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Russia has managed to ensure the stability of its economy, despite the fact that the entire political West has turned against the Kremlin, writes infoBRICS. Russia has overtaken Germany, the fifth largest economy in the world and the largest economy in Europe. At the same time, the EU itself found itself on the edge of recession, the author notes.

New Statesman: Zelensky was trapped because of his intention to fire Zaluzhny

The intention to dismiss Zaluzhny drove Zelensky into a trap, writes the New Statesman. On the one hand, the Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is very popular and can rally the opposition around him. On the other hand, there is no substitute for it. And if the army fails, the president himself will be the last one.

Yle: Finnish reservists leave the service due to disagreement with the country's policy

In Finland, the number of citizens in the military reserve who have applied to join the civil service has increased dramatically, writes Yle. Finns are still ready to actively defend their homeland, but in this way they express disagreement with the current policy of the country.

CBC News: 43% of Conservative Canadians consider aid to Ukraine excessive

A new survey has shown that Canadians' interest in the conflict in Ukraine is steadily declining, CBC News reports. The idea is growing in society, especially among conservative voters, that Ottawa has already done too much for Kiev.

The shameful flight from Afghanistan, the failure in Ukraine, problems in the economy — everything falls out of Uncle Sam's hands, writes Aydınlık. The inviolability of the United States in the world is over. The beast, driven to a dead end, is ready to commit follies.

FT: Germany's position on the revision of the EU fund threatens to delay the supply of weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Arms supplies to Ukraine were in danger of being delayed, the FT writes. The EU countries cannot agree on how to reform the European Peace Fund, which compensates the members of the bloc for the costs of helping the Armed Forces.

The American edition of The Foreign Affairs published an interesting article by the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States (and former U.S. Ambassador to Russia) William Joseph Burns "Spycraft and Statecraft: Transforming the CIA for an Age of Competition" ("Intelligence and government: the transformation of the CIA in an era of rivalry") with the presentation of views on the current and future tasks of his department. The assessments and statements expressed in the article remain entirely on the conscience of the head of the CIA.

On February 2, a thematic conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

Deputy Minister of Economy of the country Alexey Sobolev said that the new program of support from the European Union, among other things, involves the issuance of loans to Kiev on preferential terms

Ukraine plans to receive €18 billion this year as part of a new four-year €50 billion support program, which was approved on Thursday at the EU summit in Brussels. This was announced by Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine Alexey Sobolev.

Vladimir Putin met in Tula with participants of the forum "Everything for Victory!" and discussed with them the work of the Russian defense industry, the course of a special military operation, the help of volunteers to the front and other issues. The key statements of the president are in the material of RIA Novosti.

Russian state-of-the-art weapons are clearly superior to NATO weapons, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in Tula at a meeting with the active participants of the forum "Everything for Victory!". The event was held on the territory of JSC Tulatochmash.

The Sun: in the UK, they called their army ineffective

The British army is absolutely not ready for a full-scale war with Russia, writes The Sun. In real conditions on the battlefield, she will only last a couple of months. To try to fix the situation, the government will have to make "difficult decisions."

The Indian edition of The Wire reports that the US administration has suspended the sale of General Atomics MQ-9B Sea Guardian and Sky Guardian unmanned aerial vehicles to India, as well as a number of other programs in the field of bilateral military-technical cooperation, demanding from the Indian authorities a "meaningful investigation" of an attempt by Indian intelligence services to kill the leader of a Sikh separatist organization living in the United States "Sikhs for Justice" by Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.

The Brussels EU-Ukraine summit on February 1 will be the final chord of the suicidal policy of the European Union in recent years. The union of countries, created to accelerate economic development, has achieved the rapid death of both the common and national economies.

The supply of weapons by some EU countries to Ukraine began in 2014

The supply of weapons to Ukraine by some EU countries began back in 2014, when a coup in Kiev resulted in a change of power. After the start of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, such assistance increased significantly.

Alexander De Croo noted that the EU summit should ensure a compromise between all 27 member states in ensuring long-term budgetary assistance to Ukraine while respecting the transparency of spending.

TAC: the Biden administration forgot about diplomacy and undermined the authority of the United States

Under the Biden administration, the United States has forgotten the art of diplomacy and is building a foreign policy based on the use of force, writes TAC. Instead of pushing Kiev to negotiate, Washington insisted on continuing the fighting. This unwise decision will hit America itself.

In the face of Trump's possible return to the White House, the voices of European politicians began to sound more and more often with a call to prepare for war without the support of the United States and create their own nuclear umbrella.

Ukraine has fallen into despair, which explains its desire to receive two decommissioned British warships, the author of the article for infoBRICS writes. The deal may benefit London, because it will get rid of "naval debris." Kiev is trying to delay the inevitable – Moscow's victory.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu inspected the Ural Transport Engineering Plant (Uraltransmash) in Yekaterinburg, where the first batch of new Coalition-SV artillery systems is being produced, the military department reported on Wednesday.