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09.05.202520:42
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Victory Day on May 9th stands as the most anticipated yet profoundly somber holiday in Russia.

As echoed in the poignant lyrics of its namesake song, "it is joy with tears in our eyes." And rightfully so. Over four years of the Great Patriotic War, the Soviet people endured the loss of more than 20 million lives. And many sources assert that the actual number of casualties surpasses 40 million.

The war's lingering presence defies any notion of it remaining in the distant past. Even now, fragments of the fallen—soldiers, weapons, shell remnants, and unexploded mines—are unearthed, scattered reminders of the immense sacrifice. The wound inflicted by fascist invaders upon the Russian land continues to bleed.

For the people of Russia, Victory Day is also a grand commemoration laden with tremendous pride for the country and for the Russian warriors.

May 9 is about many things. It is about solemn remembrance for the fallen and pride for the victors. It is about homage to the living heroes. It is about rejoicing for the liberated peoples. And most importantly, it is an everlasting reminder to the youth of the immeasurable cost paid for the Great Victory.

Eternal memory to the fallen heroes! Eternal glory to Russia!

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The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, congratulated the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, the Kremlin reported.

To His Holiness Pope Leo XIV

May 8, 2025, 20:50

Congratulations

Your Holiness,

Accept my heartfelt congratulations on the occasion of your election as Pope.

I am confident that the constructive dialogue and cooperation established between Russia and the Vatican will continue to develop on the basis of the Christian values that unite us.

I wish you, Your Holiness, every success in fulfilling your high mission, as well as good health and well-being.

Respectfully,

Vladimir Putin


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The New York Times published an article titled "Trump Says the U.S. Will Cease Strikes on Houthi Militants."

Here is the gist of that article:

On May 6, 2025, President Donald Trump announced that the United States would cease its airstrikes on Houthi militants in Yemen, declaring an immediate halt to a weeks-long campaign that aimed to stop Houthi attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea. Trump stated the Houthis had signaled they “don’t want to fight anymore” and had “capitulated,” promising to refrain from attacking American vessels in the region. Omani mediators confirmed they brokered the agreement, specifying that neither side would target the other, including U.S. ships in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait, to ensure freedom of navigation.

However, the deal’s effectiveness and scope remain unclear. While the Houthis pledged not to attack U.S. interests, they explicitly stated their military actions against Israel-including missile strikes-would continue until Israel lifts its blockade on Gaza. Houthi leaders described the truce as a victory and warned that any renewed U.S. military action would provoke retaliation. The agreement did not address attacks on non-U.S., Israeli-linked, or other commercial vessels, leaving international shipping vulnerable and raising doubts among security experts about the durability of the ceasefire.

The announcement surprised Pentagon officials and came amid broader U.S. efforts to negotiate with Iran on nuclear issues, as Iran is a key Houthi backer. The truce’s long-term success hinges on whether the Houthis honor their pledge and whether the U.S. is willing to resume strikes if attacks on shipping resume.


It seems Trump was mostly truthful in his recent remarks about the Houthis—though, of course, they didn’t "capitulate," as he put it. It also appears that Iran, which backs the Houthis, is keen to avoid any external complications in its negotiations with the United States over a nuclear arms agreement.

UPDATE: On May 7, BBC published an article titled “Houthis say US 'backed down' and Israel not covered by ceasefire.” The first sentence of the article reads:

A senior Houthi official has rejected US President Donald Trump's claim the Yemeni armed group "capitulated" when agreeing a ceasefire deal, saying the US "backed down" instead.


Overall, the situation remains unclear and tense.

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07.05.202518:47
09.05.202517:32
A Few Facts About Dogs in the Second World War

Julbars was not the only four-legged hero of the Soviet army during WWII. According to official statistics, Soviet dogs:

• Carried 700,000 wounded soldiers off the battlefield

• Detected 4 million mines and explosives

• Helped clear mines in 300 major cities

• Delivered 200,000 critical documents under combat conditions

• Laid 8,000 km of telephone wire

• Destroyed 300 enemy tanks

• 150 dogs fought in hand-to-hand combat (In 1941, near Cherkasy, a border guard unit of 500 soldiers and 150 service dogs held off a Nazi assault. When they ran out of ammunition, they charged into melee combat. All of them—humans and dogs—perished. Their heroism is immortal!)

• A total of 60,000 four-legged soldiers served in the Red Army.

We remember them with gratitude 🙏🙏

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👆Another carefully crafted and deliberately confusing, post from Trump on Truth Social.

