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Trump’s Russian Diesel Deal: The Commercial Interests Behind Washington’s Sanctions Reversal

11 October 2026 at 18:54

Donald Trump has presented his agreement with Vladimir Putin as a means of reducing American fuel prices. Yet the Treasury authorisation extends far beyond the announced diesel shipments, opening opportunities for international trade in Russian petroleum products as American investors negotiate the acquisition of Lukoil’s overseas assets.

President Donald Trump’s decision to reopen trade in Russian diesel has implications extending well beyond American fuel prices. The agreement, announced ahead of November’s congressional elections, coincides with negotiations over Russian energy assets and mounting American pressure on Ukraine to suspend attacks against Moscow’s oil infrastructure.

The US Treasury’s General Licence 135, issued on 9 October, authorises transactions involving Russian-origin diesel until 7 April 2027. Unlike Trump’s public announcement, which referred to specific quantities destined for the American market, the licence establishes no corresponding volume ceiling or restriction confining authorised trade to the United States.

Its provisions permit American businesses to participate in eligible international transactions involving Russian diesel, including associated financial and commercial services. Existing sanctions remain formally in force, but an important category of Russian petroleum trade has been reopened.

The arrangement potentially benefits not only Russian producers but also American commodity traders, financial institutions and intermediaries capable of purchasing Russian fuel and distributing it internationally.

Sanctions relief without removing sanctions

The legal mechanism offers Washington considerable flexibility. Rather than formally abandoning restrictions imposed over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the administration can authorise selected transactions while maintaining the broader sanctions framework.

Congress’s Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 strengthened the legislative basis for economic pressure on Moscow but also provided presidential waiver powers.

General Licence 135 was issued under existing Treasury sanctions authorities, rather than necessarily through those waiver provisions. Nevertheless, the combined framework leaves the administration substantial discretion over the practical application of economic restrictions.

Washington can consequently maintain its declared sanctions policy while selectively restoring commercial relations with Russia. European governments, which have maintained extensive restrictions on Russian energy, have little influence over such unilateral American exemptions.

The Lukoil connection

The timing becomes more revealing when considered alongside negotiations over Lukoil’s international assets.

American investors have been exploring the acquisition of the Russian company’s overseas operations, including oilfields, refineries, storage facilities and retail distribution networks. The portfolio has been valued at approximately $20–22 billion.

Among the prospective investors is billionaire Todd Boehly, while discussions concerning Russian-American economic cooperation have involved Trump’s representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

An American-controlled acquisition of Lukoil’s international network could complement the commercial opportunities created by the diesel authorisation.

Russian petroleum products could potentially be purchased and marketed through American-controlled businesses, allowing Russian suppliers to retain export revenues while intermediaries earn profits from financing, distribution and resale.

No evidence establishes that General Licence 135 was specifically designed for the prospective Lukoil purchasers, or that Trump personally holds an interest in the proposed transactions. Nevertheless, the parallel negotiations suggest the possibility of an emerging commercial arrangement under which American intermediaries assume a greater role in Russian energy exports.

Ukraine and the conflict of interests

The consequences for Ukraine could be considerable.

Kyiv has expanded attacks against Russian refineries, fuel depots and petroleum infrastructure, seeking to reduce Moscow’s export earnings and disrupt supplies supporting its armed forces.

Trump has repeatedly criticised these strikes, linking them to higher international fuel prices. His administration now has an additional commercial reason to seek their suspension.

On 11 October, Trump announced an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, although President Volodymyr Zelenskyy indicated that Kyiv had not agreed to such an arrangement.

Ukraine has maintained that any suspension of attacks against Russian energy facilities must be matched by an end to Moscow’s strikes on Ukrainian power infrastructure.

An agreement protecting Russian refineries without equivalent Russian concessions would preserve an important source of Kremlin revenue while depriving Kyiv of military and economic leverage.

A separate accommodation with Moscow?

