Israeli team is set to participate in the Paris Olympics starting Friday after the French government as well as the International Olympic Committee turned down calls to ban it over the genocidal war on Gaza. | Netizens have been fuming at the body responsible for organizing the Olympic Games and Emmanuel Macron's government for allowing “mass murderers” to participate in the marquee sports competition. According to reports, the flag-bearer of the Israeli contingent at the Paris Olympics will be Peter Paltchik, a Ukrainian-born Israeli judoka who competes in the under-100 kg weight category. ● Social media users have pointed out that Paltchik, a former European champion, was one of those who signed bomb shells aimed at Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, after the Israeli regime launched its genocidal war against Palestinians in the besieged territory in October 2023, Paltchik shared a photo of munitions signed by him. “From me to you with pleasure,” he wrote in the tweet, which stirred up the hornet’s nest.

Martin Armstrong | There is no European Union. There is a European authority within the pretend union that controls all members. | The European Union has revoked Hungary of its right to host the next summit. The EU supposedly has a rotating presidency of council to maintain the appearance that each state has an equal say in the direction of the bloc. The truth of the matter is that the unelected elite in Brussels control all of Europe and will silence dissenters, as Hungray’s Viktor Orban recently learned. ■ The next EU summit was to take place August 28-29 was slated to be Hungary’s opportunity to share its ideas for matters like foreign policy with the rest of the bloc. EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell planned a “formal” council meeting on the exact dates of Hungary’s summit to undermine the country’s voice in the bloc. Now, Borrell is revoking Budapest’s ability to host the next meeting and moving it to Brussels.

Authorities said the event attended by Viktor Orban and Nigel Farage presented a “possibility of disorder” | Belgian police barricaded the entrance to a conference of national conservatives in the capital of the EU for several hours, in what participants denounced as censorship and political repression. ● The event, dubbed NatCon, drew populists from both Europe and the US to Claridge, a venue in central Brussels. As Brexit architect Nigel Farage spoke on Tuesday, police blocked the entrance and prevented keynote speaker Eric Zemmour – a former French presidential candidate – from entering.

Fighting has intensified around the Russian-speaking city of Khakov in recent months as Ukraine has launched strikes on Russian territory from the region. Moscow has promised to respond to Kiev's attacks, which frequently kill and injure Russian civilians. | Germany has decided to allow Ukraine to strike Russian territory bordering the Kharkov region with German-supplied weapons to impede Russian progress around the city, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said during a news conference Wednesday. [...] The chancellor also said German military aid to Ukraine would soon be facilitated via NATO facilities in the Germany city of Wiesbaden. [...] Fighting has intensified around the Russian-speaking city of Khakov in recent months as Ukraine has launched strikes on Russian territory from the region. Moscow has promised to respond to Kiev's attacks, which frequently kill and injure Russian civilians.

A Russian national was detained in Paris on suspicion of seeking to "destabilize" the situation during the Olympic Games, the Agence France-Presse reported, citing the Paris prosecutor’s office. | "On Tuesday, a case was initiated on charges of working for a foreign country with an aim of instigating hatred in France. These charges are punishable by a prison term of 30 years," the prosecutor’s office said. According to the agency, the police apprehended a Russian national born in 1984. His name was not disclosed.

■ French authorities arrest Russian man for plans to 'destabilize' Olympics (UPI)
■ Захарова назвала паранойей отказ журналистам РФ в освещении Олимпиады (iz.ru)

Royal Air Force has surveillance tape of Gaza from the day Israel killed British aid workers – but refuses to publish it. | Britain’s Ministry of Defence holds video surveillance footage of Gaza from the day that Israel killed seven international aid workers but is refusing to publish the tape. Among those killed in the World Central Kitchen convoy on 1 April were three British military veterans: John Chapman, James Kirby and James ‘Jim’ Henderson. The footage was taken by a Royal Air Force (RAF) surveillance plane which spent approximately five hours above Gaza that day.

