost relatives, loved ones. Help them raise their children, raise them, educate them. The family of each member of the SMO should be surrounded by care and honor.

I propose to create a special state fund for targeted, personal assistance to the families of the dead soldiers and veterans of the SMO.

Today both military personnel, and mobilized, and volunteers endure the hardships of the front together. Not all issues of supply and monetary allowance have been resolved.

For all participants of the SMO, incl. volunteer, you need to establish a regular vacation of at least 14 days at least once every six months, excluding travel time.

Officers and sergeants who have shown themselves to be competent, modern and decisive commanders will be promoted to higher positions on a priority basis, sent to academies.

The task is to launch mass production of the latest weapons. This work is underway, its pace is increasing.

Both experienced and young specialists work at our factories, in the design bureau, aimed at a breakthrough, true to the traditions of Russian gunsmiths - to do everything for victory.

I propose to launch a special program of preferential rental housing for defense industry workers. A significant part of the payment for housing will be covered by the state.

The West has deployed not only a military, informational, but also an economic front. Nothing has been achieved and never will be.

The initiators of the sanctions provoked price increases, job losses, business closures, and an energy crisis in their own countries.

The West tried to collapse the ruble, provoke inflation, steal reserves, break production chains. The goal of the West is to make our citizens suffer and destabilize society from within. The calculation was not justified.

The share of the Russian ruble in international settlements doubled compared to December 2021 and amounted to 1/3, and with the currencies of friendly countries - more than half.

Defense is the highest priority, but we must not destroy our own economy. We have everything to ensure security and create conditions for the sustainable development of the country.

Changes in the structure of the economy are a vital necessity. We know what is necessary for the sovereign and confident development of Russia.

The banking sector has stood the test, turning a profit, inflation is under control.

The banking sector has withstood the attack and looks like it will win. Let us all endure and win!

It is necessary to strengthen the deoffshorization of the economy, business must operate in Russian jurisdiction.

We remember what problems the late Soviet economy faced. The Russian economy was created on a market basis. However, in the end, our economy became oriented towards the West, as business was aimed at selling resources and making quick profits. It took years to break this trend, and we have achieved visible change.

The image of the West as a safe haven turned out to be fake. Those who considered Russia only as a source of income have lost a lot. In the West they were simply robbed.

None of the ordinary citizens of the Russian Federation regretted those who lost their accounts in foreign banks, lost their yachts. People remember both the privatization of the 90s and demonstrative luxury.

Those who grew up in the Donbass and Novorossia and fought for them should become the main pillar in the development of these regions.

In early February, a NATO statement was made with the actual demand for Moscow to "return to the implementation of the strategic offensive arms treaty", including the admission of inspections to our facilities. We know that the West is involved in Kyiv's attempts to strike at our strategic aviation bases. Now they still want to inspect our defense installations? This sounds like bull****.

The United States and NATO openly say that their goal is to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia, and at the same time they are going to drive around our facilities? I have signed a decree on putting new ground-based strategic systems on combat duty. Are we going to let them in there?

A week ago, I signed a decree on putting the latest ground-based missile systems on combat duty.

Russia suspends its participation in the strategic offensive arms treaty.

Russia is ready to resume nuclear weapons testing (if the US goes for similar tests)

Ministry of Defense and Rosatom must ensure readiness for testing Russian nuclear weapons.

Russia will respond to any challenges, because we are all one country, one united people, we are confident in our abilities, the truth is behind us.

Putin ended his message to the Federal Assembly with the words: "The truth is behind us."

Bill Ryan

21st February 2023, 11:55

And a different summary from a different channel: (https://t.me/Slavyangrad/34415)

Slavyangrad/34415

Tintin

21st February 2023, 12:55

Here's a very large documentary about him that's in 4 parts, 1 hour a piece. You have to be logged in to a youtube account to view it:

For anyone who doesn't have a yt account or simply hates to log onto yt use this:

https://piped.video/

paste the yt video url on the search bar of piped.video website, it bypasses yt blocks.

:thumbsup: Or go to the Avalon Library, and save a whole bunch of time :)

The Putin Interviews >>> here (https://avalonlibrary.net/?dir=The_Putin_Interviews_w_Oliver_Stone_%282017%29)

They're also zipped: https://avalonlibrary.net/The_Putin_Interviews_w_Oliver_Stone_%282017%29/The_Putin_Interviews_w_Oliver_Stone_%282017%29.zip

9ideon

21st February 2023, 13:26

Video Summary of Putin's Address.

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Bill Ryan

12th March 2023, 17:42

Scott Ritter talking to Jackson Hinkle about how Putin may be remembered — an interesting 10 minutes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3hZzT8NYfo

Tintin

10th July 2023, 11:18

Jackson Hinkle via Twitter :bigsmile:

For those that may have trouble viewing this, this is a 55 second long split-screen video I think from RT comparing the respective leaders of the two most powerful nuclear states in the world. Absent age difference considerations, well, it pretty much is a slam dunk....in answering the question, "Who would you rather have leading your country: Putin or Biden?"

1678337974595878912

Source: https://twitter.com/georgegalloway/status/1678337974595878912

....and this from the same thread :bigsmile:

1678168672035037185

Isserley

10th July 2023, 13:17

This horse riding reminded me of another great leader :chuckle:

iAtA_6s-CIM

ExomatrixTV

10th July 2023, 14:49

Actually, David Icke might for once be wrong here (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?118635-The-Putin-Thread&p=1541018&viewfull=1#post1541018)

I can't access the Telegram account from work; who is the 'top' political scientist being quoted here? The source? (Smells a little like black propaganda being circulated.) Just a hunch.

Nobody is pure as the driven snow of course and that would apply to VP too but there are factions at play opposed to him, as well as those that support him.

It seems a rapid growing trend that more and more "alternative media platforms" spread accusatory claims with no real sources given, no honest proper context given ... And in the world of diplomacy, politicians are not necessarily "in bed with each other" when shaking hands and/or smiling in front of a camera for the press.

I personally find it really extremely harrowing dumb that people use that as "evidence" claiming "they all are part of the same agenda" ... Meanwhile, I know that so many fall for this "guilty by association" assumption ... There are so many examples of people who really do not work together but are pushed to at least "talk to each other" so that others can have more peaceful beneficial common grounds/prosperties/economics etc ... In other words, both sides may represent different fractions of people who do not want endless wars nor economic sanctions etc. etc.

I have always known that "diplomacy" is not what it seems!

It seems "friendly" it seems "they love it" ... but is all an act to show they know how the game is played ... That does not mean they "must" be part of a deeper agenda >>> but for certain "conspiracy researchers" it seems that way <<< and I get that, but I find it still dumb, sorry ... Yes, on super high levels that is beyond all the puppet politicians they have an end-goal and that is totalitarian technocratic (https://www.technocracy.news/) "global governance"!

But not all (allegedly) "puppet politicians" have to go along with sacrificing so much for WEF (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?118748-Top-10-Creepiest-Most-Dystopian-Things-Pushed-By-The-World-Economic-Forum) - Agenda2030 (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?111148-The-Great-Reset) - NetZero2050 (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?115447-Climate-Lockdowns-are-Coming--Agenda2030--Predicted-by-Conspiracy-Researchers-) - Great Reset (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?111148-The-Great-Reset) - CBDC/ESG (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?120026-Biggest-Threat-To-Financial-Freedom-is-CBDC) - NWO Tyranny (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/forumdisplay.php?163-The-New-World-Order) - Depopulation Agenda (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?113012-The-Depopulation-Plan) etc.

If you know you are being used but you have different plans that is the opposite of the NWO Tyranny (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/forumdisplay.php?163-The-New-World-Order) ... How would you plan to win this battle? ... By showing all cards openly or do you have to use (partly) deception tactics to fool your "overlords" that you do not want them to succeed!

This issue, is something I always struggle with ... I never like mind-games & deceptive tactics, but these things seem inevitable in a world of fighting very powerful global psychopathic control freaks!

You can choose to do things that are done to outsmart these psychopaths ... at the same time you will be accused of "working for them" even if it is not the case.

It is so easy talking & judging on the side-line safely behind your desktop computer, safe from any consequences ... The "conspiracy accusations" on so many levels has become completely mainstream ... So much so, you do not even register as "awkward" anymore.

Too many are part of this discussion now that the vast majority can safely discuss this now ... Yes, there is still global coordinated censorship (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?80790-Internet-Censorship-So-it-began...) going on BUT it is not working for them, it only helps the resistance to grow faster!

In short: "nothing is as it seems" but this also goes for so many: "conspiracy memes" especially when there are no proper sources given! >>> Conjecture mixed with assumptions is partly the "new normal" in the "conspiracy research" world nowadays!

https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/user/27474914.f5b631e7.160x160o.f6c78faaf102.png (https://www.facebook.com/groups/stop5g)

cheers,
John Kuhles (https://www.facebook.com/groups/stop5g) aka 'ExomatrixTV'
July 10th, 2023 🦜🦋🌳

PlasmaVortex

10th July 2023, 15:19

Actually, David Icke might for once be wrong here (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?118635-The-Putin-Thread&p=1541018&viewfull=1#post1541018)

I can't access the Telegram account from work; who is the 'top' political scientist being quoted here? The source? (Smells a little like black propaganda being circulated.) Just a hunch.

Nobody is pure as the driven snow of course and that would apply to VP too but there are factions at play opposed to him, as well as those that support him.

It seems a rapid growing trend that more and more "alternative media platforms" spread accusatory claims with no real sources given, no honest proper context given ... And in the world of diplomacy, politicians are not necessarily "in bed with the other" when shaking hands and/or smiling in front of a camera for the press ... I personally find it really extremely harrowing dumb that people use that as "evidence" of "they all are part of the same agenda" ... Meanwhile, I know that so many fall for that "guilty by association" assumption. There are so many examples of people who really do not work together but are pushed to at least "talk to each other" so that others can have more peaceful beneficial common grounds/prosperties/economics etc. In other words, both sides may represent different fraction of people who do not want endless wars nor economic sanctions etc. etc.

I have always known that "diplomacy" is not what it seems ...

It seems "friendly" it seems "they love it" ... but is all an act to show they know how the game is played. That does not mean they "must" be part of a deeper agenda >>> but for conspiracy researcher it seems that way and I get that, but I find it still dumb sorry ... Yes, on super high levels that is beyond all the puppet politicians they have an end-goal and that is totalitarian technocratic "global governance"!

But not all (allegedly) "puppet politicians" have to go along with sacrificing so much for WEF (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?118748-Top-10-Creepiest-Most-Dystopian-Things-Pushed-By-The-World-Economic-Forum) - Agenda2030 (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?111148-The-Great-Reset) - NetZero2050 (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?115447-Climate-Lockdowns-are-Coming--Agenda2030--Predicted-by-Conspiracy-Researchers-) - Great Reset (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?111148-The-Great-Reset) - CBDC/ESG (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?120026-Biggest-Threat-To-Financial-Freedom-is-CBDC) - NWO Tyranny (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/forumdisplay.php?163-The-New-World-Order) - Depopulation Agenda (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?113012-The-Depopulation-Plan) etc.

If you know you are being used but you have different plans that is the opposite of the NWO Tyranny (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/forumdisplay.php?163-The-New-World-Order) ... How would you plan to win this battle? ... By showing all cards openly or do you have to use (partly) deception tactics to fool your "overlords" that you do not want them to succeed!

This issue, is something I always struggle with ... I never like mind-games & deceptive tactics, but these things seem inevitable in a world of fighting very powerful psychopathic control freaks!

You can choose to do things that are done to outsmart these psychopaths ... at the same time you will be accused of "working for them" even if it is not the case.

It is so easy talking & judging on the side-line safely behind your desktop computer, safe from any consequences. The "conspiracy accusations" on so many levels has become completely mainstream ... so much, so you do not even register as "awkward" anymore. Too many are part of this discussion now that the vast majority can safely discuss this now ... Yes, there is still global coordinated censorship (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?80790-Internet-Censorship-So-it-began...) going on BUT it is not working for them, it only helps the resistance to grow faster!

In short: "nothing is as it seems" but this also goes for so many: "conspiracy memes" especially when there are no proper sources given! Conjecture mixed with assumptions is partly the "new normal" in the "conspiracy research" world nowadays! :facepalm:

cheers,
John 🦜🦋🌳

i concur with johns sentiments and i'm learning the hardway about the need for full explainantions when advancing controversial ideas/theories/evidence its best to be scientific with you're language.

Bill Ryan

10th July 2023, 15:28

Actually, David Icke might for once be wrong here (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?118635-The-Putin-Thread&p=1541018&viewfull=1#post1541018)It seems a rapid growing trend that more and more "alternative media platforms" spread accusatory claims with no real sources given, no honest proper context given ... Yes. The davidicke.com website post (https://davidicke.com/2023/01/30/vladimir-putin-is-set-on-big-war-with-nato-to-bring-back-the-iron-curtain-says-top-russian-political-scientist-as-ukraine-warns-russia-will-launch-new-pre-emptive-strike-by-february-24/) quoted was very unlikely to have been written by David himself, and it merely copied a Russophobic Daily Mail article (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11686959/Vladimir-Putin-set-Iron-Curtain-big-war-Nato-Ukraine-warns-strike-February-24.html) verbatim. Totally lazy and unthinking, and whoever did that should have known better.

Tintin

22nd August 2023, 12:14

A short 4 min excerpt from a conversation between Scott Ritter and Vladimir Soloviev, a Russian journalist very well placed to comment on: "Who is Vladimir Putin?".

Much of this synchronises with my observations on the man who is very very far away from the monster portrayed by our legacy media. And of course, for astrology buffs, it's very clear that he exhibits clear Libran traits in his public persona, and his engagements with others. That is, amongst other traits, he's a good listener and values relationships highly.

Vladimir Soloviev tells Scott Ritter what Putin is really like

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Icare

22nd August 2023, 14:06

3:21 minutes showing a Putin nobody here in the West ever gets to see:

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Icare

22nd August 2023, 20:28

Just 40 seconds:

Putin telling a dark joke (so much truth in it):

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And another short video showing how well Putin understands global economics and how well he understands his enemies.
Out of everything profound he says here, the mainstream "Daily Mail" just takes the one light-hearted sidenote as their headline for this clip.
Astonishing.

Putin shows he takes other nations seriously, much more so than the West does. No wonder he is becoming quite popular in Africa.

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Tintin

29th August 2023, 05:50

Here's an older clip of Vladimir Putin being, well, authoritative :) :muscle:

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Source: https://twitter.com/MyLordBebo/status/1696286755912040711

mountain_jim

29th August 2023, 15:48

Can't wait for the MSM outcry when Tucker gets to interview Putin. :)

Reports in RT said he is trying to get an interview, and MSM already spinning it as a propaganda boon for Putin if/when it happens.

Icare

16th September 2023, 02:07

2:08 minutes

As usual Putin doesn't mince words.
It's worth watching.
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ExomatrixTV

25th September 2023, 01:29

Ukraine Bombshell: Millions Of EU Citizens Are Praying Putin Will Win (https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/1815302/EU-split-eastern-europe-closer-to-Russia-Ukraine-war)
dutch (https://www.ninefornews.nl/miljoenen-eu-burgers-hopen-dat-poetin-wint-hier-wonen-ze/) 🇳🇱 (+ Multi-Language Options). 🦜🦋🌳

Vicus

25th September 2023, 17:33

Showtime ! comedy relief... :chuckle:

Putin coming for US elections – Clinton

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high black witch :cat: :evil:

Former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has predicted that Russian President Vladimir Putin will interfere in the 2024 election, repeating never-proven allegations from 2016 and 2020 in an interview with former White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Sunday.

“The Russians have proved themselves to be quite adept at interfering and if [Putin] has a chance, he’ll do it again,” Clinton claimed, insisting that the Russian leader, whom her campaign famously accused of propping up her Republican rival, Donald Trump, in 2016, “hates democracy.”

“He particularly hates the West, and he especially hates us,” she said, arguing that Putin was behind a deliberate strategy to “damage and divide” the US. The twice-failed candidate called on Americans to resist the purported tyranny of Russia’s “authoritarian dictator,” as well as his “apologists and enablers.”

“We have to reject a kind of creeping fascism of people who are really ready to turn over their thinking, their votes to wannabe dictators,” Clinton added.

more? ew ...

https://www.rt.com/news/583542-hillary-clinton-putin-election-meddling/

ExomatrixTV

1st October 2023, 13:17

Ex-CIA: Pentagon PANICS As Putin Exposes Biden’s Secret Agenda

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In this interview between former CIA officer Ray McGovern and Stephen Gardner, several key topics were discussed including: Misleading Information on Russia and Ukraine: The interview begins by highlighting instances where Russia was blamed for actions taken by Ukraine, illustrating how misinformation can impact international relations. Poland's Investigation into a Missile Attack: Poland recently completed an investigation into a missile attack that killed two Polish individuals. The investigation revealed that the missile came from Ukraine, not Russia, causing tensions between Poland and Ukraine. Ukraine's Situation: The discussion touches on the challenges Ukraine faces, including internal conflicts, disputes with Poland, and the need for a ceasefire to prevent further casualties. US Domestic Politics and Impeachment: The interview delves into the impact of US domestic politics on international relations, citing the example of impeachment proceedings against former President Trump and potential legal issues involving President Biden. US-Russia-China Relations: Ray McGovern emphasizes the growing alliance between Russia and China, contrasting it with the United States' financial involvement in Ukraine and its implications for global politics. World Bank Funding for Ukraine: The World Bank's announcement that Ukraine needs substantial financial assistance for reconstruction is discussed, along with concerns about where the funding will come from. Energy Politics: The interview explores the role of energy politics in international relations, including the Nord Stream pipeline and its implications. Tony Blinken's Background and Views: Tony Blinken's academic background and his dissertation on US-European-Russian relations are mentioned, shedding light on his perspective on Russia's role in Europe.

ExomatrixTV

7th October 2023, 16:24

Putin: “The fact that everyone applauded this Nazi (in Parliament) is absolutely disgusting. Especially the Zelensky, who has Jewish blood in his veins, stands there and applauds a Nazi, a person who killed Jewish people with his own hands.”
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dutch (https://www.ninefornews.nl/poetin-noemt-applaus-voor-nazi-in-canadees-parlement-walgelijk/) 🇳🇱 (+ Multi-Language Options). 🦜🦋🌳

Ravenlocke

7th October 2023, 17:13

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1710686564807049273

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Ravenlocke

7th October 2023, 23:25

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https://x.com/Blackrussiantv/status/1710695090761408532

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https://x.com/RussiaIsntEnemy/status/1710683021647511900

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ExomatrixTV

8th October 2023, 01:22

Many Hundreds Of Russian Nuclear Missiles Will Appear In The Air! Putin, Ukraine:

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Putin answered a question about the possibility of changing Russia's nuclear doctrine.
Putin's speech at a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club. 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in the plenary session of the 20th anniversary meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club 2023. In particular, they talked about events around Ukraine.

ExomatrixTV

9th October 2023, 14:08

The Prosperity Of Europe Was Based On Cheap Energy From Russia! Putin, Valdai 2023:

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The economy of the United States is growing, and the economy of Europe has already gone into recession! Why climb through the window if there are doors?! Putin's speech at a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club. 2023. Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in the plenary session of the 20th anniversary meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club 2023. In particular, they talked about events around Ukraine.

