24 Apr, 2025 17:02

European ‘warmongers’ working to undermine Trump’s peace efforts – Russian intel

UK and French intelligence have been fabricating smears about the US president’s alleged ties to Moscow, the SVR has claimed

Europe is seeking to undermine US President Donald Trump’s efforts to broker a peaceful resolution to the Ukraine conflict, according to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Agency (SVR).

Trump has pushed for a swift end to the hostilities since taking office in January, with his administration holding several rounds of high-level talks with Russia.

In a statement shared on Thursday, the SVR said the British and French intelligence agencies have been working to discredit Trump and derail negotiations between Washington and Moscow.

The two countries’ spy services have “instructed” employees of the now Russia-banned Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), founded by the late opposition figure Alexey Navalny, to dig up “informational dirt” and spread false claims about “unofficial links” between Trump’s associates and Russia.

They also approached staff from opposition investigative outlet Proekt and Latvian-based Russian-language website Meduza with the same task.

Moscow has labeled FBK an “extremist” group while the two media outlets are listed as “undesirable” organizations. Their staff have fled Russia and are now “on the edge of survival,” the SVR wrote.

“The newly minted European warmongers are launching a campaign to undermine President Donald Trump’s peacekeeping efforts,” the SVR stated.

According to the agency,London and Paris are particularly interested in information on US business ventures with Russian energy giants Gazprom and Rosneft, as well as state corporations Rostec and Rosatom.The aim, it said, is to damage US policy and disrupt peace talks.

The “dirty campaign,” SVR added, shows European leaders have drawn no conclusions from past “miscalculations and mistakes,” referencing the discredited ‘Steele dossier’ and the FBI’s 2016 ‘Crossfire Hurricane’ investigation into Trump’s first campaign. The probe, launched to examine alleged Trump-Russia collusion, found no evidence of wrongdoing. The FBI had used the now-debunked dossier, compiled by a former UK intel agent and reportedly funded by Hillary Clinton’s campaign, to obtain surveillance warrants on Trump’s team.

Last month, Trump ordered the declassification of FBI records related to the case.

“Stepping on the same rake,” the SVR said, European agencies remain committed to “unscrupulous” tactics in a bid to make the Ukraine conflict between European NATO-members and Russia “last forever.”

The Russian Foreign Ministry has accused the UK and the EU of embarking “on a path of militarism” through continued arms supplies to Kiev and plans to deploy troops, accusing them of trying to expand military presence and prolong the conflict.

Sergey Shoigu, secretary of Russia’s National Security Council, has warned the deployment of foreign troops to Ukraine could lead to a clash between Russia and NATO, and ultimately to World War III.

https://www.rt.com/news/616205-eu-trump-russia-ukraine-conflict/

24 Apr, 2025 14:43

Russian spy chief hints at meeting with CIA bossPosted on the board this am

Sergey Naryshkin has said he held a phone call with John Ratcliffe and announced the possibility of future face-to-face talks

(Interesting, that’s why the announcement of head of SVB, like our CIA has been talking to Rattcliffe at CIA, and they will be meeting personally soon.)

The two intelligence heads held their first phone discussion in March. Naryshkin disclosed at the time that both sides agreed to maintain regular contact to help reduce tensions in relations. He highlighted the importance of continuing dialogue even amid strained political conditions.

Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Naryshkin confirmed that he had spoken with his US counterpart again and hinted at the possibility of a direct meeting. “We had a phone conversation with a colleague, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency. It was a very constructive conversation. Therefore, I do not rule out that a meeting may take place within some time,” he was quoted as saying by TASS.

https://www.rt.com/russia/616221-russia-svr-cia-meeting/

24 Apr, 2025 19:18

EU state’s president blocks controversial law against largest Christian church

Estonia’s parliament had earlier passed legislation that could force the country’s Orthodox Church to sever its historic ties with Russia

Estonian President Alar Karis has refused to sign a controversial law targeting the Estonian Christian Orthodox Church (ECOC), saying it violates the constitution.

