2025-04-08: Russia Roundup

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newarab (2025-04-08). Pro-Palestine hackers target UK 'over Gaza complicity'. newarab.com A network of The Holy League, a coalition of over 90 hacktivist groups, has emerged as a prominent player in the digital campaign against Israel and its allies, including the United Kingdom, according to The Times. | While the group includes pro-Russian hacke…

UMMID (2025-04-08). Developed: Spherical robot to conduct exploration in any remote area. ummid.com A compact drone equipped with a camera, the Russian spherical robot is made for intelligence purposes and can move on almost any surface, including water.

ICRC (2025-04-08). Russia-Ukraine International Armed Conflict: Helping civilians cross frontlines and borders. icrc.org

Reuters (2025-04-08). Zelensky confirms for first time Ukrainian troops active in Russia's Belgorod region. scmp.com 'We continue active operations in the enemy's border areas and this is absolutely justified,' the Ukrainian president said.

____ (2025-04-08). Why THE Great One … Says This … smoothiex12.blogspot.com because being Russian is not cool nowadays, but it is what it is. Russians found out who Wayne is. He is Russian in his grandfather's bloodline…
So, Gretskieys have been in Russian Empire from the get-go, so when Wayne says that his grandfather was Russian ⚪ yep, looks like)). And again, Wayne was nothing but…

Lyle J. Goldstein (2025-04-08). Why Trump probably can't pull off a 'reverse Nixon'. responsiblestatecraft.org President Donald Trump's unorthodox diplomacy has alarm bells ringing around the world, not least in Washington, D.C. While much of the inside-the-beltway elite is horrified at the prospect of America supposedly reorienting toward Russia, administration insiders have

Patrick Drennan (2025-04-08). Russia plans for further offensives, not peace. independentaustralia.net

United World International (2025-04-08). On the German Homeland Security Division. unitedworldint.com From securing supply lines to fighting insurgencies, a wide range of tasks might be waiting for the 6000 soldiers. By Yunus Soner, Berlin / Germany Germany's militarization of foreign policy, especially towards Russia has been discussed intensely. The German government has widened the military budget beyond the imaginable. The public opinion discusses day by day …

tvbrics (2025-04-08). Russia creates neural network to assess coastal pollution. tvbrics.com The developer provides free access to the technology…

tvbrics (2025-04-08). Students from Asia and Latin America to present their plays at festival in Russia. tvbrics.com Theatre schools from Kazakhstan, China, India, Brazil, and Chile are expected to take part in the festival…

yalensis (2025-04-08). Ukraine War Day Ovechkin Makes Russia Great Again. awfulavalanche.wordpress.com

A A (2025-04-08). The delicate role of Russia in the Caucasus chessboard. strategic-culture.su Moscow needs to act carefully to prevent tensions in the Caucasus from being used as a justification to increase Western presence in…

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2025-04-08). Withdrawal Symptoms: Hungary, Europe and the International Criminal Court. "Self Defense against the Russian Bear" globalresearch.ca Europe seems to be suffering paroxysms of withdrawal, notably when it comes to international conventions. Many states on the continent seem to have decided that international law is a burden onerous and in need of lightening. Poland, Finland and the …

Andrew Korybko (2025-04-08). Did Ukraine Really Break Through Into Russia's Belgorod Region? globalresearch.ca Conflicting reports have circulated about whether or not Ukrainian forces had broken through into Russia's Belgorod Region after a Russian counteroffensive pushed most of them out of

Drago Bosnic (2025-04-08). Evolution of NATO Aggression Against the World — From Serbia to Russia. globalresearch.ca March 24 this year marked 26 years since

Gerardo Femina (2025-04-08). Thirteen questions searching for an answer. pressenza.com When the population requested investment in health, education and work, the answer was always the same: there is no money and we have to tighten our belts. Where now does so much funding for rearmament come from? | If Russia wanted to invade Europe, why doesn't it do so straight away instead of waiting for us to rearm? | If we are fighting to defend our democracies, why are we destroying them while ignoring the majority of Europeans, who do not want rearmament or the prolongation of the conflict? | If we are against autocratic regimes that censor Western media and opposition voices, why are dissenting opinions ig…

M Moiz (2025-04-08). Space Allies: Russia NASA Crew Dock at ISS Amid Global Tensions. thinktank.pk In a powerful blend of historical remembrance and cutting-edge technology, Russia successfully launched its Soyuz MS-27 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday, April 8, from the iconic Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch vehicle — the Soyuz-2.1a rocket — was specially named the Victory Rocket to honor the 80th anniversary of the …

