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Putin has offended me – Trump

The US presidential candidate has said he doesn’t know why Putin has “endorsed” his rival

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said he felt “very offended” when Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed support for his election rival, US Vice President Kamala Harris. Asked during an international economic forum in Vladivostok on Thursday if he had “a favorite” in the US election, Putin said that he will follow Biden’s endorsement of Harris and “will support her as well.” Putin also said “Trump imposed more sanctions on Russia than any president who came before him,” and suggested that Harris “would maybe refrain from such actions.”

Putin Ally Predicts US Will Collapse in ‘Imminent New Civil War’

Former Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, issued a warning on Saturday predicting the United States will collapse in an “imminent new civil war” amid this year’s election over Russian sanctions.

Since the Russia-Ukraine war began in February 2022, Western countries have imposed sanctions on Moscow, with several thousand sanctions on Russian individuals, businesses, and government institutions. The U.S. has gradually expanded the sanctions it imposed as President Joe Biden issued an executive order in December, which allows the U.S. to directly sanction foreign banks facilitating significant transactions for Russia. Washington threatened to block such banks that conduct business with firms that support Russia’s defense industry from its financial system.

German chancellor wants to end Ukraine conflict ‘faster’

The time has come for discussions about ending the Ukrainian conflict as soon as possible, Chancellor Olaf Scholz says

A renewed effort to try and bring an end to the enduring conflict between Moscow and Kiev is needed, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said. The leader made the remarks in a televised interview with broadcaster ZDF aired on Sunday. “I believe that now is the time to discuss how to arrive at peace from this state of war, indeed at a faster pace,” he stated. Despite its initial reluctance to lavishly pour military aid into Ukraine like many other Western countries, Berlin has become one of the top backers of Kiev amid the conflict. Germany has supplied the Ukrainian military with assorted hardware, including Leopard 1 and 2 main battle tanks, as well as Marder infantry fighting vehicles.

France to pay for Ukrainian weapons with Russian funds

Paris will use proceeds from the frozen assets to buy artillery shells and air defense equipment for Kiev

France has announced that it will use a share of the proceeds from frozen Russian assets for purchasing weapons for Ukraine. The move came after Kiev called on Paris to speed up arms deliveries. Western countries have frozen $300 billion in Russian sovereign reserves in response to Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine. While Kiev and some of its supporters in Europe have repeatedly called for the funds to be confiscated altogether, the EU has so far failed to find a legal method to do so. Nevertheless, the European Commission agreed in June to make €1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) of the interest accumulated from the Russian assets available for aid to Ukraine

Putin Sends Kim Jong Un Congratulations on DPRK Foundation Day – KCNA

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory telegram to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the founding of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, noting that relations between the countries are at a high level, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.

“Dear Comrade Kim Jong Un, please accept my heartfelt congratulations on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the founding of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Relations between our countries, based on good traditions of friendship and good neighborliness, are at a high level — this was fully confirmed by our recent constructive and meaningful talks in Pyongyang,” the telegram says.

China’s Type 094 Jin-Class Missile Submarines Can ‘Hit’ America with Nukes

While China is developing the Type 096 to address these shortcomings, the Jin-class submarines currently struggle to provide the reliable global nuclear deterrence China seeks

-Despite being armed with JL-2 and possibly JL-3 missiles, capable of reaching U.S. territories like Hawaii and Alaska, the submarines are hindered by significant noise levels, making them detectable and undermining their stealth. -Technological and doctrinal limitations, such as separating nuclear warheads from delivery systems during peacetime, further weaken their effectiveness. -While China is developing the Type 096 to address these shortcomings, the Jin-class submarines currently struggle to provide the reliable global nuclear deterrence China seeks.

With 10,000 KM Range — China Boasts World’s Most Powerful Radar That Can Detect ‘Rare’ Plasma Bubbles, Stealth Aircraft

Chinese scientists have claimed to have made a groundbreaking discovery using what is currently regarded as the world’s most powerful radar system. This system allows them to simultaneously detect equatorial plasma bubbles (EPB) over the Egyptian pyramids and the Midway Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

This development positions China as a leader in ionospheric research, and the country is now the first in the world to track such anomalies in real-time, according to Chinese media claims. The radar, known as the Low Latitude Long Range Ionospheric Radar (LARID), was developed by the Institute of Geology and Geophysics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences and was installed last year.

Russia & China’s US-Provoked Payment Problems Caught Most BRICS Enthusiasts By Surprise

China’s complex economic-financial interdependence with the West places certain restraints on its sovereignty…

RT published a feature analysis on Friday asking, “Has the US finally succeeded in choking off Russia’s biggest trade lifeline?”, which readers are encouraged to read in full to learn more Russia and China’s US-provoked payment problems. In a nutshell, Chinese banks of all sizes have suddenly started complying with the US’ sanctions out of fear of secondary sanctions, which RT’s financial expert Henry Johnston reminded everyone has also been reported by the domestic Russian media whose articles he cites. All of this is shocking for the average BRICS enthusiast who’s been influenced by wishful thinking articles since the start of the special operation into imagining that this group is an anti-Western bloc. They’ve also heard countless times that “the dollar is dead” or is “about to die any day now,” that Russia and China are “allies” who are jointly resisting the West in all respects, and that a new world order has already emerged to replace the previously American-led unipolar one. None of that is true though.

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