■ UK approved arms for Israel days after it killed British aid workers (Declassified)

On July 21, Biden announced he is dropping out of the 2024 presidential race in a move that came amid POTUS-related calls by prominent Democrats and donors to withdraw after his disastrous performance in last month’s debate against former US President Donald Trump. | Joe Biden had to withdraw from the US presidential race late last week after threats by high-ranking Democrats to forcibly remove him from office - the New York Post (NYP) reports, citing unnamed sources.

💬 The well-orchestrated "palace coup" has been in place for weeks, with Biden fighting it "every step of the way," the sources claimed, referring to "anger, paranoia and frustration" allegedly shown by the 46th US president, as the party elite piled pressure on him.

The top Democrats had threatened to invoke the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution to stop Biden from seeking re-election, the insiders argued, recalling that the document authorizes the vice president, and members of the Biden administration, to declare the president unfit for service.

■ Biden’s exit from campaign to have serious impact on Ukrainian crisis — Russian diplomat (TASS)
■ Biden Drops-Out of Presidential Race (07/22/24)

"They are not ready now, but I think they will be ready," Serbian President said | Western countries are currently engaged in active preparations for entering into a direct conflict with Russia, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic believes. [...] Earlier, the Serbian president emphasized that "the West, as long as people from the West do not die, or only volunteers die, does not care how many Ukrainians will die." This, according to the Serbian leader, is because "Russia has a lot of oil, gas, phosphates, gold and silver, and everything they need." He also cited ideas coming from the Scandinavian countries that "Russia does not deserve to have such territory, because it is the province of all mankind."

■ Ukraine Aircraft Strikes Interior Russia with West-Supplied Weapons (06/11/24)
■ Alle Zeichen stehen auf einen grossen Krieg: Serbiens Präsident Aleksandar Vucic über die düsteren Zeiten der Gegenwart (Die Weltwoche) - VIDEO (Interview in English starts at the 7:00 mark)

Russian jets were scrambled to prevent two U.S. military long-range bomber aircraft from crossing over into Russia, Moscow's Defense Ministry said on Sunday. | Russian MiG-29 and MiG-31 fighter jets identified two U.S. Air Force B-52H heavy bombers closing in on the border after Russia detected aerial targets over the Barents Sea, the Kremlin said in a statement posted to social media. The Barents Sea sits north of Finland, Sweden and Norway, as well as northwestern Russia.

💬 "As the Russian fighters approached, the U.S. strategic bombers turned away from the State Border of the Russian Federation," Moscow said in a statement. The Russian aircraft "safely returned to their base airfields," it added. "The flight of the Russian fighters was carried out in strict accordance with international rules for the use of airspace over neutral waters, observing safety measures."

Newsweek has reached out to the U.S. Air Force for comment. Russia occasionally reports scrambling jets to intercept aircraft belonging to NATO countries approaching its airspace. Earlier this month, Moscow said its airspace control systems covering the Barents Sea had detected a Norwegian Air Force P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft heading for its border on July 10.

■ West preparing for direct military conflict with Russia — Vucic (TASS)

A precise strike by the Russian armed forces against a target in Odessa resulted in the destruction of an entire unit of British Special Boat Service (SBS)* fighters - "underwater saboteurs, the elite of the British saboteur community." | As a result of a very precise hit by the Russians, 18 members of the British special forces were killed and 25 others were wounded. ● The most interesting thing is that the investigators who came to the scene spoke exclusively English. This means that they (the British) no longer trust the Ukrainian SBU. There is information that the Ukrainian soldiers have passed on all the data. There is already sabotage going on by ACTIVE DUTY TROOPS OF NATO-MEMBER COUNTRIES, against Russian forces. These NATO troops are engaged in actual warfare in Ukraine. Yet NATO laughingly claims it "is not a party to the conflict." Russia determined the place and time so that the entire British elite unit would be hit. Russia succeeded. ● It is important to note, there are very few such specialists in the entire United Kingdom; perhaps 100-120 people for the whole country. As such, this Russian strike was a very serious blow; not for Ukraine but for Britain.

