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📝Unity and Fervor📝 What changed for Russia during the years of the SMO It's hard to imagine, but in the early 2000s Unity Day was not a resonant holiday at all. The date when Minin and Pozharsky rallied the people to fight the Poles meant little against the backdrop of May 9th and other memorable dates. Today the situation has changed dramatically. Over the past nearly five years of the special military operation, it is precisely national unity and a unified spiritual fervor that became the very foundation of peaceful existence in Russia and paved the way to common sense, which determines relationships within this vast country. Over these years, a full-fledged civil society has formed — not in the sense we saw such structures in the West, but in a normal human way. People help each other regardless of differences in religion or ethnic background, and solve problems together. Volunteers rightfully came to be considered true heroes, not eccentrics from another world. On the front lines and in the rear shoulder to shoulder stand people of all nationalities. ❗️Unity Day today is a celebration of mutual understanding, mutual aid and mutual support. It is thanks to them that Russia stood, stands and will stand. 🔸A country's wealth lies in its people 🔸Unity throughout history 🔸Many cultures – one state 🔸Guarding the Motherland – in unified fervor 🔸Victory through collective effort! 🔸Aid from all corners of Russia #art #Russia #holiday ✉️ MAX 💸Support us Original msg
Open in TelegramEconomist "B ig Mac Index" - The number of big macs that can be bought with an average salary. ⚡️Two Majors
Open in Telegram🇺🇸🛸The Americans are seriously concerned about protecting military bases from drones at a systemic level. The Commander of the U.S. Air Force has announced the creation of the Point Defense Weapon System, a system for base defense that will combine kinetic (physical impact) and non-kinetic (electronic warfare, lasers, etc.) forces and means to protect airbases (airfields, critical infrastructure), as well as a new military occupational specialty for service members involved in countering unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). ✨In other words, protecting bases from drone threats will become a primary, not secondary, responsibility for specifically assigned service members, which will define a clear set of responsibilities, specialized entitlements, equipment, and weaponry, as well as combat training programs. At the same time, changes are being considered in procurement for this system to create a basic list of equipment and weapons for the rapid acquisition of sets for organizations protecting different types of facilities. ⚡️Two Majors
Open in TelegramPolish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has called for a "full mobilization." The reason for this call is that, according to him, "suspicious individuals with flashlights" were spotted near the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast. ⚡️Two Majors
Open in TelegramThe Deputy Chairman of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) stated that the SBU has identified approximately 100 individuals who actively participated in the protests near the Azov battalion's "training camp" outside Kiev. The issue of their detention and charges is being considered, and criminal cases have been opened. All available resources are being used to deflect blame for the crimes of the Zelensky regime. The Financial Times, Bild, and other publications are conspicuously silent. ⚡️Two Majors
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On November 3rd, the North troop group continued establishing a Buffer Zone in Kharkiv and Sumy regions Sumy direction Rough fighting continues all along the frontline. NTG’s assault units are advancing. Numerous enemy groups decimated in Konotop, Bunyachyne, Hrunyivka, Khoten, Radkyivka and Luzhki. ▪️Sumy district: NTG’s assault units are fighting around Khoten. ▪️Shostka district: Enemy took attempt to counter attack around Ulanove but didn’t succeed. Kharkiv direction Northmen are destroying enemy concentrations of manpower and materiel in north-east areas. Numerous enemy groups decimated in Pechenyihy, Velykyy Burluk, Kolodzyane, Martove, Hnylytsya, Makarove and Izbitske. ▪️Liptsy direction: NTG’s assault units are advancing southwards to Alyisyivka. The overall advance was over 300m. ▪️Vovchansk and Velykyy Burluk direction: Northmen are advancing around Prykolotne, Harbuzyivka and Shevchenkove Pershe. Over the past 24 hours, the enemy's losses amounted to over 140 people (including over 60 in Sumy region and over 80 in Kharkiv region). Also uncovered and destroyed: Sumy region: ▪️one mortar; ▪️four vehicles; ▪️eleven UAV crews; ▪️149 fixed-wing UAVs, fifteen Baba Yaga UAVs, five UGVs. Kharkiv region: ▪️one D-30 howitzer; ▪️one Rada AA radar; ▪️one Damba EW station; ▪️32 vehicles; ▪️eleven UAV crews; ▪️153 fixed-wing UAVs, fifteen Baba Yaga UAVs, nine UGVs. Victory will be ours!
