Yes it is…
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The well-managed currencies and economies of Russia and China pose a financial challenge to the heavily indebted US dollar. There is a noticeable shift in capital flows and global trade from Western nations to Eastern ones. The underlying objective of the proxy conflict in Ukraine, along with the potential proxy conflict in Taiwan, is to compel our allies to unite against Russia and China, thereby establishing a closed economic system that circumvents the true valuation of the US dollar. The proxy conflict in Ukraine has not achieved its goals, and China has refrained from engaging in Taiwan, prompting the US to redirect its focus towards China through alternative strategies, with plans to address Russia at a later time. Meanwhile, BRICS has emerged as a significant entity, demonstrating its ability to thrive independently of Western influence. – kKEETON…
You see as to the past and now present…
The West has struggled with currency management, while the East tends to handle financial matters more effectively. This represents a significant contrast. Traditionally, we refer to this as Money Management, where financial resources are handled with respect and ethical considerations…
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Let it go the other way a bit…
With all the USA hate against the world the Ruble has been getting stronger and that is not always the best…
Woke up and it is at 83 to 1…
Yes, investment money has been pouring into Russia in 2025. That is on top of so many companies whom ran away are now begging to come back and try to regain some real profits. That is money that is real, not funny money…
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Russian Defence Ministry reports on the progress of the special military operation (15 April 2025)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Belgorod direction, the Sever Group of Forces have engaged manpower and hardware of four mechanised brigades, a coastal defence brigade, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and a territorial defence brigade close to Miropolskoye, Malaya Rybitsa, Petrushevka, Krasnopolye, and Yamnoye (Sumy region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 90 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, and four field artillery guns. Two ammunition depots and one materiel depot were eliminated.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian units engaged three mechanised brigades, an assault brigade of the AFU, a territorial defence brigade, and a national guard brigade close to Kamenka, Doroshovka, Radkovka, Moskovka, Podoly, Senkovo, Boguslavka, Novay Kruglyakovka (Kharkov region), Karpovka, Redkodub, Kirovsk, and Yampol (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy has lost more than 250 troops, a UK-made Snatch armoured fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, five NATO-made field artillery guns including two Polish-made 155-mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, a UK-made 155-mm Braveheart self-propelled artillery system, and a U.S.-made 155-mm M198 howitzer. Four electronic warfare stations and three ammunition depots were eliminated.
The Yug Group of Forces’ units improved the tactical situation. The Russian Armed Forces inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, a mountain assault brigade of the AFU, two territorial defence brigades, and a national guard brigade close to Seversk, Minkovka, Markovo, Chasov Yar, Kurdyumovka, Ivanpolye, Yablonovka, Tarasovka, Ulyanovka, and Valentinovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 285 troops, a Swedish-made CV-90 infantry fighting vehicle, a M113 armoured personnel carrier, and a HMMWV armoured vehicle made in the USA.
Nine motor vehicles, ten field artillery guns including two UK-made 155-mm FH-70 howitzers and a U.S.-made Paladin self-propelled artillery system as well as five ammunition depots, two materiel depots, and a fuel depot were eliminated.
The Tsentr Group of Forces’ units took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops hit two mechanised brigades, an assault brigade, a jaeger brigade, an unmanned aerial vehicles brigade, an assault regiment of the AFU, and a national guard brigade near Lysovka, Zverevo, Kotlino, Udachnoye, Preobrazhenka, Bogdanovka, and Alekseyevka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy lost more than 335 troops, four armoured fighting vehicles including a U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, and two U.S.-made HMMWV armoured vehicles, two pick-up trucks, and seven field artillery guns including a U.S.-made 155-mm Paladin and a Polish-made 155-mm Krab self-propelled artillery systems.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defences. Russian forces damaged manpower and hardware of a mechanised brigade, an airmobile brigade, an air assault brigade, and a territorial defence brigade near Bogatyr, Otradnoye, Burlatskoye, and Shevchenko (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy’s losses amounted to up to 155 troops, two armoured vehicles, a pick-up truck, and two field artillery guns including a U.S.-made 155-mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system.
The Dnepr Group of Forces’ units improved the tactical situation. Russian formations engaged a mechanised brigade, a mountain assault brigade, two coastal defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two territorial defence brigades near Novodanilovka, Stepnogorsk (Zaporozhye region), Tokarevka, Sadovoye, Antonovka, and Dneprovskoye (Kherson region).
Up to 100 troops, nine motor vehicles, three artillery guns, two electronic warfare stations, a U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-fire radar, and three ammunition depots were neutralised.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged the infrastructure of a military airfield, assembly facilities for MLRS and strike drones, a drone training center as well as temporary deployment areas of the Ukrainian armed formations in 144 areas.
