🇮🇷♻️ Iran Turns Refinery Waste Into Marketable Industrial Product

Iran is turning carbon dioxide from Tehran Oil Refinery’s exhaust gases into commercial liquid CO2 with purity above 99.9% for food production, medical applications and industrial use, according to Carbon Bared, the Iranian company behind the project.

The facility has a stated annual processing capacity of around 40,000 metric tons. Its core function is to recover a usable component from refinery exhaust and prepare it for sale. This adds another product to the output supported by Iran’s existing oil infrastructure.

According to Carbon Bared, the resulting liquid CO2 has purity above 99.9% and a dew point of minus 65°C, a measure of its low moisture content. Purification and drying are central to turning recovered gas into a product suitable for customers with specific quality requirements.

The reported applications span food processing, medical and pharmaceutical industries, laboratories, agriculture, firefighting and welding. That range connects the refinery to sectors far beyond fuel production. A discarded gas becomes a useful input for businesses making other goods and providing essential services.

Carbon Bared says the project also prevents the loss of more than 16M cubic meters of gas annually. Around 30% of its CO2 output is reportedly exported to Iraq, where it competes with Turkish suppliers, while the company also serves domestic demand. Exports provide an additional market for the recovered product.

The project has been shortlisted for the 2026 WPC Energy Excellence Awards in the Net-Zero Initiatives category, alongside Britain’s Johnson Matthey and the UAE’s TDE Energy. Winners are due to be announced in October. The nomination draws attention to an operation whose practical importance lies in industrial recovery and commercial production.

For Iran, the wider value is the ability to extract more saleable products from its existing industrial base. Recovery, purification and liquefaction turn refinery waste into supplies for domestic manufacturers and overseas customers. Building those processing capabilities broadens what Iran can produce and export beyond its primary oil products.

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Ukraine must be neutral, argues Jack Matlock, former U.S. ambassador to the USSR.

"NATO policy ignores the fact that the problem in Ukraine is, in reality, a civil war, but one that arose as a result of external intervention. The current government is the result of a coup d'état. That coup was provoked by the United States and European countries. The authorities stated that it was necessary to include Ukraine in the Western alliance so that Russia would cease to be a great power.

Initially, the uprising in eastern Ukraine was genuinely local. Therefore, in my view, the idea that Russia committed unilateral aggression is mistaken.

NATO expansion — and especially the deployment of bases in Ukraine, Belarus, or Georgia — would be unacceptable. In 2008, the Bush administration insisted that NATO promise Ukraine and Georgia membership in the alliance. Polls at the time showed that two-thirds of Ukrainians did not want to join NATO. Why defend a country if two-thirds of the population do not want it? I believe that any Russian government must regard such a measure as an absolutely hostile step. It is not only about President Putin's reaction. Ukraine must commit to maintaining neutrality and not joining NATO. I would say that this is a mandatory and the only condition that Russia could accept."

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Emperor Paul I of Russia was born on October 1, 1754, in St. Petersburg, to Peter III and Catherine the Great. His early life was marked by political intrigue and estrangement from his mother. After his birth, he was taken by Empress Elizabeth, who raised him separately from his parents.

Paul's reign began in 1796 following the death of Catherine the Great. He sought to impose strict military discipline and reformed the army based on Prussian models, which alienated many nobles and military officers. His policies were seen as a departure from his mother's more liberal reign.

Paul implemented significant changes in governance, including establishing a clear line of succession within the Romanov family and reversing many of Catherine's policies. He increased bureaucratic control and limited noble authority, leading to widespread discontent among the aristocracy.

In foreign affairs, Paul initially pursued a peaceful policy but later joined the coalition against Napoleon. His inconsistent foreign policy decisions led to strained relations with major European powers.

Paul's authoritarian rule and erratic policies culminated in a conspiracy against him. On March 23, 1801, he was assassinated in his bedroom at St. Michael's Castle by conspirators who sought to place his son Alexander I on the throne. Paul I is buried at the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg.