Kryztian

3rd November 2023, 14:17

No quotes from of any of the leaders of Western nations, just the words of Vladimir Putin
Western nations ‘changing tune’ on defeating Russia – Putin
The stronger the nation is, the less its enemies will be trying to hurt it, the Russian president said
3 Nov, 2023 12:43
https://www.rt.com/russia/586503-putin-victory-ukraine-enemies/

Western nations, who previously insisted that Ukraine should defeat Russia on the battlefield, are gradually changing their position, President Vladimir Putin noted on Friday.

“They are changing their tune now, saying different things,” the Russian leader told members of the Civic Chamber, a civil society body tasked with consulting the government on policymaking.

Putin argued that the nation should become stronger in all aspects, including the economy, military, and political stability. Such strength deters hostile actors from trying to isolate Russia, he said.

“They (EU nations) excluded our energy. So what? What is the result? Our GDP will grow [up to] 3% this year, and the leading European economies are shrinking,” he noted.

“They suffer; they have real problems,” Putin added, noting that he was saying this without joy. “This doesn’t mean that we should behave aggressively. It means we must be sovereign in every sense of the word,” he concluded.

The US and its allies have accused Russia of launching an “unprovoked” attack on Ukraine last year and have pledged to support Kiev for “as long as it takes” to defeat Moscow. Washington has stated that its goal in Ukraine is to inflict a “strategic defeat” on Russia.

Moscow said the hostilities were caused by Western refusal to address Russia’s concerns about NATO expansion and Kiev’s discriminatory policies against Russian speakers after the 2014 armed coup. The US allegedly stopped the Ukrainian government from striking a truce in the first weeks of the ongoing conflict, which would have made it a neutral nation.

Kiev has declared that the only outcome it would accept is to push Russia out of all territories that it claims as its own, including Crimea. It has failed to secure any significant gains on the frontline during the so-called summer counteroffensive this year.

“Despite the supply of new kinds of NATO weapons, the Kiev regime is losing,” Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said earlier this week, assessing the battlefield situation.

Bill Ryan

5th November 2023, 19:44

Some important statements from Vladimir Putin, featuring the first time he's publicly linked the progress of the Ukraine SMO with the current very serious Palestinian problem.

https://t.me/MFARussia/18098

The text: (the bold emphasis is all in the original)
From President Vladimir Putin's speech (http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/72618) during a meeting with members of the Security Council and Government, and heads of security agencies (October 30, 2023)

The events in Makhachkala last night were instigated also through social networks, not least from Ukraine, by agents of Western intelligences services. I would like to ask myself in this connection: is it possible to help Palestine by trying to attack the Tat people and their families? Tats, by the way, are the titular nation in Daghestan. The only way to help Palestine is to fight those who are behind this tragedy. We, Russia, are fighting them in a special military operation, fighting them for ourselves and for those who seek real, true freedom.

I never cease to be amazed by the Kiev regime and its overseas masters. We know that Bandera and other henchmen of Hitler have already been put on a pedestal of honour, we know and see how the Ukrainian leadership applauds the Nazis of the Second World War, who were guilty of the Holocaust victims, who personally took part in these crimes, and today, under the guidance of their Western patrons, are trying to instigate pogroms in Russia.

By the way, I am not sure whether all the leading circles in the same States are aware of this. It would not be a bad idea for those who care so much about the citizens of Israel to investigate what their security services are doing in Ukraine, whether they are trying to instigate pogroms in Russia.

But those who really stand up for truth and justice, who fight against evil and oppression, against racism and neo-Nazism, which the West encourages, are now fighting at the front – near Donetsk, Avdeyevka, on the Dnieper. I repeat: these are our soldiers and officers. And the choice of a real man, a true warrior, is to take up arms and stand in line with his brothers, to be there where the fate of Russia and, indeed, of the whole world, including the future of the Palestinian people, is being decided.

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Ernie Nemeth

5th November 2023, 20:00

That speech is supposed to come from OUR leaders.

What are we to make of that?

Have we ever heard the words 'truth' and 'justice' in any context from the resident at the White House?

Bill Ryan

5th November 2023, 20:17

That speech is supposed to come from OUR leaders.

What are we to make of that?Well — it could be said that Putin is now the real Leader of the Free World.

ExomatrixTV

17th November 2023, 16:21

Putin Video Uploaded 7 years Ago:

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Lunesoleil

17th November 2023, 16:48

That speech is supposed to come from OUR leaders.
What are we to make of that?Well — it could be said that Putin is now the real Leader of the Free World.

hello Bill, what should we think of Putin ❓, thank you for your feedback

ExomatrixTV

17th November 2023, 17:35

That speech is supposed to come from OUR leaders.
What are we to make of that?Well — it could be said that Putin is now the real Leader of the Free World.

hello Bill, what should we think of Putin ❓, thank you for your feedback

Do not assume that Bill Ryan (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/member.php?6-Bill-Ryan) wants to tell others "what to think" but rather he shares his perspectives/insights that are beyond the mass conditioning, and you are always responsible for your own quality of thinking/judging based upon OWN research/efforts.

cheers,
John 🦜🦋🌳

Lunesoleil

19th November 2023, 17:49

Given the current state of affairs, giving your opinion is often subjective.
They want us to believe that it is Putin's fault, because the system is corrupt to the root and has been for centuries.
We are more and more awakened against lies and that is not necessarily good.
Too much fear is not good either. I have the impression in the forum everyone is potentially a Troll except maybe Putin...

:Avalon:

Tintin

19th November 2023, 21:01

A wonderfully articulate man, whatever your view of him may be. I have a whole ton of respect for him, and maybe a little admiration.

Source: http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/72757

Plenary session of the United Cultures Forum

Vladimir Putin took part in the plenary session of the 9th St Petersburg International Cultural Forum – the Forum of United Cultures.

November 17, 2023 19:35 St Petersburg

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Plenary session of the United Cultures Forum. Photo: Pavel Bednyakov, RIA Novosti

Moderator of the discussion – Special Presidential Envoy for International Cultural Cooperation Mikhail Shvydkoy.

The forum’s organisers include the Government of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Culture, and the St Petersburg city government. Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova is the head of the Organising Committee.

After the end of the plenary session, Vladimir Putin visited the halls of the eastern wing of the General Staff building that is part of the exposition complex of the State Hermitage Museum.

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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon, friends! Ladies and gentlemen!

I am very happy to welcome you to St Petersburg. Symbolically, this city has traditionally hosted the international cultural forum because our northern capital is a unique example of the mutual enrichment of Russian and other world cultures.

St Petersburg was created by outstanding architects from several diverse countries. It is a concentration of brilliant achievements by great writers, musicians, scientists, actors and thinkers in the broadest sense of this word. Their creative works have become an inalienable part of the cultural heritage of our world.

St Petersburg is also one of the visible incarnations of the worldwide responsiveness of the Russian people, the Russian soul that was described, among others, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It also reflects their ability to comprehend, accept and develop all the best things rather than underscore the differences, to find commonality, rise to the height of mutual spiritual enrichment and go forward together. These principles have been close to Russia and our people throughout our history. A country-civilisation, Russia has carefully kept the languages and traditions of all peoples living in it and is a unique unity of a multitude of distinctive cultures.

The experience of the millennium-old history of our country convincingly shows that cultural diversity is the greatest blessing while the interaction of cultures is one of the conditions for stable and peaceful development. After all, some of the main reasons for today’s international tensions are rooted in the claims of some forces to exclusivity, including cultural exclusivity, their disregard for the customs and spiritual values of others, a striving to subject everyone and everything to unification under their own pattern that they consider the best and most universal. This distasteful globalisation and, let me add, cultural expansionism, have led to cultural suppression and deprivation and have multiplied the potential for conflict.

We are convinced that the future belongs to free, multilinear, and diverse cultures, the broadest possible dialogue of humanitarian communities in the multipolar world that is forming today. As I understand it, the current Forum of United Cultures is intended to be a part of this dialogue. We believe that creatively-minded and enlightened individuals want to build a fair, sustainable, and secure world. We believe that this is backed by a sincere desire to improve the situation around the world in all the meanings of this word in the Russian language: the world as accord, the world as society, and the world as all humanity and the entire planet.

I am aware that you have drafted a busy programme, and understanding history through culture has become a key topic of discussion. Notably, and this is stating the obvious, archives and documentary evidence of events in the form of original sources seem to be accessible by everyone today. Well, first, not by everyone, and second, they are mostly used by specialists and professionals. Most people, however, learn about the past from books, films, theatre, paintings, and music. The truth about history and the most complex chapters of the past can undoubtedly be learned from masterpieces of world culture, including Russian, European, American, Chinese, Indian, Arab, and many other great works.

However, for those who engage in the falsification of history – unfortunately, there have always been enough of them at historical points of inflection – genuine art, so to speak, is a thorn in the side. It is in the way of these people’s efforts to distort the past in favour of their fleeting ideological or, as we often see, gender constructs, and it makes it hard for them to sow discord among people. That is why liars fabricate falsehoods in cinema, journalism, and literature.

Everything that does not fit in the mould of their historical forgeries is simply crossed out. Entire layers of history and art from Western Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America are passed under silence, as if nothing had happened, and there have recently been attempts to cancel our culture altogether. I say “attempts” because, by definition, we understand that this is impossible, but nevertheless, they are trying to cancel a culture that is based on genuine freedom and graciousness, love for humanity and spirituality. In and of itself, a policy of canceling Russia is anti-cultural, neocolonial, and racist.

But the truth is that the authors of these ideas had issues with this infamous cancellation, just like with the so-called anti-Russia sanctions, right from the very beginning. One of many examples is the enormous interest in the International Tchaikovsky Competition. The online audience exceeded 50 million people. In the modern world, canceling such things is simply not possible. It is strange that the people who are trying to do so do not understand this. By the way, of these 50 million people, more than half are residents of Europe who do not want anyone to decide for them what music to listen to, what to watch, and what to read.

Despite all the bans and sanctions, art still has no borders. It has always been that way, and it will undoubtedly be that way especially so in our time of rapid technological progress, which creates both vast opportunities and new risks. We must calculate the consequences of these fundamental tectonic processes, achievements in genetics, quantum mechanics, AI technology, and other innovation-driven areas.

As I understand it, this issue has also become a subject here at the forum, and it is certainly logical: only culture can ensure the safety and reasonability of innovation. Culture is the most natural ethical regulator of technological progress. The forum organisers suggest considering this as the basis of social development and humanism. As a carrier of national identity, traditions and the faith of our fathers, it serves as a guarantee of preserving our spiritual roots. This is extremely important both for the individual and for the country as a whole; it protects us from everything superfluous and momentary, gives us stability in the face of challenges, and serves as a moral reference point that allows us to remain human in the most difficult conditions.

The whole world was shocked by the news that the legendary ancient Arch of Triumph in Palmyra, Syria, was destroyed by terrorists, and for us the very word “Palmyra” is also a symbol. I would like to draw your attention – the Russian part of the audience knows this, and I will tell our friends and guests from abroad – the fact is that the city we are in, St Petersburg, is also called the Palmyra of the North from time to time. During the siege of the city, the Nazi barbarians and their satellites tried to destroy it in the same way.

In 2016, after the liberation of Palmyra in Syria, our experts from the Institute for the History of Material Culture took urgent measures to save the monument: they examined the ruins of the arch, fixed every fragment, created a unique project for the restoration of this UNESCO World Heritage Site, and soon, together with their Syrian colleagues, will begin recreating it.

Russia and our people have a deeply recognised responsibility for the preservation of world heritage and traditional values. It is in our national character to be sensitive to the pain of others and to strive for justice, as well as to care for the preservation of our common heritage – I am referring now to the Russian language. It has been and remains a language of inter-ethnic communication for hundreds of millions of people around the world. This is confirmed by the initiative of the President of Kazakhstan, Mr Tokayev, to establish an International Organisation for the Russian Language. The proposal was certainly supported by Russia and our colleagues, the leaders of the CIS countries, but there is no doubt that the number of members in this organisation will grow.

Next year Russia will chair two international organisations at once: BRICS and the CIS. A large cultural programme has been planned. We are also looking forward to increasing cultural and humanitarian cooperation with the states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, ASEAN, and the leading regional associations in Africa and Latin America.

We are paying great attention to culture at the state level. We are spending considerable funds on its development and are certainly not planning to reduce this funding. On the contrary, we will be seeking additional reserves, supporting creative figures and organisations, programmes for the protection of monuments and development of historical cities, and launching unique projects based on digital solutions. One is the already operating Pushkin Card. This cultural and educational programme for youth allows every Russian citizen between 14 and 22 to visit museums, theatres, concerts and other cultural institutions at state expense. Such commonly available educational programmes are not only opening art to young people, but also serving to assert the principles of equality and social justice.

Domestic businesses are also playing a creative role in cultural development. They are preserving the cultural heritage of the peoples of Russia, opening new creative spaces, some at former industrial zones, and replenishing the collections of our museums and libraries with priceless artefacts. They are doing all this from the heart. This mission deserves the deepest gratitude.

The participation of business people in the development of culture is a supra-national, unifying process and hence businesses, Russia’s development institutions and the EAEU, BRICS and SCO economies will come up with even more initiatives. There is no doubt of this, and I hope the theme of so-called business culture and philanthropy will become a traditional item on the forum’s agenda.

I would like to emphasise that Russia is determined to engage in the closest joint work with all those who share our values of peace, friendship and mutual respect, and who are ready to take part in creating a modern multipolar world along the lines of civilisational and cultural diversity.

The successful development of humanity depends on the preservation of the identities of people, on the existence of equal rights and opportunities for all states. The Forum of United Cultures, its discussions and ideas are designed to facilitate the achievement of these goals. Attracting more authoritative and young creative figures, pedagogues, scientists, entrepreneurs and benefactors, it is capable of becoming a permanent venue for important decision-making in the humanitarian area. No doubt, Russia is willing to ensure these efforts.

Thank you very much for being here, for being with us. Thank you for your attention.

(Applause.)

Bill Ryan

19th November 2023, 21:46

That speech is supposed to come from OUR leaders.
What are we to make of that?Well — it could be said that Putin is now the real Leader of the Free World.

hello Bill, what should we think of Putin ❓, thank you for your feedbackThe New Leader of the Free World.

(America's president, whoever it is or will be, is no longer the leader of free anything.)

Ask anyone in the 'global south' (better called the 'global majority'), and that's what they'll say as well.

ExomatrixTV

20th November 2023, 17:09

If someone had told me before 2014 what would happen in Ukraine... | Putin, Russia:

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Putin: Let's drink so that no matter how high we fly, we will never be separated from the team! Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in the plenary session of the IX St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum - Forum of United Cultures.

ExomatrixTV

24th November 2023, 14:57

🎯 DECLARATION: Pascal Najadi to Klaus Schwab on President Putin Declaring Schwab & WEF (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?118748-Top-10-Creepiest-Most-Dystopian-Things-Pushed-By-The-World-Economic-Forum) Legitimate Military Targets:

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Tintin

26th November 2023, 12:21

It's Mother's Day in Russia today, November 26th. If anything this allows another glimpse into the persona, and what inspires and motivates him; he's certainly a sensitive individual, and shows genuine affection here as most of us men do when we speak of our mothers. Here Vladimir Putin talks about his :rose:

Source: https://twitter.com/simpatico771/status/1728698105975980275

Text:

⚡️Rare moment Putin talks about his mother's past:

💐 Vladimir Putin talks about the strength of his mom Maria, who survived the WWII Leningrad blockade - in which 800,000 civilians were starved to death by fascist invaders.

Another 600,000 soldiers died in the defense of the city. Maria lost her 3-year-old son Viktor (Putin's older brother), giving birth to Vladimir after the war.

🌹 Today, Sunday 26 November is Mother's Day in Russia.

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Vicus

28th November 2023, 17:48

The West opposes all the peoples of Russia – Putin 28 Nov, 2023

Russophobia, racism and other forms of neo-Nazism have become the official ideology of Western elites, the president has claimed

The official ideology of ruling Western elites today is aimed not only against Russian people, but against all the peoples of Russia, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday during a plenary session of the international Russian People’s Council.

“The West does not need such a big and multinational country like Russia,” the president said, adding that Russia’s diversity and unity “simply doesn’t fit in with the logic of Western racists and colonizers.”

That’s why, according to Putin, the West has started playing “the old tune” of calling Russia a “prison of nations,” describing the Russian people as “slaves” and even going as far as to call for the “decolonization” of Russia.

“We’ve heard this all before,” he said, adding that what the opponents of Russia really want is to dismember and plunder the country, if not by force, then by sowing discord within its borders.

Putin went on to warn that any outside interference or provocations aimed at causing ethnic or religious conflicts in the country would be regarded as an “aggressive act” and an attempt to once again use terrorism and extremism as a tool to fight Russia.

“We will react accordingly,” he declared.

The president stressed that Russia’s current fight for sovereignty and justice is “without exaggeration” of a “national liberation nature” because it a fight for the security and the wellbeing of its citizens.

Putin also noted that the Russian people, as they have already done in the past, have once again become a roadblock for those who are striving for global domination and are trying to push forward their “exceptionalism.”

“We are fighting today not only for the freedom of Russia, but for the freedom of the whole world,” the president said, stating that Moscow is now “at the forefront of creating a more equitable world order” and that “without a sovereign, strong Russia, no lasting, stable world order is possible.”

https://swentr.site/russia/588140-putin-west-racism/

Vicus

30th November 2023, 16:27

Western education systems degrading - Putin

RT
Tue, 28 Nov 2023

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Vladimir Putin attends a meeting in Moscow, Russia, November 27, 2023

Schools and universities in the West have abandoned the liberal arts in favor of gender studies and other "pseudosciences," Russian President Vladimir Putin remarked in a speech on Tuesday.

"In the West, they are now practicing not only the policy of 'cancel culture', but also the actual abolition of liberal arts education," Putin told a gathering of the World Russian People's Council in Sochi.

"As a result, both [Western] culture and education are becoming primitive," he continued. "Many classical subjects are simply thrown out of Western curricula, replaced by some kind of gender and similar sciences - pseudosciences, of course."

The phenomenon highlighted by Putin has also been extensively condemned by Western conservatives, who have decried attempts by left-wing academics to cancel the study of ancient Greece and Rome over the so-called "whiteness" of these ancient societies, and to insert transgender ideology into the fields of medicine, archaeology, and psychotherapy, among countless other examples.

Explaining that education influences culture, Putin recommended that instead of following these Western trends, Russians should "learn from our ancestors, who both in traditional and avant-garde art, set an example for the whole world."

"I am convinced that the country's sovereignty and the strengthening of its role in the world are impossible without the flourishing of its original culture," he declared.

As "woke" ideology proliferated on American college campuses in recent years, the quality of students being admitted to these institutions has appeared to decline. Last month, the creators of the ACT college admissions test revealed that scores on the ubiquitous entry exam had fallen to a three-decade low. Several months earlier, a study by Northwestern University and the University of Oregon found that, for the first time in nearly 100 years, the average IQ scores of college-aged Americans were declining. The scientists behind the study attributed the dip to "a change of quality or content of education."

https://www.sott.net/article/486448-Western-education-systems-degrading-Putin

Bill Ryan

1st December 2023, 21:44

Putin gave this speech a few days ago, transcribed and published in English here:

http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/72863

Plenary session of the World Russian People’s Council

Vladimir Putin addressed, via videoconference, the plenary session of the World Russian People’s Council. The key topic of the forum, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the organisation’s establishment, is the Present and Future of the Russian World.