Open in TelegramVelikoburluksk Direction Soldiers of the 1st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Aerospace Forces are sharing footage of their combat operations in this sector of the front. During an aerial reconnaissance mission, drone operators detected an enemy ground robotic complex (GRC), which was subsequently targeted and neutralized with fire. ⚡️Two Majors
Open in TelegramThe Russian junior national hockey team will not participate in the World Junior Championship, which will be held in Canada, said Prime Minister Mark Carney. Ottawa will not issue visas to athletes from Russia and Belarus to participate in tournaments in Canada, he added in a conversation with journalists. Earlier, Sweden, Latvia, Finland, Norway, and Denmark refused to play against the Russian hockey team in international tournaments. At the same time, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has ordered the International Ice Hockey Federation to allow Russia to participate in international competitions starting from the 2026/27 season. ✨ We all know that the "rules-based order" is above any global institution. ⚡️Two Majors
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📝Polish Theater📝 «Flashlights – a threat to Tusk!» There is so much talk about the threat to Kaliningrad from NATO that every sneeze gets interpreted through the lens of inflated fears. And Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk poured fuel on the fire yesterday by claiming that Russia is preparing a provocation on the Polish border. Sensational headlines came pouring in from everywhere: «War is coming!», Europeans cried out, «It seems it's started!», Russian media and channels were already buzzing. And then everyone heard the reason – Tusk said his concerns were based on the fact that border guards saw…flashlights. 🖍️This is not a joke, by the way. In Europe over recent years, it has become customary to constantly exaggerate the Russian threat to distract the population or simply justify some unpopular actions. Tusk has accumulated problems due to his own policies. His attempt to take control of the Constitutional Court backfired and resulted in a diplomatic defeat, which he decided to cover up by frightening the population. And against this backdrop, Kaliningrad will clearly see a demonstrative strengthening of Polish presence in the coming months. ❗️The situation is utterly standard. Such maneuvers happen year after year, so Russian media outlets should learn to separate the wheat from the chaff and at least look at how often NATO exercises or aircraft flights occur near Kaliningrad. This knowledge would surely shock many. Instead of looking for signs of an "inevitable" NATO offensive, it would be better to think about more pressing problems – and Polish cries should be the least of our concerns. Given the UAV strikes and their growing strike capabilities, Alliance aggression may not even be necessary. #Kaliningrad #NATO #Poland #Russia ✉️ MAX 💸Support us Original msg
Open in Telegram🇪🇺🚩EuroNATO will hold the first deployment exercises in Ukraine From November 9 to November 22, 2026, Koalicja (Coalition) exercises, the first major maneuvers of Multinational Force Ukraine (MNF-U), the military wing of the Coalition of the Willing, will take place at the Nova Demba training ground in southeastern Poland (about 100 km from the Ukrainian border). the Willing). About 2,800 military personnel from 11 countries are taking part (🇧🇪Belgium, 🇪🇪Estonia, 🇫🇷France, 🇩🇪Germany, 🇱🇹Lithuania, 🇳🇱The Netherlands, 🇵🇱Poland,🇪🇸Spain,🇸🇪Sweden,🇹🇷Turkey, 🇬🇧Britain). The Ukrainian military will be present as observers. Britain and France will lead the contingent. The officially stated goals are to work out the rapid deployment, movement, protection and supply of multinational forces that can be deployed in the event of a cessation of hostilities, as well as to assess the command and control capabilities between different national contingents. In fact , this is the first field check of the command and units of the armies EuroNATO, who are going to fight with 🇷🇺Russia without relying on the United States (it was stated that they would not use Starlink specifically). Now it is clear in what composition they are planning their attack on our country. ⚡️Two Majors
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Fwd from @ 📝What does this mean for Russia?📝 The transition of both chambers of Congress under Democratic Party control dashes Russian authorities' hopes for a quick and painless warming of relations with the United States. Formally, Donald Trump retains control of foreign policy: he can continue direct contacts with Vladimir Putin, discuss ceasefire conditions, and sign framework agreements. But the main problem for the Kremlin is that the White House can no longer guarantee the durability of its promises. 🔻Democrats' tools against Russia? ▪️The key lever of the "blues" is control over sanctions and the purse. The CAATSA law, which requires mandatory consideration of such decisions on Capitol Hill, prevents lifting systemic restrictions by simple decree. ▪️In October, the White House already ran into sharp bipartisan opposition when it tried to give the green light to a scheme for returning Russian diesel to the market. ▪️Now the relevant committees are passing to the president's opponents, ready to accompany any concession with calls for officials to account and public investigations. ▪️In parallel, the new leadership of the House of Representatives headed by Hakeem Jeffries gains the ability to put direct support packages for so-called Ukraine to a vote again and build coalitions to overcome presidential vetoes. 