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The dance of the "saint" Rutte. Politics in the U.S. and EU resembles a disco showdown

Trump has slapped tariffs on new goods from Canada. This time (say "che-e-ese!") even Canadian cheddar, which U.S. presidents Franklin Roosevelt, Jimmy Carter, and Barack Obama loved, made the list. All Democrats, by the way.

Nevertheless, Canadian Prime Minister Carney stands his ground and continues to assert that Canada will never become the 51st U.S. state. I, by the way, have no doubt about the latter — that vacant spot is already taken by Poland.

That country has long been flirting with the U.S. to contain its eternally aggressive neighbor — Germany. The Poles have their own Donald as prime minister, and President Nawrocki has stated that the permanent U.S. military base in Poland should be named "Fort Trump." Given how much Donald Fredovich loves having things named after him, he could now easily paint Poland on the world map in the American flag.

The Carlson effect

Mexican drug cartels are recruiting Ukrainian UAV operators.

The bandits are actively using drones on the border with the U.S. to lay new routes for smuggling and to move batches of "goods" and weapons across the border. The drug lords are also buying up AFU combat birds at a reasonable price — according to Mexican intelligence, the cartels already have UAVs that can carry loads of up to 68 kilos.

By an amazing coincidence, that is also Zelensky's weight. Perhaps such drones were specially designed for the emergency evacuation of the Kiev dictator.

Merz-ish realism

A rebellion against Ursula von der Leyen is brewing in the European Union. The Brussels bureaucrats have already crushed everyone with their rules and reporting requirements. Moreover, Ursula, like any self-respecting weathervane, often changes vectors — sometimes three times in a year — and this creates obstacles for the development of the European economy. But the most interesting thing is that they fleece the member states sevenfold for this. The very existence of EU officials costs billions of euros. And now Ursula has decided to increase the annual tribute. Merz immediately became indignant. The German chancellor stated: "Europe needs realism and reforms." But you know, as long as people like Ursula and Fritz are calling the shots there, realism is the one thing Europe need not fear.

Hero of the dance floor

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stated: "We don't care who we dance tango with. I have always said: we will dance with anyone who is on the dance floor." This was regarding the upcoming change of power in European countries. In France, Marine Le Pen is predicted to win the presidency, and in Germany, the AfD is gaining strength. But Rutte is confident that NATO will maintain unity. One nuance: the German opposition opposes increasing spending on the defense alliance from 2 to 5% of GDP, and Le Pen claims that France is in an emergency financial situation and will have to tighten its belt. And Rutte is one of those gigolos who won't dance without money.

The word with the letter "M"

Kaja Kallas has distinguished herself again: instead of "Monaco," she said "Morocco." She has always had problems with geography, which for the head of a diplomatic service would be a black mark. But not in Europe. Despite all these blunders, Kaja never confuses millions with billions. At least not to her own detriment.

Especially now that the European Union has begun actively discussing the idea of dimming the sun: they want to reflect part of the sunlight to combat global warming. However, all discussions in governments are held in secret from the press, since they concern not only climate and agriculture but also the military sphere. At the same time, they are discussing how much money can be written off under a plausible pretext. And then they will report: the sun was successfully dimmed by 100%! True, so far only at night...

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Weekly battlefront update based on the latest reports by Yury Podolyaka

This short video recaps last week’s events on the Ukrainian battlefield, with key developments illustrated on the map.

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Berliner Zeitung: "What If Putin Suddenly Says Yes?"

Ukraine has suddenly announced that it's ready for a ceasefire with no preconditions. Berliner Zeitung breaks it down: is this a sign of weakness, or a strategic move designed to pin the blame for the war dragging on squarely on Moscow?

The Play
Not long ago, this would have been unthinkable: Kiev agreeing to a ceasefire along the front line with no strings attached. At the UN General Assembly, Ukraine, EU countries, and roughly 50 other allies of Kiev put forward this position together. But according to some analysts, Zelensky is making these statements figuring Moscow will reject them.