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The official text is all there for us to read, but in this new 20-minute video Alexander Mercouris presents his own summary and analysis, stating that in his opinion it's the most important speech Putin has made this year. (And that's saying something. :))

To risk my own one-sentence summary, Putin was explaining how Russia, Belarus and Ukraine all belong together pretty much as one 'nation' — whether literally or figuratively.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7BCZ5y_9BE

Ravenlocke

2nd December 2023, 17:26

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Iranian media was attracted by Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin's speech, who recited a poem by Persian poet Omar Khayyam within the framework of the international cultural forum:

"The drop began to cry that it parted from the sea, why do we beg God for forgiveness, the light and the shadow faithfully divide the world into parts, hardly a drop knows what happiness is!".

Note: we and the Persians have known each other too long. So don't be surprised by this cultural infiltration

@Slavyangrad

https://x.com/djuric_zlatko/status/1730947860038906048

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Bill Ryan

8th December 2023, 08:45

I wonder if the UAE would have done this for Joe Biden. :ROFL: Putin received a King's Welcome when he arrived in Abu Dhabi...it was quite something.

Fighter Jets Announce Putin's Arrival in UAE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VTgdjosdxA

pounamuknight

8th December 2023, 11:39

Putin received a King's Welcome when he arrived in Abu Dhabi

Next he dropped by The Kingdom next door. The Crown Prince kinda made a big deal out of it

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Tintin

8th December 2023, 14:46

"...an accomplished gentleman."

I think I'll just let the tweet and video do the talking here but please do check out the 4 minute interview. There's the usual excruciating drivel about Ukraine but she's just delightful here, and very humourous too. There's a glorious piece of spontaneity here as well in the dog segment and a shot of the actual dance scene cited :ROFL:

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Bill Ryan

11th December 2023, 21:08

This short clip was shown by Judge Napolitano during his conversation today (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRW8FZIr20g) with Ray McGovern. I'd not seen it before, and this was the only source I found, where the very brief incident is replayed 3 times. It dates from January 2020, long before the current conflicts in Ukraine and Israel. The comments on the video are a bunch of fun to read. :)

Putin Replaces Dropped Cap of Palestinian Honor Guard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stKQDcL3Q9E

Ravenlocke

11th December 2023, 21:13

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Ravenlocke

11th December 2023, 21:18

The Duran
20 minutes, topic,

Isolated Putin

Putin’s trips to the Middleast
Russian economy

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Vicus

14th December 2023, 16:06

Putin's Calm, Well-Versed Demeanor Steering Russia in Right Direction – Observers 2 hours ago

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Russian President Vladimir Putin displayed powerful composure during his recent annual year-end press conference, where he fielded questions from Chinese, American, French and other international and domestic reporters in real-time. This begs the question: what lies at the heart of Putin's solid confidence?

While his American counterpart Joe Biden has been repeatedly spotted reading prepared and vetted responses, the Russian president holds hours-long on-air conferences with ease, Western observers admit.

"Personally, I think it is important for any politician to stay on top of their subject matter, and I prefer the somewhat more informal live format at these press conferences," Dr. Roslyn Fuller, director of the non-profit think tank Solonian Democracy Institute and the author of the book "Beasts and Gods: How Democracy Changed Its Meaning and Lost Its Purpose", told Sputnik.

"American politicians have become very 'produced', and try to avoid any possible downtime, awkwardness or misstep in communication. This was an issue even with Obama, who was often criticized for 'speaking from a teleprompter', despite his great charisma. So that 'overproduction' that aims at a really slick output is peculiarly American. It is also what their audience expects," she continued.

The Canadian-Irish author pointed out that from a Western point of view, Putin is "almost always very calm and somewhat dry." She noted that this time, Putin also "seemed fairly relaxed" and in control of the situation.
For his part, Angelo Giuliano, a Hong Kong-based political and financial analyst, spotlighted the fact that Putin picked a Xinhua reporter's question prior to that of the New York Times journalist.
"It is indeed very symbolic that Putin took Xinhua to ask the first question, he probably wanted to show that the US doesn’t play the first role anymore," Giuliano told Sputnik.
The political analyst highlighted that China has become Russia’s most important strategic partner, as both countries "offering each other complementary strengths".
"In the meantime, the World is changing and the shift of gravity is in eastward and in the Global South. While the West talks and talks, the rest of the World is acting," the political analyst underscored.

https://sputnikglobe.com/20231214/putins-calm-well-versed-demeanor-steering-russia-in-right-direction--observers-1115585501.html

Bill Ryan

14th December 2023, 16:18

Alexander Mercouris commenting on Putin and his current major press conference, which was 4 hours long and still ongoing before he had to break off watching to start his own livestream (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR81psBNAKU). He was answering a question, after about 1:45:00 (very approx), inviting him to compare Putin and Biden. :) And everything Mercouris observes is correct.

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Well, the one can conduct a 4 hour press conference — or at least, it was 4 hours and still going on! — and taking incredibly complex questions. And in the other case, it's a huge success if the press conference continues for 5 minutes without some great mistake.

I find comparing Putin to any other political leader incredibly difficult. To me, he's unique, to be honest. In my lifetime, I've never come across a phenomenon like this.

The other thing is, together with his self-discipline, and his intelligence, and his erudition, the work ethic the man has is astonishing. Just go to his website and see the number of things he does in a day. It's just off the scale. The number of people he talks to, the number of world leaders he engages with, I've ever known anything like this.

Ravenlocke

14th December 2023, 17:05

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“Only one person can be like me. It's me. I have no doubles"

Putin answered a question from his “digital twin” - a St. Petersburg State University student from St. Petersburg, who used the image of the president.

📝 “You look like me and speak in my voice. But only one person can be like me. It's me. By the way, I don’t have any doubles,” the president said.

❗️ Putin added that it is impossible to stop the development of artificial intelligence, but this process must be led and directed for good.

📝 “When they realized that nuclear weapons were a threat, they began to negotiate. The same will happen with artificial intelligence. It’s worth thinking about this today,” the head of the Russian Federation noted.

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Ravenlocke

14th December 2023, 17:20

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Putin apologized for raising prices for chicken eggs, calling it a failure in the government's work

The Russian authorities did not open the import of eggs in time, now the decision has been made, the situation with egg prices in Russia will improve, the president said.

He explained that prices for chicken eggs have increased due to the fact that demand has increased, but production has not.

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🇷🇺 “Vladimir Vladimirovich, restore order, take pity on the pensioners”

A pensioner from Krasnodar asked the president a question about high prices for eggs.

📝 “We have a dozen eggs from 180 to 220 rubles. Where and when were these prices? Vladimir Vladimirovich, restore order, take pity on the pensioners,” the woman complained.

❗️ Putin promised to correct the situation and apologized for the price increases.

📝 “I just recently spoke with the Minister of Agriculture and asked how things were going with his eggs. He said everything is fine,” the president said about the conversation with the Minister of Agriculture about the cost of chicken eggs, and that he himself really likes scrambled eggs.

https://x.com/djuric_zlatko/status/1735266552436445402

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Ravenlocke

14th December 2023, 17:24

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“Why are they talking about bacchanalia and the ban on abortion? This is not the case. Women’s rights and freedoms in our country must be respected” - Putin

The President paid special attention to a topic that has been widely discussed by the public in recent weeks, and took the side of protecting women's rights on the issue of banning abortion.

📝 “We need to act carefully with abortion bans, the anti-alcohol campaign at one time led to the use of surrogate, we need to keep this in mind when having abortions,” Putin said.

❗️ The President rightly noted that society, like the state, must remember the existence of traditional values. It must be kept in mind that a child is a gift. But at the same time, it is necessary to work towards improving the material well-being of citizens and putting antenatal clinics and hospitals in order.

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Ravenlocke

14th December 2023, 17:30

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🇺🇸 Putin about the possible exchange of Gershkovich: a journalist from The New York Times accused Russia in detaining The Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich without due process and any trial and proposed to just set him free for
improving relations with the US. "Why not return him to his homeland?" she said.

The President corrected the New York Times journalist "You said that his arrest was recently extended which means there was a trial."

He also added "You say, why not return him to his homeland. Why not commit crimes on the territory of the Russian Federation?"

The head of state said that Russia does not refuse possible exchanges with the United States and similar conversations are underway. This is a complex dialogue and the Americans must also take into account Russian conditions so that the deal is beneficial to us.

🇷🇺✖️ Putin: “Russophobia is one of the vectors of the fight against Russia”

The President noted that there is indeed a rise in nationalism in the world. Putin associated the growth of Islamophobia, Judeophobia and Russophobia with the fact that people feel a lack of justice.

📝 “We will not allow interfaith and ethnic hatred to rock society,” the president said.

❗️ Putin promised to nip in the bud any attempts to rock Russian society from the inside.

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Ravenlocke

14th December 2023, 17:50

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🇷🇺 🇺🇸We are ready to build relations with the USA, it is an important country in the international arena - Putin

However, there are no fundamental conditions for building these relationships yet. The US imperial policy hinders them, not even us, the president noted.

📝 “Elites are forced to behave this way because US failures in the international arena are perceived as failures,” he said.

https://x.com/djuric_zlatko/status/1735235327831265563

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Ravenlocke

14th December 2023, 17:56

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Ravenlocke

14th December 2023, 18:17

Here is the whole 4 hour session with English interpreter speaking over Russian.

https://x.com/mfa_russia/status/1735225398437302627

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Bruce G Charlton

14th December 2023, 18:26

"I find comparing Putin to any other political leader incredibly difficult. To me, he's unique, to be honest. In my lifetime, I've never come across a phenomenon like this."

A giant compared with pygmies.

Bill Ryan

15th December 2023, 12:52

"I find comparing Putin to any other political leader incredibly difficult. To me, he's unique, to be honest. In my lifetime, I've never come across a phenomenon like this."

A giant compared with pygmies.Here's more. This is Col. Douglas Macgregor, talking to (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNJNGsyy48s) Judge Napolitamo yesterday.

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I'd ask you whether or not there's any leader in the western world who, after delivering some prepared remarks for 20-30 minutes, could then sit for almost 4 hours and answer questions and demonstrate his command of all of the issues and the details, economic, military, political, without notes, without pausing for a second to look at anything ... impossible.

The man is exceptionally intelligent, very competent, and I think from the very beginning has been straightforward and truthful. But of course, that's not what people want to hear.

Bruce G Charlton

15th December 2023, 14:16

@Bill - "The man is exceptionally intelligent, very competent, and I think from the very beginning has been straightforward and truthful. But of course, that's not what people want to hear."

It is quite something to observe one of those extraordinary leaders we read about in history, someone who towers above and shapes their age.

But, unlike many of these (who were often great generals, primarily, and - like Napoleon - were in the end a disaster for their countries); here is someone who not only saved his nation from near-certain annihilation, but will (probably, unless there is some coming reverse) leave the world overall a better place; or at least a more hopeful place.

These are indeed "interesting times"; because the Western Civilization, dominant since the Middle Ages, is destroying-itself so rapidly and thoroughly that - if I live an average lifespan - I am almost certain to see its end (and will, almost certainly, go down with it!).

Indeed the decline could begin to accelerate towards a positive-feedback collapse at almost any time. Life now is a bit like having a ringside seat in Rome c400AD; although in that case the Roman centre and capital had long since moved to Constantinople, where it survived another millennium.

The West is now so interlinked and motivationally-degraded that it is hard to imagine any outpost surviving long.

The big question is whether The West will pull everything else down with it (I'm pretty sure this will be attempted) - but (with multipolarity emerging so quickly) the prospects do not seem quite so bleak now, as they did in 2020.

Ewan

15th December 2023, 17:52

The big question is whether The West will pull everything else down with it (I'm pretty sure this will be attempted) - but (with multipolarity emerging so quickly) the prospects do not seem quite so bleak now, as they did in 2020.

That is something I have often asked myself. Like a child throwing a tantrum when things keep going against them, one feels there are a lot of 'children' in American politics right now who would not hesitate to kill their parents and burn the house down just because they didn't get the latest console game or similar.

Your comment re multipolarity I also agree with, leading me to hope that everything actually collapses so swiftly and, for them in their arrogance, completely unexpectedly. Even though that likely hastens our own demise we may well have seen exactly what we came here to witness this time around in the carnival of madness.

Tintin

17th December 2023, 11:50

@Bill - "The man is exceptionally intelligent, very competent, and I think from the very beginning has been straightforward and truthful. But of course, that's not what people want to hear."

It is quite something to observe one of those extraordinary leaders we read about in history, someone who towers above and shapes their age.

But, unlike many of these (who were often great generals, primarily, and - like Napoleon - were in the end a disaster for their countries); here is someone who not only saved his nation from near-certain annihilation, but will (probably, unless there is some coming reverse) leave the world overall a better place; or at least a more hopeful place.

Great comments and worthy of more than just a tweet share here :highfive:

Here's a fabulous candid admission of naivete expressed by Vladimir Putin here. Blinking flip. Compare that to the arrogant posturing of Western leaders and we do indeed have an exceptional individual in our midst.

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Putin says he was a naive man 20 years ago, thinking the West would have realized Russia no longer posed ideological threat like the USSR, so he underestimated the West's capacity to continue trying to destroy Russia at all costs.
Well, his realization is better late than never.

Source: SIMPLICIUS The Thinker Ѱ (https://twitter.com/simpatico771/status/1736295308265410771)

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Tintin

17th December 2023, 15:35

Results of the Year - Vladimir Putin - December 14th, 2023

The full Results of the Year interview session from December 14th, with English audio, obtained directly from the Russian President's website (http://static.kremlin.ru/media/events/video/en/video_low/tAR2XGAA3Y3WhKDgRrMXqTyGRPVq2DzB.mp4).

Now in the Avalon Library (https://avalonlibrary.net/Ukraine/2022_Russian_invasion_%28Operation-Z%29/Vladimir_Putin_%28speeches%29/2023-12-14_Results_of_the_Year_with_Vladimir_Putin_%28w_English_audio%29.mp4)

https://avalonlibrary.net/Ukraine/2022_Russian_invasion_%28Operation-Z%29/Vladimir_Putin_%28speeches%29/2023-12-14_Results_of_the_Year_with_Vladimir_Putin_%28w_English_audio%29.mp4

There's also an entire transcript available via his website (http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/72994) but also here in the library as a 94 page PDF (https://avalonlibrary.net/Ukraine/2022_Russian_invasion_%28Operation-Z%29/Vladimir_Putin_%28speeches%29/2023-12-14_Results_of_the_Year_with_Vladimir_Putin_%28transcript%29%20%95%20President%20of%A0Russia.pdf)

Ravenlocke

17th December 2023, 22:33

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Ravenlocke

17th December 2023, 22:50

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🇷🇺 Putin holds back tears (01:08) reminiscing his late mother's selfless act, letting him drive modest car she won when he was student (1:27) instead of selling it and using money to buy apartment bigger than one-room house they lived in (00:54).

"Let's take the car, let our son drive", I memorized this phrase word for word. It's amazing to me today, but that's what moms are like - Putin.

Boost us here for more Putin First
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Eva2

26th December 2023, 16:26

Vladimir Putin's Letter to the World

https://twitter.com/peacemaket71/status/1739367383439917230

'Vladimir Putin's letter to the world:*

Dear inhabitants of our beautiful planet Earth,
I, the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, decided to address all of you directly, bypassing diplomats, your leaders and journalists. In Russia, there is a so-called "Ural exchange", where it is forbidden to lie, deceive and exaggerate. Therefore, I will speak very honestly so that everyone will be convinced of the truth of my words.
Russia is a big and rich country, its most important value is more than 150 million people who live in a territory where justice is above all. We don't need new territories.
We have energy and all other resources are abundant.
Since the time of the Great Tartar and the Great Mughals, the peoples of Northern Eurasia have not developed because of the onslaught of the Crusades and the colonization of America, Africa, India, or the drug addiction of China, but because of their hard work and pacifism.
Anyone who knows Russian understands that "Russian" is an adjective that refers to all the peoples of our country. Russian Slavs, Russian Tatars, Russian Jews, Russian Evans, etc. All Russian at heart, even if their culture, language and way of life differ. We honor this diversity of unity.
The Russian people are once again forced to sacrifice their lives to protect the world from Nazism and fascism. We exchanged 50 of our prisoners of war for 50 Ukrainian soldiers. Ukrainian soldiers were treated in our hospitals, given three full meals a day and returned home.
We received Russian soldiers who had their fingers and genitals cut off. Not even the Nazis did that in the last war.
We will present this evidence in a future process. Shame on everyone who supports these scumbags now.
Your leaders in the US, Europe, Japan, Australia and elsewhere have sided with these subhumans who put civilians, pregnant women and children above themselves in combat and deliberately want POWs. I can't imagine any sane person supporting these monsters. * And your Bidens, Scholz, Macron and other dark democrats * not only protect criminals, but actively arm them, provide them with money that is not enough to lower prices in your countries. Prices are rising, the world is collapsing, but not because the Russians are cleansing Europe of Nazi evil spirits, but because you are silent and even support the new wave of Nazism. This time we will not go to Berlin, we will stop at our historical borders, and all the Nazi evil spirits that your leaders open the door to will give you a new "crystal" life, as the Nazis did, adding circumcision of the reproductive organs to it. I appeal to all who want to live and work in the world, raise children and socialize with people all over the world. Help Russia fight the new cancer - Ukrainian Nazism. Not Ukraine, where peaceful and hard working people live, but Nazism, fueled by your US taxes and NATO hawks. If your leaders support Nazism, push them over the edge, take power into your hands. Ukrainian Nazis are protected from bullets by civilians, your rulers also decided to transfer the burden of high prices and future troubles to the population under the pretext of terrible Russia. In Ukraine, just like you, the Nazis live well behind the backs of ordinary citizens, and ordinary citizens have to suffer - these are the same crimes in Ukraine as in the West. We have not broken any of our promises and your leaders have stolen 300 billion dollars and Euros from the Russian people. They steal the property of our country's citizens all over the world, you deliberately want our soldiers, ban the Russian language, attack the Church of God. I see that in countries where leaders are tightening sanctions against Russia, there is a growing awareness of what is happening and a wave of protests is spreading.
https://tiktok.com/@presidentputinfanpage66/video/7310029924012690718?_r=1&_t=8iQNu85HCuP (To spread this letter around the world, please share it on networks around the world.'

Bill Ryan

26th December 2023, 17:19

Vladimir Putin's Letter to the World
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Shame on everyone who supports these scumbags now.
I'll need a LOT of persuading to believe that Putin ever said or wrote that. :ROFL:

ExomatrixTV

1st January 2024, 00:13

Putin Answers Questions In Annual Televised Press Conference (Unedited!):

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Russian president Vladimir Putin holds a press conference and will answer questions from citizens in a televised event. Putin confirmed on Friday that he would stand for another six-year term.

Ravenlocke

1st January 2024, 00:44

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New Year Address to the Nation

Vladimir Putin: Citizens of Russia, friends,

We are bidding farewell to 2023. Very soon it will become part of history and we will have to move forward, create the future.