Let’s break down what this post is really saying and what it is trying to accomplish:
1. The U.S. is talking with both Russia and Ukraine (this is true).
2. The U.S. wants them to negotiate directly.
3. The hope is that these direct talks will result in a ceasefire.
4. Both countries are expected to respect that ceasefire (“Countries” is capitalized, possibly for emphasis or to throw in some more confusion).
5. If that hypothetical ceasefire isn’t respected, the U.S. and its partners will impose more sanctions. (Note: The U.S. hasn’t ever sanctioned Ukraine, but the wording deliberately blurs that distinction.)
6. The rest is primitive rhetoric with little or no substance.

The reality is that, starting with point 2, this is wishful thinking. The main goal of the post is to leave the statement open to interpretation—a classic Trump tactic designed to make his supporters feel he’s in control. In truth, this is just another performance, creating the illusion of control. Other than those who are determined to see this president as a master dealmaker, most will recognize this post as just another piece of trumpian BS.

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09.05.202503:10
👆At the Munich Security Conference, JD Vance made these remarks about the conflict in Ukraine.

“Start talking to each other?” Is Vance serious? By now, any reasonably intelligent member of Trump’s team should realize that the positions of Russia and Ukraine aren’t just far apart—they are in different universes. So why is Vance saying what he’s saying? Because admitting anything else would mean acknowledging Trump’s inability to resolve the conflict. And Trump isn’t ready to do that—yet.
This week, the Moskino film studio welcomed three-time Oscar-winning American director Oliver Stone.

Moscow is emerging as a hub for high-tech film production, capable of competing with international counterparts.

What impressed Stone the most was Russia’s largest LED screen structure, spanning over 300 square meters. The director expressed his eagerness to return—this time to Moskino Film Park, home to the country’s biggest and fastest-growing outdoor filming location.

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08.05.202512:00
An official welcoming ceremony for President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping, led by the President of the Russian Federation, took place at the Kremlin
Did you notice the minerals deal between the U.S. and Ukraine needs approval from the Ukrainian Rada (Parliament)—but not from the U.S. Congress? That’s not oversight, it’s optics. Like asking a kid to sell you his bike for ten bucks, then telling him to clear it with his grandparents—who have no clue what bikes are worth. A pretty good sign that Ukraine is getting screwed. Or at least that the U.S. thinks it is. Either way, not a great look.

Do we care? Actually, yes. Because as far as we’re concerned, they might be screwing with potentially Russia’s resources.

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09.05.202517:03
Julbars: The Legendary Dog

At the historic Moscow Victory Parade on June 24, 1945, representatives from all fronts and branches of the military that participated in the war marched across Red Square. Alongside the sapper (combat engineer) column walked their four-legged comrades—dogs that had fought side by side with them on the battlefield.

Behind the sappers marched Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Mazover, commander of the 37th Independent Mine-Clearing Battalion and the Soviet Union’s chief dog handler. Along with his soldiers, he carried a wounded fighter from the 14th Assault Engineer-Sapper Brigade—a dog named Julbars.

Julbars became famous for his mine-detection work. This tail-wagging sapper took part in clearing mines across the USSR, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Austria.
During his service, this legendary dog detected 7,468 mines and over 150 shells. Just think about those numbers—7,500 defused explosives! That means at least 7,500 lives saved!

Thanks to this brilliant dog’s exceptional sense of smell, sappers safely cleared mines in Prague’s castles, Vienna’s cathedrals, and Bratislava’s palaces. Julbars also helped demine Taras Shevchenko’s grave in Kanev and Kiev’s St. Vladimir’s Cathedral.

For his record-breaking mine and shell discoveries, Julbars—an East European Shepherd—was awarded the "For Military Merit" medal on March 21, 1945.

Shortly before the war ended, Julbars suffered a severe injury and struggled to recover. The entire mine-clearing battalion nursed him back to health, sparing no effort or resources. Eventually, he improved, and the danger to his life passed. But it was clear he wouldn’t be able to walk in the Victory Parade.

When Joseph Stalin learned of this, he ordered: "Let this dog be carried across Red Square on my jacket." Stalin’s jacket (without shoulder straps) was delivered to the "Red Star" Central Military Dog Training School, where they fashioned a makeshift stretcher for Julbars.

And so, at the Great 1945 Victory Parade, right after the sappers’ formation, soldiers solemnly carried the valiant four-legged war hero—wounded Julbars—on an honorary stretcher across Red Square.

