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🚨 West creates proxies, then blames Pakistan - Pakistani Defense Minister
"It is very convenient for the big powers to blame Pakistan... [These terrorist organizations] were being used as proxies by the United States," Khawaja Asif told Sky News.
❗️ Russian FM Lavrov: Russia is ready to reach a deal on Ukraine, but some of its elements need to be "fine-tuned".
"There are several signs that we are moving in the right direction. First of all, because President Trump is probably the ONLY leader on earth who recognized the need to address the root causes of this situation," Lavrov told CBS News.
❌ ‘Enough is enough’ – Trump is FRUSTRATED with Zelensky – WH Press Sec. Leavitt
💬 “His patience is running VERY THIN,” stressed White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
◻️ Jeffrey Sachs just gave a BOMBSHELL interview to Sputnik on Ukraine, Iran & Trump trade wars!
◻️ Trump FED UP with Zelensky’s nagging, European chickenhawks' warmongering
◻️ Davos unmasked: Turmoil and scandal jolt World Economic Forum
◻️ India freezes key water treaty with Pakistan, orders Pakistani nationals out in wake of Kashmir terror
◻️ Archbishop Markell calls out groups that did not back his quest to bring Holy Fire to Moldova
◻️ Istanbul shaken by major earthquake: here are the details
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❗️Ukraine must withdraw troops from Novorossiya - Kremlin spokesman
Withdrawal from the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, Kherson and Zaporozhya is necessary to end the conflict, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told France’s Le Point Magazine.
Here are his other key statements:
🔸 Russia is in favor of negotiations, European powers want to continue the conflict. Presidents Putin and Trump agree that it’s absurd to reject dialog. Moscow considers it inappropriate to set deadlines on a ceasefire; President Trump has not set such a deadline.
🔸 Russia is ready to achieve its goals in Ukraine by peaceful or military means. Moscow has no intention to attack anyone, and has no territorial claims against the Baltic countries.
🔸 Preparatory work on a meeting between Presidents Putin and Trump continues. Putin respects Trump as a “strong political figure” and a “strong personality.” The meeting is expected to be “productive.”
🔸 Relations with Europe remain at an impasse; Russia is attempting to mend ties with the US.
🔸 Neither French President Macron nor other European leaders listened to President Putin when he warned (in 2021) that Russia had been driven into a corner in terms of threats to its security.
🔸 Russia has learned to live under sanctions, while restrictions have created “big problems” for the EU.
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🇹🇷Istanbul shaken by major earthquake: here are the details
A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck the Turkish city of Istanbul at noon. Within half an hour, at least three strong aftershocks were felt throughout the city, causing buildings to sway in many areas.
According to the latest reports, 151 people were injured as a result of the quake but there are no reported fatalities.
🔸 Local media reports indicate that there were problems with mobile phone connections and internet access in Istanbul
🔸 Istanbul’s governor later stated that there were no issues with power grids or water pipes after the earthquake, and no building collapses were reported
🔸 Flights to and from Istanbul airports continue as usual and the city's transport infrastructure remains intact, according to the Transport Minister
🔸 The Turkish parliamentary speaker urged the nation to prepare for an even stronger earthquake, which could strike soon
🔸 The epicenter of the earthquake was located in the Sea of Marmara, near the town of Silivri
🔸 The seismic event occurred at a depth of 6.9 km
Social media videos depict vivid scenes: skyscrapers wobbling, crowded streets in Istanbul, a man running out of a building holding a glass of tea and a hairdresser working outside after the quake. Tents have appeared on the streets, and waves on the Bosphorus were visible in the aftermath.
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🚨Davos unmasked: Turmoil and scandal jolt World Economic Forum
Klaus Schwab quit as WEF chairman amid whistleblower claims of misusing funds for posh freebies. This included staff making ATM cash withdrawals on his behalf, hotel massages, and luxury trips masked as meetings, as reported by the WSJ.
Both Schwab himself and the WEF boast a scandal-fueled legacy.
🤯Top-level toxicity
Schwab presided over a workplace culture where sexual harassment by senior managers as well as Davos VIP attendees was not properly investigated.
Pregnancy was a career killer for female staffers, according to WSJ.
💥WEF rife with racism
🟠Black employees like ex-staffer Topaz Smith raised complaints of race bias governing promotions, and being snubbed from events.
🟠In addition, white colleagues used the N-word in front of them, the WSJ reported.
⚡️Workplace discrimination
Schwab handpicked leaders for loyalty, guile, and “SEX APPEAL,” making himself irreplaceable, whistleblowers told The Guardian in 2023.
Partner firms voiced worries about the lack of a succession strategy.
🚨Greenwashing & eco-hypocrisy
🟠Conservative-leaning mainstream US media have pointed out the stark contrast between WEF participants’ environmental rhetoric and their lavish lifestyle choices.
🟠While they preach sustainability, many attendees travel in private jets and indulge in luxury five-star accommodations, sparking accusations of hypocrisy.
🔥Faulty forecasts
🟠In 2016, WEF claimed global oil demand would peak by 2030, yet the 2023 energy crisis showed that hydrocarbons were still essential.