We have worked very hard and accomplished a lot over the past year. We were proud of our common achievements and happy about our successes. And we were firm, protecting the national interests, our freedom and security, and our values which continue to provide us with an unshakeable foundation.

And the main thing which has united us is the destiny of the Motherland. There is a deep understanding of the utmost importance of the historic period which Russia is going through, those large-scale objectives which society is facing and the colossal responsibility for the Motherland which every one of us feels.

We are acutely and clearly aware of how much depends on us during this period, on our positive attitude, and our aspiration to support each other in word and deed.

Work for the collective good has united society. We are united in our thoughts, tasks and in combat, whether at work or on days off, displaying the main traits of the Russian people – solidarity, mercy and firmness.

I would like to address our military personnel – everyone who is on duty, who is on the front lines fighting for truth and justice. You are our heroes. Our hearts are with you. We are proud of you and we admire your courage.

I am well aware that now you feel the love of those nearest and dearest to you, the powerful, sincere support of millions of Russian citizens, the support of the entire people.

We have proved over and over again that we are able to tackle the most difficult tasks and we will never back down as there is no force that can divide us, make us forget the memory and the faith of our fathers, or stop our development.

Friends,

At all times, the New Year celebrations have been associated with bright hopes and the sincerest wish to bring joy to loved ones.

The upcoming year of 2024 has been declared the Year of the Family in our country. And a truly big family is definitely a family where children grow up, where parents are given attention, and treated with warm-heartedness and care, and where everyone loves and respects each other.

Devotion to the Motherland is nurtured via such kinship of all generations, love of home.

I would like to convey my very best wishes for the new year to all Russian families. After all, the history of our huge, wonderful and beloved Motherland is shaped by the history of each family. We – the multinational people of Russia – decide and create its fate.

We are one country, one big family. We will ensure the steady development of the Motherland, the well-being of our citizens, and we will become even stronger.

We are together. And this is the most reliable guarantee of the future of Russia.

Happy New Year, friends! Happy 2024!

Ravenlocke

1st January 2024, 02:03

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Ewan

1st January 2024, 09:29

The upcoming year of 2024 has been declared the Year of the Family in our country. And a truly big family is definitely a family where children grow up, where parents are given attention, and treated with warm-heartedness and care, and where everyone loves and respects each other.

Devotion to the Motherland is nurtured via such kinship of all generations, love of home.

I would like to convey my very best wishes for the new year to all Russian families. After all, the history of our huge, wonderful and beloved Motherland is shaped by the history of each family. We – the multinational people of Russia – decide and create its fate.

We are one country, one big family. We will ensure the steady development of the Motherland, the well-being of our citizens, and we will become even stronger.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, family units disintegrate on a near daily basis; a process often assisted by the state if they object to suggested/recommended gender transition.

Madness (https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2023/04/15/washington-to-allow-children-to-be-legally-taken-from-parents-if-they-dont-consent-to-gender-transition-n2622004)

Madness 2 (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/california-is-poised-to-take-children-away-from-parents-who-won-t-help-them-get-sex-changes/ar-AA1csvxy)

ExomatrixTV

3rd January 2024, 23:28

Putin's New Year's Address To The Nation (Russia). Duda's New Year's Address To The Nation (Poland):

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3:46 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiLLaExZVf0&t=226s)

s7e6e

4th January 2024, 11:50

Putin’s speech on Western pedophilia from February 2023. (https://x.com/WarClandestine/status/1742808505587786062?s=20)

Open Minded Dude

6th January 2024, 15:46

Why is Putin so popular in Russia?
There's MANY reasons. Mr Roeper (still the best source imv) has thus many answers.

Author: Anti-Spiegel

Thomas Röper, born in 1971, has held board and supervisory board positions in financial services companies in Eastern Europe and Russia as an expert for Eastern Europe. Today he lives in his adopted home of St. Petersburg. He has lived in Russia for over 15 years and speaks Russian fluently. The focus of his media-critical work is the (media) image of Russia in Germany, criticism of Western media reporting in general and the topics of (geo-)politics and economics.

Link to article:

https://www-anti--spiegel-ru.translate.goog/2024/warum-putin-in-russland-so-beliebt-ist/?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp

From there (googletranslate):

from Anti-Spiegel
January 5, 2024 6:00 p.m

Of course, regular readers of Anti-Spiegel know many of Putin's speeches and know that his words and deeds always match, which in itself is a good reason for Russians to trust their president. Many readers are also aware that Russia has experienced an incredible economic resurgence under Putin, which has just culminated in Russia overtaking Germany (despite or because of sanctions) as the fifth largest economy . But there are much more practical reasons for Putin's popularity.

Before I tell you about it, I would like to first – as usual with “Friday Thoughts” – warmly thank all readers who support my work with a donation.

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Very practical reasons for Putin's popularity

Unlike Western politicians who follow the wishes of corporations, Putin is actually committed to the prosperity of the people of Russia. This may sound pathetic, but it is true, as I want to show with a few examples. This video is from 2012 and many people will know it, but it shows what I mean.

The man Putin is seen folding in the video is Oleg Deripaska, a so-called Russian oligarch. Would it be conceivable that a Western head of government would behave like this towards a Western oligarch? Would a German chancellor denigrate the owners of BMW or other more or less family-owned German companies like this if they put their profit interests above the interests of the people in Germany?

There are many examples of such incidents involving Putin advocating for people's prosperity, although most are far more mundane. When the price of gasoline in Russia, where gasoline normally costs around 50 cents, rises to 60 percent, Putin calls the oil companies together and demands “normal” gasoline prices. When the corporations then refer to increased prices on the world market, Putin replies that as oil producers they make money even at 50 cents and that the task of Russian companies that benefit from the advantages in Russia is, first and foremost, the Russian market to supply at fair prices and only then to earn money from exports at world market prices.

Would something like this be possible in a western country?

When food prices rose worldwide as a result of the Corona measures, they also rose in Russia because Russian agricultural companies naturally wanted to make money by exporting at the increased world market prices. Putin then ordered the government to stop this and ensure low prices in Russia. The government then increased export tariffs for affected foods so that it was no longer so profitable for Russian producers to supply the world market and they could once again meet demand at home.

Would something like this be conceivable in Germany?

A few weeks ago, Western media also reported that poultry prices in Russia had skyrocketed, causing discontent in Russia and even being the subject of a question at Putin's annual press conference. Putin has ordered the government to solve the problem, which was also caused by high exports and low imports. The government then reduced import tariffs for poultry and the problem of increased prices quickly disappeared due to the larger supply.

There are many such examples. They show the fundamental difference between countries like Russia or China and the West. In the West, corporations have the power and tell governments what to do to keep the profits flowing. The stock market prices are an integral part of German news programs to suggest to people how important they supposedly are; in Russia they are almost never a topic in the news.

Putin expects companies that benefit from locational advantages in Russia such as cheap raw materials, tax breaks or subsidies to first and foremost ensure the well-being of the people in Russia and only then think about making money on the world markets. These methods are of course described as “dictatorial” in the West, where “business”, i.e. oligarchs, is in charge.

Where would we end up if a German government banned the oil companies from raising gasoline prices every year just in time for the holiday season? Or if someone were to condemn BionTech and Pfizer because they sell their so-called Covid vaccines to the EU at completely inflated prices? Changing that is not possible, it would be dictatorial.

The political system in Russia, like formally in the USA, is structured in such a way that the president gives the government instructions, which the government then has to implement. And Putin, of course, makes use of this and puts the needs of the people above the profit interests of the economy. This is one of the reasons for his continued popularity and increased prosperity in Russia.

One last example: When there was an environmental disaster in Siberia in 2020 because the company of another, so-called Russian oligarch in the West, skimped on the maintenance of fuel tanks, Putin folded the businessman in front of the cameras and the man meekly promised that everyone would Repair any damage at your own expense. That's what happened, you can read the interesting details here .

Read the linked article and ask yourself whether it would be conceivable in the West for a head of government to denounce the head of a Western corporation in this way for an environmental crime. Yes, in the West the company usually has to pay a fine in such a case, but it does not have to bear the full cost of the damage it causes, as shown, for example, by the oil disasters caused by Western companies.

Consider the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, the worst environmental disaster of its kind in history. For 87 days, about 800 million liters of oil poured into the sea, which led to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, but the BP company only had to pay a fine of 4.5 billion dollars.

To date, only 14 billion have been spent on repairing the damage. But BP made an annual profit of 25 billion in 2022, so things weren't too painful for BP.

By the way, Transocean, the owner of the oil platform, paid out several million dollars in bonuses to a number of its executives in early 2011. This was in recognition of the fact that in 2010 the lowest number of accidents occurred since the company was founded. This was measured by the number and possible severity of accidents. Transocean's CEO, Steven L. Newman, received over $4 million in stock options and shares alone.

That would be unthinkable in Russia, but Russia is also an evil dictatorship...

Ravenlocke

7th January 2024, 18:52

https://x.com/MaimunkaNews/status/1744020900159111487

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https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1743867270148018454

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Ravenlocke

7th January 2024, 21:43

https://x.com/Hawkeye1745/status/1743766577130926281

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Ravenlocke

16th January 2024, 23:40

https://x.com/MaimunkaNews/status/1747358773440594208

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Bill Ryan

21st January 2024, 12:40

(Not a joke, or a fake video — he does this every year :muscle:)

Putin's Epiphany Dip in Ice-Cold Water Goes Viral

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uWM21P3uhI

Ravenlocke

25th January 2024, 20:35

https://x.com/its_maria012/status/1750514823522308179

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Phoenix1304

26th January 2024, 12:07

That speech is supposed to come from OUR leaders.
What are we to make of that?Well — it could be said that Putin is now the real Leader of the Free World.

hello Bill, what should we think of Putin ❓, thank you for your feedback

I trust it is just translation from French makes it seem as if you are asking what we should think. Asking for opinion is one thing, being told what to think is humanity’s problem.

‘By their deeds you shall know them’. That’s sound advice. If you are watching the global chess game and analysing and debating you know who the players are and see some of their moves, it is a very complex game, 5d chess at least. There continue to be horrendous casualties on all sides, I pray we’re near the end game.

Regarding David mentioned in the thread, I believe he was taken down a dark hole from which he hasn’t emerged, he dropped some massive truth bombs, already prevalent ideas in the ‘new age’ communities of the late 80s, btw, he wasn’t the first to wake up, just one of the first to make a successful living from dropping truth about the totalitarian tiptoe. Do you ever wonder why he wasn’t taken out? He also shares a lot of other not so doggedly researched information that will disturb your bowels. How does he make you feel? Be discerning.

I discern that VP is the only apparent statesman in the world today, his battle to restore Russian territory and tear it away from the despicable dark forces that grabbed it and are swallowing us all, is now global. It’s not his responsibility to save the ‘west’, nor, imo, his desire to invade it. It’s up to us to clean our own rooms and create a better world. But maybe, with help from other courageous leaders, he can effect positive global change.

I’d like to share a video I that I ‘stumbled’ on today, I saw it was 55 mins and thought oh I haven’t got time right now, yet I was glued to it to the end. I’m not sure where there’s been discussion on this, or where to appropriately post it, although Putin is a pivotal figure in it, and I’d like to know what Avalonians think. AJ Roberts and Pascal Nawadi only recently came into my view. Did I just have a Q style shot of hopium or is there really reason to hope?

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Ravenlocke

26th January 2024, 19:34

https://x.com/jaccocharite/status/1750424243811049750

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Ravenlocke

26th January 2024, 19:58

https://x.com/MaimunkaNews/status/1750946202093253064

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Vicus

27th January 2024, 17:14

Putin wants new ‘elite’ in Russia 27 Jan, 2024

The president urged ministers to prioritize veterans returning from Ukraine as the basis of Russia’s new creme de la creme

Veterans returning from the war zone in Ukraine should become Russia’s new elite, President Vladimir Putin has argued. He also called on Russian ministers to provide decommissioned military personnel with all the support necessary to facilitate this process.

During a Q&A session and press conference last month, the Russian head of state revealed that some 617,000 service members had been deployed in Ukraine.

Addressing ministers and top officials of St Petersburg on Friday, President Putin said: “I met today with students, who put their studies on hold, many of them, [and] went to the warzone.”

He added that “it’s out of these people that we should be forming the country’s elite in the future.” The Russian head of state described returning troops as those who can be entrusted with the country’s development.

“Hence, they should be supported [and] assisted,” President Putin concluded.

He also contrasted veterans with “people who, pardon me, expose their genitals or show their bottom” – an apparent reference to a private party featuring an ‘almost naked’ dress code organized by prominent Russian blogger Anastasia Ivleeva in Moscow last month.

Photos and videos from the event ended up on the internet, scandalizing conservative activists and authorities alike.

A number of Russian celebrities, mostly pop artists, were spotted at the party.

https://swentr.site/russia/591371-putin-ukraine-veteran-russia-new-elite/

Ewan

27th January 2024, 18:11

He also contrasted veterans with “people who, pardon me, expose their genitals or show their bottom” – an apparent reference to a private party featuring an ‘almost naked’ dress code organized by prominent Russian blogger Anastasia Ivleeva in Moscow last month.

Photos and videos from the event ended up on the internet, scandalizing conservative activists and authorities alike.

A number of Russian celebrities, mostly pop artists, were spotted at the party.

‘Nearly Naked’ Party Organizers Hit With 2 Multimillion-Dollar Lawsuits (https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/01/17/nearly-naked-party-organizers-hit-with-2-multimillion-dollar-lawsuits-a83754)

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Television host and blogger Anastasia Ivleeva, who organized the star-studded private event on Dec. 21, was hit with a one billion-ruble ($11.2 million) class-action lawsuit for allegedly having caused “moral suffering.”

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Ravenlocke

3rd February 2024, 19:39

Text:
Vladimir Putin spoke at the closing ceremony of the 2nd Congress of the Russian movement of children and youth “Movement of the First” at VDNKh in Moscow and then sang the anthem of the Russian Federation!

Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon, dear friends.

I cordially greet all participants of the First Movement congress, all guests. This is a huge detachment, three thousand people came to Moscow. And in total there are already 4.7 – almost five million people in the “First Movement” in a short period of time. Seven million people took part in the events you organize and host. This is a huge army.

And this is what I would like to say: these are interesting, beautiful things, I will return to this now. But you just met at VDNH, at the Russia exhibition. We wanted to show here what our country has done over the past few years, over the past 10, 15, 20 years. And we have something to be proud of.

But here's what's interesting: what is presented here was once someone's dream. You know, I remember postcards from the beginning of the last century in the Far East, in Vladivostok. It shows the bridge that people dreamed about, they dreamed that it would one day exist. And this was at the very beginning of the last century. Today there is this bridge, we built it, and another one, even larger than the one that people dreamed of, and many more achievements that we could not even dream of at one time.

I am sure that if you feel just as confident, purposefully move towards your goal, fulfill your dream, we will succeed even more.

You have done a lot over the past year, I have already said: two million trees were planted for National Unity Day, three million letters were sent to our soldiers on the front line, people who do not spare themselves, do not spare themselves, defending the interests of the Motherland as part of a special military operation; About 400 thousand books were collected for their peers and sent to Donbass and Novorossiya. These are all completely concrete, absolutely tangible things. And of course, you will do much, much more in the future.

You know, both your mentors and your parents - they are always with you, they have always been and will always be with you. And I really want to say thanks to them, but it will be better - I just thought - if you and I do this right here, now and together. Shall we do it?

On the count of “three”: inhale – one, two, three!

Audience: “Thank you!”

Vladimir Putin: I wish you good luck!

https://x.com/apocalypseos/status/1753707323858821607

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ExomatrixTV

7th February 2024, 16:08

Tucker's Putin Interview - Explosive Revelations?:

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Tucker Carlson CONFIRMS Interview With Putin, Woke Media Cries TREASON:

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Tucker drops BOMBSHELL about his Putin interview, NSA is PISSED:

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Journalist Tucker Carlson just dropped a teaser about his interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin and admitted the NSA spied on him and actively worked to undermine his trip.

Ravenlocke

7th February 2024, 18:55

https://x.com/MaimunkaNews/status/1755163720102105090

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Ravenlocke

7th February 2024, 18:58

https://x.com/MaimunkaNews/status/1755142096787210743

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norman

9th February 2024, 13:23

I just finished my second complete listen/viewing of the Carlson/Putin interview.

What I like best about Vladimir Putin is that he understands and knows how to use the body intelligence as subordinate to the soul intelligence.

He doesn't over promote it or drive it into defiance of the soul intelligence. He presents it as reassuring balanced cognitive modesty, the way it's supposed to be.

Kryztian

9th February 2024, 17:32

Glenn Greenwald's analysis of Tucker Carlson's inverview with Vladimir Putin:

Putin talks about how the U.S.A. has tried to isolate and marginalize Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union, building up NATO and then illegally taking over the affairs of it's allies like Serbia.

While in discussion with Bill Clinton, Putin stated that since Russia was now no longer communist, it shared the same objectives (e.g. fighting terrorism) with the West and would consider joining NATO. Clinton was initially receptive, but after consulting with his advisors, said that it would not be possible.

Similarly, he had proposed some initiatives to improve Russia-U.S.A. relations with George W. Bush, and Bush greeting the proposals enthusiastically, but then backed out after consulting with advisors. Greenwald's observation is that it is the Deep State and not the U.S. President who is calling the shots, and that the POTUS ranks pretty low on the decision making hierarchy. Putin seemed to feel he had good relationships with most Presdients (also Obama and Trump) but it was American foreign policy that was causing the rift between his country and the U.S.A.

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Mark (Star Mariner)

15th February 2024, 13:20

4D chess move or showing his true hand...? Makes you scratch your head, that's for sure.

Putin Endorses Joe Biden for President! (Not a Joke) 😂
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Isserley

15th February 2024, 14:05

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/putin-says-russia-is-close-creating-cancer-vaccines-2024-02-14/

Putin says Russia is close to creating cancer vaccines

https://www.reuters.com/resizer/d_5M9WfqndypBlhJeKsPyUdqHS4=/960x0/filters:quality(80)/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/3YJEDFS3DBOAVHTOVE7GZSAGA4.jpg

"MOSCOW, Feb 14 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russian scientists were close to creating vaccines for cancer that could soon be available to patients.
Putin said in televised comments that "we have come very close to the creation of so-called cancer vaccines and immunomodulatory drugs of a new generation".
"I hope that soon they will be effectively used as methods of individual therapy," he added, speaking at a Moscow forum on future technologies.
Putin did not specify which types of cancer the proposed vaccines would target, nor how.
A number of countries and companies are working on cancer vaccines. Last year the UK government signed an agreement with Germany-based BioNTech to launch clinical trials providing "personalised cancer treatments", aiming to reach 10,000 patients by 2030.
Pharmaceutical companies Moderna and Merck & Co are developing an experimental cancer vaccine that a mid-stage study showed cut the chance of recurrence or death from melanoma - the most deadly skin cancer - by half after three years of treatment.

There are currently six licensed vaccines against human papillomaviruses (HPV) that cause many cancers, including cervical cancer, according to the World Health Organization, as well as vaccines against hepatitis B (HBV), which can lead to liver cancer.
During the coronavirus pandemic, Russia developed its own Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 and sold it to a number of countries, although domestically it ran up against widespread public reluctance to get vaccinated.

