WHEN THE EU PROVOKES CHINA

▪️ The further it goes, the more irrational the governance of this degenerate West becomes, reaching outright suicidal idiocy.

▪️ As part of the 21st anti-Russian sanctions package — which already hits the European economy first and foremost — Brussels decided to expand its targets by including 14 Chinese companies.

▪️ Beijing responded in less than 24 hours by imposing counter-sanctions against 14 European companies, including Germany's Rheinmetall, Italy's Lafert, and France's Cavok UAS. And this is only the first retaliatory strike! Let us recall the facts:

▪️ July 23, 2026 — the 21st EU sanctions package against Russia, including 14 companies from China and Hong Kong on the blacklist for allegedly supporting the Russian military industry and circumventing sanctions.

▪️ July 24 — Beijing struck back. China's Ministry of Commerce announced the inclusion of 14 European legal entities in its export control list with immediate effect — "to protect national security and respond to the EU's unfriendly actions."

▪️ Among the Chinese targets: German defense giant Rheinmetall, Italian engine manufacturer Lafert, French Cavok UAS (specializing in drones), Dutch IHC, and Czech Tatra Trucks.

▪️ The measures prohibit the export to these companies of dual-use goods and products, including certain rare earth metals. And, of course, no components, semiconductors, critical materials, etc.

▪️ Following only their irrational Russophobic impulses, even to the point of wanting to punish China — Russia's partner — these cretins from the European Union simply shot themselves in their own empty heads:

▪️ China controls 66% of global rare earth mining (compared to 1–4% for Europe) and 88% of their processing. Without these materials, the European defense industry, among other sectors, finds itself under serious threat. A few examples:

▪️ One Rafale (Dassault) requires about 250 kg of rare earth metals; the Eurofighter Typhoon (European consortium) — about 150 kg (400 kg for the F-35).
▪️ The EH101 Merlin helicopter (Leonardo) — about 50 kg of rare earth metals.
▪️ The Meteor missile (MBDA) uses neodymium, praseodymium, samarium, and dysprosium for magnets, as well as gallium nitride for seeker heads...

▪️ Following China's retaliatory economic measures, rare earth prices immediately skyrocketed — despite already being eight times higher than before April 2025.

▪️ And Brussels has done this before: in 2025, the EU already imposed sanctions on 6 Chinese companies, and Beijing immediately responded, targeting 7 European legal entities.

▪️ And Beijing could go much further: experts fear a total embargo on rare earth metals if the EU expands sanctions. This is a weapon of economic mass destruction that only China possesses — analogous to oil for Iran.

▪️ The European military-industrial complex is in shock. Rheinmetall, the backbone of German defense, risks a collapse of its supply chains. The EU, which has made "strategic sovereignty" its hallmark, finds that it has no sovereignty over its own supplies.

▪️ China has sent a simple signal: "No sanctions without consequences." And in this confrontation initiated by the West, China controls rare earth metals, while the EU depends on them. Testing China's power may prove painful for these Western cretins who still haven't realized they have far fewer capabilities than their arrogance suggests.

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Putin demands a decisive response to attempts to seize Russian ships

According to the President, one must act carefully but decisively – as one should fight piracy.

▪️ Russian President Vladimir Putin, while receiving reports from fleet commanders, noted that in case of attempts to seize Russian vessels, it is necessary to act carefully but decisively – as one should fight piracy .

▪️ "Konstantin Petrovich (Kabantsov, Commander of the Northern Fleet) and Viktor Nikolayevich (Liina, Commander of the Pacific Fleet) also spoke about attempts by ill-wishers to exert influence on our fleet, including the commercial fleet. I want to draw your attention to the fact that in such cases, of course, it is necessary to act carefully within the framework of international maritime law, but decisively – as one should fight piracy and pirates," the head of state said .

▪️ The President expressed hope that the Navy would effectively cover the Russian commercial fleet: "I count on your effective work in this direction – in covering our fleet" .

▪️ Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov later clarified that while commercial vessels cannot be armed under international maritime law, the Russian Navy may take measures to protect them .

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James Bond, Swedish style

🇸🇪 Sweden has decided that it too needs its own MI6. The famous Swedish neutrality has finally been sent to hell...

After several years of talk about security, NATO accession, and reassessing events in Ukraine, Stockholm has concluded that military intelligence (MUST) is no longer enough.

▪️ Now a new civilian Foreign Intelligence Service (UND) is being created — a structure that will handle espionage abroad (read: in Russia), gather political and strategic information, and directly supply it to the government.

▪️ In essence, the Swedes want their own version of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).