The ‘Amendment to the Churches and Congregations Act,’ passed by parliament earlier this month, would have barred religious organizations in the Baltic state from being governed by foreign bodies deemed a security threat. It specifically prohibited ties enshrined in foundational documents with such entities. The draft law was widely seen as aimed at forcing the ECOC to cut ties with the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC). The ECOC had previously been required to revise its charter and remove any mention of the Moscow Patriarchate.

In a statement on Thursday, Karis claimed that the Moscow Patriarchate “undermines the sovereignty and democracy of states,” but warned that the amendment in its current form contradicts the constitution by “disproportionately restricting freedom of association and religion.”

He argued that an ambiguous ban on foreign ties could trigger legal disputes and lead to similar curbs on all associations, including political parties.The ECOC thanked Karis for his “principled stand” and expressed hope for continued dialogue with authorities, emphasizing its canonical ties are no threat to national security.

“Throughout its history in Estonia, our Church has demonstrated loyalty to the Estonian state and respect for its people, upholding democratic values – foremost among them, the freedom of religion,”it said in a statement on Thursday.

The changes were introduced in response to the Moscow Patriarchate’s support for Russia’s military operation against the Kiev regime, local broadcaster ERR reported earlier.

Estonia’s former interior minister, Lauri Laanemets, who initiated the bill, had previously threatened to shut down monasteries that refuse to cut ties and even threatened to classify the ROC as a terrorist organization.

In August 2024, the EOC revised its charter and removed references to the Moscow Patriarchate, but Laanemets insisted the move was insufficient.

The ROC has condemned the draft law as discriminatory against the 250,000 Orthodox believers in the EU member state, stressing that the ECOC has never engaged in politics or jeopardized public safety.

Moscow has described the legislation as “unprecedented in its aggression and legal nihilism,” and urged Tallinn to end religious discrimination.

Although most Estonians are not religious, around 16% identify as Orthodox Christians and 8% as Lutherans, according to government data. Estonia was part of the Soviet Union from 1940 to 1991, and Russian speakers constitute about 27% of its population.

(Brussels is bond and determined to eliminate God, and certain religions that don’t adhere to the crack down on religion. Brussels will not stop with those churches though. Europe doesn’t only have a free speech problem, they have a anti-God bias. They are trying this in Romania also.)

https://www.rt.com/news/616231-estonia-christian-church-law/

>>22949025 JUSTICE IS COMING - @mrddmia stops by @Bannons_WarRoom after a meeting with the Trump DOJPN

This is the video where Mike Davis reveals a lot going on behind the scenesand for quite a while, things will come out soon.

“Illegal Immigrants Do Not Have Due Process Rights.” Davis Calls For SCOTUS Political ConsequencesMike Davis says I’ve heard Garcia is being nominated by the Democrats as the “next Pope”. Kek (I love to listen to Mike Davis)

Davis dropped a bombshell at the end, when Bannon who is investigating all the cheating for years, and Mike says, “maybe but maybe, there is a person that was assigned this a long time and it’s happening. And a LOT is happening behind the scenes, with Bondi, Patel, the high office lawyers of DOJ.This part is a real must listenListen to the last 4+ minutes if nothing else.

16:43

https://rumble.com/embed/v6qbrwf/?pub=4

24 Apr, 2025 16:44

Ukraine must compromise – Polish president

Andrzej Duda has called on Kiev to make concessions to end the conflict with Russia

Ukraine will have to compromise to achieve a peace settlement with Russia, Polish President Andrzej Duda has said. In an interview with Euronews on Thursday, Duda argued that a lasting peace must be built on mutual concessions.

Warsaw has been one of the staunchest supporters of Kiev in its conflict with Moscow. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has spoken out against any peace deals that would require Ukraine to cede territory.

“It has to be a compromise… in my personal opinion… each side will have to give in in some sense. Well, Ukraine will also have to give in in some sense, because that is probably what will happen,”Duda said.

Discussing US-led peace efforts, Duda argued that only US President Donald Trump, who he described as someone who “plays very tough,” is capable of mediating an end to the hostilities. Duda was the first EU leader to meet with Trump in person following his inauguration in January.