Putin himself said he had taken Sputnik, in a bid to assure people of its efficacy and safety."

So now we have vaccine against cancer which was caused by previous vaccine :jester:

Ah yes, and it was not only reported by western satanic media - it's allover the place

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health-news/russian-president-putin-says-russian-scientists-close-to-creating-cancer-vaccines/articleshow/107705707.cms

Ravenlocke

15th February 2024, 19:49

https://x.com/mazzenilsson/status/1758168552807285144

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Bill Ryan

18th February 2024, 21:06

I think this may be the best thread for this most interesting added analysis of Putin's current thoughts and feelings. :thumbsup:

Here's the official English translation of the whole Pavel Zarubin follow-up interview. :thumbsup:

(Alexander Mercouris, who closely follows everything that Putin states on record, has promised that he'll offer an in-depth analysis of this. He may publish it tomorrow or Sunday.)True to his promise, Mercouris's observations about Putin's follow-up interview with Pavel Zarubin starts at 1:07:16 in his video update yesterday. The section lasts for a mere 10 minutes, but as one might expect he nails a number of important points which are unlikely ever to be reported in the western media.

The principal takeaway is just how angry Putin is about western political dishonesty, blaming himself for trusting western politicians for far too long. It seems that ideally he would have appreciated the opportunity to say far more about this in his interview with Tucker.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIeesXaIoiM~~~

In this new 18 minute video, Alexander Mercouris enlarges further on his initial observations about Putin's follow-up interview with Pavel Zarubin.

Putin interview; Furious with Merkel. Biden predictable and hostile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLWBXRykrR0

Ravenlocke

23rd February 2024, 21:04

https://x.com/MaimunkaNews/status/1760897451609722977

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https://x.com/djuric_zlatko/status/1760727677819080875

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Ravenlocke

23rd February 2024, 21:54

https://x.com/angeloinchina/status/1760689871868547243

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Ravenlocke

29th February 2024, 10:09

Text:
Russian President Vladimir Putin is giving his annual address to the Federal Assembly in Gostiny Dvor, Moscow. The speech is being delivered to both houses of the Russian Parliament, members of the government, and other officials and public figures.

https://x.com/RT_com/status/1763131086308012226

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Vladimir Putin is giving his annual address to the Federal Assembly. During his opening speech, he noted that Russia has been able to carry out the most complicated tasks and face challenges, such as fending off international terrorism and preserving unity of the country.

https://x.com/RT_com/status/1763134047407263904

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https://x.com/RT_com/status/1763135469888618610

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Instead of Russia, West wants weak space where they can do whatever they please, Putin said during his annual address to the Federal Assembly. ‘But they are confronted by our people, that can overcome anything’, the President added.

https://x.com/RT_com/status/1763137245987680749

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Vladimir Putin stressed that the allegations against Russia regarding deploying nuclear weapons to space, are ‘a trick to drag us into negotiations on their terms’. Washington’s claims about their interest to discuss strategic stability are nothing but ‘empty words’, he added.

https://x.com/RT_com/status/1763141084207895018

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Ravenlocke

29th February 2024, 10:16

Text:
Russian hypersonic missile complexes prove to be highly efficient and unique – Putin

https://x.com/RT_com/status/1763144477055852901

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Russia together with its friendly states will continue to create an efficient and safe transport corridor infrastructure and build new global financial architecture, free of political agenda – Putin assured during his speech, when talking about BRICS allience.
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Putin announced the launch of a new national project called "family"

▪️A large family with many children should become the norm according to the philosophy of social life

▪️Over the next six years, we must achieve sustainable growth in the birth rate

▪️The family mortgage program in Russia will be extended until 2030 while maintaining basic parameters

▪️Putin proposed extending the rule on the possibility of using 450,000 rubles (5000$) to pay off mortgages for families upon the birth of a third child until 2030

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1763141341880426753

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Numerous former monopolies and stereotypes in the global economy are currently collapsing, says Putin

BRICS countries' share in the global economy, based on purchasing power parity, is projected to increase to 36.6%, while the G7's share will decline to 27.8%, Putin noted.

Putin stated that Russia plans to create a new global financial framework built upon cutting-edge technology, with a focus on being free from political influence.

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1763141777895076315

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ExomatrixTV

1st March 2024, 17:28

Putin, state of the nation and the Global Majority:

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ExomatrixTV

3rd March 2024, 12:28

Tucker Carlson Advice To Lex Fridman On Interviewing Putin:

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Bill Ryan

7th March 2024, 12:29

Vladimir Putin was asked what events in his life he considers the most memorable.

(He describes the events in his life as rather like a continuously streaming waterfall. A short video with English subtitles, well worth watching. :flower:)

https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/103600

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Ravenlocke

8th March 2024, 02:24

Text:

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated all Russian women on International Women's Day and wished them mutual understanding, success and happy moments.

“Dear women, I cordially congratulate you on International Women’s Day. We look forward to it with joy and excitement. We are preparing in advance for this wonderful spring holiday. And today in every home, in every family, the most tender, warm wishes are expressed to our mothers, wives, daughters, grandmothers, friends,” Putin said in a video message.

The president emphasized that motherhood is a glorious mission for women.

"Motherhood is a glorious mission for women. A difficult and critically important mission, but also a source of so much joy and happiness," Putin stressed.

The president assured that the Russian authorities would do everything possible to support families in Russia.

"The family, its interests and needs are in the spotlight and an absolute priority in Russia today. We will certainly do everything we can to ensure that families with children, including large and young families, young mothers, feel supported and assisted by the state," he said.

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1765925404475334866

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Ravenlocke

9th March 2024, 02:15

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1766117374711763073

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Ravenlocke

10th March 2024, 17:18

https://x.com/djuric_zlatko/status/1766789934344524137

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Ravenlocke

13th March 2024, 17:05

https://x.com/MaimunkaNews/status/1767905538384249097

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Ravenlocke

13th March 2024, 17:48

Full interview with English interpretation

Vladimir Putin's exclusive interview with Dmitry Kiselev, General Director of Rossiya Segodnya Media Group, Sputnik's parent company

For highlights from interview, see the thread,

https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?114491-WW3-Ukraine-US-vs.-Donbass-Russia

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1767859698831630605

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Ravenlocke

15th March 2024, 00:03

https://x.com/MaimunkaNews/status/1768199119808393673

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https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1768279483629334630

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https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1768306028775387320

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bojancan

17th March 2024, 17:20

Some videos from Russia!

ACTS OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE COMMITTED ALL OVER RUSSIA | Russian Election 2024 - Day 1
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PUTIN vs RUSSIANS - CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE CONTINUES | Elections-2024 Final Day
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RUSSIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DAY 2024
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Bill Ryan

17th March 2024, 17:30

Some videos from Russia!

ACTS OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE COMMITTED ALL OVER RUSSIA | Russian Election 2024 - Day 1
https://youtube.com/watch?v=mdxUi3J5nE0

PUTIN vs RUSSIANS - CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE CONTINUES | Elections-2024 Final Day
https://youtube.com/watch?v=7rf__zS3yjY

RUSSIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DAY 2024
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ail4x8r6FjQThe first two are from a blatantly anti-Russian propagandist channel ('Inside Russia'), that can safely be ignored. The third ('Svetlana from Russia') is reliable and worth following.

Many Avalon members might be forgiven for wondering if you are a troll. You regularly post accurate, valuable reports about Israel vs Palestine, as a result of which viewers believe you're most rational and reasonable in your views. Then on other topics you frequently present a largely mainstream narrative — not just occasionally, but over and over again.

You're either not very bright, or you're very clever indeed. I'm not yet sure which. :)

:focus:

Ravenlocke

17th March 2024, 18:20

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Ravenlocke

17th March 2024, 18:24

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Ravenlocke

17th March 2024, 18:29

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Ravenlocke

17th March 2024, 18:37

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Ravenlocke

17th March 2024, 18:49

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Ravenlocke

17th March 2024, 19:40

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Ravenlocke

17th March 2024, 21:05

Text:
"It was clear. Dictator Putin wins fictitious elections in Russia": Bild has passed its harsh verdict on the will of the Russians.

Elena Panina, Director of the Institute for International Strategic Studies:

The West is preparing non-recognition of the results of the presidential elections in Russia by Western countries and its supranational structures. After that, the entire government in Russia will be declared "illegitimate" by them.

One of the consequences of this will be the curtailment of any negotiation platforms with the participation of Moscow: both in Ukraine and on global security issues.

Another, also quite real consequence will be the appointment by the "legitimate Russian government" of a group of escaped national traitors: the "government of the Russian Federation in exile" created from them will have, in particular, to give the go-ahead for the looting of frozen Russian assets.

By not recognizing Putin's victory and taking the final course for Russia's surrender, the West will burn the last bridges with its own hands, leaving the only way for the conflict to develop — towards a big war.

For the West, this is already a all-in game — an exorbitant bet is about to be made by them.

For Russia, this means one thing — a war in full force until our complete Victory.

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Ravenlocke

17th March 2024, 23:56

Text:
Maria Zakharova, 17 March

The German Foreign Ministry cannot reconcile itself to the national unity of the people of our country these days.

And that is why he writes on social networks that elections in Russia "are not free and fair." We knew that these words would be spinning like a broken record back in February, so we didn't surprise anyone here – they work strictly according to the manuals.

Still, I would like to answer the German Foreign Ministry with a question. And how "fair" is it to elect the same leader four times in a row? In the history of Russia, presidents have never been elected like this.

But in the history of Germany, the "leader of the nation" was elected according to this scheme. And we are not talking about some dark past of the National Socialist dictatorship or the collective head of state of East Germany.

From the recent chronicle of Germany's political history: Angela Merkel and her CDU/CSU bloc have been at the helm of the country for 4 consecutive terms. Shortly before that, the Germans had also chosen Helmut Kohl. The Germans themselves also questioned whether such authoritarian personalism corresponded to the German understanding of democracy. And nothing. When Merkel was re-elected in 2017, her party declared: "The goal has been achieved."

For some reason, no one was talking about any lack of freedom and injustice. Yes, the goal was achieved, but by what methods? On March 14, 2018, she became chancellor for the fourth time in a row.

Maybe the chain of oddities is over with Scholz? But no.
The current head of the German government was not able to become chancellor as a result of the direct expression of the will of the people. The head of the SPD, Olaf Scholz, led the country only by distributing ministerial posts to rival parties and factions, after heavy concessions, forming a motley and unstable "traffic light coalition" of three parties. Fairly? In the case of political intriguers like Baerbock, yes, but in the case of the people, no. Maybe it's just fairness in German.

Let the Venice Commission assess how free this configuration is in political decisions. Classical justice has long been out of the question.

The only thing I can agree with in the comment of the German Foreign Ministry is that there is nothing surprising in the results of the voting of the Russians. That's right. Especially after NATO barks at our country several times a day, threatens it, lights fires of conflicts along the perimeter of our borders and in the world as a whole, collects money and weapons to inflict a "strategic defeat" on Russia.

It's not surprising that The whole country united and fought back!

👉https://t.me/s/MariaVladimirovnaZakharova

https://x.com/_MariaZakharova/status/1769475447400616105

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pounamuknight

18th March 2024, 12:30

Some videos from Russia

ACTS OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE COMMITTED ALL OVER RUSSIA | Russian Election 2024 - Day 1

Before the elections, the Foundation To Battle Injustice (FBI) (https://fondfbr.ru/en/articles/west-meddling-in-russia-presidential-elections-en/) published a fascinating investigation predicting how extensive the disruptions would be

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It talks about intensive cyberattacks by US (& UK/EU) Cyber Command (https://news.sky.com/story/us-military-hackers-conducting-offensive-operations-in-support-of-ukraine-says-head-of-cyber-command-12625139) targeting electoral infrastructure throughout the week. Which occurred (https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/over-19000-cyber-attacks-on-russian-presidential-election-re)

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The article goes into a whole bag of dirty tricks, like social media viral instructions to falsify/spoil ballots/votes (https://ria.ru/20240316/ukazaniya-1933526121.html), coordinated diplomatic fearporn against traveling to Russia during elections (https://tass.com/world/1757083), and the classic organized "anti-Putin" protests (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/03/17/russia-presidential-election-putin-protest/)

The report also predicted a MIDDAY PROTEST at 12pm noon on the 17th, where a flash-mob would create an artificial panic at polling stations, where media could snap great headline pictures. Later confirmed (https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/03/17/in-russia-voting-at-noon-becomes-only-way-to-speak-out-against-putin_6628601_4.html)

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I think a disturbing aspect of this disruption operation were the acts of sabotage by people whe seem to have been targeted and blackmailed by NATO/Ukrainian psyops (https://v102.ru/news/127952.html)

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TRANSLATION: According to Shot, 20-year-old Alina N. told the police that she was forced to flood the ballot box with green dye by Ukrainian special services. The girl was extorted for a large amount of money, then promising to return the funds, they sent her a “mission” to complete

Alina who works as a manicurist, went in the afternoon to the polling station on Altufevskoye Highway, located a few minutes from her home. Then was later detained and taken to the police station, where she claimed that she was blackmailed to destroy the ballot box by Ukrainian special services

A criminal case has been filed against her under the article "Damaging Tthe Exercise of Electoral Rights & Work of the Election Commissions." She faces up to 5 years in prison

In spite of such a vast multi-dimensional imperial hybrid war, you gotta really admire the indomitable Russian spirit

I mean, the way they coincided election week with Maslenitsa- an ancient of Lent Festival, a Week of Celebration that literally burns away the Winter and welcomes Spring, (https://tass.com/society/1757711) with a lots of yummy pancakes :fire:

The positive 4d spiritual, cultural, and celebrational messages are kinda awesome :clapping:

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Open Minded Dude

18th March 2024, 17:05

Mr Roeper's detailed analysis of the election results and the predictable Western 'analysis' and reactions (laughable).

https://www-anti--spiegel-ru.translate.goog/2024/warum-putin-die-wahl-so-krachend-gewonnen-hat/?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Thank you, dear West...

Why Putin won the election so resoundingly

Western media and politicians are rushing to try to delegitimize the Russian presidential election. The high voter turnout and the high level of approval for Putin are supposed to be evidence of this. The West itself brought about both.

from Anti-Spiegel
March 18, 2024 3:52 p.m

The Russian presidential elections are over and incumbent Putin has won with a record result. Even before the election, Western media and politicians did everything they could to portray the elections as illegitimate. It has been said that these are not real elections, the word "election" is regularly put in quotation marks, there is talk of a "sham election" and Western governments do not openly say that they do not recognize the election, but they do not say either that they recognize them. Instead, they declare that they “take note” of the result and the German government has announced that it will no longer refer to President Putin as president, but only use his name.

Western media writes as a matter of course that there have never been such heavily manipulated elections in Russia. They don't provide any evidence for this, instead they repeat it constantly to hammer it into people's heads. That's how it is, Western propaganda, it emotionalizes its readers with accusations and claims, but lacks evidence for its claims.

As you know, I have lived in Russia for a long time and I was an election observer in the Zaporozhye region. Therefore, I want to explain here what the mood in Russia was before 2022 and how it has changed since then. This shows that it was the West itself that did a lot to unite the people of Russia behind Putin. The high turnout and the high result for Putin were to be expected, although I would have even thought a higher turnout was possible.

How Russians united behind Putin

Putin has always been very popular in Russia. In the more than 20 years that Putin has ruled Russia, his popularity has never fallen below 60 percent; before the current presidential election, according to surveys , it was around 80 percent.

Before 2022, there was certainly a following, especially among young people, for the radical Russian opposition around Navalny, financed and controlled from the West, especially in the metropolises of Petersburg and Moscow. This following was loud, but not as numerous as one might think. In polls, support for Navalny has never been anywhere near ten percent.

After the military operation began in February 2022, many people in Russia were also somewhat in shock. Many feared that Western sanctions would crush Russia's economy, but after about a month it was clear that the sanctions were having little effect. The ruble was one of the strongest currencies in the world in 2022, inflation in Russia was lower than in Europe for the first time in history, and the Russian economy quickly adapted to the new realities by reorienting itself eastward. Of course there were and are some problems, but they are manageable and far smaller than the problems that the EU now has, for example due to energy prices that have exploded compared to 2021.

In addition, all Russians - regardless of whether they are friendly towards the government or not - see the Ukrainians and the Russians as one people, or at least as brotherly peoples. Therefore, at the beginning of the military operation, many Russians were against Russian intervention in Ukraine because they found it unbearable that Russians and Ukrainians were shooting at each other. Many in Russia therefore describe the events in Ukraine as a civil war.

If the Western “experts” had at least a basic understanding of Russia, they would not have introduced a single sanction, because with the sanctions and the accompanying rhetoric from Western politicians that every Russian should suffer from the consequences of the sanctions, they have the Russians who have to At the beginning, people who opposed Russian intervention in Ukraine rallied behind Putin. Suddenly, almost everyone who used to support Navalny and other radical opposition figures supported by the West understood that Putin was telling the truth all these years when he pointed out that the West was not against Putin, but against Russia - and with it the people of Russia – as a whole.

The West is concerned with weakening Russia as long as Russia does not subordinate itself to the USA and allow its natural resources to be exploited by US corporations - as in the 1990s. Ideally, the West wants to destroy Russia as a state because smaller and weaker states cannot defend themselves against this exploitation.

The high voter turnout

This is what people in Russia began to understand in the weeks after February 24, 2022, which was a hard lesson, especially for the former supporters of the Western-controlled radical opposition. But I know some people from my own environment who changed their political views 180 degrees in March/April 2022.

Russia's participation in the war in Ukraine is not celebrated with cheers in Russia, but is seen as an unfortunately necessary evil to which there was no alternative at the beginning of 2022 due to the politics of the West and the Nazi puppet government in Kiev. The US-led West had forced Russia into a situation where any other decision would have had even worse consequences for Russia and the Russians. That's how most Russians see it today.

For this reason, I heard from many friends and acquaintances before the election, they really wanted to go to the polls to show their president and the world that they support President Putin. They wanted to clearly tell the decision-makers in the West that they are against their policies and their so-called “values”. And that's what they did.

Therefore, the high voter turnout, which is cited in the West as alleged evidence of alleged election fraud, is not a big surprise; I would not have been surprised at a higher voter turnout either.

The situation in the new regions

The results in the new Russian regions of Lugansk, Donetsk, Zaporozhye and Kherson are cited in the West as further evidence of alleged election fraud. With the exception of Kherson, where voter turnout was 88 percent, voter turnout in these areas was over 90 percent. And over 90 percent also voted for Putin there.

Since the nonsense is being spread in the West that people are being brutally oppressed in these areas, it is probably impossible even for media editors to imagine what the situation there actually is, because there can be no talk of oppression. I have been to these areas often enough and in this election I was an election observer in the Zaporozhye region, so I know what the mood is there.

There is construction and renovation going on in these areas on a scale that you can't imagine unless you see it yourself. The destroyed city of Mariupol has largely been rebuilt after two years. The infrastructure (especially roads and bridges) that was not maintained under Ukrainian rule is being renovated. Despite the war, well over a thousand kilometers of roads were completely renewed in the areas mentioned. The same applies to hospitals, kindergartens and schools.