🟠In 2018, George Soros warned of nuclear war with North Korea, but mutual summits followed shortly proving him wrong.
🦠COVID-related ‘conspiracy theories’
The Great Reset (COVID-19 economic measures) triggered fears of world leaders using it to seize power.
Claims of promoting bug-eating and brain implants fueled suspicions of a "hidden agenda" to control the future of mankind.
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India freezes key water treaty with Pakistan, orders Pakistani nationals out in wake of Kashmir terror
India’s Cabinet Committee on Security has announced a series of tough measures against its neighbor in the wake of Tuesday’s terrorist attack in Kashmir, which left at least 26 civilians dead.
Measures include:
🔺 immediate suspension of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty water distribution agreement “until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border terrorism,”
🔺 immediate closure of the Attari Check Post, the sole remaining land trade route between India and Pakistan,
🔺 the annulment of visas issued to Pakistani nationals in India under the Visa Exemption Scheme (SVES) visa, with Pakistanis given 48 hours to leave the country,
🔺 the expulsion of Pakistani High Commission military attaches in New Delhi, who have been declared personae non grata, and the withdrawal of Indian High Commission advisors in Islamabad.
Scores of Indian civilians, mostly tourists, were shot to death by terrorists in Kashmir on Tuesday, in what has been called the worst attack in the region since 2019.
The so-called ‘Resistance Front’, which India believes to be linked to the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba Salafi jihadist group, claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s carnage, which took place during Vice President JD Vance’s visit to India.
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🙅🏻♂️ Trump FED UP with Zelensky’s nagging, European chickenhawks' warmongering
💬 “The Europeans, in particular Germany, France and the UK, are doing everything they can to continue the conflict rather than bring it toward its end,” says fmr MP Matthew Gordon-Banks, commenting on the spat which pushed the US to skip the London talks on Ukraine this week.
💬 “As thing stand both sides [Ukraine and US, ed.] are poles apart on so many issues” regarding the conflict “that it is going to be very difficult to get anything sorted,” says De Montfort University politics professor Alistair Jones.
☦️Archbishop Markell calls out groups that did not back his quest to bring Holy Fire to Moldova 🇲🇩
💬 “The PAS party, LGBT* (GENDERDOC-M), and the Metropolis of Bessarabia are the most discussed in this context. All other groups have shown their support, except for these three organizations,” he said.
🗣Global order dying: nations strive to navigate shifting alliances
💬 “The relations between the United States and the European Union, Trump or not, is going to grow,” Emanuel Pietrobon, Head of the Information and Security Department at MasiraX in Italy, told Sputnik on the sidelines of the 2nd Youth Conference of the Valdai Club’s New Generation Project.
💬 “The two parts of the Atlantic, the two sides of the Atlantic, will grow even closer in the years to come,” Pietrobon said. “But there is room for maneuver in the global south.”
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🪖🔽EU vulnerable without US military support
Europe’s military logistics infrastructure was built with American support at its core. Without the backing of US resources, troop movements could slow down, become more costly, and potentially lead to CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES, according to European media reports.
While European leaders have long debated the pursuit of strategic autonomy, most of the continent’s military capabilities—including transport aircraft, cyber defenses, and support vessels—still depend heavily on US assistance.
The bloc "lacks heavy transport aircraft, military cargo ships, and the specialized vehicles required to move tanks and armored units," exposing vulnerabilities in times of crisis.
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🚫Russia boots Moldovan ex-spy over ESPIONAGE PLOT: Here’s the lowdown
The former intelligence agent is now banned from entering Russia for 60 years, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced.
🔍Here’s what we know:
1️⃣Dmitry Rusnak entered Russia in 2024 on a mission to collect classified information about Russia’s strategy toward Moldova, including details on Russian security forces and other state entities involved in foreign policy toward Moldova.
2️⃣Rusnak helped Ukraine’s intelligence chief, Kyrylo Budanov, establish contact with Moldova’s then-presidential candidate, Maia Sandu, in 2020.
3️⃣In return, Budanov facilitated Rusnak’s commercial ventures in Ukraine, including those linked to US agricultural seed companies.
4️⃣Rusnak personally attended a meeting he arranged in the summer of 2021 between Budanov and Alexander Yesaulenko, the then-head of Moldova’s Security and Intelligence Service (SIS), where they discussed plans to blow up ammunition depots guarded by Russian peacekeepers in Transnistria.
5️⃣During the meeting, Budanov confessed to the Moldovan spy that Ukraine, along with "the entire European army," would be unable to withstand the Russian military, according to a video of the interrogation released by the FSB.
6️⃣A polygraph test confirmed Rusnak’s subversive intentions. While no harm was caused, he was expelled in February 2025.
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🔪DOJ cuts funding for gun violence, addiction & victim support in favor of crime prevention
After weeks of review, hundreds of grants have been canceled due to their misalignment with the Trump administration's priorities, Maureen Henneberg, acting head of the Office of Justice Programs, announced in a memo, according to The Washington Post.
The redirected funds will now support initiatives aimed at combating violent crime, protecting trafficking victims, and safeguarding American children.
