Eurasia & Multipolarity

Finland has officially began implementing France’s nuclear deterrence initiative, President Alexander Stubb said. The initiative involves joint exercises with partner countries and the possible deployment of French strategic forces on the territory of other European nations.

Taking the Houthis at Their Word: The Bill Saudi Arabia Doesn’t Want to Read https://sonar21.com/taking-the-houthis-at-their-word-the-bill-saudi-arabia-doesnt-want-to-read/

The United States is said to support the swift resumption of Russian gas supplies to Europe through Ukrainian pipelines, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports, citing US, European, and Ukrainian officials. The proposal advanced by US envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner involves utilizing an American intermediary and an escrow account to bypass European sanctions, the newspaper said. Washington also attempted to present this idea to European leaders as a method to reduce hydrocarbon prices amid record low European gas inventories ahead of winter, the news outlet noted.

🗣 Key takeaways from statements by Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, November 2: ▪️The Alyoshki humanitarian mission was successful ▪️Moscow highly values the level of coordination between Russian and Ukrainian human rights commissioners ▪️Russia is grateful to Washington, particularly US First Lady Melania Trump, for the assistance in the Alyoshki humanitarian operation ▪️There have been no plans or initiatives yet for further missions like the Alyoshki humanitarian operation ▪️Ukrainian forces may have used the ceasefire in Alyoshki to regroup ▪️Russia will prioritize the safety of civilians in decisions on further humanitarian operations ▪️The world economic growth centers are not in Europe, they are in the collective South ▪️Preparations for a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping at the APEC summit are underway, Moscow is looking forward to this contact ▪️No details are available so far on a possible trilateral meeting between Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Donald Trump at the APEC summit ▪️It is safe to say that if Putin and Trump attend the APEC summit, they will interact in one way or another ▪️Putin’s program at the APEC summit is still at a preparatory stage ▪️Russia and China are united by vast cooperation ▪️Putin and Xi Jinping usually briefly analyze bilateral relations and discuss the international agenda during their meetings ▪️Any resumption of the Russian gas transit via Ukraine in the future will depend on buyers’ willingness and sellers’ ability ▪️It is too early to discuss reviving the Russian gas transit via Ukraine any time soon ▪️No official invitation for Russia to join the Organization of Turkic States has been received yet ▪️Peskov said Russia’s participation in the Organization of Turkic States would be appropriate ▪️The Kremlin, like the rest of the world, is monitoring the situation around the US midterm elections, yet they are Washington’s domestic matter

Prime Minister of Belgium Bart De Wever may resign after the meeting with King Philippe on Monday, De Standaard newspaper reports, citing a source. Unsuccessful attempts to coordinate the budget may become the reason to step down from the office.

According to the news outlet, the Belgian government "is in a deep crisis."

Gaza: The site of the worst crime of the 21st Century, and the world’s first live-streamed genocide. Gaza now looks like the aftermath of a nuclear war thanks to the Democratic Party, Republican Party, the UK, and EU states aiding Israel.

A reminder of Donald Trump’s brilliant, election-winner message to American voters ahead of the midterms: ‘We can't take care of daycare. We're fighting wars. It's not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these things.’ In other words ‘we have money for endless wars for Israel, but not for your healthcare or childcare.’ The nail in the coffin of America First™️

⚔️ Trump-Netanyahu phone call discusses timeframe for return to combat — report Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pressing Trump to carry out attacks against Iran immediately after the midterm elections, one Israeli and one US source told Axios. According to the sources, Trump is currently willing to adhere to the negotiation process mediated by Qatar — a strategy Netanyahu is concerned about — while indicating readiness to strike Iran during Saturday’s Halloween event at Mar-a-Lago. 👉 This comes as Qatari mediators have met with Iranian officials on Sunday for the third consecutive day in efforts to pave the way for regional peace, with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi expressing optimism about the situation. 👍 Substack | Chat | @geopolitics_prime

❗️Conflict Overview: Day 245     ▪️ Iran’s defense doctrine is undergoing a rapid transformation, with the geography of threats no longer determining the geography of response, Mohammad Mokhber, and adviser to the Iranian supreme leader, said   ▪️ Iran continues consultations with mediators on the two-day plan for opening the Strait of Hormuz, but no final result has been reached as of yet, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said   ▪️ Iran has designated the UK’s Royal Navy and Royal Air Force as terrorist organizations and has classified the British foreign intelligence service MI6 as a hostile group, the Foreign Ministry said   ▪️ The Al Mayeda LNG tanker, which is owned by Qatar’s Nakilat company, was attacked on the evening of October 30 in the Persian Gulf, the press service reported.