In addition, people are doing much better economically than under Ukrainian rule. Wages and pensions in the new Russian regions are now much higher than before 2022, while at the same time additional housing costs, which are one of the biggest problems in Ukraine due to low wages, are now much lower. In addition, there are Russian social benefits, especially for families with children . People now have significantly more money in their pockets than under Kiev rule.

Even ZDF recently had to admit this when ZDF's Moscow correspondent visited Mariupol and got his own opinion. In doing so, he confirmed what I have been reporting for two years: the vast majority of people are not only pro-Russian, but also pro-Putin.

For this reason, people in the new Russian regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporozhye and Kherson are almost unanimously behind Putin. I saw this everywhere while observing the election in Zaporozhye, because people really wanted to vote and a lot of them openly said that they wanted to show support for “our president,” as they put it.

Crimea as a shining example

The people in the new Russian regions of Lugansk, Donetsk, Zaporozhye and Kherson see Crimea as a shining example in the truest sense of the word. In the ten years that Crimea has been part of Russia, Crimea's GDP has grown 4.5 times. Industrial production has grown 2.5 times in the last ten years and salaries there are now 3.5 times higher than in 2014. Crimea is not even one of the wealthy regions of Russia, which shows how big the difference in living standards is between Russia and Ukraine.

People are aware that things don't change overnight, but the tremendous construction activity in the new Russian territories shows people every day that things are moving forward. In a small town in the Zaporozhye region, we saw that many backyards have already been renovated, children's playgrounds have been created and an entire city park is currently being renovated. Not to mention streets and footpaths. Residents were genuinely excited about what was happening in their city.

In Crimea, where the reconstruction of the infrastructure is already more advanced after 24 years of disrepair under Ukrainian rule, people can see where the path is heading. It is not surprising that they like this path. And they wanted to show that clearly in the elections.
The difference

It is fascinating that over 80 percent of people in Germany are dissatisfied with their government. It is called “democracy” in the West when a government rules so openly against the will of its own people.

If over 80 percent of people in Russia are satisfied with their government and (in Germany, completely utopian) over 70 percent are optimistic about the future, then politicians and media in the West refer to this as a “dictatorship”.

Could it be that they just want to distract attention from the conditions in their own country, where people can no longer imagine that 80 percent of the population supports their government's course, because the government's measures actually have a noticeable impact on people's lives improve?

Ravenlocke

20th March 2024, 01:00

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Vicus

20th March 2024, 17:46

U.S. is not a democracy - Putin

RT
Sun, 17 Mar 2024 23:02 UTC
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The Russian leader has called the political situation in America a "catastrophe"...

The US has become a global laughing stock by criticizing democratic processes in other nations while suppressing a presidential candidate in its own election, Russian leader Vladimir Putin has claimed.

Speaking to journalists in Moscow early on Monday morning, shortly after preliminary results indicated he would be reelected with 87% of the vote in the Russian presidential election, Putin stated:

"The whole world is laughing at what is happening" in the US. We are behaving with more restraint than their opponents in other countries, but this is just a catastrophe, not a democracy - that's what it is."

Putin claimed that the current US administration is using all its resources to attack a candidate for this year's presidential election, seemingly referring to Donald Trump. The former US leader is facing a litany of lawsuits despite being the presumptive Republican nominee for the vote in November.

In a pre-election interview earlier this week, Putin insisted that Russia does not meddle in foreign elections and will work with any elected US president.

In an interview with journalist Dmitry Kiselyov, Putin said:

"I think it's obvious to everyone that the American political system cannot claim to be democratic in any sense of the word."

Putin refused to comment further on the current presidential campaign in the US, but described the atmosphere as becoming "increasingly uncivilized."

https://www.sott.net/article/489921-US-is-not-a-democracy-Putin

Ravenlocke

21st March 2024, 18:29

Text:
⚡️President Putin just declared victory abroad with 73% majority of the global Russian diaspora vote.

🇷🇺Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Maria Zakharova is very pleased with the effort all the pro-Russian citizens abroad in this exclusive report from
@mfa_russia

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Ravenlocke

6th April 2024, 18:12

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Ravenlocke

6th April 2024, 18:17

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Ravenlocke

16th April 2024, 18:43

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ExomatrixTV

30th April 2024, 20:05

Putin LIVE | Putin Calls for Embracing Diversity to Foster Civil Peace at Russian Council:

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Putin LIVE | Putin Calls for Embracing Diversity to Foster Civil Peace at Russian Council | TN World. Watch as President Putin addresses the Russian Council of Legislators in Saint Petersburg, emphasizing the critical importance of inter-ethnic harmony and civil peace in fostering national unity and resilience. In his speech, Putin underscores the diversity of Russia's ethnicities, cultures, and traditions as a shared heritage and competitive advantage, highlighting their role in strengthening relations with other nations and contributing to a fair multipolar world order.

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30th April 2024, 20:49

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Little known I guess, by the Avalon members – but this anthem was the result of a collaboration of two of the Soviet Union’s most admired composers, Dmitri Shostakovich and Aram Khachaturyan ... The composition was of course “expected to be successful” (meaning: acceptable to Stalin) — yet – should one say miraculously? – the two composers easily caught the right spirit (their mutual admiration may have helped) and the result has been a beautifully crafted thing slightly hesitant between tonal and modal harmonisation (giving it its “Russian” flavour) and two great melodical lines, one for the main melody, the other for the chorus.. and... Stalin was satisfied (long sigh, from both philosophical Khachaturian and hyper nervous Shostakovich..)

Ravenlocke

7th May 2024, 17:51

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7th May 2024, 17:59

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Ravenlocke

7th May 2024, 18:05

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Putin’s schoolteacher (91 years old) comes to congratulate him.

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Ravenlocke

7th May 2024, 18:08

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Ravenlocke

7th May 2024, 18:14

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❗️Putin signed the Decree “On the national development goals of the Russian Federation for the period until 2030 and for the future until 2036.”

According to the decree, the main national goals of Russia's development are:

▪️The preservation of the population, the strengthening of health and the improvement of the well-being of individuals, as well as family support.

▪️The realisation of the potential of each individual, the development of their talents, and the education of a patriotic and socially responsible person.

▪️A comfortable and safe living environment.

▪️Ecological well-being.

▪️A sustainable and dynamic economy.

▪️Technological leadership.

▪️The digital transformation of state and municipal governments, the economy, and the social sphere.

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Ravenlocke

7th May 2024, 18:18

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Scott Ritter: Putin’s inauguration began final stage of Russia’s purge of malign Western influence

“This time, it was different,” former US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter told Sputnik, commenting on Vladimir Putin’s inauguration for a fifth term as Russia’s president on Tuesday.

“In his inauguration speech, Vladimir Putin made it clear that the security of Russia and the Russian people are his top priority. Why would he have to say this? Because as we speak, Russia finds itself under attack from many nations around the world – nations that seek the existential extermination of Russia, if not through violence, then through economic strangulation,” Ritter said.

Over Putin’s tenure, Russia has gradually “purged” itself of these attitudes, Ritter said, with the conflict in Ukraine serving as a catalyst accelerating Russia’s transformation, forcing elites and ordinary citizens alike to reconsider who they are and what defines them.

Going forward, Ritter expects Putin’s new term to “redefine Russia in the final stages of this transformation that it has been making continuously since 1999, a Russia that will for once and all purge the poison of Western malign influence out of its system, and create a pure Russian notion of what Russia is.”

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Ravenlocke

7th May 2024, 18:28

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https://tass.com/politics/1784985?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=smm_social_share

Russian government resigns

The cabinet will continue to carry out its duties until a new government is appointed

MOSCOW, May 7. /TASS/. The Russian government resigned to the newly elected president, Vladimir Putin, by a decree signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, the government Telegram channel said.

This procedure is enshrined in law: the cabinet resigns after a new president is sworn in. The ceremony marking the beginning of Vladimir Putin’s new presidential term took place today at 12:00 p.m. Moscow time.

The cabinet will continue to carry out its duties until a new government is appointed.

Appointment of a new cabinet

The Russian government will be appointed under a new procedure, cemented by a connotational amendment in 2020, for the first time. Previously, all cabinet members were appointed by presidential decrees: a prime minister was appointed after consultations with the State Duma, while ministers and deputy prime ministers were appointed without any such talks.

Now, almost all of them will have to be approved by the parliament first. Within two weeks after the inauguration, the president must present a candidate chosen by the prime minister, after which there is a one-week deliberation process. If the lawmakers approve the candidate, the president then appoints them to office.

If the candidate is rejected, the president appoints another candidate - either a new one or the same one again. If the State Duma rejects the proposed candidate three times, then, by law, the head of state appoints the prime minister on their own; at the same time, the head of state has the power to dismiss the State Duma and hold a new election.

Consultations with the State Duma are necessary for most federal ministers and deputy prime ministers, but their candidacies are introduced by the prime minister, not the president. If the State Duma appoints the candidates, the head of state cannot reject them. If the proposed candidates are rejected three times, the president has the power to appoint the cabinet members on their own - from a list prepared by the prime minister.

Ministers of Internal Affairs, Emergency Situations, Defense, Foreign Affairs and Justice are excluded from this list: the president appoints them after consultations with the Federation Council.

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Russian government had a hugely successful term

President Vladimir Putin told members of the outgoing government on Monday that Russia’s adversaries had failed to achieve their goals. Putin met with the cabinet, led by PM Mikhail Mishustin, before its customary post-inaugural resignation to sum up the results of work. Sputnik took a look at the outgoing Russian government’s successful track record.

🔸 Russia's economy outpaced the US and Europe in growth last year. The Federal Service for State Statistics (Rosstat) said it grew by 3.6%, despite being subject to a raft of harsh economic sanctions. That was higher than many economic forecasts.

🔸 Russia became the fifth fastest-growing economy in the Group of 20 in 2023.

🔸 According to the World Bank, Russia is one of five largest global economies in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP).

🔸 The official estimate for Russia's GDP was $4.172 trln at the end of 2023 in PPP terms.

🔸 Federal budget revenues in 2023 exceeded 29 trillion rubles; that was almost 5% more than the same figure for 2022. Execution of federal budget expenditures in 2023 was close to 100% - the best result in recent years.

🔸 Russia's annual inflation rate came in at 7.42% by the end of 2023 (Rosstat).

🔸 The Bank of Russia's profits at the end of 2023 amounted to 140 bln rubles.

🔸 Growth of real disposable income among the Russian population was estimated at 5.4% for 2023.

🔸The jobless rate in Russia in March 2024 reached a historic low of 2.7%.

🔸 Russian economy is becoming less dependent on commodity exports: in 2023, non-oil and gas revenues increased by a quarter.

🔸 Agricultural advances contributed to food security.

🔸 Economy is transitioning away from Western markets; 77% of Russia's trade is now with friendly countries.

🔸 Volume of Russia’s foreign trade in 2023 amounted to $710 bln; share of Asian countries in the total volume of Russian exports at the end of 2023 was 72%.

🔸 Volume of Russia-China trade reached a record $240.11 billion, an increase of 26.3%, by the end of 2023. Imports from China increased by 46.9%, while exports of Russian products to China also increased by 12.7%.

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Putin is holding closing meeting with outgoing Cabinet

The government will step down tomorrow, on the presidential inauguration day
MOSCOW, May 6. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin is holding the closing meeting with the current government, the 17th in the latest history of Russia.

The head of state arrived in the cabinet building at Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment in Moscow to hold it.

The government will step down tomorrow, on the presidential inauguration day. Deputy prime ministers and ministers will continue working in the acting status until the new composition is approved.

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Putin sent message to the West that Russia is “there to stay” as major world power

Newly-inaugurated President Vladimir Putin has sent a clear message to the West that “Russia is there to stay as one of the world’s major powers,” strategic analyst Paolo Raffone told Sputnik.

The director of the CIPI Foundation in Brussels noted Putin’s comments as signaling Russia’s intent to “use political and diplomatic means to defend its lawful interests,” while remaining “open to negotiations and dialogue.”

In his inauguration speech, Putin “rightly claims that after 2000 he, with the support of the Russian people, ‘stood firm against the attacks of international terrorism and saved the country from the very real threat of collapse’,” noted Raffone.

He singled out two cornerstone statements by the Russian president. Firstly, that “The main objective of the coming [six] years is now to transform the potential we have built up into a new development energy and to use it to bring about a fundamentally new quality of life for our people and a real, tangible increase in their prosperity”.

The second was that “Russia’s success and prosperity cannot and should not depend on one single person or one political party, or political force alone.”

As for US-driven calls in Western capitals and mainstream press to delegitimize the Russian presidential election process, “It is the continuation of the historic confrontation of Anglo-Saxon powers against Russia,” said Raffone.

“Despite the US/UK-imposed boycott, there is no united Western front against Russia… The reaction of Anglo-Saxon powers against Russia is a weak representation of the relativization of their global standing, a process with which their political elites have difficulty to come at terms. Despite their bellicose rhetoric, there is mounting sentiment that the relation with Russia cannot be eased without fresh diplomatic initiatives,” Raffone concluded.

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Ravenlocke

7th May 2024, 18:43

Posting this additional info about Putin here, if not necessary, mos please delete.

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🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin: Russia's Dynamic Leader

As President Putin gears up for his inauguration, his impact on Russia remains profound, spanning political, cultural, and social spheres.

🔺Early Life: Born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) on October 7, 1952.

🔺Education: Graduated from Leningrad State University's Law Faculty in 1975 and holds a PhD in Economics.

🔺Rise to Power:
- Began in state security, working in East Germany (1985-1990).
- Transitioned to politics in 1990, rapidly ascending to key roles such as the Chairman of the Committee for External Relations in St. Petersburg.

🔺National Leadership:
- Became Acting President of Russia on December 31, 1999.
- Elected President in 2000, re-elected in 2004, 2012, 2018, and 2024.

🔺Record Turnout: Won the 2024 election with 87.28% of the vote, with the election turnout at a historic high of 77.44%.

🔺Public Service: Chairs the Russian Geographical Society and the Board of Trustees at Lomonosov Moscow State University.

🔺Personal Interests: Avid sports enthusiast—enjoys skiing, playing hockey, and is an eighth dan black belt in karate.

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Ravenlocke

7th May 2024, 18:54

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What are the Russian president's symbols of power?

The presidential inauguration ceremony incorporates special symbols of authority that have historical roots dating back to the Russian Empire and even further to the Byzantine realm.

In August 1996, the presidential standard, the presidential sign - a chain of office, and a special copy of the Constitution of Russia were officially approved as symbols of presidential power.

As of May 6, 2000, the special copy of the Constitution lost its official status but is still considered a symbol of presidential authority by tradition.

🔺The President of Russia's insignia dates back to 1995 when it was initially known as the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 1st class with a chain. It was later renamed to its current title in 1996.

The insignia is meticulously crafted from gold and has the shape of an equal-ended cross. Its front side features ruby enamel and showcases the image of the State Emblem of Russia at its center. The reverse side contains a circular medallion surrounded by the motto "Benefit, Honor, and Glory." The chain of the insignia includes 17 links, with nine bearing the State Emblem of Russia and the remaining eight displaying the motto "Benefit, Honor, and Glory."

🔺The standard of the President of Russia features three stripes – white, blue, and red – adorned with a golden fringe and a golden depiction of the State Emblem of Russia in the center. The shaft of the standard includes a silver bracket engraved with the President's full name and dates of tenure.

🔺A unique copy of the Constitution of the Russian Federation is elegantly bound in red monitor lizard leather, featuring a silver coat of arms of Russia and the inscription "Constitution of the Russian Federation" embossed in gold. This distinctive copy is permanently and securely housed in the Library of the Administration of the Russian President within the Kremlin.

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‼️🇦🇺🇺🇦🇷🇺 #Australian stepson of Ukrainian top general Oleksandr Syrsky congratulates #Russian President Vladimir #Putin on his inauguration.

“Congratulations, Vladimir Vladimirovich, I wish you further success in developing and improving the lives of Russians, and making our Motherland, Russia, greater, thank you,” Ivan Syrsky told Sputnik.

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pounamuknight

8th May 2024, 04:38

MSM devolution, in real time :facepalm:

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Vicus

9th May 2024, 13:53

West has a decision to make - Putin
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Russian President Vladimir Putin takes the oath of office during his inauguration ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia

Russia remains open to dialogue and it is up to the other side to decide how to move forward, the president has said

It is up to the West to decide if it wants to engage in dialogue with Russia or pursue endless aggression in an attempt to hamper the country's development, President Vladimir Putin said during his inauguration speech on Tuesday.

Commenting on the future of Russia and its relations with other nations, Putin stressed that "we do not refuse dialogue with Western states. The choice is theirs: do they intend to continue trying to restrain the development of Russia, continue the policy of aggression and relentless pressure that they have pursued for years, or look for a path to cooperation and peace."

This cooperation must include discussions on issues of security and strategic stability, according to the Russian president. However, any talks must be carried out with mutual respect on equal terms, and without "arrogance, conceit, and personal exclusivity," Putin insisted.

"Together with our partners in Eurasian integration and other sovereign development centers, we will continue to work to form a multipolar world order and an equal and indivisible security system," Putin said. At the same time, Russia will strive to remain self-sufficient and competitive, he added.

The president also said society has changed in recent years, and has begun to value "reliability, mutual responsibility, sincerity, decency, nobility and courage."

Putin went on to promise to use his powers as head of state to ensure that all Russian citizens who have proven their loyalty and have shown "their best human and professional qualities" are given leading positions in public administration, the economy, and other spheres

https://www.sott.net/article/491273-West-has-a-decision-to-make-Putin

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9th May 2024, 19:07

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Ravenlocke

14th May 2024, 02:17

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Vladimir Putin has held the first operational meeting with the Security Council of the Russian Federation after personnel changes in the leadership of the advisory body.

The president discussed relations between Commonwealth of Independent States countries and the Russian Security Council, and stated that more attention will be paid to this topic.

Former Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu took part in the Security Council meeting as secretary of the organization.

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Ravenlocke

14th May 2024, 21:15

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🇷🇺 Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed directors of special services

🔸 National Guard Forces Command — Victor Zolotov

🔸 Foreign intelligence service (SVR) — Sergey Naryshkin

🔸 Federal Security Service (FSB) — Alexander Bortnikov

🔸 Federal Security Service (FSO) — Dmitry Kochnev

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14th May 2024, 21:29

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Ravenlocke

14th May 2024, 21:30

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Putin approved the ministers of the security bloc and the head of the Foreign Ministry.

Andrei Belousov became Minister of Defense, Vladimir Kolokoltsev and Alexander Kurenkov retained their posts as heads of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

Sergei Lavrov was re-appointed as head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Konstantin Chuychenko remained head of the Ministry of Justice.

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Ravenlocke

16th May 2024, 01:10

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⚡️ Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Beijing on his first foreign trip since reelection.

Putin’s state visit to China will last two days — the Russian leader will spend May 16 in Beijing and he will visit Harbin on May 17. On Thursday, Putin will hold meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping in narrow and expanded formats.

