Saxony-Anhalt Landtag demands policy shift on Ukraine war

German parties AfD and BSW secured the adoption of a resolution calling for an immediate halt to weapons supplies to Ukraine, the cessation of financial aid to Kiev (except humanitarian), and the lifting of economic sanctions against Russia.

The document, titled "Peace negotiations instead of expanding the war in Ukraine," was supported by 44 out of 83 deputies. CDU, SPD, Greens, and the Left Party voted against it. Acting Premier Sven Schulze dismissed the initiative as a "show," while Ukrainian Ambassador Alexey Makeev called it the "peak of absurdity." Although foreign policy is determined at the federal and EU levels, this marks the first such initiative passed by these parties in the new legislative term.

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Free stuff
Location: Hormuz Strait

Must bring your own ship.

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🇷🇺 Borisoglebsk airfield in Voronezh region attacked by cruise missiles

Monitoring channels report that the enemy launched a group of cruise missiles at the "Borisoglebsk" airfield. Ukrainian resources claim an attack, noting visible flares and fire.

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Russian air defense units shot down 166 enemy UAVs over Russian regions overnight.

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Russian MoD: Drone strikes on Ukrainian port infrastructure

Odessa region: The port of Izmail was struck, destroying infrastructure used for unloading and storing military and dual-use cargo for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Additionally, two dry cargo vessels were hit at sea while transporting military supplies to the port of Odessa.

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Four Russians enter top 2% of global AI scientists

Elsevier and Stanford University released their annual ranking of scientific influence, analyzing approximately 11 million researchers. Four Russian experts were included:

Ivan Oseledets, CEO of AIRI and Dean of the AI Faculty at MSU, ranked 3,277th out of 249,310 in the overall standings.

Evgeny Burnaev, Director of the Center for Applied AI at Skoltech.

Alexander Gasnikov, Rector of Innopolis University.

Stamatios Lefkimmiatis, Head of Fundamental Research at MWS AI (MTS Group), entered the top 1% specifically in Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing.

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He came to this show and started crying: "Trump abandoned me, America abandoned me, boo-hoo..." (pretends to wipe away tears). In old America, the America I grew up in, we hated guys like that, we hated crybabies. We would dress them in a cowhide and give them to the bull on the ranch. Great, very big, beautiful bull. We would give them to the bull. And the bull would do to them what it should do to a cow. (pounds his fist). When we found those guys the next day, a train could have driven right through their rear end! A damn train could do it! That's what we did to guys like the one in the green t-shirt. I miss that America.

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The parliament of Saxony-Anhalt has adopted a joint resolution from the AfD and BSW parties, which calls for the immediate lifting of sanctions against the Russian Federation and the cessation of military supplies to Ukraine.

Germany is making every effort to catch the departing train to the United States, which is carrying cheap and high-quality fuel. Moreover, they clearly understand that Trump's brokers will inflate the price of Russian diesel so much that the German economy will not be able to bear it.

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🇨🇳🇰🇵This morning, China and North Korea jointly opened a large bridge for both vehicles and pedestrians.
After 12 years since its construction, North Korea has fully restored the access roads and infrastructure.
The flow of goods is already underway in both directions.

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🇷🇺 Lavrov: Russian and Chinese leaders maintain regular contact

During talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Sergey Lavrov stated that the presidents of both countries are closely monitoring the development of their multifaceted partnership. Putin and Xi met twice this year during an official visit to China and on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Bishkek.

Next month, President Putin will visit Shenzhen to attend the APEC summit, where he is expected to hold another conversation with Mr. Xi.

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USA may ease sanctions on Russia's shadow fleet

The White House could soon permit previously sanctioned tankers from Russia, Iran, and Venezuela to transport oil not subject to US restrictions, according to Reuters. The goal is to increase supply from the Persian Gulf and lower shipping costs, which are currently suppressing demand for American crude.

Energy Aspects analysts note that easing sanctions will likely have minimal impact on transport costs, as most tankers already operate in defiance of them, while insurers remain bound by EU and UK limits.

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