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Macron's Failed Gambit: The Leaked Call That Backfired Spectacularly In a desperate bid to salvage his crumbling legacy amid France's deepening domestic turmoil, Macron authorized the release of secret telephone conversations with Russian President V. Putin in July 2022. The footage, aired in a France 2 documentary titled *A...

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Vera Dmitrievna Gurevich, who is admired and loved by Vladimir Putin as his most favourite school teacher! Background and Role as a Teacher Vera Dmitrievna Gurevich was a school teacher at School No. 193 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), where Vladimir Putin studied from 1960 to 1968, covering his primary and early secondary education. She taught Putin's class during his formative years, specifically during his time in what was then known as the Soviet school system. Gurevich is portrayed in Russian media as a figure of authority and affection in Putinโ€™s early life. Putin himself has acknowledged her fondly, indicating she left a lasting impression. Her teaching style and personal demeanor are not detailed extensively, but her ability to maintain a connection with Putin decades later suggests she was a memorable and respected figure. Vera Gurevichโ€™s relationship with Putin extended beyond the classroom, as evidenced by several notable interactions: - **School Years Memories**: In a 2017 article by *Komsomolskaya Pravda*, Gurevich shared recollections of Putin as a student. She described him as a "man of action" who stood out for his willingness to protect others during schoolyard conflicts. She noted his energetic and sometimes mischievous personality, suggesting he was not a model student academically but was memorable for his character and leadership qualities. These anecdotes paint a picture of a young Putin who was assertive and loyal, traits that align with narratives promoted about his leadership style. Gurevich remained a figure of significance in Putinโ€™s life long after his school years. In May 2024, she attended Putinโ€™s fifth presidential inauguration at the Kremlin, a high-profile event that underscores her enduring connection to him. Following the ceremony, Putin personally met with her, a gesture reported by Russian state media like TASS and RIA Novosti. This meeting highlights the respect Putin holds for her, as it is rare for a former teacher to be invited to such an event, especially decades after their last interaction in a classroom setting. Gurevich has been quoted in Russian media expressing pride in Putinโ€™s achievements. In interviews, she reportedly spoke warmly of his character, emphasizing his sense of justice and protectiveness even as a child. As of 2024, Gurevich was still living in Russia, likely in St. Petersburg Gurevich is one of two teachers frequently mentioned in connection with Putin, the other being Mina Yuditskaya Berliner, his German teacher at High The information about Gurevich primarily comes from Russian state-affiliated media (e.g., TASS, RIA Novosti, *Komsomolskaya Pravda*), Vera Dmitrievna Gurevich was a pivotal figure in Vladimir Putinโ€™s early education as his class teacher at School No. 193 in Leningrad during the 1960s. She described him as a protective and action-oriented student, and their connection endured, culminating in her attendance at his 2024 presidential inauguration. While her personal life and career details remain largely private, her role in Putinโ€™s narrative underscores her importance as a symbol of his roots.