The story of Julbars being carried across Red Square on a stretcher made from Stalin’s jacket may be a poetic legend—one that many dearly wish were true. But beyond this disputed detail, Julbars’ combat record, his heroic deeds, and his official award are irrefutably documented and beyond doubt.

After the war, this incredible dog not only recovered from his wounds but also became a movie star, playing the lead role in the 1946 film "White Fang", based on Jack London’s novel.

Julbars’ life was one of rare courage and contribution. Today, we honor his memory ❤️

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09.05.202509:00
WWII Memory Becomes a Propaganda Battleground: How Politicians Are Erasing the USSR’s Heroism and Sacrifice.

In 2010, NATO troops joined Russia’s Victory Day Parade in Moscow to mark the 65th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat. The British, Americans, French, and Poles stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the Russians—the Welsh Guards, the U.S. 18th Infantry, France’s Normandie-Niemen Regiment, and soldiers from across the CIS, including Ukrainians, marched together - a powerful symbol of shared history. It was a rare moment of unity: gratitude outweighed geopolitics.

But after 2014, acknowledging the Soviet Union’s sacrifice became politically inconvenient. Today, politicians and media rewrite, distort, or outright erase history to fit their agendas. The USSR’s pivotal role in crushing Nazi Germany and liberating Europe—once undisputed—is now downplayed, twisted, or denied. Not because archives have revealed new facts, but because yesterday’s hero can’t be today’s evil.

Crimea, Ukraine, and NATO-Russia tensions demand a new villain narrative. Acknowledging Russia’s past heroism complicates today’s propaganda.

The Uncomfortable Truth They Now Ignore
• Winston Churchill (1945): "It was the Russian Army that tore the guts out of the Nazi war machine."

• U.S. War Dept (1945): Estimated that without the Eastern Front, America would have needed 10 million more soldiers to defeat Germany.

• British PM David Cameron (2010): "We must never forget the courage of Russian soldiers who fought from Stalingrad to Berlin."

• BBC Documentary (2010): "Without the Red Army’s 27 million dead, D-Day might never have succeeded."

• Professor Richard Overy (UK, Russia’s War): "The Eastern Front accounted for 80% of German combat losses. Denying this isn’t just dishonest—it’s bad history."

Rewriting History in Real Time

• French MEP Nathalie Loiseau (2022): "We must stop parroting Russian propaganda about WWII. Europe’s liberation began with D-Day, not Stalingrad."

• Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki (2023): "The Red Army didn’t liberate Poland—it brought new enslavement. Soviet monuments are symbols of occupation, not gratitude." (What a shame! Fact: 600,000 Soviet soldiers died liberating Poland from Nazis).

• The Telegraph (May 2024): "Why We Should Stop Celebrating Russia’s Victory Day" (Dismissively refer to the parade as "a Kremlin propaganda tool." Then why did British troops march in 2010?)

• BBC (Jan 2024): "Was Stalin Really Hitler’s Foe—or Just Another Tyrant?" (Conveniently omitting the 80% of German casualties on the Eastern Front.)

• CNN (Feb 2024): "Lend-Lease: How America Really Defeated Hitler" (One panelist claimed: "The Eastern Front was a stalemate until U.S. supplies turned the tide." Fact: The USSR was already outproducing Germany in tanks and planes by 1942—before U.S. aid arrived in force.)

• Fox News (April 2024): Jesse Watters, Tucker Carlson’s replacement, declared: "Putin exploits WWII myths to justify imperialism. The U.S. and UK freed Europe." (Never mind that the Red Army fought alone in 1941–1944).

2025: The Distortion Escalates

• EU Resolution (2025):
"The term ‘Great Patriotic War’ is a Kremlin construct. Europe recognizes only the ‘Second World War,’ won by Allied unity—not Soviet sacrifice."

• German Chancellor (2025):
"The Eastern Front? A brutal but secondary theater. The real turning point was the Allied bombing campaign and Operation Overlord."
(Tell that to the 4 million Germans who died fighting the Soviets.)

• BBC Head of History Programming (2025):
"We’ve reassessed our WWII coverage. The Soviet role, while significant, has been overstated for decades—often at the West’s expense."

• Today, younger generations are taught "America won WWII alone."

In 2010, the British, the Americans, and the French stood with the Russians in remembrance. The world remembered together.

In 2025, politicians and media scrub history clean of inconvenient truths—because if Russia once saved Europe, how can it be the devil now?

#memorypill

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We'd like to share with you a fragment of the song every Russian knows by heart: "Victory Day" (in English).