(* - The article has been corrected to identify the dead as members of the Royal Navy's "Special Boat Service (SBS)" as opposed to Special Air Service (SAS))

■ West preparing for direct military conflict with Russia — Vucic (TASS)

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The head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (RAI) Seyed Miad Salehi announced that Russia's coal was exported to India through Iran's railway for the first time. | The head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (RAI) wrote on his social media account on Saturday that 7 freight wagons containing 9,500 tons of Russia's coal were exported to India through Iran's railway track in the last 40 days for the first time in the history of the railway. He also expressed hope that according to the president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian's recent note and according to his emphasis on cooperation with neighbors, China, and Russia, the country's transit would increase continuously. ● Russia has for the first time sent two trains laden with coal to India via the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), which connects Russia to India via Iran, according to a statement by Russia’s national railway company. A multimodal route that includes a railway, roadway network, and seaports, the INSTC spans 7,200km (4,500 miles) from St. Petersburg to the port of Mumbai in India.

■ US warns India against deepening Russia ties (RT.com) []

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in a recent telephone call with Volodymyr Zelensky told him that he would be able to resolve the ongoing conflict in Ukraine if he's elected to be the next US president in November.

💬 "President Zelensky of Ukraine and I had a very good phone call earlier today...I appreciate President Zelensky for reaching out because I, as your next President of the United States, will bring peace to the world and end the war that has cost so many lives and devastated countless innocent families," Trump said in a statement on Truth Social on Friday.

Trump further said that he believes both sides will be able to come together and negotiate a deal. Zelensky said in a separate statement that both sides agreed to eventually meet in person for further talks on what steps can be taken to facilitate a negotiated settlement. ● Earlier this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he takes seriously Trump's statements on being ready to help resolve the conflict in Ukraine. The Kremlin noted that Putin at present has no plans to conduct talks with Trump on achieving peace in Ukraine.

■ Trump has ‘very good’ phone call with Zelensky (RT.com)

Mike Whtney | Clearly, the Biden administration has no interest in Finland other than using it as a forward-operating base in the West’s war on Russia. | Washington’s so-called “enhanced US military presence” in Finland does not serve any national interest or provide any material benefit for the American people. It is a clear provocation designed to intimidate Russia and expand the war beyond Ukraine. Not surprisingly, it replicates the same conditions that triggered the conflict in February 2022, that is, it installs NATO’s military infrastructure in locations that pose an existential threat to Russia’s survival. Russia cannot be expected to live with hostile military bases and missiles on its doorstep any more than an ordinary man can live with a gun pointed to his head. Putin must respond in order to defend his country’s national security.

■ NATO reconnaissance aircraft are active along the southern and northern borders of Russia (Reporter)

Washington's belief that the United States will not suffer from a new global war and that the main actions will unfold on the European continent is a misconception, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. | Americans [...] have no idea at all that the US Government has taken actions so grave, that the American heartland is now being openly discussed as a future war zone. ● How [Lavrov's remark] arose in the UN, was after White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby, said that "Washington does not want a war with Russia as it would affect the European continent." ● Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov mentioned this remark and then said (verbatim)

💬 "In Washington, they are convinced that a new global war will affect not the US, but their European allies. If this analysis forms the basis of the Biden administration's strategy, it is a very dangerous misconception, and Europeans should realize what a suicidal role has been assigned to them."

Any resolution of the European crisis must include concrete steps to eliminate the threats to Russia that emanate from the West, the diplomat went on to say. He recalled that Moscow's conditions for establishing lasting peace in Ukraine have already been outlined by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin also noted that Zelensky's term has expired and his legitimacy cannot be restored by any means. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov clarified that Putin does not rule out negotiations with Ukraine, as there are other legitimate authorities there.