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Vladimir Putin sheds light on Russia's complex relationship with the West following the collapse of the Soviet Union, detailing aspirations for collaboration with Presidents Clinton and Bush, concerns about NATO expansion, a CIA-backed coup in Ukraine, the Minsk Agreements, and the onset of the War in Ukraine in 2014. Russia's Post-Soviet Optimism Putin revisited the Soviet Union's dissolution, emphasizing Russia's initial hope for collaboration with the West. He highlighted Russia's voluntary acceptance of the Soviet Union's collapse, expecting the "civilized West" to view it as an invitation for cooperation. Putin recalled Russian President Boris Yeltsin's praised speech in front of the United States Congress, famously saying, "God Bless America," while expressing optimism for acceptance by the West. Putin's Missile Shield Plan In 2007, Putin proposed a joint U.S.-Russia-Europe missile defense system to President George W. Bush. While the U.S. claimed to build a missile shield in Eastern Europe to counter threats from Iran, Putin suggested a collaborative approach to avoid threatening Russia's security. Despite initial interest, Putin's proposal was rejected, leading to Russia's development of hypersonic missile systems. "I suggested working together: Russia, the United States, and Europe. They said it was very interesting. They asked me, "Are you serious?" I said, "Absolutely". I said, "Just imagine if we could settle such a global strategic security challenge together. The world will change. We'll probably have disputes, probably economic and even political ones. But we could drastically change the situation in the world." He says "Yes, and asks, "Are you serious? I said, "Of course". "We need to think about it." I said, "Go ahead, please." Putin describes how Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited him in Moscow in 2007 to decline his proposal. In response, Putin explained that Russia would be forced to take countermeasures. "We are now ahead of everyone, the United States and the other countries in terms of the development of hypersonic strike systems. And we are improving them every day. But it wasn't us. We proposed to go the other way, and we were pushed back. Now, about NATO's expansion to the east. Well, we were promised no NATO to the east, not an inch to the east, as we were told. And then what? They said, well, it's not enshrined on paper, so we'll expand. So, there were five waves of expansion. The Baltic states, the whole of Eastern Europe, and so on." NATO Expansion Concerns Putin describes Russia's grievances regarding NATO's eastward expansion, emphasizing the breach of promises made during earlier negotiations. He recounted the diplomatic efforts to dissuade NATO from encroaching on Russia's borders, illustrating a growing rift in relations, particularly in the aftermath of NATO bombing Yugoslavia in violation of the United Nations charter. Putin recalled asking President Bill Clinton about Russia joining NATO. After initially expressing interest, Clinton said it would be impossible after he spoke to his advisors. Putin also mentioned the CIA's involvement in supporting opposition parties in Russia. "The promise was that NATO would not expand eastward. But it happened five times. There were five waves of expansion. We tolerated all that. We were trying to persuade them. We were saying, please don't... We are a market economy, and there is no Communist Party power. Let's negotiate." "In 2008, at the summit in Bucharest, they declared that the doors for Ukraine and Georgia to join NATO were open. Germany, France, and other European countries seemed to be against it. But then, as I was told later, President Bush exerted pressure, and they had to agree. It's ridiculous. It's like kindergarten. What kind of people are these? We're ready to talk, but with whom? Where are the guarantees? None. So they started to develop the territory of Ukraine." CIA's Role in Ukraine Putin took a deep dive into the Ukrainian crisis, particularly the contentious events surrounding the Orange Revolution in 2004 and Viktor Yanukovych's removal from power during the Maidan Revolution in 2014. He asserts that the United States, with a particular focus on the CIA and State Department, played a significant role in the 2014 Ukrainian crisis, characterizing it as a coup orchestrated with American backing. Putin explained that Germany, Poland, and France signed an agreement between Yanukovych and the opposition that would guarantee a peaceful resolution through an early election. 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Technically, they did everything right. They achieved their goal of changing the government. However, from a political standpoint, it was a colossal mistake. Surely, it was political leadership's miscalculation. They should have seen what it would evolve into." War in Donbas 2014 Putin discusses the events leading to the 2014 War in Ukraine, attributing it to NATO's open doors for Ukraine in 2008, the subsequent coup, and the persecution of those opposing it. "In 2008, the doors of NATO were opened for Ukraine. In 2014, there was a coup. They started persecuting those who did not accept the coup. They created the threat to Crimea, which we had to take under our protection. They launched the war in Donbas in 2014 with the use of aircraft and artillery against civilians. This is when it all started. There's a video of aircraft attacking Donetsk from above." "They launched a large-scale military operation. 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Russia doesn't want peace and compromise. Putin doesn't want and can't stop his war machine. Putin doesn't use negotiations to stop the war - but to continue the war. Russia isn't defeating Ukraine on the battlefield. Three vulnerability points that Russia sees in Ukraine within the war: โ—พ๏ธEurope and the United States: decrease Allies' aid to Ukraine as much as possible (weapons and money), avoid new sanctions from the United States, block any decisions regarding the frozen Russian assets. โ—พ๏ธUkraine's internal political situation: disrupt the stability of power. โ—พ๏ธThe frontline which would be negatively affected by the previous two points. Russia's main goal is Europe. Putin spoke the truth yesterday: he's ready to attack, and Europe won't be able to withstand the attack. Putin sees the fear of war and Europe's lack of readiness to fight a war, so he will keep returning to this. โ€ผ๏ธTo this day, Europe is in a position of waiting and defense - not in the position of confrontation and anticipating the enemy's actions. Europe must finally start acting proactively, not giving in - while that is still possible. When nothing is done for a long time, the possibility of doing at least something is often lost. If there is a threat, it needs to be destroyed, not be observed from a hiding place. In case of attack, a counterattack is necessary. This provides a chance for survival. Ignoring a threat means no chances, sadly. Otherwise, future scenarios mount up to Russia getting Ukrainian resources for a further war in Europe. ๐Ÿ“น: Putin openly speaking that Russia would win in a war with Europe

