They Never Studied ...

 ... real economics, physics and math. Most of this ruling class in the West is a collection of incompetent ideologues who continue to fuck things up non-stop because none of them ever worked real job in productive capacity and all of them will run profitable 7-11 into the ground within two weeks of their "management". Add here a chronic hatred of everything Russian multiply it by egos larger than cathedrals and voila'.  

Here is a demonstration of what their societies are. Germany, Die Linke. 

A party of freaks and perverts. CDU or SPD are the same, just more presentable publicly. They love Nazis, hate Russians. Well, Europeans, you continue to elect those freaks ranging from Macrons to Merzes, to other types of corrupt demagogues. Same here, in the US, but the US is naturally rich and is hard to squander everything that fast in historic terms. So, Europe, enjoy on the way to poverty. Pay attention to what Putin says about gas (energy in general)--that it is not exactly a market commodity. 

Judging By Headlines ...

 ... from West's media-herpes, Putin is "humiliated" and "isolated" at BRICS. They invent all kinds of BS pulling it out of their asses, but we knew that about them, didn't we? So, 

The BRICS countries have reached a banking agreement on BRICS Pay, which will actually become a payment system for the states of the association. This was announced by the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev. "We are focusing on the financial track. We lead the financial engagement group, and payments are very important here. And today we will announce a banking agreement on BRICS Pay, in fact, a payment system for the BRICS countries," Dmitriev said. 

Yes, this is yet another sign of Putin's "isolation", right? 

Meanwhile, Modi is facing a very tough choice. 

For many in India the West remains a forbidden fruit and an upscale even in present and future West's disassembles state a desirable destination in terms of standard of living. But, geopolitical realities of the Eurasia (minus Western Europe) are such that India will remain, it her present geopolitical posture as something in between, limited in maneuver. Nonetheless, this is significant.

The contract for 105 of these birds has been signed between India and Russia. I am positive more to come in other classes of commercial and combat aircraft.

Algeria is done with UAE. 

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria announced Thursday that it’s severing diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates, in a Foreign Ministry statement reported by state media. The statement read on state television gave no single or specific reason for the decision but cited alleged “provocative and hostile actions” by the Gulf state and “regrettable and unjustified behavior.” “Having exhausted all the ways for preserving the bilateral relations, the Algerian government has decided, today, to sever diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates,” the statement said, according to the official APS news agency. The UAE’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it hoped Algeria’s decision ends up being temporary, and that ultimately their “fraternal ties” will be preserved. 

It has a lot to do with activities of UAE in blocking Algeria's gas pipelines projects in Africa and, of course, close relations between UAE and Israel. Interestingly, Russia sold SU-34s last week to some, unnamed, foreign country. Well ... make your own conclusions. 

A Reminder.

Vladimir Putin in 1999. 

Now his reaction to Zelensky's (I smell London and Paris behind it) promise to "close skies" over Russia and that flying commercial airplanes will be difficult because of 404 drones. In other words, they are ready (if they can) to attack commercial aircraft--sheer terrorism. Putin reacted in Bishkek today.

The gist--this is state terrorism. Russia doesn't negotiate with terrorists--she kills them. 

Meanwhile thugs from GUR and SBU decided to shoot each-other in Kiev today. 

Good. More, more, more! 

Here is, in the same time, the work of the US Air Defense at its base in Jordan at Camp Titin. Nah, I am screwing with you--what air defense? Iran responded.

More:

After that, intensive operations of medevac helos have been recorded there. Trump and Hegseth will say there were no casualties. 

Kinda Goes Now ...

 ... without a hitch. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian that Moscow was providing Tehran with necessary assistance in its war with the United States, during talks at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Kyrgyzstan, Russian state news agency TASS reported on September 1. The meeting showcases the deepening alignment between two heavily sanctioned states, each fighting a war on its own front, as Tehran leans on Moscow for support and both press the case for a world order less dominated by Washington.