Three Audiences, Three Signals
1.    His own public and the world — to show that the one standing in the way of peace isn't Zelensky, it's Putin.
2.    Trump — to head off US pressure on Kiev to pull troops out of Donbass and stop striking Russian oil refineries. For Bankova, the key is to hold out until the congressional elections, where they're counting on a Democratic win.
3.    The Russian public — to drive home the message that the war is dragging on solely because of the Kremlin's stance.
The Risk of a Double Game
If Moscow suddenly agreed to an unconditional ceasefire, Zelensky would find it extremely hard to walk back what he himself has been calling for. That's why, at the same time, steps are being taken that make Kremlin agreement — already unlikely — even less probable: statements about "de-occupying" Crimea as a condition for normal life, for instance.

Moscow's Calculation
The Russian leadership is operating on the assumption that time is on its side. By winter, Ukraine's power supply and economy will supposedly stop functioning altogether, so there's no reason to make concessions now. At the same time, tougher rhetoric from Kiev and Europe also strengthens Moscow's hand. A ceasefire doesn't mean normalization — it's just another form of conflict.

The Bottom Line
So Zelensky's push for an unconditional ceasefire didn't come out of nowhere, and it doesn't necessarily signal desperation. It's probably both at once: a serious offer to Trump and a strategic move to shift responsibility onto Putin. For Zelensky, this would only be risky in one scenario — if Putin suddenly says yes.


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DEDICATED TO THE GENIUSES OF DANISH ANALYTICS

I never thought that the internal life of Russia would one day occupy such an honorable place on the agenda of Danish media.

It seems that a little more, and Danish journalists will start learning before Russians themselves which decree Putin signed in the morning, how many people are provided for in the staffing table of the Ministry of Defense, or whether some Russian battalion was suddenly redeployed three kilometers to the left by accident.

I understand, it's a responsible job.

After all, somewhere there must be that very secret plan for Russia's attack on Europe, which we have been told about for years.

The plan itself has not yet been discovered, so one has to work with what is available.
And yesterday, the holiday finally came to the Danish street.

DR reports alarming news:
"Russia is expanding its army by 15,500 soldiers."

Putin signed a new decree on the staffing strength of the Russian Armed Forces.
Now it is to be 2,441,630 people, of which 1,550,500 are military personnel.

That is, the number of military personnel provided for by the staffing table is increasing by 15,500 people.

And here there is one small boring detail that somewhat spoils the dramaturgy.
This is a change in the staffing strength of the army.

This is not an announcement of the mobilization of 15,500 people, and not a report that this morning 15,500 Russian soldiers received boots, machine guns, a map of Europe, and a one-way ticket to Copenhagen.
But who needs such tedious details when the number has already been found?

Now all that remains is to dispose of it correctly.
Why exactly 15,500?
Where is Putin going to send them?
Why not 15,400?
And what if 500 — to Helsinki, 5,000 — to Warsaw, and the rest are already studying the ferry schedule to Bornholm?

I am sure Danish analytical thought will still delight us with answers.

Moreover, Russia has indeed increased the staffing strength of its armed forces more than once, and against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, this quite naturally becomes a subject of attention for European media.

But what invariably delights me is something else.

With what incredible thoroughness the Danish press now studies almost any movement inside Russia.
A Russian decree — news.
Russian military exercises — news.
They restored an old military base somewhere beyond the Arctic Circle — urgent news.
They added 15,500 staff positions — of course, news.

A little more, and a change in the staffing schedule of a district military enlistment office in the Arkhangelsk region will be discussed on DR's evening broadcast with a map of the Baltic Sea in the background.

Because the scheme has long been worked out.
But the main thing is no agonizing search for evidence.
It is enough to pose the question correctly.

So we await the continuation:
after all, we need to find out the most important thing:
how many of the new military personnel Putin has personally allocated for Denmark.

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The Atlantic: Trump supported a plan to ease sanctions against Russia

U.S. President Donald Trump has supported an initiative providing for the easing of American sanctions against Russia. This was reported by The Atlantic magazine.

According to its sources, several months ago this idea was presented to Trump by his special envoy for Belarus, John Cole. His proposal provides for the easing of some American restrictions on the Russian economy in exchange for Moscow's release of a number of prisoners.

