(2025-10-27). News X World: Putin unveils advanced Burevestnik missile capability. gilbertdoctorow.com The production team at NewsX World are hard at work today and have just sent me the link to the interview we did a few hours ago. In my last brief essay on applying lipstick to pigs, I addressed one of the two segments of this interview, the one on Russia's announced deal with India …
(2025-10-27). Hungary will fight Brussels' plan to fully ban Russian energy. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) — The Hungarian government opposes the European Commission's plan to fully ban Russian oil and gas by early 2028, as well as EU energy sanctions against Russia, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto says.
(2025-10-27). Burevestnik missile won't strain Russia-US ties: Peskov. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) — The Burevestnik missile tests should not in any way affect relations between Moscow and Washington, which are already at a minimum level, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
(2025-10-27). La Turchia prepara la sua svolta storica: da sentinella della NATO a protagonista eurasiatico. strategic-culture.su Solo un'alleanza con le potenze eurasiatiche garantirà la sopravvivenza e la prosperità della Turchia in un mondo multipolare. | Segue nostro Per decenni la Turchia è stata considerata un pilastro del fianco orientale della NATO, una pedina fondamentale nella strategia di contenimento della Russia. Da quando è entrata a far parte dell'alleanza nel 1952, il Paese ha svolto un doppio ruolo: da un lato, partner strategico dell'Occidente; da…
(2025-10-27). US sanctions on Russian oil companies aim for economic advantage, not aid to Kiev. infobrics.org Sanctions against Russia will only work if China and India adhere to them.
(2025-10-27). Top US, India officials discuss ties as trade rift drags on. geo.tv 
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 27, 2025. — X/@DrSJaishankarRubio meets Jaishankar as US—India push trade talks.Highest-level contact since sanctions on Russian oil firms.Meeting sidelines…
(2025-10-27). Is Russia Losing the Great Game in Central Asia? bylinetimes.com 
From the top floor of Tashkent's Hotel Uzbekistan, one of the most striking Soviet Modernist buildings in Central Asia, twenty-seven cranes can be seen stretching out against the skyline, still busy even as the sun sets on the city below. They are busy building not the Madrassas and Mosques that draw countless tourists to this country, but new glass towers of commerce – and they are funded by Chinese, Gulf and Turkish money. Below, on the city's streets, the Russian Ladas of old have been displaced by the Chinese electric cars, with the electric "Build Your Dreams" a firm, shiny favourite. | Meanwhile, in the…
(2025-10-27). Inflating Russian missile costs hides US weapons crisis. responsiblestatecraft.org The West likes to inflate the cost of Russian weapons as a way to suggest Moscow is in a financial bind and manipulate the narrative of a looming Ukraine victory — while also masking real inefficiencies in the U.S. defense industry. By assuming Russian weapons have input costs similar to U.S. systems or conflating export prices with Russia's internal costs, Western estimates produce misleading figures. These inflated costs bolster the narrative that the strain on Moscow is tremendous, while downplaying the increasing challenges for Ukraine and NATO to effectively counter Russia's relatively inexpensive…
(2025-10-27). Belarus' Khomutsianskaya claims ITF title in Tashkent. eng.belta.by The Belarusian sealed a straightforward victory over Russia's Daria | Egorova in the final of the $15,000 W15 Tashkent 2025, claiming the | match 6-2, 6-2.
(2025-10-27). Moscow, Russia: A Rising Tourism Hub for Indian Travelers with Cultural Celebrations and Major Events. infobrics.org The Russian capital boosts its tourism potential, improves its services, and makes significant infrastructure improvements each year. With about 18,000 Indian visitors to Moscow in the first quarter of 2025 alone—a startling 1.5 times higher number than during the same period the year before—this trend is clear…
(2025-10-27). NATO ally exposes Zelensky's 'hypocritical' war plan as West accuses Putin of avoiding peace talks. hindustantimes.com Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has revealed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is prepared to continue fighting Russia for another two to three years if necessary. The NATO leader's admission comes amid accusations from Russia that the West is blocking peace prospects, and as the EU faces growing internal strife over its controversial loan and reparations schemes using frozen Russian assets to support Kyiv. Tusk candidly stated that although Russia's economy is struggling, Moscow's willingness to fight indefinitely is a critical advantage over the West, warning the situation remains volatile and unpre…
(2025-10-27). On Russia-Ukraine, the misdiagnosed patient is flatlining. responsiblestatecraft.org With the imposition of new U.S. sanctions on Russian oil producers and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's dismissal of visiting Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev as a "
(2025-10-27). Munition factory explosion in Russia kills at least 13. wsws.org The disaster is the second major explosion at a munitions factory in Russia in less than a week.
(2025-10-27). Russia withdraws from plutonium agreement with United States. eng.belta.by Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law terminating the agreement with the United States on the disposal of surplus weapons-grade plutonium…
(2025-10-27). Russia stands hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder with Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) — Russia and Iran have developed a very in-depth, very practical and at the same time very multi-faceted cooperation, according to Sergei Ryabkov.
(2025-10-27). The Illusion of Perpetual War: Strategic Overreach, Historical Precedents, and the Risk of Repeating Vietnam and Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca A dominant theme in Western strategic discourse is the notion of an open-ended, indefinite contest with Russia often encapsulated in the phrase "for as long as it takes."
(2025-10-27). US planning war with Venezuela to undermine Russia and China's presence in South America – US mercenary. infobrics.org Geostrategic, not economic, reasons are behind US actions in Venezuela.
(2025-10-27). Trump: Starting, Thwarting, and Claiming He Is Good at Stopping Wars. dissidentvoice.org Donald Trump: "If I were president, and I say this, I will end that war in one day. It'll take 24 hours. I know Zelenskyy well; I know Putin well. I would get that ended in a period… Interviewer interrupts: "You can broker that deal?" Donald Trump: "100 per cent. It would be easy; that …
(2025-10-27). Amazon is providing cloud computing capabilities to Israel arms suppliers complicit in genocide. thecanary.co An investigative report by The Intercept, based on internal documents and emails, has revealed that Amazon Web Services (AWS) provided cloud computing services and advanced artificial intelligence technologies to two leading Israeli arms manufacturers: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). Notably, it did so throughout Israel's two-year war of extermination in 2024 […] | By