Peace talks to resolve the conflict in Ukraine will likely begin this year if Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump wins the 2024 US presidential election, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto told RIA Novosti.

💬 "I think that the US presidential elections will definitely be a game changer in this regard [peace talks on Ukraine]," Szijjarto said on Wednesday. "I think if President Trump wins, there will be a good chance for peace talks to be started already this year."

The position of the United States on the conflict will change under Trump, Szijjarto said. Trump is the only potential leader who could be elected in the foreseeable future who could make a "successful mission" to create peace in Europe, Szijjarto added. During a recent meeting with former US President Donald Trump, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban shared with him the results of his trips to Russia and China as part of peace efforts to end the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, Peter Szijjarto said.

■ Hungary ready to host Russia-Ukraine talks – FM (RT.com)
■ Von der Leyen vows to turn EU into "defense union" (TASS)
■ EU’s rebuke of Orban’s peace mission speaks for itself – Kremlin (RT.com)
■ Hungarian foreign minister slams EU attempts to prevent his country’s contacts with Russia (07/17/24)

Dmitry Medvedev noted that Ukraine will never join NATO | Ukraine may cease to exist by 2034, the year when its admission to NATO is allegedly scheduled, Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council Dmitry Medvedev told aif.ru in an interview. ● "It’s no coincidence that NATO Secretary General [Jens] Stoltenberg said openly that it would be a positive scenario if Ukraine joins the alliance in 2034. Which means that it never will," the Russian security official said.

■ «Порядок Запада – это “кидалово”». Медведев дал эксклюзивное интервью «АиФ» (aif.ru)

"Not only is this unacceptable, but It’s also a scandal when, in the 21st century, a country is stigmatized only for favoring a negotiated solution and using its communication channels with the parties, who disagree on key issues," Peter Szijjarto said | Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto criticized European Union’s attempts to prohibit his country from engaging in contacts with Moscow in order to settle the conflict in Ukraine, and said his country rejects such policies. [...] During his 10-day peacemaking mission, the Hungarian premier held talks with Vladimir Zelensky in Kiev on July 2, and three days later met in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Then he visited Beijing for a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and went to Washington where he talked with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of a NATO summit. Later, he traveled to Florida for a meeting with ex-US President Donald Trump with whom he also discussed the ways of settling the Ukrainian crisis.

■ China With Hungary Ready to Contribute to Political Settlement in Ukraine - Wang Yi (Sputnik)
■ Views In The West On The Prospects For Resolving The Ukrainian Crisis (Imran Salim)

■ «Αυτό θα κάνει ο Τραμπ μόλις εκλεγεί»: Η επιστολή-τελεσίγραφο που «πάγωσε» τους 26 ηγέτες της Ε.Ε. | "This is what Trump will do once elected": the ultimatum letter that froze the 26 EU leaders (Evangelos L.) | Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump is ready to act "immediately" as a peace mediator in the war between Russia and Ukraine if elected in November, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in a letter to EU leaders. The letter is addressed to European Council President Charles Michel and the 26 EU leaders and was drafted after Orban had talks with Trump in the US, as well as with the presidents of Ukraine, Russia, and China.

💬 "I can (...) state with certainty that after his victory in the elections, he will not wait until his inauguration. (Trump) will be ready to act as a mediator for peace immediately. He has detailed plans with the right foundations for this," the Hungarian prime minister noted in his letter.

Trump, moreover, has often stated that he could, if he were US president, end the war in the East Asian region. Europe in 24 hours! ● Nationalist leader Orban, a longtime Trump supporter, paid a surprise visit to Kyiv, Moscow, and Beijing last week on a "peace mission" after his country took over the rotating EU presidency, sparking the ire of internationalists in Brussels and Washington. In the letter, Orban assessed that US President Joe Biden was making "enormous efforts" to stay in the presidential race and suggested that he is "incapable of changing the current pro-war US policy". ● Moreover, Orban estimated that Trump's eventual election would change the balance between the US and the EU in terms of financial support for Ukraine, with the Europeans expected to be at a disadvantage.

