Trump family bribery is a voter liability in the US, a warfighting opportunity in Russia. When Putin compliments Melania Trump repeatedly, he is reminding that it’s pay-up time. johnhelmer.net/friendlykreml…

It’s showdown for slopaganda: johnhelmer.net/new-book-publ…

Putin, Dmitriev think a “European revolution” will save Russia from Ratcliffe’s CIA attack. johnhelmer.net/what-is-the-t…

Nabiullina fires drone at economy, extending 14% rate because US-NATO-Ukraine war is causing “temporary disruptions at production facilities in certain industries”. She demands budget cuts to force “slowdown in consumption growth” cbr.ru/eng/press/event/?id=3…

Backgrounder for the new Jamarl Thomas podcast: johnhelmer.net/when-you-reme…

It’s the 15th anniversary of the US-NATO assassination of Muammar Qaddafi of Libya so in today’s extra-long podcast with Jamarl I am  wearing the Libyan farmila and qamis. Click for the read-out, read-down of the Putin-Witkoff meeting. youtube.com/watch?v=m74o9KiW…

This is how the NATO allies, led by the US and including Turkey, aim to fight Russia on the Black Sea – and what Moscow has to say about it. johnhelmer.net/gorilla-radio…

The ghosts are Putin’s support for Israel in Syria;  his claim there is no defence cooperation article in the Iran-Russia treaty;  and Trump’s reference to his being “very well-behaved on Iran”. johnhelmer.net/sergei-lavrov…

Tune into the new podcast with Nima Alkhorshid, starting at 4pm Moscow, 2pm London, 9am New York: youtube.com/watch?v=E1eOT8cq…

New Russian voter opinion poll reveals Putin’s calculation, miscalculation by Trump, Zelensky wager, and failure of the alt-media to report accurately. johnhelmer.net/slopaganda-in…

HANDS UP, DEFENCES DOWN -- Cyprus applies to Israel to be military satrapy, replacing Russian weapons with Israeli systems salvaged from their Iran missile and drone defeat. en.philenews.com/local/cypru…

THE REAL FRONTERY:  “Of course, the delivery of massive and coordinated strikes against the enemy’s military‑industrial complex facilities and logistics centres must continue. Now let’s talk about our tasks for the near term.” kremlin.ru/events/president/…

THE EFFRONTERY: Dmitriev announces he controls the diesel deal with US Treasury to “facilitate…making payments and resolving purely tactical issues related to this [diesel ] deal.” This means what price, whose profit, where hidden. youtube.com/watch?v=54i7wNqM…

Putin hadn’t anticipated there would be attacks on data centres, retail warehouses. He had thought, he said yesterday, the enemy would stick to his tit-for-tat rulebook and “think about the consequences before making this step.” kremlin.ru/events/president/…

The Russian General Staff unleashed at last:  t.me/AMK_Mapping/39169 plus t.me/Slavyangrad/181665?sing… plus t.me/Slavyangrad/181665?sing… plus t.me/AMK_Mapping/39086 plus t.me/AMK_Mapping/39221

Shokhin, speaking for OUN, Oligarchs United Now, defends diesel deal: “oil tankers will be able to pass through the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea… protected…more promising than the [Dmitriev] project to build a tunnel beneath the Bering Strait" tass.com/economy/2202331

Look carefully at these four drone attacks off the Bulgarian coast, and you will not see a Russian hand. Whose hand  then? johnhelmer.net/the-black-sea…

Zelensky is first NATO ally to declare Trump a lame duck. In FT interview today, declaring himself strong enough “to resume strikes on Russian refineries”, defy threats to cut off intel & sat comms. ft.com/content/4d79b52f-1f0d…

The diesel deal has died – no tanker has set sail for the US; the Kremlin, plus ForMin, insist there is no deal because Zelensky & his allies refuse, and because there is “no connection” -- Putin didn’t ask Trump for an exchange johnhelmer.net/dmitrievs-die…

The diesel deal has died – no tanker has set sail for the US; the Kremlin, plus ForMin, insist there is no deal because Zelensky & his allies refuse, and because there is “no connection” -- Putin didn’t ask Trump for an exchange johnhelmer.net/dmitrievs-die…