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Ravenlocke

17th May 2024, 22:44

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‼️🇷🇺🇨🇳 Putin laid flowers at the monument to Soviet soldiers in Harbin, China

The second day of the President’s visit to China has begun; the following is planned for today:
▪️Participation in the opening ceremony of the Russian-Chinese Expo and the bilateral forum on interregional cooperation.
▪️Meeting with Deputy Chairman of the People's Republic of China Han Zheng, as well as the leadership of Heilongjiang Province.
▪️Visit to Harbin Polytechnic University - speaking to students, graduate students and teachers and answering their questions.
▪️Inspection of the only operating Orthodox church in the city - the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
▪️Conversation with journalists following the visit.
- RVvoenkor

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17th May 2024, 22:46

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17th May 2024, 23:53

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Ravenlocke

20th May 2024, 18:19

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President #Putin: The fact that the future depends on Russia and China is only partly true. The future of humankind depends on the whole of humanity.

Certainly, Russia and China are important components of modern civilization. We have our own views on how we should develop. Certainly, our advancement will influence the advancement of all partners on the planet.

❗️ We believe that development should be constructive and peaceful, no doubt about it. Apart from our interests, it should heed the interests of all parties to international interaction.

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Tintin

21st May 2024, 17:32

A fascinating excerpt from a documentary made in March 2001: Putin's Witnesses. Here he is filmed in the back of an official car discussing 'monarchy' and how, and I quote: "Being a monarch doesn't inspire me."

It's quite clear here that he really didn't expect to still be serving as President of the Russian Federation, all these years later.

A couple of minutes long but provides further insight into the man's character :sun:

https://avalonlibrary.net/Tintin/Various_%28of_interest%29/2001_Excerpt_from_documentary_Putin%27s_Witnesses_where_he_speaks_about_monarchy.mp4

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Vicus

5th June 2024, 18:28

Nothing will change after US elections – Putin 5 Jun, 2024

Russian relations with Washington will not be impacted, no matter who is elected president

The upcoming presidential contest in the US will not fundamentally alter Russian-American relations, President Vladimir Putin has said.

Putin spoke with heads of international news agencies on Wednesday, on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

“We believe no serious changes will happen after the elections,” the Russian leader explained, in response to a question from Reuters.

Putin reminded reporters that he had already commented on this issue, describing the incumbent US president Joe Biden as “an old-school politician” and “more predictable” than his predecessor and challenger Donald Trump.

“Everyone took my statement about Biden as some kind of joke at his expense,” Putin noted, adding that the American president’s reaction – to attack and insult the Russian leader – just proved his point that Biden was predictable.

Putin pointed out that Russia “never had any special relations” with Trump, whom the Democrats accused of being some kind of Russian agent in 2016 and afterward. The Republican president had in fact introduced “massive sanctions” against Russia and exited the INF treaty.

By prosecuting Trump in court, however, the Americans are “burning themselves up from the inside, their state, their political system,” Putin told reporters. “They are burning it down to the ground.”

The entire world can see that the persecution of Trump is just abuse of the American judicial system for political purposes, the Russian president said. He pointed to a spike in Trump’s popularity and fundraising after the felony conviction in New York as proof that Americans don’t believe in the impartiality of their justice system anymore.

“The current administration is making one mistake after another,” Putin said.

Asked if a change in the White House might translate into a change of US policy on Ukraine, the Russian president said it would depend on the next administration’s goals.

If the next administration’s objective is to make the US stronger and build better relations with the rest of the world instead, “then something might change,” Putin replied.

“No one is interested in Ukraine in the US,” he added. “They are not fighting for Ukraine, they are fighting for their leadership in the world.”

https://www.rt.com/russia/598809-putin-us-elections-relations/

Ravenlocke

13th June 2024, 01:19

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Ravenlocke

19th June 2024, 08:56

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Ravenlocke

19th June 2024, 09:12

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🇷🇺🇰🇵Putin gave Kim Jong-un a new Aurus luxury car, an admiral's dagger and a tea set, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said.

Ushakov did not specifically say what gifts were presented to Putin, but noted that "they are related to the image" of the Russian president.

"There are several possibilities, all of them quite artistic, possibly a bust," he said.

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Russia’s Aurus good as gold: here’s the details on Putin’s luxury automotive gift to Kim

Russian President Vladimir Putin gifted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un an Aurus luxury car, as confirmed by Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Tuesday.

North Korea’s media earlier reported that Putin had presented a Russian-made luxury automobile to Kim as “a clear demonstration of the special personal relations” between the two leaders.

Aurus is Russia's premier luxury car brand, representing a bold symbol of resilience and triumph against Western sanctions. It serves as a prime example of Russia's success in the face of adversity. Here are more details on this top-of-the-line automotive brand:

▪️ The Aurus family includes the Senat limousine and sedan, the Arsenal minivan and the Kommendant SUV, all built on a modular platform and featuring Russian-made components;

▪️ These four-wheel drive vehicles are used in the motorcades of the president and prime minister of Russia, as well as by an array of senior Russian officials;

▪️ The Senat limousine was first used by Russian President Vladimir Putin during his inauguration ceremony on May 7, 2018;

▪️ Since 2021, Aurus automobiles have primarily been produced in the Alabuga special economic zone in Russia’s Tatarstan, with the plant having an annual production capacity of up to 5,000 cars;

▪️ Should average customers seek these top-of-the-line vehicles, they would be expected to shell out 38.5 million rubles ($416,570) for a sedan and 37.5 million rubles ($405,750) for an SUV, respectively;

▪️ Aurus is thought to be the combination of the Latin word “aurum” (gold) and the сlipped word pertaining to Russia, something that therefore can be interpreted as “Golden Russia” or “Russian Gold.”

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Ravenlocke

19th June 2024, 09:17

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Ravenlocke

19th June 2024, 09:22

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From strong Russia to impressive Pyongyang: Key takeaways from Putin and Kim's talks

Negotiations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, with the participation of delegations, have concluded in Pyongyang. This is what the two heads of states said during the meeting that lasted about an hour and a half:

▪️As a result of Kim's visit to Russia in 2023, the two sides made "significant progress" in strengthening bilateral relations, Putin said.

▪️"A new fundamental document was prepared today," something that will form the basis of long-term relations between Moscow and Pyongyang, the Russian president stressed.

▪️Russia appreciates North Korea's consistent and unwavering support for Russian policies, including those related to the Ukraine crisis, Putin stressed.

▪️Both Moscow and Pyongyang are fighting against the "hegemonic and imperialist policies of the US and its satellite states," Putin added.

▪️Pyongyang's transformation since my [Putin's] last visit to the city in 2000 is "impressive and noticeable", the Russian head of state said.

▪️"I am very happy about our new meeting. I hope that the next one will be held in Russia, in Moscow," Putin added.

▪️"The North Korean government appreciates important mission and role of strong Russia in maintaining global strategic stability and balance," Kim said.

▪️Pyongyang expresses "full support and solidarity with the Russian government, army and people in carrying out the special military operation in Ukraine to protect its sovereignty, security interests and territorial integrity," the North Korean leader noted.

▪️"The situation in the world is becoming more complicated and changing rapidly," Kim stressed.

▪️"In this regard, we intend to further strengthen strategic communication with Russia," Kim added.

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Ravenlocke

19th June 2024, 09:29

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Documents signed by Russian and North Korean heads of state include:

🔸 Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea;

🔸 Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on the Construction of a Border Road Bridge over the Tumannaya River;

🔸 Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on cooperation in the sphere of health care, medical education and science.

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Ravenlocke

19th June 2024, 09:32

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Putin pays visit to Vietnam. Here's what we know

Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay a state visit to Vietnam on June 19-20, after his trip to North Korea. Putin's visit to Vietnam will be his first since 2017.

◻️ The Russian leader will arrive in Hanoi on June 19, where a ceremonial reception will be held.

◻️ Putin will meet with the Vietnamese Communist Party Central Committee’s General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, and other high ranking officials.

◻️ Bilateral talks will touch upon initiatives to promote bilateral cooperation in areas such as security and defense, economy and trade, culture, and tourism.

◻️ A joint statement is expected to be adopted with around 20 documents on joint cooperation set to be signed.

Vietnam and Russia established diplomatic relations in 1950 and elevated the relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in 2012. Trade turnover between Russia and Vietnam grew over 8% reaching $5 billion in 2023, and the target goal is $10 billion by 2025. The Vietnam-Russia Joint Bank (VRB) set up in 2006 has established a payment system in national currencies in trade.

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Ravenlocke

19th June 2024, 09:36

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19th June 2024, 10:07

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1803064573123006901Worth watching! Putin quite often drops in randomly on far-flung Russian communities.

And it's quite true (we've seen this many times before) — the Russians really do love their President. Would this genuine delight at seeing their leader in person happen anywhere in the US, Canada, or Europe? Not a chance. :)

Ravenlocke

19th June 2024, 23:29

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19th June 2024, 23:41

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Ravenlocke

19th June 2024, 23:46

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Ravenlocke

19th June 2024, 23:52

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🇷🇺🇻🇳Russia is grateful to Vietnam for its balanced position on the Ukrainian crisis. This is what Vladimir Putin said in an article for the Vietnamese newspaper Nhanzan.

The Russian president is due to make an official visit to Vietnam soon, and Hanoi is preparing carefully for the meeting.

Other statements by the Russian leader from the article "Russia and Vietnam: friendship tested by time":

▪️Putin spoke of plans to launch LNG projects and a nuclear technology centre in Vietnam;

▪️The share of settlements in the national currencies of Russia and Vietnam exceeded 40 per cent in 2023 and reached almost 60 per cent in the first quarter of 2024;

▪️Trade turnover between Russia and Vietnam will grow by 8% in 2023 and by a third in the first quarter of 2024.

http://t.me/ukraine_watch

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‼️🇷🇺🇻🇳 President #Putin exits plane in Hanoi, #Vietnam

“Talks will take place with a number of officials, including General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, President To Lam, and PM Pham Minh Chinh," according to the Kremlin's press service.

Discussions will focus on "prospects for further development of the comprehensive strategic partnership" in "trade and economic, scientific, technological and humanitarian areas," as well as to exchange key regional and international issues, it added.

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Ravenlocke

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🇷🇺🤝🇻🇳 Russia and Vietnam: Friendship Tested by Time

An article by Vladimir Putin for publication in Nhân Dân, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee

On the eve of my next, fifth visit to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, I would like to share with the readership of the respected and influential newspaper Nhân Dân my vision of the history, present-day state and future of the Russian-Vietnamese partnership.

It is symbolic that our upcoming visit to Vietnam will take place around the date that marks the 30th anniversary of the Russian-Vietnamese Treaty on Foundations of Friendly Relations. This strategic document opened up vast opportunities to strengthen and develop the whole range of bilateral ties, giving them a powerful impetus and increasing their dynamics at the new historical stage.

Hồ Chí Minh, the great son of the Vietnamese people and a good friend of our country, stood at the origins of our bilateral cooperation. Russia honours the memory of this outstanding patriot, politician and statesman who always firmly and uncompromisingly defended the sovereignty and freedom of his Homeland. I would like to note that a monument to the first President of Vietnam was erected last year in St Petersburg to commemorate the centenary of his visit to Russia's “northern capital.”

Our country significantly contributed to the heroic struggle of the Vietnamese people against foreign invaders. After the victory and complete liberation of the Vietnamese territory from the occupiers, it was Soviet builders, engineers, doctors, teachers and scientists who helped rebuild Vietnam. They put in a lot of effort to develop its economic and defence potential and address top social priorities.

These time-proven traditions of fellowship and mutual support provide a solid foundation for furthering the bilateral relations of comprehensive strategic partnership.

Vietnam is a vibrant and unique ancient civilization adding to the tapestry of a multipolar world. Hanoi pursues an independent foreign policy in the global arena and strongly advocates a just world order based on international law and principles of equality of all states and non-interference in their internal affairs.

We highly appreciate the fact that our countries have coinciding or similar approaches to pressing issues on the international agenda. We work closely together within key international forums, first of all within the United Nations. We have similar assessments of the situation in the Asia-Pacific region. We see Vietnam as a like-minded partner in shaping a new architecture of equal and indivisible Eurasian security on an inclusive and non-discriminatory basis.

We are grateful to our Vietnamese friends for their balanced position on the Ukraine crisis and their desire to facilitate the search for practical ways to settle it peacefully. All of this is fully in line with the spirit and nature of our relations.

It is important that the two countries have consistently given serious attention to enhancing mutual trade and promoting investment. Thus, according to Russian statistics, bilateral trade increased by eight percent in 2023, and gained more than a third in the first quarter of the current year compared to the same period last year. Food, mineral resources, machinery and equipment are exported to Vietnam. Many Vietnamese goods, including clothing, fruits, vegetables and other agricultural products, are in demand on the Russian market. The 2015 Free Economic Trade Agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union and Vietnam helps reinforce and further develop these positive trends.

The possibility exists for our countries to carry out settlements in national currencies – the Russian ruble and the Vietnamese dong. Such transactions accounted for more than 40 percent of bilateral trade last year, and in the first quarter of this year their share rose to almost 60 percent. This is in keeping with the global trend towards phasing out the use of widely discredited currencies in international trade and investment. A major role in ensuring reliable financial settlements is played by the Vietnam-Russia Joint Venture Bank, whose opening ceremony I attended back in 2006. We hope that the Bank will continue its work, contributing actively to the strengthening of economic collaboration between our states.

The energy sector remains a strategically important area of bilateral cooperation. The Vietsovpetro joint venture, which has been exploring deposits on Vietnam's continental shelf for more than four decades, has proved highly efficient. The volume of oil it has produced over the years has exceeded 250 million tonnes. Rusvietpetro, a joint venture company established in 2008, is successfully operating in Russia's Nenets Autonomous Area. It has already extracted over 35 million tonnes of oil in the harsh conditions of the Far North. Gazprom, in its turn, is engaged in gas extraction in Vietnam, while another major Russian company, NOVATEK, intends to implement LNG projects on the Vietnamese territory.

An initiative is being considered to create a Centre of Nuclear Science and Technology in Vietnam with Rosatom's assistance. In this regard, I would like to note that the Russian state corporation is essentially ready to help Vietnamese partners develop their national nuclear power industry, including in terms of building its human capacity.

Our country has traditionally contributed a great deal to the development of Vietnam's hydropower potential. For example, RusHydro is interested in joining the project to reconstruct and increase the capacity of hydropower facilities on Vietnam’s rivers.

The Gaz Thanh Dat joint venture to assemble Russian GAZ brand automobiles is expanding its operations in Da Nang.

We expect that Vietnamese investors will, in turn, more actively use the ample opportunities offered by the Russian market. The Vietnamese company TH Group, which is constructing milk processing plants in the Moscow and Kaluga regions and in the Primorye Territory, is one example.

And I certainly cannot but mention the long-standing traditions of bilateral cooperation in education. Over the past decades, tens of thousands of Vietnamese specialists in various fields have received training or upgraded their skills in our country, and several thousand have obtained academic degrees. We intend to further prioritize partnership in this area. This includes further offering education opportunities at Russian universities to Vietnamese citizens at the expense of the federal budget. We will do our best to promote student exchanges, launch joint academic projects and programmes. The Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Research and Technology Centre, which has been engaged in applied and fundamental research for many years, provides a vivid example of such positive cooperation between our countries.

We will definitely continue to develop humanitarian contacts. I know that many Vietnamese understand and love Russian music, literature and cinema. And Russian people show genuine interest in original Vietnamese art. The Days of Vietnamese Culture in Russia, to be held early next month, will provide a better glimpse.

Tourism is a sure way to promote mutual understanding between our peoples. Vietnam has long become a popular holiday destination for Russians, and Vietnamese citizens have always been attracted by our country's tourist sights. An increase in the number of direct flights would help intensify mutual tourist flows.

Together with our Vietnamese friends, we will continue to develop bilateral ties and cooperation for the benefit of our peoples, for stability and prosperity in the region and the world as a whole. I am confident that our countries, relying on the best traditions of friendship, mutual trust and mutual assistance, will achieve all our ambitious goals.

I wish the people of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam peace, well-being and prosperity.

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20th June 2024, 19:07

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Putin lauds de-dollarization in trade with Asian partner
Around 60% of transactions between Russia and Vietnam are now carried out using the countries’ respective currencies, bypassing the US dollar and euro, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russia’s head of state made the remarks in an article for the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Vietnam ahead of his two-day visit to the Southeast Asian country, published on the Kremlin website on Wednesday.

Putin noted that the two countries were paying serious attention to enhancing mutual trade and promoting investment, particularly in the Russian ruble and the Vietnamese dong.

“Such transactions accounted for more than 40% of bilateral trade last year, and in the first quarter of this year their share rose to almost 60%,” the Russian leader said, adding that this was in line with the global trend towards phasing out the use of “widely discredited currencies” in international trade and investment.

Putin acknowledged the importance of the Vietnam-Russia Joint Venture Bank, which was set up by the two countries in 2006 with the aim of strengthening their economic ties.

Citing official statistics, the Russian president said that bilateral trade rose by 8% in 2023 and continues to grow, adding that the energy sector remains a strategically important area of cooperation.

“Food, mineral resources, machinery and equipment are exported to Vietnam. Many Vietnamese goods, including clothing, fruits, vegetables and other agricultural products, are in demand on the Russian market,” Putin stated, lauding the role of the free economic trade agreement between the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Vietnam.

The EAEU, established in 2015, is based on the Customs Union of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus. It was later joined by Armenia and Kyrgyzstan. In 2016, Vietnam officially became the first non-regional country to become a free-trade partner of the bloc. The group also has three observer states: Cuba and two other former Soviet nations, Moldova and Uzbekistan. Iran is also expected to join the EAEU.

The union is designed to ensure the free movement of goods, services, capital, and workers between member nations.

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‼️🇷🇺🪖 Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov inspects infrastructure of Pacific Fleet's 155th Marine Brigade.

During a working visit to the troops of the Eastern Military District, the #Russian Defence Minister ordered to ensure strict control over the fulfilment of deadlines for the construction and reconstruction of the military camp of the Pacific Fleet Formation in Primorye.

In the military camp of the 155th Separate Guards Order of Zhukov Marine Brigade, Andrei Belousov was reported on the prospects of construction of new facilities and reconstruction of the existing funds of the formation.

The Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation stressed that according to the decision reached, it was necessary to ensure the construction of new barracks for the accommodation of military personnel, depots of weapons and military equipment, as well as park zone facilities.

The construction of new facilities to accommodate the formation's units is planned in two phases. As part of the first phase, three barracks for 400 servicemen each and a canteen for a thousand seats are to be built by 1 December 2025. The second phase includes the construction of three more barracks, a universal sports training complex, equipment storage, maintenance and repair facilities, and other necessary facilities.

Andrei Belousov pointed out the need for careful monitoring of the construction progress and compliance with the approved schedule. The Russian Defence Minister said that it was unacceptable to violate construction deadlines, drawing attention to the fact that this was the personal responsibility of the head of the military construction complex organisation.

'The construction needs to be done on time. The servicemen will now start to return, by this time all the conditions should be created to make everything ready,' Andrei Belousov said.

The Russian Defence Minister also visited the location of the military unit, got acquainted with the conditions of accommodation of the brigade's personnel and talked to the servicemen.

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‼️🇷🇺🇻🇳 Putin meets with graduates of Soviet and Russian universities in #Hanoi. The President said that Russia will continue to promote the development of student exchanges.

On Thursday, #Putin announced that 1,000 government-funded places will be allocated for Vietnamese students next academic year.