💬 "Our European strategy in the name of transatlantic unity has copied the pro-war policy of the US. We have so far had no sovereign and independent European strategy or political action plan," he said. "I propose to discuss whether the continuation of this policy makes sense for the future," he added.

Orban also proposed "reopening direct diplomatic channels of communication with Russia" while maintaining high-level contacts with Kyiv, as well as holding talks with China "on how to conduct the next peace conference". (DeepL + Grammarly)

Ukraine's neo-Nazi Azov Battalion* has posted a graphic video of a cold-blooded murder of an unarmed Russian soldier who appeared to raise his arms in a surrendering gesture. | "Fascists are fascists," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov commented on the video of a cold-blooded murder of a surrendering Russian soldier by Azov. ● What's known about the killing and torture of Russian prisoners of war (PoWs) by Ukrainians and allied forces in violation of the Geneva Convention?

■ ‘No mercy’ for Ukrainian neo-Nazi POW murderers, ex-Russian president urges (RT.com)
■ Столько раз его и убей! (Дмитрий Медведев/Telegram)

Exclusive: Labour’s top team has accepted hundreds of thousands of pounds from pro-Israel funders. | Pro-Israel lobbyists have donated to 13 out of Labour’s 25 cabinet members since they were first elected to parliament, Declassified can reveal. ● The list of recipients includes prime minister Keir Starmer, his deputy Angela Rayner, chancellor Rachel Reeves, foreign secretary David Lammy and home secretary Yvette Cooper. Jonathan Reynolds, who will oversee arms exports to Israel as UK trade secretary, is another beneficiary, alongside Labour’s election mastermind Pat McFadden, whose responsibilities now include national security. ● Some of the donations were provided by Labour Friends of Israel (LFI), a lobby group which takes MPs on “fact-finding” missions to the region. Reeves, McFadden, Reynolds and technology secretary Peter Kyle were recently listed as vice-chairs of LFI. Other major funders include pro-Israel businessmen Trevor Chinn and Stuart Roden. The total value of the donations amounts to over £300,000.

Mike Whitney | NATO’s three-day summit in Washington DC achieved the objective for which it was designed, to create a public forum in which all 32 members of the Alliance could express their unanimous support for upcoming attacks on the Russian Federation. | The summit was followed by the release of a formal Declaration which strongly suggests that the decision to go war has already been made. As many people know, NATO has green-lighted a policy that allows the firing of missiles at targets inside Russian territory. This policy will also apply to the numerous NATO F-16s that will be deployed to Ukraine sometime in the near future. (F-16s can carry nuclear missiles) Despite overwhelming support for these policies among the members, we must not forget that these are blatant acts of aggression that are forbidden under international law. No amount of public relations hoopla can conceal the fact that NATO is on-track to commit the “supreme crime”. ■ It’s worth noting, that NATO intends to take a more active role in the conduct of the war. According to National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, the Alliance plans to formally establish a NATO office inside Ukraine that will be used to oversee military operations. In short, the managers of the conflict no longer have any interest in concealing their involvement. This is now a NATO operation.

Orban's political adviser, Balazs Orban said the plan includes "a realistic assessment of the situation, realistic goals and an appropriate timetable" for action | Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has sent EU leaders proposals on ways to resolve the Ukrainian conflict following his peacekeeping mission, during which he visited Russia, the United States, and Ukraine from July 2 to 11. According to his political adviser and namesake, Balazs Orbán, the Hungarian action plan is on the table of all European heads of government. ● "The prime minister has informed the leaders of the European Council in writing about the results of the first phase of negotiations, the peace mission, and Hungary's proposals. If Europe wants peace and wants to have a decisive voice in resolving the military conflict and ending the bloodshed, it must now develop and implement a change in its political course," an adviser to the prime minister told Magyar Nemzet newspaper. ● He noted that "Orban's plan is now on the desk of every EU prime minister." According to Balazs Orban, this plan contains "a realistic assessment of the situation, realistic goals, and an appropriate timetable" for action. "This is what our approach is based on," the adviser to the head of the Hungarian government emphasized. (DeepL + Grammarly)

■ EU finds way to punish Orban for Moscow trip – Politico (RT.com)

Ukraine’s plot to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin was financed by the United States, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday. | Ukrainian defense intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov said on Saturday that Ukraine's secret services had tried but failed to assassinate Putin.

