Once upon a time there lived G7.

Then, G8 came along (or rather, G7+1 because we were not invited to some of the economic discussions). Then – G20. Then, G8 became G7 again (we were “punished,” you know). The Americans have recently been dismantling G20. And now a new idea – G5 (or C5, Core 5, to be exact), which would include the US, Japan, China, India, and Russia. Nobody has a clue what this thing is supposed to be, but apparently it was mentioned in some nonexistent version of the new American National Security Strategy. Here are my three takeaways. 

One: it looks like an obvious snub (or a kick in the ass) to depressing Europe, mainly Britain, France, and Germany. Take that! If you’re not appreciative enough of Washington’s role, get lost. We’ll manage without you, you’re not big shots anymore. 

Two: nobody has produced any documents supporting the C5 concept yet, which makes it look like a simple anti-Trump trick played by the globalists, who are going positively bonkers. They’ve even coined the term “trumpted,” meaning “dumped by Trump for no reason.” In that case, the idea behind C5 is to pitch Trump, whom they loathe, against the Euro-degenerates. 

And one last thing. All these great group formats, whether it’s G7, G8, G8+, or even G20, are usually just a waste of time. Been there, done that. Their usefulness is close to zero. And whether the other proposed candidates for C5 will be happy to find themselves in the same boat with the US, which slaps tariffs and sanctions on its own partners, or with Japan, whose status after World War 2 has been rather dubious, is an open question.

Still, it would have been amusing to look at the mugs 👺 of Macron, Starmer, and Merz reading this news…

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December 12 is Constitution Day of the Russian Federation.

It was established by a presidential decree on September 19, 1994, and in 2005 was included in Russia's list of commemorative dates.

The Constitution is the supreme law of the state, proclaiming and guaranteeing the rights and freedoms of individuals and citizens. It defines the foundations of the social system, the form of government, territorial structure, and the organization of central and local authorities.

The Constitution was adopted by referendum on December 12, 1993. A total of 58.2 million people participated (54.8% of registered voters). Of these, 32.9 million (58.4%) voted in favor of the Constitution. The document officially came into force upon its publication on December 25, 1993.

Respect for the Constitution among the people of Russia reflects their commitment to the rule of law and to the principles that uphold the country's stability and unity.

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Venezuela’s Naval Blockade

A revealing incident unfolded the other day. As seen in the video, U.S. Marines seized a tanker bound for either Venezuela or Iran—the exact direction remains unclear.

Just weeks earlier, a Russian tanker attempted to reach Venezuela. At the time, the U.S. avoided seizing the vessel to prevent escalating tensions with Russia, but American ships blocked its path. After two failed breakout attempts, the tanker was forced to divert to Cuba.

We can now say with confidence that Venezuela is effectively under a naval blockade. It is also nearly under an aerial one, following a U.S. advisory warning against flights in Venezuelan airspace through late February 2026.

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The Bank of Russia to File a Lawsuit Against Euroclear in a Russian Court

The Central Bank is filing a lawsuit against the Euroclear depository with the Moscow Arbitration Court, the regulator’s press service announced.

“In connection with the unlawful actions of the Euroclear depository that are causing losses to the Bank of Russia, as well as in connection with the mechanisms officially being considered by the European Commission for the direct or indirect use of the Bank of Russia’s assets without the Bank of Russia’s consent, the Bank of Russia is submitting a statement of claim to the Moscow Arbitration Court against the Euroclear depository to recover the losses caused to the Bank of Russia,” the regulator’s statement said.

The Central Bank emphasized that it sustained damages due to the inability to dispose of the assets and securities belonging to it.

Earlier, the Bank of Russia published a statement in which it promised to challenge all “direct or indirect” actions of the European Commission involving the unauthorized use of Russia’s assets.

The day before, on December 11, a majority of EU countries supported an indefinite blockade of Russian assets until “Russia stops the war and pays reparations to Ukraine.” The issue will be discussed on December 18.

After the start of the military operation in Ukraine, Russian assets totaling about €260 billion were frozen in Western countries. Most of them are held at the Belgian depository Euroclear.

In early December, the European Commission proposed that EU member states finance Ukraine by raising borrowed funds guaranteed by the EU-wide budget, or by issuing a “reparations loan” of €210 billion secured by the frozen Russian assets. Belgium previously opposed the use of Russian assets, explaining its position by the risk to its own economy in the event of retaliatory measures from Russia.