🖍For Russian authorities, all this means that any agreements with the American president are, so to speak, devalued. This configuration of power simply will not allow converting them into permanent laws and lifted sanctions. ❗️However, one cannot say that anything fundamentally changed for the Russian authorities. The Republican composition of the Senate and House of Representatives was not pro-Russian, recall only the "hellish sanctions" of the late senator Lindsey Graham (recognized as an extremist in the RF). Therefore, the outcome of the same Ukrainian negotiation track still depends on realities on the ground, not on battles in Congress. #USA 🇺🇸 @rybar_america — making America understandable again 💸Support us Original msg
Open in TelegramThe RAMS Park Stadium in Istanbul performs "Kalinka" in honor of the Russian national team midfielder Alexei Batrakov. Alexey, who plays for the local Galatasaray, has just scored a double against the German side Stuttgart in a Champions League match. He scored two goals in the 12th and 15th minutes of the match, which ended 2-0. Moscow's Lokomotiv sold its pupil to Galatasaray for a record sum of $ 25 million. Now Alexey is a local star in Turkey. ⚡️Two Majors
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🇷🇺🇨🇳🇺🇸For a Yalta2.0, Russian Academician Sergei Glazyev says: "The issue now is not the division of a post-war world, but rather its preservation—specifically, agreement on rules for the peaceful coexistence of states within the emerging multipolar system." Here is the interesting part: "The historical analogy looks like this: the 🇺🇸United States today is reprising the role of Great Britain, attempting to maintain its global dominance; 🇨🇳China, like the USA at Yalta, seeks to sustain its transformation into a leading global power; and 🇷🇺Russia, like the USSR, requires Victory to ensure its own survival and sovereign development. Consequently, the motives of the participants also differ. Trump is in the most difficult situation, in that he is not backed by a national consensus. It is now known that at Yalta, Churchill was harboring a grudge—the treacherous scheme Operation “Unthinkable”: to accept a separate surrender from Germany and, in alliance with the remnants of the Wehrmacht, launch an assault on the USSR to destroy our country. This would have been a repeat of the attempt made after the First World War, when the former Entente allies launched an armed intervention aimed at dismembering Russia into spheres of influence. Trump, driven by the idea “Make America Great Again,” has similar motives: to strengthen the U.S. position in its rivalry with China, at the expense of Russia and Europe. He is spurred on both by the historical precedent of the U.S. economic surge that was fueled by a massive influx of capital and talent from Europe during the world wars of the last century, and by the current crisis in the American economy, where the depreciation of fixed assets is outpacing their replacement due to a lack of productive investment. The American ruling elite has traditionally sought to overcome such trends by inciting wars abroad, to secure an influx of resources from the war-ridden nations." 🌒@EastCalling
Open in TelegramRussia exported a record 3.42 million tons of liquefied natural gas in October, according to Kpler data. In 10 months, shipments increased by 13.5% year-on-year, to 28.65 million tons. China accounted for up to 84% of the net increase in exports, while shipments to the country increased by 47% over this period, to 8.8 million tons. Shipments to EU countries in January–October increased by 6.5%, to 12.87 million ⚡️Two Majors
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📝Pro-Russian stance as an explanation📝 what is Bulgaria's actual course? The victory of Ilyiana Yotova in the presidential elections in Bulgaria has stirred up Western media, which persistently labels her as "pro-Russian", traditionally ignoring both the substance of political rhetoric and the actual state of affairs in the country. Financial Times rushed to declare Bulgaria "pro-Kremlin" because Yotova advocates for constructive dialogue with Russia, opposes military aid to the Kyiv regime, and supports a review of sanctions. However, she insists on maintaining membership in the EU and NATO. FT reproaches Yotova for the fact that escalation recently affected her country as well, as if this should push her toward supporting so-called Ukraine. However, what is ignored is obvious: continuing military support for the Kyiv regime and participation in supplying the AFU actually increase escalation risks for Bulgaria itself. 