Acting as a mediator in the ongoing negotiations, Trump reportedly presented a peace framework to Kiev earlier this week. The proposal is said to have included the recognition of Crimea as Russian.

The peninsula, where most of the population is ethnically Russian, held a referendum to rejoin Russia in 2014 after a Western-backed armed coup in Kiev.

Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky insisted on Wednesday that Kiev will never officially recognize Crimea as Russian – which elicited a sharp rebuke from Trump.

Moscow has also ruled out territorial concessions, saying the status of Crimea and the four other former Ukrainian regions that joined Russia after referendums in 2022 is not up for negotiation. Moscow has insisted that a peace deal must recognize the “reality on the ground.”

(This is surprising that Poland is saying this, they really hate Russia, they must have talked with President Trump.)

https://www.rt.com/news/616227-duda-ukraine-russia-compromise/

Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Proof-Of-Citizenship Voting Requirement

Trump's executive order, which he signed in March, seeks to root out voter fraud in U.S. elections.

By Zach Jewell Apr 24, 2025 DailyWire.com

A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump from implementing an executive order that requires voters to show documentation proving their U.S. citizenship to cast a ballot in federal elections.

U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, a Bill Clinton appointee, granted a preliminary injunction stopping the Trump administration from going forward with the proof-of-citizenship requirements as a lawsuit plays out, the Associated Press reported. The lawsuit, filed by the Democratic National Committee and leftist voting rights groups, claims that Trump’s order is “an unlawful action that threatens to uproot our tried-and-tested election systems and silence potentially millions of Americans.”

Trump’s executive order, which he signed in March, aims to eliminate voter fraud in U.S. elections.

“Under the Constitution, State governments must safeguard American elections in compliance with Federal laws that protect Americans’ voting rights and guard against dilution by illegal voting, discrimination, fraud, and other forms of malfeasance and error. Yet the United States has not adequately enforced Federal election requirements that, for example, prohibit States from counting ballots received after Election Day or prohibit non-citizens from registering to vote,” the order states.

Another part of Trump’s order — requiring those enrolled in public assistance to have their citizenship assessed before receiving a voter registration form — was also blocked by Judge Kollar-Kotelly. The judge denied the plaintiff’s request to block the part of Trump’s order that tightens deadlines on mail ballots, according to the AP.

Opponents of the executive order argue that states can establish their own election processes and that only Congress can take action to override state laws related to federal elections.

The judge’s move means that yet another Trump action will be tied up in the courts and prevented from taking effect. Federal judges have blocked numerous Trump orders, including on cuts to federal agency staff, deportations, and birthright citizenship. As of Thursday, 108 different rulings have blocked or temporarily frozen Trump’s attempts to carry out his agenda, according to The New York Times.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-judge-blocks-trumps-proof-of-citizenship-voting-requirement

Trump Administration Must Seek to Return Another Wrongly Deported Man, Judge Rules

A second ruling finds that the government wrongly sent a man to an El Salvador prison under wartime law despite legal protections

By Mariah Timms April 24, 2025 12:40 pm ET

A federal judge in Maryland has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of another man who was sent to an El Salvador prison as part of the government’s push to swiftly remove alleged members of a Venezuelan gang.

The man, identified only as Cristian in court documents, was born in Venezuela and came to the U.S. as an unaccompanied minor. He and others who came to the country as children reached a settlement agreement with the government in November that prohibited their removal while their asylum applications were pending.

Nevertheless Cristian was among those sent to a Salvadoran prison by the administration in March.

U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher in Baltimoreon Wednesday ruled that removing him without a chance to complete his asylum petition or challenge his deportation violated the settlement agreement. Cristian, and any other person who had been removed in violation of the settlement agreement, should be returned, she said.

The administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, bypassing normal immigration procedures, has resulted in fierce legal battles across the country.

President Trump in mid-March signed a proclamation declaring the gang, which he had designated a foreign terrorist organization, equivalent to a hostile foreign government in wartime and ordered government agencies to immediately remove its members.

A federal appeals court denied the Trump administration’s challenge to a court order to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was sent to a Salvadoran prison in error. Hours after the proclamation was made public, immigration officials moved more than 200 migrants, most of them Venezuelans, to a notorious prison in El Salvador.