💬 “Yesterday one of the leaders of the Kiev regime, Budanov, admitted that Ukraine’s intelligence was plotting the assassination of the Russian president. ● This assassination attempt was being prepared, again, with US money, without which there would be no malicious activities of the Ukrainian intelligence, the Ukrainian armed forces and, general, Bankova Street [government in Kiev],” Zakharova said on Telegram.

The spokeswoman suggested that Washington should use the money it provides to Kiev to fund “the police and other agencies which were established to administer law within the US.”

■ Песков: безопасность Путина обеспечивается с учетом эскалации напряженности (TACC)

Officials across the government reacted strongly to the news that the US is deploying previously banned missiles that could hit Russian territory | On Thursday, Russian officials reacted strongly and vowed to respond to the US announcing that it will deploy missile systems to Germany starting in 2026 that were previously banned by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. [...] Anatoly Antonov, Russia’s ambassador in Washington, said the deployment could lead to confrontation. “The Americans are increasing the risk of a missile arms race. Here, they forget that going the way of confrontation may set off an uncontrollable escalation amid the dangerous aggravation of tensions along the Russia-NATO track,” he said. ● Valentina Matviyenko, speaker of the Federation Council, Russia’s upper house of parliament, warned of a strong response if the US goes through with the deployment. “I hope that it will not happen, because Russia’s response will be harsh and adequate. This is simply unacceptable,” she said.

According to Der Spiegel and Bild, key highways would be at NATO’s full disposal in case of a conflict with Russia | The German Defense Ministry has drawn up contingency plans for a potential military conflict with Russia, Der Spiegel and Bild have claimed, having seen the alleged document. The plan reportedly envisages Germany serving as a key transit state for NATO troops, with its population and civil services being expected to assist foreign military personnel. [...] Several key highways would supposedly be used for this purpose, meaning that they would be closed to civilian traffic. Local communities would be expected to supply the passing military personnel with food, housing, resting areas, and fuel, both media outlets claimed. [...] According to Bild, citing a Defense Ministry spokesperson, aside from its role as NATO’s logistical hub, Germany would also need to establish a major prisoner-of-war camp on its soil should a military confrontation with Russia break out. The two media outlets quoted Bundeswehr Inspector General Carsten Breuer as estimating that Berlin has until 2029 to get ready for a potential military conflict with Moscow, as Russia could supposedly be in a position to attack NATO by then.

Ευάγγελος Λ. | "The number of French dead "has exceeded the psychological threshold" | Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) declassified a report by an agent who said in March that France was preparing to send a group of about 2,000 soldiers to fight in Ukraine. The briefing was published in the latest issue of SVR's Scout magazine. ● In it, an agent using the pseudonym Felix claimed that the French army was "concerned about the increased number of Frenchmen killed on the Ukrainian front", particularly after Russian forces destroyed a temporary mercenary training center near Kharkiv last January. That strike alone killed "dozens of French civilians," Paris reportedly estimated, noting that since then, similar attacks "have become the norm in the conflict in Ukraine." ● The French Defense Ministry has acknowledged that it has not seen such casualties since the war in Algeria in the second half of the 20th century, according to the encrypted Felix cable. The SVR agent said that the exact number of casualties and the idea that there are any French soldiers in Ukraine are being deliberately concealed by the French authorities. They fear that the number of casualties "has exceeded the psychologically significant threshold" and that their publication could cause massive public protests and resentment among active officers. Despite these issues, Felix said that "the French authorities are nevertheless preparing a contingent to be sent to Ukraine", claiming that this group was originally planned to include about 2,000 soldiers. After all, French President Emmanuel Macron has long suggested on several occasions that his country could send soldiers to fight alongside Kyiv. (DeepL + Grammarly)