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Ravenlocke

20th June 2024, 22:25

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Russia and Vietnam deepen ties in energy, nuclear and defense

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Vietnamese counterpart To Lam have agreed to strengthen their bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership during the former's visit to Hanoi on June 19-20.

Defense and security

🔸 Russia and Vietnam agreed to increase defense cooperation within the limits of international law, and not to "enter into alliances and treaties with third countries which could harm each other’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity," according to To Lam.

🔸 Russo-Vietnamese security cooperation is not directed against third countries and contributes to ensuring peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.

🔸 Moscow and Hanoi have a long record in defense cooperation tracing back to the USSR's aid to repel the US invasion of Vietnam (1965-1975).

Nuclear energy

🔸 On June 20, both sides signed a memo on the schedule for building the Center for Nuclear Science and Technology in Vietnam until 2027.

🔸 Moscow and Hanoi can resume negotiations on the construction of a nuclear power plant in Vietnam, as per Rosatom head Alexei Likhachev.

🔸 Moscow and Hanoi earlier had planned to build a nuclear power station in Vietnam until the project was suspended in 2016.

Oil and gas

🔸 Russian gas firm Novatek signed a memo of understanding with Petrovietnam and is going to kick off liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in Vietnam. Novatek is already engaged in Ca Na LNG Power project, in Ninh Thuan province.

🔸 On June 19, Russian oil and gas firm Zarubezhneft and Petrovietnam agreed to invest in production of new types of green fuels.

🔸 Zarubezhneft has cooperated with Petrovietnam since 1981, running joint ventures Vietsovpetro and Rusvietpetro for geological exploration and oil and gas. Zarubezhneft has received a license to develop block 11-2 of the Vietnamese continental shelf.

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🇷🇺🇻🇳Putin called Vietnam one of Russia's most reliable partners

"It is a pleasure to be in the most hospitable country of Vietnam, in the friendly country of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. One of our long-standing and reliable friends and partners," he said at a meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chin.

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20th June 2024, 23:04

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20th June 2024, 23:15

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⚡️ Russia is thinking about possible changes in its nuclear doctrine — Putin

🔹 Russia may amend its nuclear doctrine amid discussions on the possibility of lowering the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons, the president stressed.

🔹 Russia's strategic forces are in full combat readiness, he added.

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20th June 2024, 23:19

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20th June 2024, 23:20

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Putin — Where any negotiations on Ukraine could exactly take place does not matter, Russia's proposals are on the table

🔹 The West's reaction to the peace initiatives was expected, but sensible politicians will think about them if they want to end the conflict;

🔹 The negotiations could take place tomorrow, but Russia will base them on the current situation, the president stressed;

🔹 The Kiev regime is interested in continued fire because it doesn't want to hold elections;

🔹 The West will pin all unpopular decisions on Zelensky and replace him in the first half of next year;

🔹 The most important task for Russia is to repel attacks with long-range weapons on its territory;

🔹 Kiev will try to present the new counterattack as a strategic success.

🔹 There is no need to use soldiers from North Korea in the Ukrainian conflict

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20th June 2024, 23:33

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‼️🇷🇺🇻🇳Bloomberg: Vietnam Welcomes Putin, Ignoring Criticism from the U.S. Presidents of the two countries hold talks

▪️Vietnam views Russia as a "strategic protection" and support in a wide range of areas, including energy and arms, Bloomberg reports.

▪️Russia and Vietnam are switching to national currencies in their transactions.

▪️In the morning, Vladimir Putin and To Lam began talks and have already signed several cooperation agreements in various fields.

➖Among the signed documents are agreements on cooperation in education and a memorandum on the establishment of a nuclear technology center in Vietnam.

▪️Welcoming Putin, the President of Vietnam noted that he would like to discuss key areas for strengthening the strategic partnership between Russia and Vietnam, which will benefit both countries.

➖Vietnam pursues an independent and peaceful foreign policy but always considers Russia an important friend.

➖"We are very pleased that under your [Putin's] leadership, the Russian economy is developing, the lives of the population are improving, and Russia's position and authority on the international stage are growing," To Lam noted.

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🇷🇺🇻🇳 "Vietnam Greets Putin in Boost to Ties, Ignoring US Criticism," Bloomberg notes.

On the eve of the President Putin's visit, the American embassy said: "no country should give Putin a platform to promote his war of aggression and otherwise allow him to normalize his atrocities".

According to the agency's experts, Hanoi sees Moscow as a "strategic defence" that will relieve pressure from both the US and China. The country also counts on Russian support in a number of areas, including energy and armaments.

The publication points out that Vietnam has become one of the Southeast Asian states that did not condemn Russia after the start of the SMO, adopting a neutral status and calling for a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Ukraine.

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🤡US Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Kritenbrink will visit Vietnam this week to reaffirm the US commitment to implementing bilateral strategic partnership agreements, the US State Department said. Russian President Vladimir Putin is currently on a state visit to Hanoi.

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Ravenlocke

23rd June 2024, 18:05

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‼️🇻🇳🇺🇸🇷🇺 Vietnam declared the US a strategic partner after the visit of the Russian President

▪️The day after Vladimir Putin’s visit, US Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Kritenbrink visited Vietnam. Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son said that Hanoi is ready to strengthen its strategic partnership with the United States based on respect for independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
▪️Kritenbrink noted that relations between the two countries have “never been stronger” and reaffirmed the US commitment to supporting a “strong and prosperous Vietnam.” Hanoi believes that this cooperation will contribute to peace, stability and development in the region and the world.
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ExomatrixTV

29th June 2024, 13:33

Cross-posting from here (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?114491-WW3-Ukraine-US-vs.-Donbass-Russia&p=1620134&viewfull=1#post1620134)

October 2014 FLASHBACK:

Putin to Western elites: Play-time is over (http://cluborlov.blogspot.fr/2014/10/putin-to-western-elites-play-time-is.html)

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Most people in the English-speaking parts of the world missed Putin's speech at the Valdai conference in Sochi a few days ago, and, chances are, those of you who have heard of the speech didn't get a chance to read it, and missed its importance. (For your convenience, I am pasting in the full transcript of his speech below.) Western media did their best to ignore it or to twist its meaning. Regardless of what you think or don't think of Putin (like the sun and the moon, he does not exist for you to cultivate an opinion) this is probably the most important political speech since Churchill's “Iron Curtain” speech of March 5, 1946.

In this speech, Putin abruptly changed the rules of the game. Previously, the game of international politics was played as follows: politicians made public pronouncements, for the sake of maintaining a pleasant fiction of national sovereignty, but they were strictly for show and had nothing to do with the substance of international politics; in the meantime, they engaged in secret back-room negotiations, in which the actual deals were hammered out. Previously, Putin tried to play this game, expecting only that Russia be treated as an equal. But these hopes have been dashed, and at this conference he declared the game to be over, explicitly violating Western taboo by speaking directly to the people over the heads of elite clans and political leaders.

The Russian blogger chipstone (http://chipstone.livejournal.com/1219546.html) summarized the most salient points from Putin speech as follows:

01. Russia will no longer play games and engage in back-room negotiations over trifles. But Russia is prepared for serious conversations and agreements, if these are conducive to collective security, are based on fairness and take into account the interests of each side.

02. All systems of global collective security now lie in ruins. There are no longer any international security guarantees at all. And the entity that destroyed them has a name: The United States of America.

03. The builders of the New World Order have failed, having built a sand castle. Whether or not a new world order of any sort is to be built is not just Russia's decision, but it is a decision that will not be made without Russia.

04. Russia favors a conservative approach to introducing innovations into the social order, but is not opposed to investigating and discussing such innovations, to see if introducing any of them might be justified.

05. Russia has no intention of going fishing in the murky waters created by America's ever-expanding “empire of chaos,” and has no interest in building a new empire of her own (this is unnecessary; Russia's challenges lie in developing her already vast territory). Neither is Russia willing to act as a "savior of the world", as she had in the past.

06. Russia will not attempt to reformat the world in her own image, but neither will she allow anyone to reformat her in their image. Russia will not close herself off from the world, but anyone who tries to close her off from the world will be sure to reap a whirlwind.

07. Russia does not wish for the chaos to spread, does not want war, and has no intention of starting one. However, today Russia sees the outbreak of global war as almost inevitable, is prepared for it, and is continuing to prepare for it. Russia does not war—nor does she fear it.

08. Russia does not intend to take an active role in thwarting those who are still attempting to construct their New World Order—until their efforts start to impinge on Russia's key interests. Russia would prefer to stand by and watch them give themselves as many lumps as their poor heads can take. But those who manage to drag Russia into this process, through disregard for her interests, will be taught the true meaning of pain.

09. In her external, and, even more so, internal politics, Russia's power will rely not on the elites and their back-room dealing, but on the will of the people.

To these nine points I would like to add a tenth:

10. There is still a chance to construct a new world order that will avoid a world war. This new world order must of necessity include the United States—but can only do so on the same terms as everyone else: subject to international law and international agreements; refraining from all unilateral action; in full respect of the sovereignty of other nations.

To sum it all up: play-time is over. Children, put away your toys. Now is the time for the adults to make decisions. Russia is ready for this; is the world?

Full article with 2014 Putin's speech translated here (http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/2014/10/putin-to-western-elites-play-time-is.html)

cheers,
John 🦜🦋🌳

Ravenlocke

4th July 2024, 23:03

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Ravenlocke

7th July 2024, 23:42

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Ravenlocke

8th July 2024, 21:43

(Note: These are some highlight moments from PM Modi’s visit with Putin at Putin’s personal residence in Novo-Ogarevo

For political insight/ significance of PM Modi’s visit to Moscow please see the Multipolar World order yes it’s coming)

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🇷🇺🇮🇳 Narendra Modi thanked Vladimir Putin for the meeting in Novo-Ogarevo and published a photo with the Russian president on social network X.

The Indian prime minister expressed confidence that his talks with Putin on Tuesday will further strengthen friendship between India and Russia.

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Ravenlocke

8th July 2024, 21:46

(Note: These are some highlight moments from PM Modi’s visit with Putin at Putin’s personal residence in Novo-Ogarevo)

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12th July 2024, 00:17

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❗️PM Modi Awarded Russia's Highest State Honour - Recieved With Hugs And A 'Spasibo!' 🎖

The Order of St. Andrew the Apostle, first established by Tsar Peter the Great in 1698, is given to recognise outstanding civilian and military merit.

The award to PM Modi was made by decree in 2019 "for exceptional services in promoting the special and privileged partnership between Russia and India and friendly relations between the Russian and Indian peoples," the Russian Embassy in India stated at the time.

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Ravenlocke

12th July 2024, 01:19

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ExomatrixTV

19th July 2024, 15:31

Putin (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?118635-The-Putin-Thread) Takes Trump's Claims On Ending The War With Ukraine (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?114491-WW3-Ukraine-US-vs.-Donbass-Russia) Seriously

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Ravenlocke

19th July 2024, 19:14

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🇻🇳 General Secretary of Vietnam's Communist Party Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong passed away at 1:38 p.m. Friday at the 108 Military Central Hospital in Hanoi due to old age and severe illness.

The Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam is expected to issue a special notice on his state funeral.

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🇷🇺🇻🇳 Russian President Vladimir Putin offered condolences to his Vietnamese counterpart, To Lam, over the death of Nguyen Phu Trong, the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s Central Committee, the Kremlin said.

Last month, Vladimir Putin and Nguyen Phu Trong met during the Russian President's visit to Vietnam.

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Bill Ryan

25th July 2024, 22:48

This video was published nearly a year ago, but seemed rather topical. :)

How Vladimir Putin's Bodyguards Respond to an Attack

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Ravenlocke

26th July 2024, 18:40

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Chersonesos should stand for Russian prosperity, Putin believes

The territory where modern Sevastopol is located was inhabited 2,500 years ago

MOSCOW, July 26. /TASS/. Chersonesos Tavrichesky near Sevastopol is one of Russia's ancient cities and should become a symbol of its prosperity, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview for the "New Chersonesos" documentary, a fragment of which was published on the Smotrim film platform.

When asked what the president would like Chersonesos to be a symbol of for the future of the country, Putin said that he would like to see it as "a symbol of Russia's prosperity."

"This is one of the most ancient cities of our country," the head of state emphasized. "For us, it is primarily associated with the baptizing of Prince Vladimir, with the subsequent christianization of the entire Rus'," he added.

Chersonesos

The territory where modern Sevastopol is located was inhabited 2,500 years ago. The ancient Greek colony of Chersonesos was founded in 424-421 B.C. The city existed until the end of the 14th century A.D. It is believed that this is the place where Prince Vladimir, who later baptized Russia, converted to Christianity in the 10th century. In the 19th century, the Saint Vladimir Cathedral was built on the supposed site of his baptization.

New Chersonesos

The construction of the New Chersonesos museum and temple complex in Sevastopol is underway on Putin's instructions. The leader has repeatedly noted that Chersonesos is one of the most important sources of Russian spirituality, pointing out that there "everything is intertwined: spiritual origins, state origins, historical and cultural traditions."

On July 28, the day of the baptism of Russia, the complex will be consecrated in a private mode. Earlier, Metropolitan Tikhon of Simferopol and Crimea reported that the consecration of the historical and archaeological park will be held on July 28 in a closed to public mode. Since July 30, it will open its doors for visitors. However, it will be possible to get inside by online pre-registration only.

Ravenlocke

28th July 2024, 16:53

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Russia's holy war against the United States and NATO for Ukraine will last until Russia's complete victory and Ukraine's return to Russia. I think so, but you think as you want. Either Russia will be with Ukraine, or Russia will not exist.

Putin arrived at the Holy Trinity Alexander Nevsky Lavra - Patriarch Kirill awarded the president the Order of Alexander Nevsky: “Putin inspected the church in honor of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the church in honor of the Holy Blessed Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky. Upon completion of the inspection, Patriarch Kirill presented Vladimir Putin with the Order of the Holy Blessed Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky, first degree.”

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Ravenlocke

29th July 2024, 21:50

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🇷🇺 Putin awarded the widow Solzhenitsyn the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, third degree.

As noted in the decree, the award was awarded to Natalia Dmitrievna Solzhenitsyn, who is the president of the Alexander Solzhenitsyn Russian Charitable Foundation, for her active work in the fields of charity and public life, as well as for her invaluable contribution to the culture of the country.
- FRWL reports

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norman

8th August 2024, 23:21

Aleksandr Dugin is reputed to be Putin's greatest philosophical and ideological influence.

In this podcast from May 2022 Dr. Michael Millerman talks to Ricky Varandas of the Ripple Effect Podcast about Aleksandr Dugin (and others).

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The Ripple Effect Podcast - 408 - Dr. Michael Millerman - Exploring The Most Controversial & Important Thinkers & Ideas (https://podbay.fm/p/the-ripple-effect-podcast/e/1653244886?t=1037)
1 hour 41 minutes - Posted May 22, 2022

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Dr. Michael Millerman is an philosopher, author, thinker, professor & creator of the online political philosophy school, The Millerman School. Michael is an PhD in Political Science from the University of Toronto. Much of Michael's work focuses on some of the most controversial & important thinkers of our time and of all time, Leo Strauss, Martin Heidegger, Plato, Aristotle, Nietzsche, Dugin and others. Michael also hosts the Millerman Talks podcast

Ravenlocke

18th August 2024, 19:41

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Ravenlocke

18th August 2024, 19:55

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Ravenlocke

20th August 2024, 23:02

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Ravenlocke

20th August 2024, 23:27

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🔥 The head of Russia spoke with volunteers trained at the Russian Special Forces University who are sent to serve in the Northern Military District zone .

In different times, even in the most difficult ones, there were people like you who did not spare themselves for the sake of their homeland and for the sake of the future of our people.

You're making hard choices for yourself. It's one thing to shoot here at the range and another to put your life and limb at risk. But you have the inner need to defend the Fatherland and the courage to make that decision.

If you've made that decision, you've already won. I want to thank you for making this kind of decision and I wish you the best of luck from the bottom of my heart. And as long as we have men like you, we are absolutely unbeatable.

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Ravenlocke

21st August 2024, 01:00

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VLADIMIR PUTIN ARRIVED IN CHECHNYA FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2011

He was met at his helicopter when it landed at Grozny airport by the head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov.

Putin had already visited two other Caucasian regions earlier on Tuesday – Kabardino-Balkaria and North Ossetia. As Kadyrov noted: "a busy program is planned" as part of the president's trip to the republic.

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Kadyrov is showing Putin the Russian special forces university named after the Russian president in the Chechen capital of Grozny.

The president was told about the work of the training center, and was also shown captured weapons from the SVO zone.

The Putin Special Forces University was founded in August 2013 as the International Training Center for Special Forces, and was renamed the Russian Special Forces University in August 2017.

From 2019 to August 15, 2024, more than 7,000 people and almost 13,000 employees of the Chechen security forces were trained at the university. Since April 2022, the university began working with volunteers. During this time, nearly 19,000 people were trained and sent to the SVO zone.

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During his visit to Chechnya, Putin visited the grave of the first president of the republic, Hero of Russia Akhmat-Khadzhi Kadyrov. He also held a meeting with volunteers who are undergoing training at the Russian Special Forces University and will soon be sent to the special military operation zone.

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Ravenlocke

21st August 2024, 01:16

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Ravenlocke

21st August 2024, 01:20

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ExomatrixTV

22nd August 2024, 20:18

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ExomatrixTV

23rd August 2024, 00:45

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Putin issued a decree offering sanctuary in Russia to Westerners opposed to "woke neoliberalism (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?115313-There-s-the-Woke-and-the-In-The-Know)" emphasizing traditionalist Christian values. Putin's decree allows Westerners to apply for residency without usual requirements, aiming to uphold Russian spiritual and moral values. Russia's policy reflects a focus on "spiritual security" to protect its cultural and religious heritage against globalized influences. The construction of the Armed Forces Cathedral symbolizes Russia's return to Orthodox Christian roots under Putin's leadership. Putin criticizes the West for abandoning Christian values in favor of "wokeness (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?115313-There-s-the-Woke-and-the-In-The-Know)" contrasting it with Russia's commitment to traditional morality and family values.

Ravenlocke

24th August 2024, 00:08

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Ravenlocke

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Ravenlocke

3rd September 2024, 01:56

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ExomatrixTV

20th September 2024, 20:23

Vladimir Putin vs The New World Order: Khazarian Empire Exposed, Hidden History Russia Saved The USA:

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source (https://www.bitchute.com/video/UK8026M75HHl/)

ExomatrixTV

21st September 2024, 16:49

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Michel Leclerc

21st September 2024, 18:43

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“to intimidate them”?

Japanese love dogs, and Yume did not miss his/her effect on the guests.

Michel Leclerc

21st September 2024, 19:14

Vladimir Putin vs The New World Order: Khazarian Empire Exposed, Hidden History Russia Saved The USA:

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source (https://www.bitchute.com/video/UK8026M75HHl/)

What an ignorant and insensitive comment. Kazahkastahn, yes. “Folks”, “folks”. I am not your "folks”, dude. “Sacred geometry”. Either it is sacred, and then why do you denigrate it, or it is not, and then why do you call it that way. Bring to the front what is “interesting”, instead of what you ominously call “innaresting”.

This being said, I have my own second thoughts about Astana. But – visiting Brazil, I do not plan to go and see Brasilia first either.