The government has argued in Cristian’s case that anyone designated as an “alien enemy” is ineligible for asylum protections, dissolving the terms of the settlement.

Gallagher’s order referenced the continuing proceedings in the same state involving Kilmar Abrego Garcia, also taken to prison in El Salvador despite a court order prohibiting his removal to that country. The Supreme Court directed the administration to “facilitate” his return.

The government initially acknowledged that Abrego Garcia’s deportation was a mistake, but as the case has progressed it has accused him of being a dangerous gang member. Officials in that case have pushed back against the court’s definition of “facilitate” in arguments over what steps they must take to seek his return.

Gallagher’s order on Wednesday laid out the steps that the government should take to fulfill its obligations. “This Court further orders that facilitating Cristian’s return includes, but is not limited to, Defendants making a good faith request to the government of El Salvador to release Cristian to U.S. custody for transport back to the United States to await the adjudication of his asylum application on the merits by USCIS,” wrote the judge, who was appointed to the bench by Trump during his first term.

The White House didn’t immediately return a request for comment.

https://archive.is/FMsZW

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Mike said I guarantee you there are many things going on behind the scenes with Bondi and many others at DOG, Kash and Dan at FBI, years of crimes against Trump and America, are being fully investigated, it will be released in a couple of months.

Mike Davis said at the end of the Bannon video, take a look at Jason Reding Quinones and what is on his Action Items on the Southern District of FL.

I don’t know where to look, except maybe the DOJ website, Mike said it will show you something.Call to DIGMaybe is investigating the Mar A Lago raid, since he's in that area.

Judge Jason A. Reding Quinones ’08 nominated as the next U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida

Feb 19, 2025 | Alumni News, FIU Law

On February 16, President Donald J. Trump nominated FIU Law Class of 2008 Alum Jason A. Reding Quinones as the next US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, after serving as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for 7 years.

He currently serves as a State Trial Judge on the Miami-Dade County Court. Previously, he served as an Attorney Advisor for the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Security Division. Prior to his service with the Department of Justice,he was Judge Advocate (JAG) in the U.S. Air Force. Mr. Reding Quiñones continues to serve as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve.

Prior to attending FIU Law, Mr. Reding Quiñones received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida with a B.A. in Anthropology with a minor in Military Sciences.

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24 Apr, 2025 19:45

Rubio calls US NATO allies ‘a bunch of junior partners’

The US secretary of state has urged member countries to increase defense spending

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has renewed pressure on NATO members to increase their defense contributions, describing the current arrangement within the military bloc as the US and “a bunch of junior partners.”

While being part of NATO is in the US’ interests, its members must shoulder their share of the responsibilities, otherwise it’s not really an alliance, but a “dependency,” he told The Free Press in an interview published on Wednesday.

Washington currently covers a significant portion of NATO’s budget, while several member nations continue to fall short of the bloc’s agreed-upon target of spending 2% of their GDP on defense. Rubio has argued that this imbalance weakens NATO’s credibility and cohesion.

“NATO is good as long as NATO is real, as long as it’s a real defense alliance, not the United States and a bunch of junior partners that aren’t doing their fair share,” the top US diplomat said. “It has to be a NATO in which your partners are carrying their weight.”

At his first meeting of NATO foreign affairs ministers earlier this month, Rubio reassured allies that US President Donald Trump is not anti-NATO and that the country will remain in the bloc, but he’s also asking his counterparts to make sacrifices and raise defense spending to 5%.

The push aligns with recent comments from other senior US officials. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz has said that Washington expects all members to at least meet the 2% threshold by the upcoming summit in June.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth warned European NATO countries this week that they must spend more on their militaries, because the US won’t guarantee European security alone.

“The time of the United States… being the sole guarantor of European security has passed. It’s long overdue, Europe has to step up, fund its military and lead. NATO needs to step up,” he said in a speech at the Army War College on Wednesday.