No, it is NOT about "heavily sanctioned", Russia doesn't give a fuck about sanctions--the posture which morons from D.C. will not understand--it is about what already is happening and was happening already since the end of 1990s under the aegis of Primakov's Doctrine. Former Foreign Minister, Prime Minister and Director of SVR--yes, that's Primakov's CV--already knew where this whole West thingy was going. Nowhere good. Plus, Russia, as USSR, traditionally had a massive military and economic footprint in Asia. 

After Putin's 2007 Munich speech Primakov's Doctrine was put into overdrive. After 2008 it became absolutely clear what West has become. After that it was just the matter of technique. Here is a demonstration whose immense significance professionals will grasp in no time. 

This is the second serial MC-21 for Aeroflot. As the first one, it will fly for final acceptance tests and will join the fleet. Same goes for IL-114, the first serial being transferred for local airline in Vladivostok. All Russian-made. Now imagine the scale of technological and supply chains. I'll give you a hint--Airbus, which does make excellent aircraft, requires several nations in Europe to cooperate. None of the Airbus planes are French-made, it is made in Europe, which is now being starved for resources. 

In related news:

US/Israeli military is in full disarray and incompetent. In essence it is a logical end for military which built itself on false narrative. 

P.S. Christian nationalists is a wrong term. 

Here Is Commander Of ...

... Russia's Pacific Fleet, Victor Liina (Estonian, BTW) reports to Supreme Commander, President Vladimir Putin (in Russian) that ...

... Pacific Fleet is ready to start raiding commercial marine traffic of unfriendly states in the Pacific. And who are those unfriendly states? Right. We all know who they are. Do barely afloat Royal Navy or Marine Nationale, not to speak of other Eurochihuahuas, want to meet Russian Navy on the high seas, not to speak about littorals of many countries which are constantly monitored by all kinds of ISR means. E.g. Liana. Russia didn't start it, she is finishing it. Just to explain--a single pr. 885M (Yasen-M) SSGN can sink all of surface fleet of Marine Nationale, including its only aircraft carrier, in a single go. Of course Russian Pacific Fleet has about 8 active nuclear attack subs--all carriers of such things as Kalibrs, Zircons and Onyxes. Plus another 6 (six) pr. 636 SSKs, also Kalibr carriers, and another older Kilo-class SSK. I omit here, of course, five state-of-the-art strategic missile subs, but they are not part of this equation. Calculations are very simple here--and I didn't even mention Pacific Fleet's surface component. 

Marshal Shaposhnikov or ...

These are 3M22 Zircon carriers. So, you get my drift, right? Let the hunt begin. The green light was given. 

Mike Waltz ...

 ... doesn't produce an impression of a very bright man. This is not to say that his distinction of graduating from Virginia Military Institute with honors counts for nothing, but he is a product of a subpar US military education and, naturally, he migrated into the classic pro-Israel camp and then continued to demonstrate a lack of basic mathematical skills. 

Mike Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the U.S. has “everything that it needs” for military operations against Iran, dismissing reporting regarding depleted U.S. weapons stockpiles. “I want to be crystal clear: The U.S. military, and I’ve verified this every which way, has everything that it needs to conduct this campaign as effectively as it needs to be,” he said on Sunday. “And I have to tell you, the people that are leaking this nonsense deserve to be in jail.” His comments came in response to questioning about an NBC News report that U.S. military commanders are allowing some Iranian attacks through U.S. defenses as part of an effort to preserve the Pentagon’s weapons supply, according to two senior U.S. officials.

Well, the situation is much more dire than just "preservation of supplies", it is the fact that those "supplies" are simply not good and are incapable to carry out the mission, that is to say to shoot down most of missiles and drones which are launched at the US bases. While Waltz was getting his major in International Relations from VMI, others were getting their engineering degrees in Air Defense and Stand-Off High Precision Weapons. And that's a huge difference. 

Moreover, Larry wrote an excellent expose on yet another TACO and how fuel issue can factor into this whole FUBAR for the US in Persian Gulf. 