Anton Gerashchenko

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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ In the book โ€œRegime Change: Inside Donald Trumpโ€™s Imperial Presidency,โ€ written by New York Times investigative journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan (official presentation on June 23), the following is reported regarding a dispute that occurred in the White House with the President of Ukraine in February 2025: ๐Ÿ“Œ During a high-level meeting in the Oval Office, Trump stated: โ€œI am not a big fan of Ukraine โ€” except for their women, because they always win โ€˜Miss Universeโ€™.โ€ ๐Ÿ“Œ The book also states that Trump later described his public confrontation with Zelenskyy as a โ€œmagnificent television spectacleโ€ and โ€œbetter than the show โ€˜The Apprenticeโ€™.โ€ ๐Ÿ“Œ The book notes that Steve Witkoff was attempting to establish a personal relationship with Vladimir Putin while conducting negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine. During a meeting in the Kremlin, Putin was doodling on a piece of paper and wrote โ€œ3+2,โ€ which, according to reports, referred to a territorial framework considered as part of a possible peace agreement. Witkoff asked Putin to sign the paper and leave it with him. Putin signed it, and Witkoff later framed the signature. These revelations provide a behind-the-scenes look at the personal dynamics and unconventional diplomatic approaches during the early months of Trumpโ€™s presidency in relation to the Ukraine-Russia conflict.