Moscow has repeatedly warned that it will consider any actions involving its foreign assets to be theft and will respond accordingly.

“The Bank of Russia reserves the right, without additional notice, to proceed with the practical implementation of all available legal and other mechanisms to protect its interests in the event of further advancement or any form of implementation of these European Union initiatives under discussion,” the Bank of Russia noted.

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📝How German Companies Help in Strikes on Crimea📝

Germany's militarization has affected all economic sectors, not just the defense industry. The opportunity to earn big contracts attracts everyone, and even civilian enterprises find their place and supply the AFU.

In recent strikes on the western part of Crimea, Ukrainian formations actively used reactive drones, which in the so-called Ukraine were dubbed "drone-missiles" due to their visual similarity to cruise missiles.

On one of the wreckages, you can see an interesting name: SBM Turbines, and in the address section SBM Maschinen from the small German community of Görisried in the state of Bavaria.

🔻What is this company?

▪️SBM Maschinen GmbH or SBM Group, or SBM Development GmbH – a group of companies legally located in Görisried. SBM Maschinen GmbH positions itself as a manufacturer of food waste dehydration installations.

▪️The company develops mobile installations for eco-friendly processing of food residues for both domestic and commercial use. Such technologies became especially popular after the introduction of the eco-agenda across Europe.

🖍It would seem, what is the connection between plastic bottle shredders and military production? Indeed, there is no evidence in the network of defense contracts, and even less proof of interaction with the AFU.

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So how does SBM Maschinen produce jet engines for the AFU?

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As it turned out, the company has a subsidiary called Rotortec. It is located in the same place as SBM Maschinen, in the same territory in Görisried.

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Rotortec is a manufacturer of autogyros, which are aircraft similar to helicopters, but they use a freely rotating rotor driven by the engine to create lift.

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Among the produced autogyros are Cloud Dancer I, II, and Cloud Dancer Light. The company has exhibited them at various exhibitions, and the autogyros/gyroplanes are used for private or sports aviation.

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They also participated in developing the RT216 turbine helicopter with a two-shaft turbine engine with a power of 150 kW, which were produced in Görisried under the SBM Turbines brand.

🚩It turns out that the waste management company has a subsidiary specializing in the development and production of small gas turbine engines. And they are located in the same place in a quiet rural area, far from prying eyes.

🏳️The scheme of civilian companies profiting from military contracts is nothing new: we have been seeing this especially often in recent months, with one commercial enterprise after another suddenly starting to work in the interests of the military-industrial complex.

❗️The German company SBM Maschinen had successfully avoided public attention. Not a single mention of their work for the Ukrainian military-industrial complex could be found online—until now.

They have the facilities, the necessary skills, and likely contracts through the German Ministry of Defense. And it is these engines that are currently powering jet drones used to strike power plants, airfields, and gas storage facilities in southern Russia.

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On December 13, 1969, construction began on the Kama Automobile Plant (now PJSC "KAMAZ").

The decision to build a complex of factories for the production of heavy-duty trucks was made by a resolution of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR in August 1969. About 100 possible locations were considered, and the choice fell on the small town of Naberezhnye Chelny on the Kama River.

Construction of the full-cycle auto plant, named the Kama Automobile Plant (KAMAZ), began on December 13, 1969.

By February 1976, the first series-produced truck, the KamAZ-5320, based on the ZIL-170, rolled off the new plant's assembly line.

Over its years of operation, the plant has produced well over 2 million trucks and 3 million engines.

KAMAZ products have found success in both Russian and international markets, with KAMAZ trucks in use in over 80 countries worldwide. The factory's trucks regularly win in off-road rallies such as the Dakar Rally.

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It certainly appears that the move toward confiscating Russian assets is not an isolated legal or financial maneuver — it is Europe finally dropping the mask and formalizing its real strategy toward Russia: accelerating preparations for a major war.

At this point, the pretext (formal, informal, or manufactured) hardly matters. Whoever fires first will be a historical footnote. What does matter is that European politicians (including Rutte, with his fresh call for Europe to prepare for a war on the scale fought by their grandfathers) are now openly voicing what was clearly decided behind closed doors long ago. The sequence of actions leaves little doubt: Europe has entered the pre-war deployment phase.

