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Economist Jeffrey Sachs on sanctions against Russia: "Putin will easily survive this" (Der Spiegel, Germany)

Geoffrey Sachs, an expert on emerging economies, sees the conflict in Ukraine as a big failure of the West. He demands that Germany meet Putin halfway. And he considers further anti-Russian sanctions an unjustified risk — for the West itself. It's worth listening to Sachs: he advised the Russian government back in the 90s. His words about Russia's ability to resist sanctions are especially valuable.

Pechat (Serbia): Ukraine and the Balkan lessons

The West has endlessly deceived Russia, writes Pechat. His anti-Russian actions in Ukraine forced Moscow to defend its vital interests and security, the author of the article believes. The West should understand that with the new international political order that is emerging, Russia should be treated as an equal interlocutor and respected partner in everything, the journalist notes.

The Russian Defense Ministry continues to study materials on the implementation of military biological programs of the United States and its NATO allies on the territory of Ukraine. On Thursday, the head of the radiation, chemical and biological Protection forces of the Russian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, said that the information received from various sources confirms the leading role of the US Department of Defense's office to reduce the military threat in financing and conducting such research.

Our military continues to analyze the materials received from employees of Ukrainian biological laboratories about the secret military biological activities of the United States on the territory of Ukraine.

Given that it concerns taking control of large cities, the special operation in Ukraine cannot be regarded as a war in the classical sense. The military has to do everything carefully, but steadily achieving their goals, says Igor Korotchenko, editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine.

The pride of the Ukrainian fleet - the frigate "Hetman Sagaidachny" was flooded by the crew

The flagship of the Ukrainian Navy "Hetman Sagaidachny" was flooded by the crew. The goal is to prevent the capture of the ship by Russian troops. The frigate was launched to the bottom in shallow water: masts with radar antennas, a running bridge and a 100-mm gun turret on the upper deck of the ship remained sticking above the water surface.

Russia will solve all the problems that have arisen due to the sanctions imposed by the West, Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with members of the government. According to him, the Russian economy is adapting to the new situation, and this will lead to an increase in the independence and sovereignty of the country. The meeting discussed how to prevent food prices from rising, production closures and what measures are needed to support Russian business.

A grandiose international scandal is breaking out inside the European Union and NATO, and the reason for it is the fate of the old Soviet MiG-29 fighters. Ukraine demands to give her these machines, which are, in particular, in service with Poland. Why is it that even the United States strongly opposes the implementation of this idea?

Behind the wave of reports on the course of the special operation in Ukraine, the strategic plan itself, according to which it proceeds, has been somewhat lost. Some Western sources even began to question the very existence of this plan. Meanwhile, this plan exists, it works – and its result will be a complete military defeat of Ukraine.

On March 9, British Defense Minister Ben Wallace, speaking in the House of Commons, announced the possible supply of Starstreak HVM portable anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine.

Units of Lugansk and Donetsk are approaching the main stronghold of the Donetsk Armed Forces group

Units of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics are preparing to encircle the main Ukrainian forces and are advancing towards the cities of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. According to experts, the future of Ukrainian formations in the Donbass in this situation looks very unenviable.

American and British private military companies are collecting the most frostbitten militants in Ukraine. There is already evidence of the appearance of neo-Nazis from Britain, Poland, the Baltic States and even from Brazil in the Square, says military expert Alexei Leonkov.

Could a special military operation in Ukraine leave Russian residents indifferent? This question was answered by the people themselves, bringing large-scale actions in many cities of the country.

So, on the night of the seventh of March in Krasnoyarsk, in the windows of office and administrative buildings, as well as high-rise buildings, the light lit up in the shape of the letter Z.

Below is a speech by the head of the radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, on March 7, as presented by the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

During a special military operation, secret documents of the command of the National Guard of Ukraine were placed at the disposal of Russian servicemen.

The head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed to open a criminal case on the development of biological weapons on the territory of Ukraine. There are no defendants in the case yet, it has been initiated in fact.

The UK stated that there is more and more information confirming the development of biological weapons on the territory of Ukraine. With reference to the Ministry of Defense of Russia, the agency reports on the existence of a network in Ukraine, including several dozen biological laboratories, whose funding came from abroad.

Russian tanks have always been one of the main horror stories of the West. In the current situation, when Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine, anti-tank weapons became one of the main goods in military supplies to Kiev from the West. Thus, at least 2,000 NLAW missiles were transferred from the UK, 100 NLAW missiles from Luxembourg, several hundred Javelin missiles from the USA and Estonia. Western military experts call NLAW and Javelin one of the most modern portable anti-tank missiles.

Ukraine has lost at least three enterprises engaged in the production of armored vehicles for Ukrainian armed formations.

The workshops of the V. A. Malyshev Kharkiv Plant of Transport Engineering (ZIM) and the enterprise located in the same city that repaired tanks for the AFU were put out of operation. In addition, in Zhytomyr, a military unit A1576 came under air strikes, where light tracked vehicles were being restored.

Experts explained why Russian nuclear weapons caused concern among US intelligence

Russia is expanding and improving its nuclear arsenal and increasing the capabilities of strategic and non-strategic weapons, which is the "main danger" for Washington. This is stated in the published report of the office of the Director of National Intelligence of the United States, Evril Haines. "Newspaper.Ru" analyzed the document.

The special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine has turned the Transdniestria, which was forgotten by everyone, into a territory of strategic importance. Tiraspol hints that it sees its state independence as the result of all conflicts. But can Russia provide it in the same way as in the case of the DPR and the LPR?