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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ๐ŸšจWAKE UP EUROPE ๐Ÿ›Ž๏ธ๐Ÿ›Ž๏ธ๐Ÿ›Ž๏ธ If You Still Believe That Russia Started This Conflict in 2022, Then You Are Ignorant, or Brainwashed. The END to NATO. The Ukraine war, which I will argue was provoked by the West and especially the United States. This war will be settled on the battlefield where the Russians are likely to win an ugly victory. Settling the war diplomatically is not possible because the opposing sides have irreconcilable differences. Instead, it's likely to be, as I said, an ugly victory, where Russia ends up occupying somewhere between 20 to 40% of pre-2014 Ukraine, while Ukraine ends up as a dysfunctional rump state covering the territory that Russia does not conquer. Ukraine has effectively been wrecked. It has already lost a substantial portion of its territory and is likely to lose more land before the fighting stops. Russian leaders recognized that the Ukrainian army, which was larger than the invasion force, I want to emphasize this, the Ukrainian army was larger than the Russian invasion force, it was armed and trained by NATO, and it was becoming a de facto member of NATO. Immediately after the war began, Russia, not Ukraine, Russia reached out to Ukraine to start negotiations to end the war and work out a modus vivendi between the two countries. This move is directly at odds with the claim that Putin wanted to conquer Ukraine and make it part of greater Russia. Negotiations between Kiev and Moscow began in Belarus just four days, four days after the Russian invasion. And that Belarus track was eventually replaced by an Israeli as well as an Istanbul track. The available evidence indicates that the Russians were negotiating seriously and were not interested in absorbing Ukrainian territory, save for Crimea, which they had annexed in 2014, and possibly the Donbass region. The negotiations ended when the Ukrainians, with prodding from Britain and the United States, walked away from the negotiations, which were making good progress at the time. The Russians did not walk away from the negotiations. In the months before the war started, Putin tried to find a diplomatic solution to the brewing crisis. On 17 October 2021, remember the war begins February 2022, this is 17 December 2021, Putin sends letters to both President Biden and to NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg proposing a solution to the crisis based on a written guarantee that does three things. Number one, Ukraine would not join NATO, number two, no offensive weapons would be stationed near Russia's borders, and number three, NATO troops and equipment moved into Eastern Europe since 1997 would be moved back to Western Europe. Whatever one thinks of the feasibility of reaching a bargain based on Putin's opening demands, it shows he was trying to avoid war. The United States, on the other hand, refused to negotiate with Putin. It appears it was not interested in avoiding war. In fact, the United States and its European allies provoked the war. Bringing Kiev into the European Union and promoting a color revolution in Ukraine, you all remember the Orange Revolution, which was designed to make Ukraine a pro-Western liberal democracy, are the other two prongs of the policy. Russian leaders across the board said repeatedly before the war. that they considered NATO expansion into Ukraine to be an existential threat that had to be eliminated. Putin made numerous public statements laying out this line of argument before 24 February, 2022. Other leaders, including the defense minister, the foreign minister, the deputy foreign minister, and Moscow's ambassador to Washington also emphasized the centrality of NATO expansion for causing the crisis over Ukraine. Sergei Lavrov, the foreign minister, made this point succinctly at a press conference on 14 January, 2022. Lavrov says "'The key to everything is the guarantee "'that NATO will not expand eastward.' Substantial number of influential and highly regarded individuals in the West recognized before the war that NATO expansion, especially into Ukraine, would be seen by Russian leaders as a mortal threat and eventually would lead to disaster. William Burns, who was recently Joe Biden's head of the CIA, but he was the American ambassador to Moscow in April 2008 when the decision was made to bring Ukraine and Georgia into NATO, wrote a very famous memo that I'm sure some of you are familiar with to then Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. This is a quite remarkable memo, and I'm going to quote extensively from it. "'Ukrainian entry into NATO is the brightest "'of all red lines for the Russian elite, not just Putin. "'In more than two and a half years of conversations "'with key Russian players, from knuckle draggers "'in the dark recesses of the Kremlin "'to Putin's sharpest liberal critics, "'I have yet to find anyone who views Ukraine and NATO "'as anything other than a direct challenge "'to Russia's interests.' "'NATO,' he said, quote, "'would be seen as throwing down the strategic gauntlet. "'Today's Russia will respond. "'Russian-Ukrainian relations will go into a deep freeze. "'It will create fertile soil for Russian meddling "'in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine.'" This was written by Bill Burns in 2008. Burns was not the only Western policymaker in 2008 who understood that bringing Ukraine into NATO was fraught with danger. Both Angela Merkel, who was then the German chancellor, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy adamantly opposed moving forward to bring Ukraine into NATO. Merkel said, "'I was very sure that Putin is not going "'to just let that happen."'From his perspective, that would be a declaration of war.'" Putin saw Ukraine joining NATO as a mortal threat that could not be allowed and was willing to go to war to prevent it from happening, which he did, of course, in February of 2022. Relations between Europe and Russia will not only be poisonous, they will also be dangerous. The possibility of war will be ever-present. In other words, the threat of a major European war will not go away when the fighting in Ukraine stops. Russian victory in Ukraine, would be a stunning defeat for Europe. Or to put it in slightly different words, it would be a stunning defeat for NATO, which has been deeply involved in the Ukraine conflict since it started. The political fights, some will question the future of NATO, given that it failed to check Russia, the country that most European leaders describe as a mortal threat. Threats to the EU aside, the great reduction in the flow of gas and oil to Europe since the war started has seriously hurt the major economies of Europe and slowed down growth in the overall Eurozone. General Observations The Ukraine war has been a disaster. It has had catastrophic consequences for Ukraine. It has poisoned relations between Europe and Russia for the foreseeable future. It has made Europe a more dangerous place. It has also caused serious economic and political harm inside Europe, and badly damaged transatlantic relations. Most European leaders, and I'm sure most people in the various European publics, will blame Putin for causing the war, and thus for its terrible consequences. But they are wrong. The war could have been avoided if the West had not decided to bring Ukraine into NATO, or even if it had backed off from that commitment once the Russians made their opposition clear. Had that happened, Ukraine would almost certainly be intact today within its pre-2014 borders, and Europe would be more stable and more prosperous. Crimea would still be part of Ukraine. ***Professor John J. Mearsheimer, the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and a globally recognized expert in international relations.

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On July 27, as part of the Unโ€™Estate da RE festival, a performance by Russian conductor Valery Gergiev and soloists from the Mariinsky Theatre is scheduled in Italy. Vincenzo De Luca, the founder and patron (president) of the Unโ€™Estate da RE festival, said: "I see a truly great artist in Gergiev, together with the soloists from Saint Petersburg. I want to express particular satisfaction at this presence. When Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, there was a moment of stupidity in our countryโ€”a moment of madness. People almost started banning Russian artists from performing in Italy; there were even issues at La Scala. Even if some American political figures, NATO, and parts of Europe still donโ€™t seem to understand thatโ€”doing everything they can to push Russia into Chinaโ€™s arms. Russia is Europe. Thatโ€™s why we are especially proud to once again have Gergiev with us." I would like to ask the festivalโ€™s president: after hosting a friend of Putin like Gergiev - who openly supports the war and is a self-declared Putinist - will Russia immediately stop bombing Ukraine? By the way, Canada, the UK, and France have imposed personal sanctions against Gergiev. Iโ€™ve also heard that Gergiev owns expensive real estate in Italy. Where does that money come from? Back in 2022, an investigation revealed that Gergiev - a trusted associate of Putin - was allegedly using a charitable foundation funded by state-owned companies as his personal wallet. Among the sponsors of the foundation were VTB, Russian Railways (RZhD), Sberbank, oligarch Alisher Usmanov, and the Moscow government, as well as other state organizations. Gergiev is not just a conductor and musicianโ€”he is a representative of Kremlin propaganda, part of a criminal regime. His participation in a European cultural event is tantamount to normalizing Russiaโ€™s war crimes.