Russian air defence means have shot down four U.S.-made JDAM guided aerial bombs and five HIMARS MLRS projectiles during the day as well as 304 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 661 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 51,866 unmanned aerial vehicles, 601 anti-aircraft missile systems, 22,846 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,536 MLRS combat vehicles, 23,667 field artillery guns and mortars, and 34,127 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
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What many fail to recognize is that if Russia truly intended to devastate Ukraine…
We are lucky that Russia has the Patience of Job…
Yes we are and we need to wake up…
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NATO had big military party…
Hiding the party among civilians…
Party was a military party to talk about killing Russians…
Russia was not invited…
So…
Russia crashed the party…
NATO had hundreds wiped out…
NATO now throwing a “hissy fit” party instead of a military party…
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PS: Lots of British NATO and a fair number of Polish NATO died, many officers…
Notice the comical yet serious expressions displayed by these Ponzi schemers. Are you able to comprehend what these individuals, both men and women, are conveying through their amusing mental facade? They are essentially communicating, as they gaze into your eyes with confidence, “Hey, naive ones, hand over your money so we can dwell in opulent mansions, indulge in exquisite cuisine, savor the finest wines, travel via private jets, and enjoy personal security, while the rest of you commoners remain in despair.” What a deception. And we accept the degradation. – kKEETON…
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🎙 Excerpt from an interview with Russian Foreign Minister S.V. Lavrov to the Kommersant newspaper (Moscow, April 14, 2025)
https://t.me/MariaVladimirovnaZakharova/10202
❓ Question: You say that the new American administration has a desire to discuss not only bilateral issues, but also a peaceful settlement in Ukraine.
At a recent UN meeting on Ukraine, called in connection with the strike on Kryvyi Rih, a US representative warned that further Russian strikes on Ukrainian territory could lead to the breakdown of peace talks.
This was followed a few days later by an attack on Sumy, where, according to the Ukrainian side, civilians and children were again killed. Does this mean that Russia is not taking US warnings seriously?
💬 S.V.Lavrov : The Americans have many official representatives. Including, some representative recently said something in Greenland. She was asked to return to her homeland and look for another job .
I don’t want to say that this woman (I don’t remember this statement that you mentioned) deserves the same fate, but we know very well that the position of the West, Europe, and the US during the Biden era was dominated by outright lies .
Over the past couple of years, I have drawn the attention of the UN Secretary-General A. Guterres several times to the fact that, as the chief administrative (as stated in the Charter) person of the Organization, he should comply with the requirements of Article 100 of the Charter, not take sides, but pursue a balanced position , and not receive instructions from any government.
I’ve known him for a long time, we’re on first-name terms, we’ve been working in different overlapping positions for decades. I told him that he may not be getting paid in this position, but he’s following Western countries’ orders in connection with the situation in Ukraine.
Now, again after the cries that “dozens of children and civilians died” in Sumy, he made a statement that he firmly advocates for an end to such violations of international humanitarian law, for a settlement of the Ukrainian crisis on the basis of the UN Charter and respect for the territorial integrity of Ukraine on the basis of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly.
❗️ International humanitarian law strictly prohibits the placement of military facilities and weapons on the territory of civilian objects .
From the first days of the crisis, and even earlier, even during the Minsk agreements, during the “rosy” but collapsed hopes that they would allow the problem to be resolved peacefully, leaving Ukraine in its territorial integrity minus Crimea (they did not want to do this), there were “a million” facts of artillery deployment, air defense systems in city blocks near kindergartens. How many videos have been posted on the Internet, when Ukrainian women shout for the military to get away from stores, playgrounds. But this practice continues.
We have facts about who was at the facility that was hit in Sumy. There was another “meeting” of Ukrainian military leaders with their Western colleagues , who were either masquerading as mercenaries or I don’t know who.
☝️ NATO troops are there and they directly control it. Everyone knows that. The New York Times recently explained how the Americans played a decisive role in the attacks on Russia from the very beginning. Without this role, most long-range missiles would not have left their bases at all.
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Hmm…
Trump brags in Oval Office that his billionaire pals made a killing in stocks after he pulled the plug on tariffs
President Donald Trump gleefully recounted how much money his billionaire pals made on the stock market after he suddenly suspended most of his worldwide tariffs.
Yup, insider trading is what that is exactly. Unless we are actually saying that the billionaires are not public money and then that means it is much worse than insider trading…
I care…
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Borets is a large village near our TRV and Father Pavel was directing the chorus…
Now the Orthodox service sound…
Yes, it is about time to go to the Tiny Russian Village…
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