🇮🇷🇺🇸| Iran’s IRGC-Navy announced that 2 violating oil tankers, traveling through an illegal route in the Strait of Hormoz, collided with sea mines. One of the tankers was a supertanker and caught fire after a massive explosion and is currently burning. The tankers had turned off their AIS systems and were attempting to secretly pass through the Strait of Hormoz with the support of the US army. @FotrosResistancee

🇧🇬 Iliana Yotova Wins Bulgaria's Presidential Election Bulgaria's incumbent President Iliana Yotova has won today's runoff against pro-Western former caretaker Prime Minister Andrey Gyurov, according to parallel vote counts. Pollsters Alpha Research, Myara and Trend put her at 57% to 59%, with Myara and Trend giving Gyurov about 38%. Official results are expected within three days. Yotova is not openly pro-Russian, but she favors dialogue with Moscow and opposes military aid to Ukraine. She said more weapons and money for Kiev only bring more destruction and deaths, and that peace can only come through negotiations that include Russia. She branded her opponents "warmongers" who want Russia to capitulate, and promised that no Bulgarian soldiers will go to Ukraine. She said she would speak to Putin if she had a mandate from the Bulgarian state and national consensus. AP expects her to back better relations with Russia and the lifting of sanctions, while keeping Bulgaria on its European path. Yotova, who served as vice president under Rumen Radev, took over the presidency in January when he resigned to run in the snap parliamentary election. Radev, now prime minister and skeptical of support for Ukraine, backed her through his Progressive Bulgaria party, so the win keeps the presidency in the hands of the ruling majority. She becomes the first woman directly elected as Bulgaria's president. Turnout was only about 29%, after a record low in the first round. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

🇺🇸🇷🇸 "Student List" Moves to Shut Down Alta Bank used by Russian Businesses inside Serbia ▪️Citing "corruption" the clamp down will effectively restrict many Russian businesses using it while operating in Serbia; ▪️Before the elections, the US began considering sanctions against individuals involved in Alta Bank and now following them, the bank itself was outright closed; ▪️In the same article about possible US sanctions targeting Alta Bank, ties to Russia and China are also mentioned as the rationale for targeting the individuals and the Vucic government itself; ▪️This is only the first of the now familiar "bait and switch" method the US has used across Europe recently to install governments into power by promising to address US interference only to accelerate it once in office;

🇺🇸🇷🇸NEW VIDEO: Who is Behind Serbia's Student List Movement & Avoiding Those Distracting Away from Facts On YouTube: https://youtu.be/J9qNb3s3r3A?si=VZzGe_a3BZvt4FQL ▪️Resolving who is behind Serbia’s Student List movement (or any other popular movement) requires research into actual, documented evidence found by following money and associations; ▪️Beware of attempts across the alternative media to discredit research and analysis through personal attacks that sidestep the topic at hand and the documented research defining the facts regarding it; ▪️The topic at hand is who is behind the Serbian “Student List” movement and substantial evidence exists that the US has once again organized what it claims is an “organic, spontaneous, leaderless” movement, all popular labels used to cover up US involvement in other, similar movements worldwide, and also inside Serbia itself; ▪️Whatever Kim Iversen's true intentions actually are, what she has done in practice is distract away from researching who is behind Serbia's Student List, avoid talking about documented evidence of US involvement, and attacking and undermining people trying to share this actual evidence;

🇷🇺🇵🇱 Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Poland is now struggling with the same thing it supported in Ukraine in 2014:

"What the Polish authorities are now experiencing at home as a collapse and a tragedy, trying to keep the situation from a bloody nosedive and bring it back into a legal framework, is practically what they themselves supported and blessed among their Ukrainian neighbors 12 years ago."

🔴 @DDGeopolitics

🇪🇺 "Russia is attacking civilians in Ukraine. They are not making any battlefield advances." - European Foreign Policy Embarrassment Kaka Khallas. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

🇺🇸 Business Jet Crashes Into Florida Mobile Home Park, Multiple Dead A Learjet 60 crashed into a mobile home park in Greenacres, Palm Beach County, shortly after 1 pm local time today. The FAA says nine people were aboard. Authorities report multiple deaths, but the exact toll is unknown, including whether anyone on the ground was killed. The jet left Austin, Texas, for North Eleuthera in the Bahamas. According to Flightradar24, it suddenly went into a steep dive, descending at more than 32,000 feet per minute. The crash site is about 9 miles from Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, where US forces recently deployed Avenger air defense systems. There is no indication of any link between the two, and the cause is not yet known. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

Reports of a Learjet crashing in Palm Beach, Florida. Interestingly, this is just 8 miles from Trump's residence, where U.S. Army AN/TWQ-1 Avenger air defence systems are currently deployed...

🇪🇺 EU Crisis and Russian Reactions Former Slovenian PM Janez Jansa accused EU leadership of abandoning democratic principles, citing the annulment of Romanian presidential election results, police actions against Poland's Constitutional Court, and the arrest of an opposition leader in Slovenia. He criticised Germany's energy policy, Spain's migrant citizenship grants, and early changes to Slovenian public TV media management. Jansa stated on X that the EU must be saved from itself, noting these decisions contradict expectations at accession. Medvedev's Response Dmitry Medvedev mocked Polish PM Tusk's accusations, sarcastically attributing US elections, Spanish migrants, and Poland's constitutional issues to "Russian interference," asserting this narrative unites the West. A satirical French post similarly blamed mundane daily mishaps on Russian meddling. @Slavyangrad

Russia Biggest 1000 Geran Strike Zelensky Erdogan Want Black Sea Truce Russia Says NO; Poland Crisis

If Kiev goes seven days without water and with a non-functional sewage system, outbreaks of dangerous infections—including cholera and hepatitis—could occur, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine. @ukr_leaks_eng