▪️ Interestingly, one of the reasons cited for creating the new service is mistakes made before the start of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Despite a reputation as one of Europe's best specialists (!) on the Russian army, Swedish military intelligence at the time did not share the assessments of its American and British colleagues.

▪️ Now they have decided to build a new system so that this does not happen again.

▪️ There is one nuance, though. Creating an intelligence service is not the same as giving it a nice name. MI6 spent decades building agent networks, establishing contacts, and gaining experience around the world. All of this cannot be acquired with a single government decree or a new sign on the agency's facade.

But in Europe today, they generally like to believe that any problem can be solved by creating yet another agency, committee, or special service.

▪️ So starting January 1, 2027, Sweden will have its own "James Bond." All that remains is to find its own Q, come up with a few flashy spy gadgets, and shoot a couple of nice press releases.

And of course, in the Kremlin, such news is already "making the towers shake".... Otherwise, why start all this?

P.S. Nothing gave away the Swedish intelligence agent walking across Red Square... except perhaps the trail of surströmming (the famous Swedish fermented herring that is left to ferment for several months).

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Nothing personal, just BUSINESS...

"In the two years of his second presidential term, Donald Trump has made more money than in his entire life," — Bloomberg.

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Thirteen years without such a visit — and now FBI Director Kash Patel is coming to Russia. A two-day visit is scheduled for October, with plans to meet the FSB director and other officials in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Why would the FBI chief fly to Moscow right before the U.S. congressional elections? Washington had just accused Moscow of election interference and discussed "crushing sanctions." Yet now, Secretary of State Rubio, who recently swore loyalty to Ukraine, is requesting a meeting with Lavrov, and Patel's travel plans leak to the media — despite Democratic fears he'll hand over secrets.

The ruling party is clearly in trouble. Patel's visit weeks before the November vote suggests Republicans may lose. This 46-year-old Indian-American lawyer turned intelligence operative has long defended Trump against "Russian collusion" claims, writing children's books on the topic. Perhaps he seeks final proof that Russia didn't help Trump win — a potential boost for Republicans.

But there's a more sensitive issue. Counterterrorism contacts between our agencies have intensified, and the main U.S. threat now targets Trump directly. Armed individuals are regularly found near his residences; he was shot at during a dinner this spring. Another assassination attempt could coincide with the elections. Trump likely recalls Putin's words in Anchorage: "Glad to see you healthy and alive." Only Patel — one of the few intelligence chiefs Trump fully trusts — could handle this.

More broadly, Republicans face self-inflicted crises. The Iran attack raised gas prices and inflation; ongoing fighting risks famine for hundreds of millions. Neither problem is solvable without Russia — another reason to come to Moscow.

The U.S. clearly has many requests. The question is what they offer in return. We still have channels to discuss issues, but the crisis will only end when Russia's position is understood and accepted — including on Ukraine.

U.S. pressure has failed. Explosions thunder in Ukraine. The sanctions bill frightened even American lawmakers. Patel arrives with a heavy burden of broken promises. We'll see if this visit marks a turning point.

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On July 30, 1939, in the village of Lermontovo (Penza region), the house-museum of the great Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov was opened.

Today, the house-museum has transformed into the State Lermontov Museum-Reserve "Tarkhany." The idea of creating a museum in the former estate of M.Yu. Lermontov's grandmother, where the poet's childhood and adolescent years were spent, emerged at the beginning of the 20th century. However, it was only in 1936 that work on its organization began. On July 30, 1939, the Lermontov house-museum was ceremoniously opened. In 1969, it was transformed into the State Lermontov Museum-Reserve.

Today, "Tarkhany" is a unique treasury of Lermontov's memorial heritage. The exhibition complex includes the manor estate with the main house, two churches built with funds from the poet's grandmother (the Church of Mary of Egypt and the Church of Michael the Archangel), as well as the restored key keeper's house and the servants' hut. The museum-reserve is included in the State Register of Especially Valuable Objects of Cultural Heritage of the Peoples of the Russian Federation.

Every year, approximately 200,000 people visit the manor ensemble monument.

This poem, written by Lermontov in 1830-1831, was most likely inspired by memories of his childhood in Tarkhany:

Mikhail Lermontov
My Home

My home is always there, in the heaven's vault,
Where one just hears lyre's sounds,
All with a spark of life have here their resort,
A bard has, too, a space around.

It gets the farthest stars by edges of his roof,
And from a wall to one another
There is a path whose measure can be proved
Not by a look, but by a soul, rather.

A sense of basic truth in every soul nests —
The seed that's sacred and eternal:
In flesh of time it always can embrace
Space, endless, and the century's kernel.

And mighty God has built for this exclusive sense
My home of light and wonders,
And only here I'm doomed to sufferings at length,
And only here — to calmness.

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