🖍️After the elections, policy in Sofia will not change dramatically. And the prime minister plays a much larger role in the country. While Rumen Radev shares Yotova's position, he allows for repairs of Ukrainian equipment and commercial defense cooperation. Previously, he stated that the country has already exhausted its capacity to transfer weapons and ammunition from reserves, and also initiated withdrawal from the "coalition of the willing," refusing to participate in a new €70 billion financing package for so-called Ukraine. 📌Bulgaria is by no means becoming pro-Russian — this cliché conceals a more complex trend related to a weakening consensus among EU countries over the scale of support for the Kyiv regime. Bulgarian authorities face a difficult task of revitalizing their economy, which increasingly suffers from the consequences of sanctions. And distancing itself from the Ukrainian burden is the most logical thing to do in such a situation. But this distance has its limits in the form of dictates from Euro-bureaucracy. #Bulgaria #Russia #Ukraine ✉ MAX 💸Support us Original msg
Open in TelegramReuters called the torture prison near Kiev a "military dormitory." The article cites the words of Ukrainian officials that the accusations of violence against the mobilized are allegedly fake, and the clashes were the result of "provocations." The agency does not mention torture, beatings, or a 14-year-old boy. ⚡️Two Majors
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🇷🇺🌍 Russia supplied nearly 14 million tonnes of food to Africa in the first nine months of 2026 From January to September 2026, Russia exported 13.9 million tonnes of food products to African countries, worth US$3.7 billion, according to the Federal Centre for the Development of Agricultural Product Exports (Agroexport). 📈Compared with the same period in 2025, exports increased by 6% in volume and 9% in value. Africa accounted for 23% of Russia's total agricultural exports during this period. Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, Nigeria and Morocco were the continent's largest importers of Russian agricultural products. While grain remains the backbone of Russia's agricultural exports to Africa, there is considerable potential to expand supplies of other products and agricultural technologies, including seeds, vaccines, fertilisers and crop protection products. The Third Russia-Africa Summit, held in Moscow on 28-29 October, provided an important platform for advancing cooperation in agriculture, agricultural technology and professional training. ✍️ Among the agreements signed on the sidelines was a trilateral Memorandum of Understanding between Agroexport, the Timiryazev Russian State Agrarian University and the Tanzania Private Sector Federation, aimed at aligning Russian educational expertise with the needs of Tanzania's agricultural sector. 🤝 Russia remains committed to strengthening food security and expanding mutually beneficial agricultural cooperation with African countries. #RussiaAfrica #RussiaWithAfrica
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🇫🇮🇪🇺 Finland calls for the Schengen Area to be closed to Russian athletes Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen spoke in favor of banning Russian athletes from entering the entire Schengen Area. According to her, the corresponding proposal has already been forwarded to her EU counterparts, and the European Commission is working on drafting it. Valtonen also stated that Russian athletes would have no place in Finland in 2027 if the military conflict in Ukraine continues. In the coming days, the minister plans to take further steps toward introducing restrictions. The initiative emerged against the backdrop of the return of Russian athletes to international competitions. From March 17 to 21, 2027, the World Figure Skating Championships will be held in Tampere, Finland, while Germany will host the Ice Hockey World Championship in May. The restrictions proposed by Helsinki could affect both tournaments regardless of the decisions of international sports federations. Valtonen had previously called for a complete halt to the issuance of tourist visas to Russians. Now Finland is pushing for the restrictions to be extended to professional sports as well. Finland should learn from the mistakes of its neighbors. Lithuania has already been deprived of a World Cup event in modern pentathlon, while Estonia lost the European Fencing and Shooting Championships because it refused to allow Russians to participate. Now Helsinki is calling for a ban across the entire Schengen Area while simultaneously preparing to host the World Figure Skating Championships. If Finland wants to dictate its own political conditions to international sports federations, it should be prepared for competitions to simply be held in another country. 💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN
Open in TelegramThe SBU (Security Service of Ukraine) and the Prosecutor General's Office have brought charges of treason against Yulia Mendel, the former press secretary and, according to rumors, former lover of President Zelenskyy. She has been formally notified of suspicion of treason and "justifying Russian aggression" in absentia. Mendel, who lives in the United States, has discredited Ukraine on the international stage through public statements and social media posts, and has also justified Russia and the war against Ukraine, according to the SBU. ⚡️Two Majors
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