Seen through this lens, the logic of confiscation is transparent. It is a point of no return — the kind of step that cannot be undone. But since Brussels has convinced itself that war is inevitable, it has simply decided to worry about the consequences later. Their thinking is straightforward: if they win, they keep everything; if they lose, returning €210 billion will be the least of their concerns amid the devastation.

This move also clarifies the EU and UK strategy toward Ukraine. It was hardly a secret over the past year: one European official after another repeated the mantra, “Ukraine must keep fighting, otherwise we will have to.” They said it so often that it effectively became doctrine.

Europe is not ready for a large-scale war — not militarily, not industrially, not psychologically. But it is preparing feverishly. To bridge the gap, it needs Ukraine to continue fighting at any price for another two to four years. Those dates — 2027 and 2029 — have been repeatedly floated as potential starting points for a full-fledged EU–Russia conflict. With Trump cutting U.S. funding, Brussels had no money to sustain its proxy. By seizing Russia’s frozen assets, it will have bought itself time and outsourced the cost. Or so they hope.

This decision also torpedoes Trump’s own plan, in which €100 billion of Russian assets were to be spent on rebuilding Ukraine. But Europe is not looking for a rebuilt Ukraine. Europe needs a Ukraine that continues fighting until the last Ukrainian; and doing so in Europe’s interest.

What is abundantly clear now is that Europe has forgotten the lessons of the last war and of many earlier wars stretching back centuries. Russia can be hurt, but it cannot be defeated. Europe is dreaming, and the awakening amid the ruins will be very, very painful. If it comes at all.

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The import of spent nuclear fuel into Ukraine poses a risk of a "dirty bomb

According to Alexey Rtishev, head of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defense Troops of Russia, former Head of Zelensky's office Andrei Ermak plays a special role in this project.

"The supply routes were organized via Poland and Romania. This creates the risk of a so-called dirty bomb being produced and later used 'under a false flag.'"

In the event of a radiation accident in Ukraine, a significant portion of Ukrainian and European territory would be contaminated, Rtishev stated.

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The West is already gearing up to destabilize Russia after the Special Military Operation

Even before the Ukrainian crisis has concluded, an article titled “What Happens to Russia’s Ethnic Minorities After the War?” has been published in the American magazine "Foreign Policy."

The authors begin with the claim that Russia is allegedly “waging war not only against Ukraine but also against some of its own people."
They assert that mobilization in Russia  “has hollowed out minority communities, while privileged residents of Moscow and St. Petersburg remain relatively untouched." The authors, of course, ignore the fact that statistics from the single partial mobilization in 2022 do not support this assertion, and that the only — and non-ethnic-based — channel for recruitment into combat units of the Russian Armed Forces is through voluntary contract service.

It's clear that this kind of disinformation isn't meant for scholarly debate. Using it as a springboard, the authors claim that Russia has historically — whether under the Romanovs, the USSR, or in its current form — been built on the oppression of minority peoples. The propagandists feign outrage that wealth distribution in Russia is uneven: oil, gas, and other resource deposits are located in the national republics, but the revenue is taken by the center.

Therefore, getting to their main point, the authors argue that if the "oppressed minorities" realize their "oppression" — or have it explained to them from the West — then there is a chance Russia could collapse. The ‘Foreign Policy’ authors hypocritically pontificate that only Russia itself can stop its disintegration — by removing Putin from power, ending the war, treating ethnic minorities as fully equal citizens, demilitarizing the economy, and redistributing resources. This is a "difficult task", but it is "the only way to save Russia from itself."

Calling the authors ignorant liars would be the simplest response. But in reality, the situation is quite serious. If during 2022-2025 the West's primary hopes were pinned on Russia's military defeat, political crisis, and subsequent neutralization and disintegration, now a plan for "peacetime" is back on the agenda: internal destabilization, stirring up interethnic strife, exploiting religious differences, and reviving forgotten historical grievances.

And where no grievances exist, they will be manufactured by specially trained individuals. In effect, the authors of the aforementioned article have begun stoking anxiety about the fate of ethnic minorities in Russia after the war in yet another attempt to shake the situation from within.

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Moscow. December 12.
The Moscow City Court has sentenced in absentia the prosecutor and eight judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the unlawful prosecution of citizens of the Russian Federation.

