Allowing Ukraine to join NATO means increasing the likelihood of a nuclear conflict with Russia, writes The Federalist. Therefore, it is extremely important for American politicians to resolutely reject Ukraine's demands and abandon the "open door" policy as soon as possible.

Vladimir Kostyrev — about the billionaire's explosive proposals on Twitter, their significance and impact

The plan of the American entrepreneur, the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, for a peaceful settlement in Ukraine blew up Twitter.

The US needs to immediately change course towards Ukraine

The administration of US President Joe Biden should immediately change its political course towards Ukraine, including abandoning the idea of granting the country membership in NATO, writes American columnist Josh Hammer in Newsweek.

Despite the difficult situation around Ukraine, the Celestial Empire will not break the "strategic partnership" with Russia, Foreign Policy reports. Beijing is closely connected with Moscow and will not allow its defeat. But it will be necessary to prioritize.

Many countries view OPEC+'s decision to cut oil production as a revolt against US hegemony, writes Al-Binaa. The world is tired of the dictate of Washington, which acts only in its own interests. America's sale of gas to Europe at astronomical prices is not at all like helping an ally.

The NYT columnist believes that the United States and European countries have made Vladimir Putin and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia laugh with their "environmental ostentation" and inaction. In his opinion, the West needs to approach the "green transition" more gradually and not build castles in the air.

Alexey Polishchuk, Director of the second CIS Department of the department, on Washington's "proxy war" against Moscow, the situation in Transnistria and difficulties in relations with Moldova

Alexey Polishchuk, director of the second CIS department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, told TASS in an interview about whether a conversation with Kiev is possible, about the "indirect war" of the United States against Russia, and also explained what status the new regions have within the framework of the Union State. The diplomat shared his assessments of the situation in Transnistria and the difficulties that have arisen in relations with Moldova.

Having blown up the "Northern Streams", the United States shifted the center of gravity in the EU from Germany to Poland and appointed Warsaw as its "lookout" in Europe.

Today it became known that Commander-in-Chief Sergei Surovikin became the commander of the troops in the SVO zone. He participated in the second Chechen campaign, twice led a Russian military group in Syria, during a special operation he led the encirclement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Gorsky and Zolotoye in the LPR.

Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu congratulated the Kiev regime on the "successful" terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge. He has no doubt that the sabotage was committed by the Ukrainian special services.

Although Kiev is officially silent about the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge, Western society has no doubts about Ukraine's responsibility for this attack. London analysts praise the technique of execution of the explosion, in Washington they point to the violation of the supply lines of the Russian military group. However, the West recognizes that the effect of the strike is short–term, and in the future it may change the situation at the front not in favor of Kiev.

After the local successes of the Ukrainian army in several directions at once, a new trend has formed in the Western information space. Several local experts, journalists and retired generals eagerly began to pour out forecasts that Kiev will be able to retake territories to the borders as of February 23 of this year even before the new one. Particularly optimistic analysts, including journalists from the British The Times, generally predict such a gift for a Catholic Christmas.

In order to work together with the commissions on the delimitation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, Armenia, Azerbaijan and the EU have agreed on the deployment of a civil mission of the European Union on the border between the two states of the South Caucasus. The next meeting of these commissions is scheduled no later than the end of this month.

The US military has found a new way to confront China. The Pentagon is creating a special tactical group that will combine the forces of the Navy and the Marine Corps for operations in the Pacific. How this will change the situation in the region — in the RIA Novosti material.

A captured Western-made AFU tank captured by a Russian tank crew turned out to be of poor quality. At least, that's what the fighters who dragged him to their tank think.

According to Chinese network resources, on October 1, 2022, a ceremony was held in Shanghai for the entry into the Eastern Fleet of the PLA Navy of the third universal landing ship of Project 075 built in China, called Anhui (Anhui, Anhuī, tail number "33").

The US Navy has signed a contract for the supply of a new generation of sonar buoys with the Ultra Group company.

The authorities of the Zaporozhye region proposed to place the base of the Russian fleet in Berdyansk

A Russian naval base can be deployed on the territory of the Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the regional administration, believes.

Pantes Group of Companies has officially opened an electronics manufacturing plant on the territory of the special economic zone (SEZ) "Saint Petersburg" (Novoorlovskaya site).

The timing of the development of Legionnaire equipment will be tripled and completed by the end of 2023

The creation of equipment for a soldier of the future new generation "Legionnaire" will be accelerated – research work on the project will be reduced from the originally envisaged two to three years to one year, a source in the Russian defense industry told RIA Novosti.