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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 12, 2024

■ Musk: EU Wanted "Illegal Secret Deal" to "Quietly Censor Speech" (Pirate Wires)(X)
■ New E.U. landmark law targets Big Tech firms over hate speech, disinformation (NBC News)
■ EU offered X secret censorship deal – Musk (RT.com)

The NATO declaration following the summit in Washington is nothing more than a document of "covetous and contemptuous global war" that Russia and China should pay close attention to, veteran Defense Department analyst and retired US Air Force Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski told Sputnik. | On Wednesday, NATO members released a joint Washington Summit Declaration, which outlines the alliance's efforts to isolate Russia further, bolster the alliance's security on its eastern flank, increase security assistance for Ukraine, and claim Ukraine is on an "irreversible path" into NATO, among other initiatives. ● The declaration called on China "to cease all material and political support to Russia’s war effort," which allegedly includes "the transfer of dual-use materials, such as weapons components, equipment, and raw materials that serve as inputs for Russia’s defense sector." The Chinese Mission to the European Union reacted sharply, saying the declaration was "filled with Cold War mentality and belligerent rhetoric." Chinese officials said that unlike the US, China has not provided lethal weapons to any party to the conflict.

💬 "They [Russia and China] should read it carefully, and expose some of its hypocrisy. It is fundamentally a document of covetous and contemptuous global war, made by a shallow alliance that hasn’t won any war it has engaged in, and several of which it directly started, since its inception," Kwiatkowski said in an interview. ● "It is a bureaucratic document more suited to solicitations for a US arms manufacturers pyramid scheme than a functional guide to the future of NATO," Kwiatkowski said in an interview.

At the same time, the document serves as a warning to the rest of the world that the military alliance sees no limit to its territorial ambitions and with the current level of funding will pose a threat to peace and security, and trade in the Black Sea and the Pacific regions, Kwiatkowski added. ● According to Kwiatkowski, the major part of the declaration contradicts any defensive intent of the military bloc as NATO now seeks specific war and prewar efforts against Russia and China across multiple regions.

Прежняя версия заканчивалась переизбранием Владимира Путина на новый президентский срок в 2018 году | МОСКВА, 13 июля. /ТАСС/. Официальный сайт Кремля впервые с 2018 года обновил страницу с биографией президента РФ Владимира Путина. В нее включены главы о чемпионате мира по футболу в РФ, пандемии коронавируса, принятии поправок к Конституции РФ, спецоперации на Украине и других событиях последних шести лет. ● Прежняя версия заканчивалась переизбранием Путина на новый президентский срок в 2018 году. Уже после новых выборов - 2024 года - пресс-секретарь президента РФ Дмитрий Песков говорил ТАСС, что страница с биографией президента будет дополняться.

Following bilateral talks, Moscow and New Delhi have outlined plans to further boost economic ties and expedite projects that could reshape the Eurasian geopolitical landscape | Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Moscow for the 22nd annual bilateral summit between India and Russia has resulted in a joint statement covering areas such as energy and defense cooperation, trade, space, and connectivity. ● Moscow and New Delhi signed nine separate agreements, including on promoting cross-border investments, on trade and investments in the Russian Far East through 2029, and cooperation on climate change and low-carbon development. ● Russia was chosen as the country for Modi’s first bilateral visit after securing a third consecutive term in office. It was also his first trip to the country since the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine in 2022.

■ The Results of Narendra Modi’s Trip To Russia (Leonid Savin)
■ New Agenda of Russia-India Relations (Alexey Kupriyanov)