The immediate political advantage for Trump is apparent. Rising diesel prices have become a concern ahead of the 3 November midterm elections, particularly among farmers and transport businesses. Additional Russian supplies offer the administration an opportunity to demonstrate action on domestic fuel costs.

Yet the six-month Treasury authorisation extends considerably beyond the election, suggesting commercial objectives that cannot be explained exclusively by short-term electoral considerations.

The emerging pattern is one of bilateral economic engagement with Moscow proceeding independently of a settlement in Ukraine. Russian energy trade is being selectively reopened, American investors are pursuing Russian-owned assets, and Washington is seeking restrictions on Ukrainian operations against the infrastructure underpinning those commercial interests.

For European governments, this threatens the cohesion of the sanctions regime. Brussels may continue restricting Russian energy revenues while Washington authorises transactions that restore access to international markets.

The larger prospect is a system in which Russia retains export earnings, American intermediaries acquire profitable commercial positions, and sanctions become instruments of bilateral negotiation rather than coordinated Western pressure.

Trump’s diesel agreement may therefore represent the opening stage of a wider economic accommodation with Putin, negotiated while Russia continues its war against Ukraine and without any corresponding Russian commitment to withdraw from occupied territory.

Hours after Trump declared an energy ceasefire, Russia hit Kharkiv power plant, one of 200-plus strikes on Ukraine’s grid this week, Zelenskyy says

11 October 2026 at 18:21

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Russia hit the CHP-5 thermal plant in Kharkiv on the evening of 11 October. It came hours after US President Donald Trump announced an energy ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly address.

Trump had announced the energy truce earlier that day, though Kyiv reported no part in any such deal, as well as Moscow. Yet in this one week, Russia carried out more than 200 strikes on Ukraine’s power generation and transmission and 17 on its gas and oil sites, killing more than 150 people and wounding more than 700, according to Zelenskyy.

“All day today, there were Russian Shaheds in the sky. There are Shaheds in the sky now, too. There were strikes by aerial bombs. There were strikes on our energy. Just now there was a strike on CHP-5 in Kharkiv,” Zelenskyy states.

Ukraine welcomes the agreement Trump announced and is ready to stop striking Russian energy if Russia does the same. For that to mean anything, he stresses, it has to become part of reality.

A one-word answer from Moscow

Ukraine has offered many de-escalation steps, Zelenskyy notes, but Russian ruler Vladimir Putin met them all with the same refusal. He voices hope that the Russian leader would finally tell the US, Ukraine, and the world something other than killing and deception, something that leads to a real and dignified peace.

Ukraine wants peace, and the question is whether Russia does. The Armed Forces have received all the relevant orders to defend the country, he confirms.

Allies line up fresh support

Zelenskyy says he also spoke with members of the US Congress and, the day before with the UK prime minister, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Norway’s prime minister, all of whom offered help.

Ukraine is also working with the EU on financing for its defense and budget stability, and preparing new steps on European integration.

Flávio Bolsonaro evita prometer aumento real do salário mínimo

O senador e candidato a presidente Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) colocou no ar um site para rebater notícias falsas, no qual não se compromete com o aumento real do salário mínimo e menciona o reajuste pela inflação, caso seja eleito.

A regra que prevê a correção do salário mínimo acima da inflação foi retomada por Lula (PT) em 2023 e está em vigor. Economistas fazem ressalvas a essa política, uma vez que o salário mínimo corrige os valores de benefícios sociais e da Previdência, o que tem impacto nos gastos do governo.

A política de reajuste do salário mínimo provocou um embate na atual etapa da campanha presidencial. Lula afirma que Flávio cortará ações sociais do governo em nome de um ajuste fiscal. Já Flávio nega que pretenda fazer o ajuste em cima dos mais pobres, ainda que seus assessores defendam a necessidade de uma forte contração nos gastos públicos.