Defense spending has long been a point of contention within NATO. The June summit is expected to address this issue directly, with potential revisions to defense investment pledges on the agenda.

https://www.rt.com/news/616238-rubio-nato-junior-partners/

24 Apr, 2025 12:56

South African leader talks with Trump after months of tension

President Cyril Ramaphosa says he and the US president agreed that hostilities between Moscow and Kiev should end as soon as possible

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, have personally agreed to address bilateral relations between the countries, after months of diplomatic tension.

Ramaphosa announced the phone talks on X on Thursday, revealing the two also discussed the urgent need for a ceasefire to Ukraine conflict.

“I spoke to President Donald Trump to discuss the peace process in Ukraine. We both agreed that the war should be brought to an end as soon as possible to stop further unnecessary deaths,” he wrote.

“We both agreed to meet soon to address various matters regarding US-South Africa relations. We also spoke about the need to foster good relations between our two countries,”Ramaphosa added.

Diplomatic relations between Pretoria and Washington have worsened since President Trump returned to office in January.The US leader has accused South Africa of violating the rights of the white Afrikaner minority through a land expropriation policy – an initiative Pretoria insists aims to address historical racial disparities in land ownership.

Pretoria’s genocide case against Israel in the International Court of Justice prompted Trump to halt all US federal funding to South Africa and expel the country’s ambassador to Washington, having accused him of being “anti-American.”

The South African government has sought to hold meetings with the White House in order to clarify what it calls “misinformation” about the land policy.

The talks with Trump on Thursday followed a phone conversation between Ramaphosa and Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this week, about pathways to end the Ukraine conflict. During the discussions, Putin reaffirmed Moscow’s longstanding preference for an agreement that addresses the root causes of hostilities,while also guaranteeing Russia’s national security interests.

South Africa has maintained a non-aligned stance on the Ukraine conflict, despite external pressure to condemn Moscow. In June 2023, President Ramaphosa led a delegation of African leaders to Russia and Ukraine, seeking ceasefire commitments from both sides. While Moscow had said it would review a ten-point peace plan presented by the mission, Kiev insisted it would only accept Russia’s unconditional withdrawal from all territories that Ukraine claims as its own.

Ramaphosa was scheduled to host Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky, who arrived in South Africa late on Wednesday. The Ukrainian leader cut his trip short, claiming he was needed in Kiev following reported overnight Russian military missile and drone strikes.

https://www.rt.com/africa/616206-south-african-leader-trump-bilateral-ukraine-peace-talks/

24 Apr, 2025 21:11

Cancellation of Romania’s presidential election overturned – media

NATO critic Calin Georgescu’s victory in last year’s first round vote was annulled by the Constitutional Court

An appeals court in Romania has suspended the Constitutional Court’s (CRR) decision to annul the result of last year’s presidential election first round, won unexpectedly by independent candidate Calin Georgescu, local media outlets reported on Thursday.

Georgescu, a vocal NATO critic and opponent of arming Ukraine, made the headlines in November 2024 after securing 23% of the vote in the first round of the election. The Constitutional Court later invalidated the result, citing “irregularities” in his campaign and intelligence reports alleging Russian interference – claims Moscow has denied.

On Thursday, Judge Alexandru Vasile of the Ploiesti Court of Appeal overturned the annulment, according to HotNews. The prosecutor’s office attached to the Ploiesti court has filed such an appeal.

George Simion, leader of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) party, welcomed the decision as a “return to democracy” and constitutional order in a post on X.

He added, however,that the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) – which barred Georgescu from running in a planned May vote – “ignores it and continues its activity.”

In February, Georgescu was indicted on six criminal charges, including allegedly plotting “anti-constitutional acts” and “promoting fascist, racist, or xenophobic ideologies.” He has denied all the charges, insisting the criminal case against him is part of a campaign orchestrated by the Romanian “deep state.”

The politician, who is under a 60-day travel ban as part of judicial oversight, will remain under court supervision for another 60 days, according to media reports.

Preliminary findings of an investigation into the “irregularities” found they were likely caused by consulting firm associated with the pro-Western National Liberal Party (PNL) running an campaign on behalf of an opponent of Georgescu, which backfired.

https://www.rt.com/news/616239-romania-georgescu-annulment-overturned/