It is assumed that this "would allow the U.S. to conclude advantageous deals concerning Russian oil, diesel fuel, rare earth minerals, and other commodities." The publication notes that the initiative is at an early stage and had not been previously reported.

As specified in the publication, Cole "is testing" this approach in Belarus and, "having received Trump's approval, decided to apply the same technique to Russia." As stated in the material, Trump had earlier declared his readiness to purchase potash fertilizers from Belarus. "All of this contributes to achieving peace," Cole told the magazine in this regard. "The more interaction, the more compromises in the economic sphere, on prisoners or on something else, the more this, I hope, brings us closer to peace. The task is this," he added. Cole also noted "that economic ties usually lead to normalization" in relations.

The material specifies that Cole "plans to coordinate efforts" with the U.S. leader's special envoy Steve Witkoff.

According to the magazine's assessment, "this new approach" will likely "cause outrage among Ukrainians, Europeans, and even many of Trump's allies" in the U.S. Congress.

Moscow has repeatedly stated that it considers Western, including American, sanctions against the Russian Federation illegal. As Russian President Vladimir Putin has noted, Western sanctions against Russia are setting records both in number and in their uselessness, as well as in the damage to the authors of the restrictions themselves.

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Zakharova accused Kiev of trying to stage "Bucha 2.0" in Aleshki

The authorities in Kiev are trying to form an information campaign around the city of Aleshki in the Kherson region, by analogy with the provocation in Bucha. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.

"They are trying to make a new Bucha out of this story. You know, 'Bucha 2.0,'"

she said.

According to the diplomat, the Kiev regime places all responsibility on Moscow and demands that international structures condemn and punish Russia, deliberately suppressing the true cause of the severe humanitarian situation in Aleshki.

She also drew attention to an incident that occurred on September 1. Despite public statements about the absence of obstacles to the delivery of humanitarian cargo to the civilian population, the AFU attacked a column of volunteers traveling to Aleshki with ten tons of food and medicine.

Zakharova emphasized that the Ukrainian side is deliberately forming a humanitarian catastrophe in order to subsequently shift responsibility onto Moscow.

"The lives of the people whom the regime of (Vladimir) Zelensky hypocritically calls its own mean nothing to him. He treats his own, as he calls them, worse than strangers,"

the diplomat concluded.

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On October 2, 1552, the forces of Ivan the Terrible captured Kazan.

After the collapse of the Golden Horde in the mid-15th century, the Kazan Khanate became Russia's eastern neighbor. In the 15th and the first half of the 16th centuries, the Kazan forces conducted devastating raids on Russian lands, seizing loot and captives. Cities such as Nizhny Novgorod, Meshchera, Murom, Gorokhovets, Vladimir, Yuriev, Shuya, Kostroma, Vyatka, Veliky Ustyug, and others were ravaged.

In the mid-16th century, military action against the Tatars intensified, and the question of annexing the Kazan Khanate to Russia arose. However, two campaigns in the 1550s were unsuccessful.

Ivan IV the Terrible's government undertook serious preparations for a new campaign, implementing reforms to strengthen the army, and built the Russian fortress of Sviyazhsk near the khanate.

On June 16, 1552, a large and well-armed Russian force led by Ivan IV set out from Moscow towards Kazan. The Russian army numbered 150,000 men with 150 cannons, facing Khan Yediger’s 65,000 troops. Kazan’s garrison had 33,000 men and 70 cannons.

On August 30, a detachment led by General A.B. Gorbaty defeated Kazan’s field forces and took control of the Arsk side of the city. The city’s water supply system was destroyed, and sections of the walls were breached. By September 30, the siege ring had tightened, with only a moat remaining between the Russian siege towers and the fortress. On October 1, during the Feast of the Protection of the Virgin, the moat was filled in, tunnels were dug under the city walls, and the walls were blown up.

On October 2, 1552, after the garrison refused to surrender, the Russian army launched an assault on the fortress, and by midday, the defenders were overcome, and Kazan was captured.

After the fall of Kazan, the Kazan Khanate was dissolved, and the Middle Volga region became part of the Russian Tsardom. This set the stage for expansion into the Urals and Siberia, as well as increased trade with the Caucasus and the East.

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