Site não menciona reajustes acima da inflação

Site recém-lançado, a campanha de Flávio Bolsonaro | Foto: Flávio Com a Verdade/Reprodução/ND Mais

No site recém-lançado, a campanha de Flávio Bolsonaro afirma o seguinte sobre o mínimo: “o Plano de Governo de Flávio não apresenta nenhuma proposta para extinguir o piso nacional. Além disso, ele já afirmou que não pretende desvincular o salário mínimo da inflação”. Não há menção a manter reajustes acima da inflação.

O candidato também menciona a proposta que flexibiliza a jornada de trabalho, apresentada pelo coordenador político de sua campanha, senador Rogério Marinho (PL-RN), para se opor ao fim da escala 6×1, de seis dias de trabalho com um de folga.

“O que Flávio defende é a remuneração por hora trabalhada, com a manutenção de todos os direitos trabalhistas conquistados, como FGTS, férias e 13º salário. A proposta de flexibilizar a jornada de trabalho não significa acabar com o salário mínimo”, afirma.

Nos quatro anos de governo, Jair Bolsonaro concedeu apenas o reajuste pela inflação ao mínimo, sem ganho real.

A regra que foi instituída no segundo governo Lula e determina que o valor seja corrigido pela inflação do ano anterior, com base no INPC (Índice Nacional de Preços ao Consumidor), somado à variação positiva do PIB (Produto Interno Bruto). No atual governo, Lula aprovou uma medida que limita a expansão do mínimo a 2,5% acima da inflação, mesmo limite para a ampliação dos gastos do governo imposto pelo arcabouço fiscal.

Campanha promete manter programas sociais

No site divulgado na última quinta-feira (8), a campanha de Flávio afirma que “o Bolsa Família e todos os programas assistenciais serão mantidos” e que “não fará economia em cima dos mais pobres e dos aposentados” frases que vem repetindo publicamente.

Como mostrou a Folha, para chegar ao ajuste inicial da ordem de 2% do PIB (Produto Interno Bruto), uma das propostas em estudo é acabar com a vinculação entre o ganho real do salário mínimo e o reajuste da Previdência Social e de programas sociais, como o BPC (Benefício de Prestação Continuada).

Após a publicação da reportagem, o presidenciável se comprometeu a aumentar as aposentadorias acima da inflação.

Um dos tópicos do site do candidato do PL é: “Flávio Bolsonaro vai cortar benefícios como o BPC?”. A resposta não explica se haverá mudanças na política de valorização do benefício e diz apenas que os programas sociais serão mantidos.

“O Plano de Governo de Flávio afirma expressamente que os programas sociais existentes serão mantidos, com aperfeiçoamento da gestão, correção de distorções e combate a fraudes. Ou seja, o governo Flávio Bolsonaro vai atender quem precisa”, afirma o texto.

Argumentação similar é apresentada pelo candidato sobre o programa Pé-de-Meia. A campanha de Flávio afirma que a ideia de que ele vai acabar com o programa é parte de uma interpretação equivocada sobre o chamado “Tesouraço” e sobre a promessa de redução de despesas, mas não apresenta nenhuma proposta de extinção do programa”.

Banco Regional de Brasília

Banco Regional de Brasília(BRB) | Foto: Divulgação

O site de Flávio também dedica espaço ao escândalo envolvendo o Banco Master e o BRB (Banco de Brasília). Não há menção às conversas travadas entre ele e o ex-dono do Master, Daniel Vorcaro, nem ao repasse de ao menos R$ 65 milhões ao filme sobre Jair Bolsonaro (PL).

A campanha de Flávio afirma que não usará o dinheiro de aposentados para cobrir o rombo do Master e diz que o presidente da República “não tem qualquer ingerência sobre o BRB”.

“Sobre o BRB, o presidente da República não tem qualquer ingerência sobre o banco regional e vai trabalhar para que as instituições financeiras brasileiras permaneçam entre as mais fortes e confiáveis do mundo, entre elas, o BRB”, diz o site do presidenciável.