Miller concludes that the crisis is not due to a collapse in refinery output or a fabricated inventory, but rather a combination of structurally low inventories, high ongoing exports, and fragmented public reporting that obscures the military’s draw on national fuel supplies. The evidence supports the view that Rotterdam acts as a shadow endpoint for US fuel, facilitating onward distribution to US/NATO bases, Israel, and other theaters, but the lack of transparent, reconciled accounting prevents the public from knowing the true allocation. The report calls for a unified, detailed ledger to clarify how much fuel is being diverted from domestic resilience to military and foreign operations. I am assuming that Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Interior Secretary Burgham know this and briefed Trump on it. Stripping the US civilian sector of diesel and jet fuel surpluses at a time when the global supply is still severely constrained by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the Houthi blockade of Saudi oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz increases the risk of damaging the US domestic economy. Did this fact also convince President Trump that a massive attack on Iran at this time would be ill-advised? Worth considering. 

Obviously, it is never a single factor, it is always a combination with its own logic of interaction between those factors. But in the end, the US has no good options ... well, except the only thing US military knows how to do--bomb its way out of defeat and declare victory. 

In related news. Many people still cannot grasp the criticality of this video by Russian MoD. 

It is not just the strike on some vessels steaming to Odessa (as you see below). 

Nope, the strike is on port tugs which paralyzes already choked off supply line to Odessa. Most large vessels cannot be moored without tugs. When you don't have tugs--it is over. 

But here what is the key in the decision on the fate of the 404. It is Navy Day in Russia and Vladimir Putin confirmed explicitly what we all suspected all along.

The president paid special attention to the issue of the western territories transferred to Kyiv after the war. "Stalin gave these lands to Ukraine, but he gave it as within the framework of a single state. Apparently, it did not occur to him that such a situation as today could develop. By the way, I am sure that sooner or later Ukraine will lose these western lands. And what belonged to Poland, belonged to Hungary, belonged to Romania, sooner or later, not tomorrow, maybe not the day after tomorrow, a year, two, ten, fifteen, but everything will historically fall into place. There was only one guarantor of the territorial integrity of Ukraine. This is Russia," Putin said.

So, there you go. The green light is on now, officially. 404 will cease to exist. 

Konstantinovka Is Officially Liberated ...

... that means mopping up is pretty much done. But that's what should attract attention of Satanists in Europe.

It is necessary to conduct an analysis of the involvement of all instigators of hostilities in the Ukrainian conflict zone - this will be needed for making responsible decisions, Putin stated. This was reported by Peskov.

Hm, make bets on who first will be visited by one of Russia's stand-off weapons. Dmitry Orlov proposed Denmark, actually. I don't know. So many options. 

This is today. 

That's Borrell's Euro "Garden".

In this case it is France in a desperate fight for fans. Should be for Only Fans. This is not just THIS particular heat wave (another massive one is coming), it is that you are not allowed to warm yourself up during winter cold. 

Meanwhile this is Germany and Berlin-Hamburg Ice train. 

Yep. 

Euros will continue to deny obvious but I will say it--EU is not recoverable and it is on the way to the third world with nice art galleries. Per remark by Alastair Crooke that DJT was heard (at G-7) telling Ze "to hit Russia as hard as he can". DJT is utterly incompetent hack with same sycophant hacks from Pentagon, CIA, AIPAC  et al surrounding him. He doesn't understand what COFM is and how it applies nor what does it mean when Vladimir Putin says "we are a step ahead of NATO". He simply has no tool kit for grasping it, plus he lives in the world of ideations and dementia. 

Let's Grab Her Too ...

 ... she may come useful for VSU--paint the picture yourself. 

As you can see yourself TTzK works overtime to patch up unpatchable. 

Meanwhile, some SitRep. Imagination:

And reality. 

There is a lot to be said about Lukashenko's convulsions, but it is not going to help him anymore. Russia had enough of him, and he is beginning to pay for sabotage of Gostomel and Kursk. 

For Those Who Still Don't Get It.

Terrorism (three waves of UAVs at defenseless vocational college with kids inside) and increased number of NATO's hospital planes in Rzeszow (after especially serious strikes on Dnepropetrovsk) are directly related. This is what NATO does. So, for all these "vengeance strikes" specialists--here is how decisions are made in Russia. 

