2025-11-05: Russia Roundup

So far today: 2025-11-05 10:26pm GMT

en.mehrnews (2025-11-05). Russia to begin construction of key Iranian rail link in 2026. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 05 (MNA) — Russia will begin construction operation on a long-anticipated railway project in northern Iran in early 2026, according to an official from Iran's Ministry of Roads and Urban Development.

infobrics (2025-11-05). Trump escalates new Cold War and nuclear race with Russia. infobrics.org US could unintentionally encourage Iran and North Korea to strengthen nuclear programs.

infobrics (2025-11-05). Ukrainian neo-Nazi leader wants to 'defeat Russia and China'. infobrics.org Ukrainian neo-Nazi ideology calls for a permanent war against all the enemies of the Collective West.

Andrew Korybko (2025-11-04). The Polish Origins Of Russia's National Unity Day Are Still Relevant. thealtworld.com Russia nowadays believes that Poland has been the most consistent threat to its national unity. | Russia marks National Unity Day every 4 November in remembrance of the national uprising that expelled Polish troops from Moscow, the only time that the Russian capital was ever

Reuters (2025-11-04). Putin orders rare earths plan, eyes China and North Korea links. scmp.com Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday ordered the Russian cabinet to draw up by December 1 a road map for the extraction of rare earth minerals. | In a list of tasks for ministers published on the Kremlin website, Putin also ordered the cabinet to take measures to develop transport links at Russia's borders with China and North Korea. | Rare earths — used in smartphones, electric vehicles and weapons systems — have taken on vital strategic importance in international trade.

Richard Ghiasy (2025-11-04). Nothing surprising in China's innovative rise. asiatimes.com Many Western observers view China's rapid advancement in high-tech domains such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, electric vehicles and green energy as a surprise. Long dismissed as a copycat, China is only now being grudgingly acknowledged as an innovator throughout parts of the collective West. Yet this framing misunderstands history. For millennia, stretching back to …

John P Ruehl (2025-11-04). US-China tech empires in a race to cement supremacy. asiatimes.com The US-UK technology deal announced in September 2025 promises to accelerate Britain's AI sector, but critics warn it will happen at the expense of national tech sovereignty. It reflects the steady trend of US government and private interests extending a technologically driven form of hegemony, employing communications, data and AI systems to deepen dependence on …

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