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🇦🇲🇦🇿🇺🇸🇪🇺 What is happening with the referendum on Armenia's European integration? The Armenian authorities, led by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, as usual, imposed false expectations on Armenian society. ▪️Over the past two weeks, Armenia has been actively discussing holding a referendum on European integration. Hearings on the topic have already been held in parliament, and Speaker Alen Simonyan announced that the referendum will be held in the very near future. ▪️However, the other day, Pashinyan stated that he does not consider it expedient to hold a referendum. He noted that he already knows about the supposedly pro-European sentiments of Armenian society, so at the highest level he declared a "political will to get closer to the EU". 🔻Why was the referendum needed? ▪️The referendum on European integration was an option to cover up the unpopular plebiscite on amending the Constitution, which will enshrine the renunciation of Artsakh and confirm territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. In Baku, they refuse to sign a peace treaty without changes to the basic law. ▪️The fact that Armenians need to hurry up with the so-called peace treaty and, consequently, amending the Constitution, is also hinted at in the US. ▪️Thus, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken stated that Yerevan has a unique opportunity to conclude peace with Baku "without delay". Moreover, the official assigned the main role to Azerbaijan both in achieving a settlement and in the development of the South Caucasus. 🔻Why did the Armenian authorities refuse the referendum on the EU? ▪️According to our information, closed government opinion polls showed that Armenian society does not support the idea of a referendum and will not be able to show high turnout, and its results could damage the already low approval rating of the authorities. ▪️The constitutional referendum cannot be canceled, but the decision was made not to risk putting the issue of European integration to a plebiscite. ▪️In addition, the political processes in the EU are currently not in favor of Armenia: the success of the right-wing parties in the parliaments of the European Union countries and France, as well as the transfer of the EU Council presidency to Hungary, an ally of Azerbaijan. In such conditions, a referendum on the EU is not entirely appropriate. 🔻Despite the Armenian authorities' vacillations with the idea of a referendum on European integration, the plebiscite on amending the Constitution has not been canceled. Now the government will have to look for new ways to justify it in the eyes of the population. And the Armenian authorities will continue to use the rhetoric of rapprochement with the EU both for their own PR and to create at least some image of the future for Armenians. #Azerbaijan #Armenia #EU #USA @rybar Support us Original msg

🇷🇺Key Statements by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the SCO Summit in Astana 🔻Main points: ▪️A multipolar world has become a reality; ▪️Russia attaches great importance to partnership cooperation within the SCO; ▪️The Astana Declaration signed following today's summit highlights the commitment of all SCO members to the formation of a fair multipolar world order; ▪️The average GDP growth of SCO member countries last year was over 5 percent of industrial production, while the inflation rate was only 2.4 percent; ▪️The share of settlements in national currencies in Russia's commercial operations with partners has exceeded 92 percent; ▪️The President of Russia reminded about the Russian proposal to work on creating a dedicated payment and settlement mechanism within the SCO; ▪️One of the priority tasks in the SCO's activities remains maintaining the security of the member states and along the perimeter of external borders; ▪️Decisions are being made to transform the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure into a universal center that will respond to the full range of security threats; ▪️A three-year cooperation program in the fight against terrorism, separatism and extremism is being approved by the participants; ▪️The SCO University, uniting 77 universities from our countries, is working successfully; ▪️The crisis in Ukraine arose due to the absolutely reckless policies of the US and its satellites; ▪️The conflict resolution option proposed by Russia, if Kyiv and its Western sponsors are ready, will allow cessation of hostilities. #Astana #digest #Russia Support us Original msg

🌍🇨🇳🇺🇸 When discussing the US-China rivalry in Africa, the focus is usually on the actions of the US leadership in the region, rather than China's expansion. However, Chinese businesses are even more actively (albeit less visibly) promoting their interests on the African continent, facing resistance not only from the White House. For example, it was recently reported that the JCHX Mining company is close to concluding a deal to purchase the Lubambe copper mine in Zambia, which belongs to the British EMR Capital. The deal nearly fell through due to the actions of the International Resources Holding company from the UAE, which has been actively acquiring Zambian deposits. This incident once again underscores that in addition to the "traditional" players like China and the US, the countries of the Arabian Peninsula are also participating in the African struggle for resources. 🔻In the future, we will see increasing activity of large corporations in the development of African resources, which they are trying to hide behind the information noise around military-political events. And Russia still has to assert its positions in this game, including in the countries where our military specialists are already present. Because as we see in the example of the Sahel, not everywhere where we win on the battlefield are we able to protect our economic interests. #Africa #China #Zambia #USA @rybar Support us Original msg