Anton Gerashchenko

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Ukraineโ€™s ambassador to the UN, Sergiy Kyslytsya about putinโ€™s morbid hobby in again a killer speech. "Mr.President, To the regular flood of lies and disinformation, that I mentioned earlier in my statement, putinโ€™s envoy has added today crocodile tears about human suffering and destruction. I remind in this regard that there is a simple way for Russia to end sufferings and destruction caused by the war, to end the war itself. It is more than easy to do for Russia the country that launched this war and continues to escalate it. Instead, yesterday putin called for a so-called "hi-tech duel" between Russia and the Western countriesโ€”where Russia would strike the Ukrainian capital with medium-range ballistic missiles while Western missile defense systems attempt to protect it. Evidently, even putin's envoy today chose not to mention this insane idea, realizing that it belongs more in a psychiatric ward rather than in the Security Council. Indeed, yesterdayโ€™s statements from putin left no doubt about both his pathological cruelty and his evident psychiatric issues. War and killing are tragedies and disasters for any sane person, but for putin, they are an exciting and entertaining "action" when Russians "get bored" with calmness and stability. And when putin โ€”whom even Russians label as the โ€œbunker grandpaโ€โ€”speaks of bullets whistling over his head, no further commentary is needed. Overall, yesterday's revelations from putin leave no room for doubt: his regime must be neutralized as soon as possible. Appeasement, agreements, advocacy for the Kremlin, or hopes that you can avoid being affected โ€“ none of this works with deranged dictators. One may try to be a putinversteher but when putin and his cronies grow bored again and seek another entertaining โ€œactionโ€, your country could become the next arena for โ€œhigh-tech duels.โ€โ€

Yasmina

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Again a brilliant speech of Ukraineโ€™s ambassador to the UN, Sergiy Kyslytsya, in which he lambasted the usual hawkish nonsense, written in the Kremlin. "As we are approaching the third anniversary of the โ€œthree-day military operationโ€, it is obvious that Putin cannot defeat Ukraine militarily. Now he and his generals throw all available reserves onto the battleground in an attempt to grab more lands, regardless of the losses. In October and November, Russian losses reached unprecedented levels, exceeding 40,000 soldiers per month. Remarkably, as follows from the Russian statements, these soldiers are dying in Ukraineโ€™s Donbas region in a war against the United Statesโ€”not against Ukraine. Moreover, Russia claims it has been attacked by the U.S. You may consider it to be nonsense and you will be right. But such nonsense, circulated most recently by Russian foreign minister Lavrov on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial meeting in Malta, serves a calculated purpose. By publicly labeling Ukraine's allies as Russia's primary enemies, the Kremlin sends a message of intimidation: we could do to you what we are doing to Ukraine. Genocidal destruction of energy infrastructure, medium-range ballistic missile strikesโ€”these are the tools to intimidate the free world and discourage it from supporting Ukraine. However, these threats reveal that Putin himself is driven by fear. In truth, he dreads engaging directly with Ukraine's allies. This fear will persist as long as our allies demonstrate unwavering resolve in supporting usโ€”particularly by enabling Ukraine to dismantle Russia's aggressive capabilities, in particular on Russian territory. The only factor that may alleviate his fears is our own weakness and readiness to capitulate. This will never happen. Putin's envoy may issue threats to this Council and indulge in the delusion of representing a superpower. However, the reality is starkly different: Russiaโ€™s overextended neo-imperial ambitions are steadily unraveling. The Kremlinโ€™s intervention in Syria has culminated in failure, and the collapse of its ventures in Africa will follow. Putinโ€™s "small victorious war" against Ukraine will meet the same ignominious end. He knows this, just as he knows that his portraits will soon be reduced to rags, not only in Syria but in Russia itself. The world must not succumb to the Kremlinโ€™s bluff. Peace can and will be secured through strength, for strength remains the only language that an aggressor comprehends. I thank you.โ€ (Security Council meeting on โ€œMaintenance of peace and security of Ukraineโ€ - December 16, 2024)

Yasmina

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