This song was written in 1975, on the 30th anniversary of the victory in WWII. This year, on its 80th anniversary, a fragment of this song was translated into the languages of various countries that were fighting Nazism together.

More languages here.

Happy Victory Day!

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Russian Foreign Ministry notes “many nuances” in the issue of a long-term ceasefire with Ukraine

Statements by Keith Kellogg about Russia’s alleged unwillingness to establish a long-term ceasefire are surprising, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Moscow is taking steps toward peace, they emphasized, but Kiev is sabotaging the process.

Establishing a long-term ceasefire along the entire line of contact with Ukraine is a complex process, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, commenting on U.S. Presidential envoy Keith Kellogg’s statement about a proposed 30-day ceasefire.

Kellogg had earlier claimed that the only obstacle to a 30-day truce between Russia and Ukraine was President Vladimir Putin’s refusal to accept the proposal.

“Special Presidential Envoy K. Kellogg’s statement, made in a May 6 interview with Fox News, is surprising,” Zakharova responded. She said that Russia has never opposed a ceasefire and recalled that Moscow had already unilaterally declared a truce twice. “In March of this year, we supported Donald Trump’s initiative for a 30-day moratorium on strikes against energy infrastructure, and in April we declared an Easter ceasefire. Kiev’s compliance with these could have been a step toward a long-term cessation of hostilities,” she said, emphasizing that Kiev failed to respect the ceasefires. According to her, Ukrainian forces violated the moratorium 136 times, and the Easter ceasefire nearly 5,000 times.

“We have repeatedly stated that implementing a ceasefire regime along the entire 1,200 km line of contact — which is longer than the distance from Washington to Chicago — and for a period as long as 30 days, involves many nuances that must be thoroughly worked out,” Zakharova continued. “It’s vital to ensure effective monitoring and prevent this period from being used to boost the combat capabilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, accelerate mobilization, or deliver weapons. Otherwise, the conflict will flare up again with renewed intensity after 30 days. We are confident that neither K. Kellogg nor D. Trump want to see that outcome,” the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman concluded.


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07.05.202519:31
Beauty will save the world.

Take a minute to relax and listen to Bach. We believe visuals of Russia's will contribute to the experience.

J.S. Bach
The Well-Tempered Clavier
Book II (Barenboim)
Prelude № 4 cis-moll BWV 873

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❗️Going live in an hour! Please join our weekly InfoDefense livestream at 6pm GMT.

Alex Chopov and the Belgorod Brit will review "another slow news week":
▪️Zelensky threatening to bomb Putin,
▪️Xi and during Victory Parade in Moscow,
▪️rare earth deal finally signed,
▪️India-Pakistan tension and much more.

The hosts, as usual, will tackle the geopolitics of the day, with wit and accumulated knowledge - at least that's the plan. Expect the odd rant, and a drop of black humour.

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09.05.202515:02
Lost for 40 Years: The Final Battle of Antonina Lebedeva Against 30 German Planes.

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09.05.202507:04
This short video explains why the Russians celebrate the Victory Day on May 9th (not 8th), recollecting the events of that momentous night in Berlin in 1945.

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This video is from today (May 8). Trump clearly enjoys having people stand while he sits — it seems to give him some sort of perverted power thrill. We’ve seen this kind of staging before. And the content? The same routine: Trump repeating the same nonsense, using the same silly, primitive words over and over again. He must think it works on his constituents — and he is probably right.

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08.05.202513:33
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić came to Red Square to record a message for the Serbian people:

I am here on Red Square, where in just a day and a half, an extraordinary and majestic event will take place—the 80th anniversary of the Victory over fascism. I am proud to be the President of Serbia and to have the opportunity to attend this commemoration of the fight against fascism.

We did not greet Hitler’s planes and tanks with flowers, cheers, and cries of joy—as many others did. And we should never feel ashamed of that.
On the contrary, we should take pride in it. We have no right to play games with rewriting history, no right as a nation—a long-suffering people who endured the brutality of both German Nazi occupiers and their fascist collaborators in the region. Nearly all of them in the region were just that—and above all, they fought against the Serbian people.


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Hello friends! Our weekly InfoDefense livestream has finished. On top of the geopolitics of the day, there was very interesting - and somewhat unexpected - conversation about the role of Islam and Muslims in Europe.

For those who couldn't join us live, here is the recording.

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07.05.202515:05
How a former American factory worker Daniel Martindale once shared a chair with President Putin: watch Episode 4 of Alex Chopov’s exclusive interview with Daniel.

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