MOSCOW, May 22 — RIA Novosti. Vladimir Putin discussed with members of the Russian Security Council the strike by Ukrainian militants on the Starobilsk Pedagogical College in the LPR. "Today we have a question related to work in the field of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but I would like to start with what I have already talked about today at a meeting with graduates of the first stream of the Time of Heroes - with the terrorist attack of the Kiev junta in the Lugansk People's Republic," he said. The President asked the participants of the meeting to give their assessments or proposals on this topic. Earlier today, Putin instructed the Ministry of Defense to prepare proposals for a response to the attack, and the Foreign Ministry to tell the international community about the crime by Armed Forces of Ukraine.

It really becomes nauseating reading the same thing over and over again on discussion  boards: Russia must ..., Russia should ... etc. Yes, Russia's Security Council is composed of idiots who don't know what to do and yes, they are about to give up/s. Get a grip--terrorism against Russia and Russian civilians will continue--this is what the combined West is. Once long-range threat will be removed--and it will be--sleeper cells, blowing of schools, government offices et al. sabotage of railway will continue. This is for SK, FSB, MVD and other structures to handle. They are really good at it--it is just that you do not see and hear much about their work and an enormous number of terrorist acts they prevented. 

In related news, in Kharkov Oblast the mandatory mobilization of women has started. Deadly PR actions are designed for brainwashed hoi polloi to concentrate on that, not on the fact that they are running out of cannon fodder. Per Europe--this is who they are, Fourth Reich. It will be destroyed. How? Leave it to professionals who know dozens of orders of magnitude more than any of us does. I repeat again for those with comprehension issues--Russia IS prepared for the war with NATO, not with 404. Those who perpetrate these acts like attack on children, be them American, British, German, Polish, CIA, MI6, BND or whatever--they will be hunted down either as individuals or as units and they will be killed. Simple as ... 

The Visit Has Officially ...

 ... begun. Now to real work. 

Financial Times ...

 ... is a human sewer, because normal people do not work there. They do not work in media in general--human waste does. 

President Xi Jinping told US President Donald Trump during their high-level summit last week that Russian President Vladimir Putin may ultimately end up regretting his full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The revelation, first reported by the Financial Times citing officials familiar with the US assessment of the Beijing summit, comes at a delicate diplomatic moment. The information surfaced just as Putin is about to arrive in China for a critical bilateral summit with Xi.

But then ...

Well, from the boss' mouth, verbatim. Real boss meanwhile ...

For simpletons who believe that Putin's visit is somehow related to Trump's--I have a bridge to sell. This visit has been in preparation for a long time and 40+ contracts are to be signed and communique to be issued including declaration of the fait accompli of multipolar world. In related news, Boeing confirmed contract for 200 aircraft, primarily B-737 with the option of additional 750. It will be interesting to see what will be agreed upon between China and Russia in this sector. 

Araghchi Meets Putin.

And that is not random, of course. 

Pakistan, April 27 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin met Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Moscow, where both leaders discussed regional tensions and ongoing efforts to restore stability in the Middle East. The meeting focused on diplomatic developments linked to stalled Iran United States negotiations and broader security challenges across the region. Putin expressed hope that the Iranian people would overcome what he described as a difficult period. He also emphasized that peace remains a shared priority for regional stability. During the discussions, Putin stated that Russia would continue to support Iran and other regional countries in line with its diplomatic interests and long standing partnerships. He highlighted Moscow's role in encouraging dialogue and maintaining communication channels during periods of heightened geopolitical pressure. According to Russian state media, Putin also mentioned that he had received a message from Iran's Supreme Leader. He further praised the resilience of the Iranian population amid ongoing challenges.

But, obviously, Araghchi met Vladimir Putin not for the exchange of diplomatic pleasantries but to discuss mechanism of fixing the political results of a now obvious military defeat of the US and Israel. It is always a critical phase of any war. And when even this moron states obvious: 

Iran "humiliates" the United States, which does not know how to get out of the war. This was stated by German Chancellor Fradrich Merz, n-tv reports. "The Americans, obviously, do not have a strategy. At the moment, I don't see what strategic exit path the Americans will take, especially since the Iranians are obviously negotiating very skillfully — or very skillfully not doing them," he said. According to the head of the German government, the Americans are being subjected to "humiliation by the Iranian state leadership, primarily by these so-called Revolutionary Guards."

