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Moscow Cafe Explosion Kills 3- Injures 15

This is breaking news as it occurred 8:10 PM Russian time- So less than a couple of hours ago– EDT “ISIS Khorosan”??? Just throwing it out there. If you’ve followed along with me for a while you’ll probably know why. TRT World An explosion near a Moscow cafe killed at least three people and wounded […]

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Poland, Ukraine, Russia… Odessa

Odd the wording in this article- Maritime Executive Russia’s ministry of defense claims that its forces have struck two more ships near the port of Odesa, along with shoreside infrastructure. As the ministry often does, it claimed that the vessels were carrying arms for Ukraine’s military. Ukraine’s shipping corridor almost certainly serves the transport of […]

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Roundup: China, Ukraine, US, Russia & Turkey. Remembering the 2016 Coup and more

What else is going on in other locations? Cause Iran is not the only conflict that needs watching. More interesting reads below: Russia warns coalition of willing forces in Ukraine would be ‘legitimate military targets’ Russia on Tuesday warned that the military contingents from the so-called “coalition of the willing” in Ukraine would be “legitimate […]

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Trump’s Iran deal has collapsed leaving the US with few good options- Russia & Iran make a gas deal

CFR So much for the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), signed by Trump on June 18 at Versailles. It was essentially a lucrative deal for Iran to reopen the strait—the conduit for 20 percent of the world’s oil and gas. Trump pledged many billions of dollars in economic relief for Iran by lifting sanctions, unfreezing Iranian […]

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Mir cards now accepted across Iran after payment system integration with Russia

 Sunday, June 21, 2026 11:00:06 AM Russians can now freely use Mir cards in Iran, following the completion of the final phase of integrating Russia’s Mir payment system with Iran’s Shetab network. Muhammad Abed Amiri, head of the Iran division at the BRICS Hub platform, confirmed the news to TASS on the sidelines of the […]

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Russian Military Returns to Afghanistan- US, ISIS- K proxy ensconced in Pakistan.

I don’t trust Pakistan entirely.. Though in many ways they are victims of US dominance too, they still go along to get along. Let’s look at what’s been happening. The article linked directly below fits in with a recent arrest made by Turkey. And ties nicely into a video from Brian Berletic Russian Military Returns […]

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Ukrainian strikes damage key bridges in Crimea isolation campaign- Russian work arounds

Russia has been working on ways to get around this obstacle Link In recent days, Ukrainian Armed Forces have damaged three key bridges at land entry points into Russian-occupied Crimea. In the early hours of June 11, Ukraine’s Defense Forces conducted an airstrike on the bridge spanning the Crimea Canal in Armyansk, currently under Russian […]

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What lies behind Putin’s new remarks on Azerbaijan

Excerpts from an article at AZnews Interesting information- quite contrary to western media presentation Russian President Vladimir Putin’s remarks on relations with Azerbaijan, delivered on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, became one of Moscow’s most notable regional signals. The Russian leader not only offered an emphatically positive assessment of bilateral ties […]

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Zelensky proposes further peace talks- Putin replies

The proposal was, in my opinion, a public relations stunt. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed deeper peace talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a combative open letter on Thursday Mr. Zelenskyy floated direct negotiations hosted by Switzerland, Turkey or “countries of the Arab world,” adding that talks could not take place in Moscow or […]

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Russia, Iran, Fertilizer, Gold News Round up

*America’s LNG Boom– China enters the crisis from a greater energy resilience position *Oil Prices fall on hope for US Iran Ceasefire We wonder why it is we are unhealthy? Our fertilizer is derived from gas (Thinking about Gary, here) The war in Iran has done more than disrupt global hydrocarbon markets—it has quietly set […]