Kit Klarenberg (2025-04-08). Leaked Files Reveal the Steele Dossier Was Discredited in 2017 — But Sold to the Public Anyway. mintpressnews.com Trump's March 25 declassification order revives buried documents showing the Steele dossier was debunked by insiders before it ever hit the press — yet it was promoted as fact anyway.

newarab (2025-04-08). How Russia is trapping Arab recruits in its war on Ukraine. newarab.com Arabs living in Once bound by these contracts, Arab and other non-Russian indivi…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2025-04-08). Russia, Iran, China: All for One and One for All? libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar Although perhaps not yet obvious to Washington, a US war on Iran will be viewed as one against Russia and China too. Both Putin and Xi know that Trump's war is singularly directed at the transformational global 'changes they are driving together.' Russia and Iran are at the forefront of the multi-layered Eurasia…

A a (2025-04-08). Il Tagikistan firma uno storico accordo con il Kirghizistan e approfondisce la cooperazione con la Russia. strategic-culture.su Il Tagikistan, in una svolta storica, rinnova il proprio assetto geopolitico. L'accordo sul confine con il Kirghizistan, la collaborazione strategica con la Russia e il successo elettorale del partito di governo delineano un nuovo efficace corso di stabilità , cooperazione e sviluppo regionale nell'Asia centrale. | Segue nostro Il Tagikistan è una delle cinque ex repubbliche sovietiche dell'Asia centrale, guidata, sin dal 1992, dal presi…

infobrics (2025-04-08). Ukraine fails to get international support after heavy Russian strike. infobrics.org The US is no longer interested in participating in Kiev's media campaigns.

infobrics (2025-04-08). Evolution of NATO aggression against the world — from Serbia to Russia (Part III). infobrics.org The political West thought that defeating Serbia/Yugoslavia would be a walk in the park and that it would demonstrate the power of NATO as the world's unquestionable hegemon. However, apart from the fact that this aggression turned into an embarrassment for the political West, it also became a wake-up call for sovereign nations to start building robust mechanisms that would prevent NATO aggression against the world. Thus, although Serbia was the first victim of this truly unprovoked and brutal attack, its people still stand and refuse to yield.

infobrics (2025-04-08). Trump's attempt to separate Russia and China doomed to fail. infobrics.org China files formal complaint with the WTO over new tariffs.

newleftreview (2025-04-08). Susan Watkins: Baselines. newleftreview.org Trump's second term has begun with a whirlwind of iconoclastic pronouncements and an opening to Moscow that has sent European rulers into ideological crisis. An American-policy aide-mémoire offers baseline metrics for the ruptures—and continuities—ahead.

Rizik Alabi (2025-04-08). Damascus Recalls Ambassadors From Moscow and Riyadh Amid Diplomatic Shakeup. themedialine.org

tvbrics (2025-04-08). Chinese and Brazilian leaders to meet in Beijing. tvbrics.com Before that, Lula da Silva will travel to Moscow to celebrate Victory Day…

_____ (2025-04-07). Truth Is Is Is Russian Propaganda. transcend.org 6 Apr 2025 – The Gaza holocaust is happening right in front of us. It's like if everyone in Nazi Germany had screens in their homes showing what was happening in the extermination camps. Nobody can say they didn't know. That claim does not exist for us.

Agence France-Presse (2025-04-07). Ukraine war: Russia's Putin says ceasefire 'questions' linger amid Kyiv-US minerals deal talks. scmp.com US President Donald Trump has voiced frustration at the slow pace of talks, telling NBC news in March that he was "p***ed off" with Russia's Vladimir Putin.