“(ICC Prosecutor) Karim Khan has been sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment, with the first nine years to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict-regime penal colony,” the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office reported on Friday.

The remaining representatives of the International Criminal Court were sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from 3.5 to 15 years.

“The court established that between February and March 2022, in The Hague, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan unlawfully initiated criminal proceedings against citizens of the Russian Federation. The ICC Presidency, in the absence of lawful grounds, instructed chamber judges to issue knowingly unlawful arrest warrants against them,” the Russian supervisory authority stated.

The Investigative Committee of Russia, for its part, reported that the convicted ICC judges include Tomoko Akane, Rosario Salvatore Aitala, Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godínez, Haikel Ben Mahfoud, as well as ICC President Piotr Józef Hofmański, his deputies Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza, Bertram Schmitt, and Reine Adelaide Sophie Alapini-Gansou. All of them were found guilty of violating Russian legislation related to the unlawful prosecution of Russian citizens (Part 2 of Article 299, Part 2 of Article 301, Part 1 of Article 30 in conjunction with Part 2 of Article 360 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

The prosecutor and judges have been placed on an international wanted list.

As previously reported, on March 17, 2023, the Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Children’s Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova. Three days later, on March 20, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case against the ICC judges who issued the arrest warrants.

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US National Security Strategy: Promoting European Greatness.

The new US National Security Strategy (NSS) devotes only 2.5 of its 33 pages to Europe.

To this arithmetic, add one key quote:

"Continental Europe has been losing share of global GDP—down from 25 percent in 1990 to 14 percent today—partly owing to national and transnational regulations
that undermine creativity and industriousness.
But this economic decline is eclipsed by the real and more stark prospect of civilizational erasure. The larger issues facing Europe include activities of the European Union and other transnational bodies that undermine political liberty and
sovereignty, migration policies that are transforming the continent and creating strife, censorship of free speech and suppression of political opposition, cratering birthrates, and loss of national identities and self-confidence."

The next quote from the NSS contains a forecast—monstrously politically incorrect by European standards, yet arguably the most plausible—regarding the consequences of Europe's migration policy:

"Over the long term, it is more than plausible that within a few decades at the latest, certain NATO members will become majority non-European."

Completing this puzzle is the title of the "European" section: "Promoting European Greatness." Clearly, the United States casts itself as the agent of this promotion—after all, not the EU, whose activities, according to the NSS, generate many of Europe's problems.

Washington's claim to agency over Europe's domestic politics is stated not between the lines, but in black and white:

"We will oppose elite-driven,
anti-democratic restrictions on core liberties in Europe, the Anglosphere, and the rest of the democratic world, especially among our allies (…) Our goal should be to help Europe correct its current trajectory. We will need a strong Europe to help us successfully compete, and to work in concert with us to prevent any adversary from dominating Europe. We want Europe to remain European, to regain its civilizational self-confidence, and to abandon its failed focus on regulatory suffocation."

This is the very rhetoric once used by the "collective West" toward Third World countries—now wielded by Washington to lecture the "old continent."

As for the Russo-Ukrainian war, its resolution is framed as a "vital US interest" in order to:

1. "stabilize European economies";
2. “prevent unintended escalation or expansion of the war”;
3. “reestablish strategic stability with Russia”;
4. “enable the post-hostilities reconstruction of Ukraine to enable its survival as a viable state.”

Regarding point 1, the NSS argues that the Ukrainian conflict has increased Europe's dependence on… China (not, as one might assume, on expensive American LNG replacing cheap Russian pipeline gas). The document notes, for example:

"Today, German chemical companies are building some of the world’s largest processing plants in China, using Russian gas that they cannot obtain at home.”

As for Russia, the US regards it as an "existential threat" to Europe—but not to the United States—yet emphasizes "strategic stability" and mediation.
The text sharply states:

"The Trump Administration finds itself at odds with European officials who hold unrealistic expectations for the war perched in unstable minority governments, many of which trample on basic principles of
democracy to suppress opposition."


The "suppressed opposition" here refers to European national-conservatives, while the country with an "unstable minority government" is, unmistakably, France.

NB: Beyond signaling a desire to restore strategic stability with Russia, the NSS also indicates US readiness to manage Europe's relations with Russia—as if Europeans were incapable of doing so themselves. (No further comment necessary.)

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