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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday, when asked if current events amounted to a world war 3, advised against sowing scare but admitted that dangers were growing and Russia's opponents were escalating the situation. "You know, there is no need to scare anyone. There are many dangers, they are growing. We can see what our current opponent is doing — they are escalating the situation. If that's what they want, fine," Putin told Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin. "We will always respond to any challenge. Always. When our current opponents and possible partners hear, understand and realize this,...

The steady path toward World War III continues. U.S. and NATO support for Ukraine in the war with Russia has been one long failure, but that hasn’t stopped them from escalating the war with new weapons and tactics. Russia has met the escalation with its own escalation every step of the way. At what point do rational leaders in the West (if there are any left) pause, consider that the war is lost in Ukraine, deescalate and seek a treaty to end the war? There’s no sign of that yet. In fact, all of the signs point to further escalation,...

Garland Nixon's vision of the future of the former klepto-nazi pseudo-state ("ukraine"/Country 404) begins around minute 45 of this video.

Russian President defies reports of counter offensives to personally deliver Easter greetings to the troops. In the second time in as many months, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a visit to the newly annexed areas of Kherson and Lugansk, having visited Mariupol last month. He traveled by helicopter in spite of threats of a spring counter offensive by Ukrainian forces to receive personally progress reports from the military authorities in the regions, demonstrating that Russia is in control of these regions and no threat is serious enough to prevent him visiting at will. After receiving progress reports, the President congratulated...

In a totally unprecedented display, giant light images of the Mother of God stood shining over Moscow for several hours on October 7. The images were mounted on 14 media facades and 70 DSS-constructions provided for that purpose by Maer media holding, the largest outdoor advertising operator in Russia. The show marked the opening of the exhibition of modern Christian art titled "Faces of Mary - Images of Light" that opened on October 9, at the "Art Center, Moscow", next to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. The "Faces of Mary - Images of Light" exhibition features multimedia and holographic...