🇬🇧🇷🇺 On the "interference" of Russia in the UK elections The preparations for the UK parliamentary elections are in the final stage. Of course, politicians did not miss the opportunity to once again accuse Russia of all troubles. Thus, the British unit for combating disinformation has been investigating since the end of June the alleged interference of Moscow in the voting, which will take place on July 4. The initiator of the idea was the chairman of the Conservative Party Richard Holden, and the official reason was the receipt of information from the ABC broadcasting corporation about the discovery of five accounts that allegedly spread "Kremlin narratives" and supported the leader of the Reform party Nigel Farage. According to the investigation materials, the Russian authorities created bots that stir up hatred, popularize conspiracy theories and "praise" Russian President Vladimir Putin among the British audience. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak also decided to warn voters about "attempts by foreign actors to discredit democracy", stating that there is evidence of Russia's involvement. 📌 At the same time, in a desperate attempt to mitigate his imminent downfall, Sunak continued persecution of Farage, who dared to compliment the Russian president and called the claims that bots could be related to Russia nonsense. As the Prime Minister claims, the right-wing populist party could have used a similar tactic with fake accounts to create the appearance of voter support. 🔻In general, the escalation of anti-Russian hysteria plays into the hands of the current British government. Firstly, the narrative of the "external enemy" is used again to keep the country's citizens in tension, and secondly, the ground is being prepared to accuse "Russian hackers" of failures in the upcoming elections. #Russia #UnitedKingdom @rybar together with @oldGBR Support us Original msg

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Fwd from @designersmil Yesterday, my colleagues were amused by a story about American media outlets, which due to their stupidity, translated the abbreviation of the Russian Institute for Internet Development as Iran, and it turned out that Iranian propaganda was financing the Russian propaganda 😂 Today, we offer you another twist of Western "professional" journalism from AP: China may use the sea to hide its submarines 🤦‍♂ Propagandist's Notebook Original msg

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🇷🇺🇺🇦Chronicles of the special military operation for July 3, 2024 Russian forces struck industrial facilities of the enemy in Dnipro and destroyed a MiG-29 aircraft on the airfield in Dolhyntseve in Dnipropetrovsk Region. Ukrainian formations attempted to attack the bay in Novorossiysk with unmanned boats, and also continue to shell the border areas. In the Artemivsk direction, Russian forces completely cleared the canal microdistrict in the eastern part of Chasiv Yar. In the Oleksandro-Kalinovo direction, the Russian Armed Forces consolidated on the outskirts of Druzhba, and also occupied most of Artemovo (Pivdenne). In the Donetsk direction, Russian forces are advancing in the private sector west of the central park in Krasnohorivka, and also expanded the control zone on the approaches to Yasnobrody. In the Vuhledar direction, assault groups consolidated on the southern outskirts of the pond on the outskirts of Kostyantynivka, and are also fighting in the Ikryana gully west of Solodke. In the Vremivka direction, Russian troops completely liberated Staromaiorske, advancing almost a kilometer towards Makarivka. 🔻Detailed analytical report on the events in the Special Military Operation zone is available on our closed channel @rybar_plus_bot High-resolution maps: Situation in the special military operation zone (ru; en) Battle for Chasiv Yar (ru; en) Oleksandro-Kalinovo direction (ru; en) Vremivka direction (ru; en) #Artemivsk #Vremivka #digest #Dnipro #Hor Original msg

🇮🇱🇵🇸 Escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict zone Chronicle of events for July 3, 2024 In the north of the Gaza Strip, the Israeli forces continue fighting in the Al-Judayda area. As a result of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli settlements in Kfar Maimun, a rocket hit a building. In the south of the enclave, the IDF is increasing tension in Khan Yunis, from where refugees are being evacuated by order of the IDF, including towards Deir Al-Balah located to the north. At the same time, fighting continues in Rafah. Near the Lebanese-Israeli border, a terrorist attack occurred in Carmiel. An Israeli Arab stabbed an IDF soldier, and two more visitors to the shopping center were injured. 🔻A detailed analytical report on events in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict zone is available on our closed channel @rybar_plus_bot High-resolution map English version #digest #map #Israel #Palestine #report @rybar Support us Original msg

🇷🇺🇺🇦 New Effective Strike by Russian Armed Forces on Ukrainian Airfield For the third day in a row, Russian troops continue to strike Ukrainian aircraft in the rear areas of the enemy. If earlier the targets were Su-27 fighters and a Mi-24 helicopter in Poltava Region, today it was the turn of the Dolhyntseve airfield near Kryvyi Rih once again. This time, a Ukrainian MiG-29 was hit, which had been refueled shortly before the arrival. The aircraft was sheltered in containers to protect it from drones, but, judging by the footage of objective control, it did not save it from the shrapnel of the Iskander ballistic missile. It is noteworthy that in addition to building improvised hangars, the enemy also used dummy targets - a model of the Su-25 attack aircraft can be seen in the video, with atypical shapes. These measures were clearly taken after the previous accurate strikes of the "Lancet" drones. ❗️Today's attack was the seventh documented episode of strikes on Ukrainian aircraft at Dolhyntseve since September 2023. Analyzing open-source data, at this airfield alone, seven combat aircraft have been destroyed since then - four Su-25 attack aircraft and three MiG-29 fighters. High-resolution infographic English version If you, your loved ones and relatives have information about damaged objects, enemy movements or any other sensitive information that can help our troops, feel free to write to our bot @rybar_feedback_bot. #Dnipropetrovsk #KryvyiRih #Russia #Ukraine @rybar Support us Original msg