One has to inevitably arrive to the conclusion that the US simply ran out of military options because grand and military strategies are all about resources which the US doesn't have. NYT today declared Trump a hostage to Iran. One of a very few times when I agree with this tabloid. 

Yes. Putin Was Absolutely ...

 ... impressed. Correct, he never saw anything like this, neither did any serious military professional in the world who has any grasp of operational planning and military technology. 

Yes, and Donnie called Putin to precisely gauge Putin's level of awe from this catastrophe. But no worries, Donnie can lie non-stop. I am sure Putin never saw anything like this, neither did I or very many other people, for this matter. 

Aw, How Touching.

 Time to post sentimental Hitler here. 

Even he does sarcasm from his cauldron in hell, when reading FOX NEWS slop. 

Trump’s strike on Iran deals a major blow to Putin’s war machine in Ukraine. The calculus of the war in Ukraine will become more complicated for Russia. 

And look who has wrote this a rather impressive pile of bovine excrement. 

Clara Kaluderovic is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center, a former Schmidt Fellow at the Special Competitive Studies Project, and a member of the Aspen Strategy Group's Rising Leaders Class of 2026. She is a technology entrepreneur and co-founder and CEO of Mental Health Global, a nonprofit partnered with the Ukrainian Armed Forces to deliver AI-enabled mental health support in conflict zones. She is also co-founder of ex2, an AI nonprofit based at the American University of Iraq-Sulaimani, developing large language models for underrepresented languages, including Kurdish.

As you can see yourself, she is a classic case of being dumb as a stump despite her "impressive credentials", and if you take a look at this "fellow's" educational background you will understand why US "strategists" are a pathetic bunch abusing sinecures in all kinds of pseudo-academic think-tanks. 

She wouldn't understand a first thing about REAL strategy, warfare, governance and technology as wouldn't most of people from Aspen Group, RAND, ISW and other grant-consuming fraudulent establishments in the vast sea of the American think-tankdom machine of intellectual corruption and propaganda. But her butthurt and sore-loserism is shining through. 

Meanwhile:

Russian President Vladimir Putin has held a phone conversation with his US counterpart, Donald Trump, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov has told journalists. The American president initiated the call to discuss the latest international developments, he said. The conversation focused on the Iran conflict and the trilateral talks between Moscow, Washington and Kiev aimed at settling the Ukraine conflict, according to the aide. The dialogue between the two presidents was “business-like, open and constructive,” Ushakov said, adding that both leaders expressed their readiness to continue regular contacts. Putin and Trump talked for about an hour, he stated.

Is this TACO? Yep, a desperate attempt to save own political life while already being a political corpse. He should have called Israel, his masters. But, ah yes, recall those sweet days of hope))

How's that promise going, JD? 

Yes, Root Causes ...

 ... repeated over and over again by Russia, including today in Putin and Trump call. 

Both the Russian and US leaders agreed that a temporary ceasefire as proposed by Ukraine and its European backers “would only prolong the conflict and risk a resumption of hostilities,” according to the Kremlin aide. Putin agreed to a proposal from Trump to continue the settlement process by forming two “working groups” to tackle security and economic issues, Ushakov said. Earlier on Sunday, Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social that he had a “very productive” conversation with Putin.

This is from RT. To understand what it going on I single out this: 

Putin agreed to a proposal from Trump to continue the settlement process by forming two “working groups” to tackle security and economic issues. 

In non-diplomatic language it means that the US (Trump Administration) needs to do very many things before the gate to offramp will truly open. It is a long, protracted process, though--relations between the US and Russia have been thoroughly destroyed by the US following Soviet collapse, while simultaneously degenerating into the present state of a complete political and cognitive chaos. But this is regarding the US. Europe? Here is report on that in proper wording:

The leaders of the two countries agreed to assess the proposals of Kiev and the European Union for a peaceful settlement as attempts to prolong the conflict, since proposals for a temporary ceasefire under the guise of preparing for a referendum, according to the presidents, only increase the risk of a resumption of hostilities. Both presidents agreed to call again soon after Trump's meeting with Zelensky.   