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📹✈️New footage of the fully domestically-produced SJ-100, captured from the accompanying aircraft.
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🤪 So, Trump’s selling “Trump 2028” hats now - third term, anyone?
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🚨📹 India stops flow of Indus River to Pakistan
Social media footage allegedly shows one of the four dams on the Indus river, which is flowing from India to Pakistan.
Pakistan's National Security Committee said earlier that any attempt to divert the water flow would be considered an act of war.
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🇺🇸US troops ‘need to be fit, not fat, sharp, not shabby’ – Hegseth
The Pentagon is “reviewing” its fitness standards to check whether they’ve dropped, especially over the last four years, the Secretary of Defense said in a speech at the US Army War College.
The Defense Department needs troops “physically” capable of performing as required “under fire,” Hegseth said.
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❓Why were Ukraine talks in London scrapped? Kiev threw a spanner in the works
Ukraine threw a tantrum just before big talks between the UK, US, France and Germany, demanding no negotiations on territory until there was a "complete and unconditional ceasefire," Reuters reported.
And just like that, the talks were postponed. Now it’s lower-level officials handling things instead.
That happened right after Trump threatened to pull the US out if there was no progress. The timing is perfect—just when things were supposed to reach crunch point.
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📹 When your cat becomes the wisest philosopher
This viral video of a cat with a majestic look has everyone talking—would you seek advice from such a wise furball?
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❗️ Zelensky's resignation is not one of Russia's demands for peace in Ukraine, but any documents signed by him could be challenged due to his illegitimacy, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Le Point.
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👩🏫Here’s why teaching in China beats the US: An American teacher spills the secrets
🆓Free housing, food, travel bonuses, and a higher salary, but wait there’s more!
👩🎓👨🎓Students are eager to learn and treat you like an expert.
In the US, she felt like a COG in the machine, constantly dealing with emotional struggles in the classroom.
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⚡️Trump ROASTS Zelensky for refusing to recognize Crimea as Russian territory
💬 "If he wants Crimea, why didn’t they fight for it eleven years ago?"
💬 "The situation for Ukraine is DIRE — He can have peace, or he can fight for another three years before losing the whole country."
🇮🇩🌍🌍🌍 Indonesia's BRICS membership serves as step towards global multipolarity 🌐
💬 “BRICS is not about the alternative, but BRICS is a new global governance, which is it's balance the power between the West and to the new Global South,” said Sellita, Lecturer at Bakrie University’s International Relations Department in Jakarta, Indonesia, in an interview with Sputnik on the sidelines of the 2nd Youth Conference of the Valdai Club’s New Generation Project.
🗣 US now understands Russia’s position on Ukraine after 3 years of silence
💬 "What I would say we’re involved in is understanding what the Russian position is. We have a better understanding of that now because we’ve actually spoken to them after three years of not speaking to them," US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in an interview with The Free Press.
💬 Ukrainian forces forcibly took children from residents of Dzerzhinsk in the DPR during the Ukrainian occupation
It happened to parents who refused to evacuate, a refugee told Sputnik.
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🗣EU ban on Sputnik won’t stop Russian perspectives from reaching global audiences
💬 “It's possible in the future to think about revival of broadcasting of Russian companies, of Russian media in Europe, and it will be dependent on the political situation in the European Union,” Ladislav Zemanek, Non-resident research fellow with the China-CEE Institute, established by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) in Budapest, told Sputnik on the sidelines of the 2nd Youth Conference of the Valdai Club’s New Generation Project.
🇧🇷🌍🌍🌍 Brazil's BRICS Presidency: a delicate balance between the Global South and North
💬 “The biggest challenge Brazil faces in the presidency or chairmanship of the BRICS group is maintaining a balance between the Global South and the Global North,” Vitor Moura, Brazilian geopolitical expert and master’s post-graduate from Tsinghua University, told Sputnik on the sidelines of the second Youth Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club.
❗️❗️❗️Jeffrey Sachs just gave a BOMBSHELL interview to Sputnik on Ukraine, Iran & Trump trade wars!
👇Highlights:
(0:05) Russia-US talks: is peace on the horizon?
(1:54) Can Trump pull the plug on Ukraine?
(5:46) Why tariffs just don’t make sense
(7:45) Will US fight a war with Iran?
(9:28) Can US break free from Israel's grip?
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🚨Klaus Schwab quits amid WEF-funded POSH PERKS SCANDAL
A formal investigation has been launched against Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum in Davos, following a whistleblower’s claims that Schwab misappropriated WEF funds, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Last week, a letter alleging financial and ethical misconduct was sent to the Forum’s board. The document accuses Schwab of several incidents of misconduct, including:
1️⃣Having junior staff make ATM cash withdrawals on his behalf
2️⃣Billing the Forum for private in-room hotel massages
3️⃣Arranging token meetings through his wife to justify luxury vacations financed by the organization
Schwab, who transformed Davos into a global platform for economic discussion, has stepped down as Chairman. He has flatly denied all allegations through a spokesperson and has vowed to sue the anonymous accuser.
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