DPA (2025-04-07). Ukraine ceasefire talks trump tariffs on Russia, US official says. scmp.com Tariffs on Russia would have been inappropriate, a US economic adviser said — despite its exports to the United States dwarfing Ukraine's.

english.almanar.com.lb (2025-04-07). Russia, China, and Iran to hold talks on Tehran's nuclear program Tuesday. english.almanar.com.lb

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2025-04-07). Will the West's Paranoia of Russia Destroy the World? Paul C. Roberts. globalresearch.ca Do you remember the James Bond film in which a deranged Soviet General wanted to launch a nuclear war, or Dr. Strangelove, an American deranged general who wanted to do the same? | Well, Dr. Strangelove is still with us, …

Kelley Beaucar Vlahos (2025-04-07). US outpost not given proper air defenses before deadly attack. responsiblestatecraft.org For three years the United States has been giving Ukraine everything it needs by way of offensive and defensive weapons in its war with Russia. Critically, this has included air defense systems,

Prof. Ruel F. Pepa (2025-04-07). The Illusion of Peace: Why U.S.-Russia Negotiations Over Ukraine Are Fundamentally Flawed. globalresearch.ca The ongoing negotiations between Russia and the United States aimed at ending the war in Ukraine are built on a faulty foundation—one that deliberately misrepresents the true nature of the conflict. The dominant narrative claims that the war is between …

Ret Admiral Cem Gàºrdeniz (2025-04-07). Deciding the Fate of the Ottoman Empire: Remembering the Reval Meeting between Tsar Nicholas II and King Edward VII, 117 Years Later. globalresearch.ca On June 9, 1908, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and King Edward VII of England met at the Estonian port of Reval to decide the fate of the Ottoman Empire. | Russian Tsar Nicholas II and British King Edward VII met …

Drago Bosnic (2025-04-07). Video: "Peace is Almost a Forbidden Word" globalresearch.ca Introductory Note: | Donald Trump has initiated bilateral peace negotiations with the Russian government of Vladimir Putin without the participation of (no longer president?) Mr. Zelensky. Moreover, Washington's European NATO allies were not invited to the peace negotiations in Saudi Arabia. …

Ian Proud (2025-04-07). US-Europe divide on SWIFT could derail Ukraine peace talks. responsiblestatecraft.org

Staff (2025-04-07). "We underestimated Trump!" Vyacheslav Nikonov on 'The Great Game,' 7 April. gilbertdoctorow.com The complete quotation from today's edition of The Great Game, part one, was: "We underestimated Trump! We had wanted Biden to win because it would have meant the self-destruction of the USA. But now we are watching the tsunami that Trump has created… This is a revolution…" Indeed, Russian elites have been watching developments in …

Associated Press (2025-04-07). Russia court sends US citizen awaiting trial to a psychiatric hospital. scmp.com Joseph Tater was arrested in August after being accused of assaulting a police officer during a confrontation with staff at a Moscow hotel.

geo.tv (2025-04-07). Russian man survives bear attack as sightings near Moscow increase. geo.tv

_____ (2025-04-07). Armenia and Its Diaspora: A Tapestry of Tension and Triumph. transcend.org 2 Apr 2025 – As Armenia navigates its precarious existence in March 2025, the relationship with its diaspora—spread across key centers like France, Iran, Russia, and the United States—remains a complex and often strained bond.

hindustantimes (2025-04-07). NATO Nation Spooked By Putin? Sweden Reactivates Nuclear Bunkers Amid Tensions With Russia. hindustantimes.com Sweden has announced a £7.7 million plan to modernize its civil defense bunkers amid escalating tensions with Russia. The Scandinavian nation, which has 64,000 bunkers capable of protecting 7 million people, is upgrading these shelters to defend against nuclear blasts, radioactive fallout, and chemical or biological weapons. Sweden's Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) is inspecting and updating the largest bunkers, with work expected to take up to three years. Watch the video for details.

Morten Hammeken, Pekka Kallioniemi (2025-04-07). 'Trump is Recycling the Kremlin Playbook In Order to Take Over Greenland'. bylinetimes.com As authors of a book on Indeed, the new disinformation narrative being pumped out in MAGA world regarding Greenland sounds so familiar that it might as well have been written by the Kremlin itself: The Russian playbook on

tvbrics (2025-04-07). Brazil to host Terra Rusistica International Forum on Russian language teaching. tvbrics.com It will announce the entry of the Ibero-American Association of Slavists and Russists into MAPRYAL…

tvbrics (2025-04-07). Iran to streamline trade procedures as exports grow by 35%. tvbrics.com Primary export destinations include the United Arab Emirates, Russia and India…

tvbrics (2025-04-07). Russia to offer BRICS countries innovative technology for cleaning up oil slicks on water. tvbrics.com The meeting of the group's environment ministers discussed priority environmental problems…

tvbrics (2025-04-07). Russia to host Peers of Victory music festival. tvbrics.com The event will unite music, history and memory, paying tribute to legendary bands…

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