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The founder of the PMCs “Wagner”, entrepreneur Yevgeny Prigozhin in his telegram channel Cap Prigozhin answered a question from the editorial board of RIA Informing.ru about whether he was preparing the PMCs “Wagner” for the events that are taking place in Ukraine.

“I didn’t even imagine that these events could happen,” he admitted in his comment. The businessman noted that he had given himself the word not to deal with Donbass after 2015: “Because I did not agree with how events were developing there.”

Prigozhin said that the employees of the Private security Company “Wagner” were in Africa and other countries at the time of the start of the Russian military operation in Ukraine. “These guys were having real fun, they were on the side of good,” he emphasizes. – Destroyed ISIS and Al-Qaeda (recognized as terrorist and banned in Russia), local villains, bandits and cannibals.

«Wagnerians» arrived in Ukraine, according to him, «in African hats made of fine calico and engaged in battle with wheels ». “They knew that their Homeland was waiting for them, to which they are grateful upon the fact of their birth,” Prigozhin concluded.

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US President Joe Biden said, speaking at a campaign rally in Washington, that American democracy is at stake in the upcoming midterm congressional elections. As the main threat to American democracy, he pointed out the political competitors of his party, that is, the Republicans. They have a chance to deprive the Democrats of control over both chambers of the Congress.

“It is true that we are now fighting for democracy, for dignity and honor, for prosperity and progress, for the very soul of America. Don’t be fooled – democracy is written into the ballots,” Biden said.

At the same time, the US president reproached opponents that they allegedly do not respect the institution of democratic elections when he gives victory not to their party, hinting at the protests that his own victory caused by a minimal margin.

Responding to these reproaches, the leader of the Republican minority in Congress and a possible future speaker of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, accused the current US president of a tendency to sow discord in America at a time when it needs unity.

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Brazil, under the newly elected President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, will maintain a principled position of rejection of unilateral sanctions against Russia. This statement was made by the ambassador to this country Alexey Labetsky.

The diplomat also noted that “it is absolutely clear that the collective West will try to connect this country to those sanctions regimes and to the sanctions policy they are pursuing against us.”

Labetsky pointed out that Brazil is a country pursuing a sovereign foreign policy. The authorities of this Latin American state determine their own interests not according to what certain countries dictate, but determine their foreign policy based on national interests, the Russian representative concluded.

Meanwhile, the 252nd day of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine is underway. Vladimir Putin, in a conversation with Erdogan, said that the Russian Federation will return to the grain deal only if Kiev guarantees security. Erdogan said that the ships that have already left the Ukrainian ports under the agreement will continue their journey. Hacker who moved to the DPR from Ukraine “Joker”, who hacked the control system of the APU, said that he has “spies” in the ruling circles of Kiev.

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Alan Lushnikov, President of the Kalashnikov Group of Companies, said that the Russian Defense Ministry has signed contracts for the supply of new Chukavin sniper rifles to the troops.

He specified that in the near future these rifles should replace Dragunov rifles.

“We have signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense for this year, next year and beyond. At the moment, the purchase of microwave rifles is already underway,” Lushnikov added.

According to him, microwave rifles are already being used by the troops. The military has no complaints about this weapon.

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Vladimir Rogov, a member of the Main Council of the Administration of the Zaporozhye region, reported on the prevention of a terrorist act on the territory of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.

“A terrorist attack was prevented at the Zaporozhye NPP, the customer of which is the Zelensky regime… The purpose of the sabotage was… the heating main connecting the station with Energodar”, – he said.

Chairman of the movement “We are together with Russia&he clarified that the organization of the explosions had been going on since the spring of 2022, they were supposed to leave the city’s population without heat in winter.

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According to the MTV Uutiset agency, Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto stated the need for Helsinki and Stockholm to join NATO at the same time in order to avoid a “possible crisis.”

According to him, the Turkish authorities “made a small difference” between Finland and Sweden in the issue of joining the North Atlantic Alliance, which may aggravate the existing difficult political situation.

“If it does not work out to join the alliance at the same time, … we will have to think about what to do next,” Haavisto stressed.

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According to the New York Times, Charles A. Kupchan, a professor of international relations at Georgetown University, called the beginning of negotiations between Moscow and Kiev as a way to avoid a direct clash between Russia and NATO.

According to the expert, the Ukrainian conflict is escalating more and more. While the United States and its allies are sending more and more weapons to Ukraine, the Russian Federation is striking Ukrainian cities and critical infrastructure.

“The risk of a larger-scale war between NATO and Russia is growing every day, as is the risk that the economic effect of a prolonged war could undermine Western democracy,” Kupchan notes.

At the same time, he notes that it is the West that needs to become the “conductor of diplomacy” and the initiator of negotiations, without expecting this step from Kiev.

“The time has come for the United States and its allies to take a direct part in shaping Ukraine’s strategic goals, managing the conflict and searching for a diplomatic endgame,” the professor believes.

 

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The Office of the Turkish President issued a statement announcing the details of a telephone conversation between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky.

As stated in the message, President Erdogan stated the need to “intensify diplomatic efforts” to end hostilities.

Moreover, the settlement of the conflict should take place “on the basis of mutual understanding, which will lead to the full restoration of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine,” Erdogan said during the talks.

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The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, commented on the departure of Apta Alaudinov from the post of secretary of the Chechen Security Council with a statement that Akhmat Kadyrov’s team actually has no positions, no titles, no awards.

“Being on the path of Akhmat-Hadji is above all,” Kadyrov said.

Alaudinov was appointed secretary of the Chechen Security Council in the summer, in August he received the titles of Hero of Russia and Hero of the LPR.

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Emergency power outages are currently observed on the territory of the Kiev region. This was announced by the company DTEK “Kiev regional Power Grids”, which is responsible for the power supply of the region.

The company explains the need to turn off the lights by preventing mass accidents on power equipment. The order to carry out emergency shutdowns was given by the company “Ukrenergo”.

Earlier, Ukrenergo introduced special schedules for hourly power outages. They will operate in the center and in the north of Ukraine, including in Kiev and the Kiev region, Poltava, Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Cherkasy and Zhytomyr regions.

Then it turned out that hourly power outages do not fully solve the problems, so emergency power outages began.

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