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The wave of arrests for corruption and bribery in the 🇷🇺 defense and military establishment continues. themoscowtimes.com/2024/09/02/dep…

Could this be a site for the 🇷🇺 nuclear-powered 9M370 Burevestnik missile? It’s been under development for decades, has a dubious test record and serves an unclear strategic objective. But it for sure consumes resources. reuters.com/world/europe/u…

Summer 1994. 🇷🇺 is flying out the last Hq units from the Sperenberg air base just South of Berlin. The nearby huge Hq at Wünsdorf was the last 🇷🇺 garrison to leave Germany and Central Europe. youtu.be/69ATnys2gRk

The Maduro regime 🇻🇪 now orders the arrest of the winning opposition candidate Edmundo González. We see the emergence of a Belarus in Latin America - with the support of 🇨🇺🇷🇺🇨🇳. ntn24.com/noticias-actua…

Any war between 🇺🇸 and 🇨🇳 will risk nuclear escalation and unforeseen consequences. Is any sort of victory even possible? ⁦RAND⁩ rand.org/pubs/articles/…

That’s clearly a discussion to sign up to.

”China and the United States have effectively switched places as the overwhelming leader in research in just two decades.” ⁦ASPI Cyber, Tech & Security⁩ aspistrategist.org.au/critical-techn…

What might the 🇺🇳 Summit of the Future towards end of the month bring? Is 🇺🇳 just in a holding pattern hoping for better times - or can some progress actually be achieved? ⁦ECFR⁩ ⁦Crisis Group⁩ cirsd.org/en/horizons/ho…

Will the new 🇬🇧 defense review indicate a “pivot to Europe”? Perhaps less aircraft carriers and more army brigades? And a new look at air defense? ⁦ECFR⁩ ecfr.eu/article/britai…

Much of the 🇺🇦 working relations with the West rest on individuals in Kyiv that have gained the trust of the international community for their dedication and competence. If they are now jettisoned for obscure political reasons 🇺🇦 will stand weaker. pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/…

At least seven dead as 🇷🇺 missile and drone strikes during the night hits also Lviv in western 🇺🇦. This is pure barbarism.

On the Netanyahu map 🇮🇱 has already annexed all of the West Bank. His approach to international law is obviously no different from Putin’s. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Important with 🇩🇪 announcing that it will deliver 24 IRIS-T air defence missile systems to 🇺🇦: 12 medium-range and 12 short-range systems. These systems have already proved to be most effective in countering 🇷🇺 cruise missile, drones and aircraft. pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/…

Once the cash cow of the Putin 🇷🇺 regime, Gazprom is now in serious difficulties. Key projects are stopped amid record losses, Western sanctions and China's refusal to sign a new contract for Russian gas. themoscowtimes.com/2024/09/04/gaz…

Good news: the WTO trade barometer moves into positive territory.

“The new prime minister will face the most delicate of tasks in seeking to agree legislation in a highly polarised Assemblée Nationale at a time of immense challenges. An October 1 deadline is now looming for a draft budget law for 2025.“ 🇫🇷 lemonde.fr/en/politics/ar…

Ukraine's parliament approves the appointment of Olha Stefanishyna as Justice Minister. She also remains the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration.

The contest for the leadership of the badly bruised Conservative Party of the 🇬🇧 is important for the future. The party faces a challenge from the extreme right, but that challenge must be meet rather than copied. Tom Tugendhat

According to 🇬🇧 estimate the average 🇷🇺 casualty count in its war against 🇺🇦 is around 1 000 a day. In August the figure was even higher.