Get it? That's the maneuver. That's the core issue for the US. Detach (from Europe, which is dead anyway), come to Mother Russia with atonement by means of all kinds of diplomatic and economic moves which look like mutually beneficial and the real discussion on how the US will be "integrated" into the multipolar world will commence. The US is too important of a country, a military-political entity to be ignored. Europe is not. Fate of NATO? Only morons in NATO's Brussels HQs can believe that they can fight Russia. So, it doesn't really matter what will be the outcome of Trump and Ze "negotiations". 

I Speak About It ...

 ... in my new video. And this is for people on this blog who continue to consume propaganda excrement from those who position themselves as "correspondents". They either know nothing or are downright propagandists and lie non-stop. 

MOSCOW, December 27 — RIA Novosti. Vladimir Putin held a meeting at one of the command posts of the United Group of Forces, where he was informed about the liberation of Dimitrov and Gulyaipole. "I would like to say that the liberation of Dimitrov and the liberation of the city of Gulyaipole are important results of combat work," he said after hearing the report of the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov.

Why do you think so much FUD BS about Kupyansk? Very simple--the front is collapsing and for people who still don't get the fact that NATO's planners are one trick ponies (not surprising looking at what military "education: in the West is) and thus predictable to the point of being boring, I have news for you--Kupyansk is firmly in Russian hands. 

So, anyone who reads this creep--Alexander Kotz from Komsomolskaya Pravda--I have news for you. 

Here is a scumbag in 2014 on Maidan in Kiev and he supported it. He now desperately tries to maneuver his sorry ass out of this conundrum while continuing lying about SMO. 

But here is the man in the know. 

Putin: The advance of the Russian Armed Forces nullifies Moscow's interest in the withdrawal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 

But really, what does Putin and Gerasimov know about SMO. Nah, nothing ... 

Good One))

From RT no less. 

You see, this is the only way you can communicate with Europeans))

I Don't Think ...

 ... any commentaries are needed here. These children will be taken care of. 

But I have to comment on the marine in the video--he is ... large. 810th Marines (Naval Infantry) Brigade in Sevastopol marks today its birthday. Well, I, as all my graduation class, are tied to it. Many still do not understand--every Soviet/Russian naval officer has a second specialty as a Naval Infantry platoon commander upon graduation. 

Correct ...

 ... that's the name of the game for this crowd which finally recognized what I was talking about for 11 years. 

More than five years ago I wrote:

Economic self-sufficiency which is also a foundation of REAL national security starts from industry. No industry--no American nation. Simple as that. Modern generation of American "elites" has no idea, or, possibly, doesn't even care about what happens when the attempts to re-industrialize fail precisely because no one knows how to do it for real, not by doing what they got used to do--"printing" money which only accelerates a decline, towards eventual disintegration. So, here it is--no real recovery without real industries, which translate into real employment, this means reorienting production for the internal market and.... here we pause, because this seemingly simple scenario requires a long and substantive debate because this is where the issue of trade comes in and 99.99% of the American "elite" are a free trade neo-liberal fundamentalists who have neither knowledge nor skills to avert what is already not just on the horizon but knocking on the door. If you think otherwise, just take a look at the graphs above, especially a 10 year one. Things just got worse, not better since 2010. I am sure vast number of events coordinators, DJs and shopping assistants will have to rethink seriously their career choices if they even want any shot at any vacancy in a dramatically shrinking America's basis, before collapsing superstructure buries them.   

Capital also loves victors. Here "isolated" Putin is greeted (in a pleasant violation of protocol) by his buddy Modi. 

If rumors about new lease of a nuclear sub to India are correct, something tells me that Russia may provide Indian Navy with the very first hull of project 885 SSGN Severodvinsk. She can carry 3M22 Zircon but her main load is P-800 Oniks, which, of course, India has and it is called Brahmos. This is a transfer of an enormously powerful technology. But again, the production of Sukhoi 100 at HAL facilities for India's market has been already discussed, I am positive it is greenlighted now.