O discurso de Flávio sobre o banco estatal coincide com o do presidente Lula. Aliada de Flávio, a governadora do Distrito Federal, Celina Leão (PP), tem insistido em um empréstimo de até R$ 6,6 bilhões com garantia da União para bancar o rombo no BRB.

Lula, por sua vez, afirma que o governo federal não vai dar dinheiro para o BRB. “A governadora, de forma cínica e mentirosa, tenta jogar a responsabilidade no governo federal. Nós não vamos deixar de pagar o Bolsa Família, não vamos dar dinheiro pro BRB”, disse o presidente em 16 de setembro.

A governadora tem feito duras críticas ao presidente Lula e depositado expectativas na eleição do candidato do PL para dar saída à crise do banco estatal. Na quarta-feira (5), após o anúncio do partido dela de apoiar Flávio, Celina disse que a vitória dele daria fôlego ao BRB.

“A configuração hoje que nós temos no próprio Senado, e a projeção do Flávio para virar presidente, é uma situação totalmente diferente do BRB. Eu acho que isso é um fôlego ainda maior para a gente recuperar o banco”, disse Celina. “São várias as possibilidades quando o governo quer ajudar.”

A campanha de Flávio foi procurada pela reportagem na noite desta sexta-feira (9) por email, mas não houve resposta. (Thaísa Oliveira/FOLHAPRESS)

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Homem e mulher são baleados em ataque durante passeio em parque de Anápolis

11 October 2026 at 15:40

Um homem e uma mulher foram baleados durante uma ocorrência na noite de sábado (10/10), no Parque Calixtópolis, em Anápolis. As vítimas foram socorridas com vida, encaminhadas ao Hospital Estadual de Anápolis Dr. Henrique Santillo (Heana) e submetidas a cirurgias. Até a publicação, não havia informações atualizadas sobre o estado de saúde dos dois.

Uma moradora ouviu vários tiros e relatou ter visto um homem armado atrás de uma mulher. Ao acionar a Polícia Militar (PM), ela informou que havia uma pessoa ferida na rua. No local, os policiais encontraram moradores reunidos e as duas vítimas próximas a um caminhão branco.

O homem estava sentado em uma cadeira ao lado do caminhão, enquanto a mulher permanecia caída no chão, consciente e com ferimentos no tórax. Duas equipes do Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência (Samu) prestaram atendimento e transportaram ambos ao Heana, onde passaram por procedimentos cirúrgicos.

A Polícia Científica (PCI) realizou perícia na área, e a Polícia Civil (PC) recebeu a comunicação do caso para investigar a tentativa de homicídio. As autoridades ainda não divulgaram a identidade do suspeito nem a motivação do ataque. A apuração também esclareceu que os ferimentos ocorreram durante uma única ocorrência, embora os chamados iniciais tenham sido tratados como casos separados.

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Colisão entre dois veículos provoca um ferido grave

11 October 2026 at 14:19

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Uma mulher, de 25 anos, ficou gravemente ferida na sequência de uma colisão entre dois veículos ligeiros, ocorrida por volta das 8h00, na variante entre Benagouro e a A24.

Segundo o comandante dos Bombeiros Voluntários da Cruz Branca, Orlando Matos, a vítima ficou encarcerada no interior da viatura, tendo sido necessária a intervenção dos meios de socorro para a retirar. A mulher foi transportada para o Hospital de Vila Real.

A mulher sofreu uma fratura, necessitou de assistência hospitalar e teve mesmo que ser sujeita a cirurgia referiu Orlando Matos à VTM.

O alerta para o acidente foi dado antes das 8h00, tendo sido mobilizados meios de socorro para o local, incluindo elementos dos bombeiros, duas ambulâncias, com dois elementos cada uma, a VMER e elementos da GNR.

No total, segundo dados da Proteção Civil estiveram no local 9 operacionais e três meios terrestres.

As circunstâncias em que ocorreu a colisão não são, para já, conhecidas.

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The Diesel Deal between Trump and Putin: Hope dies last

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11 October 2026 at 12:18

Trump’s declaration presents a very interesting media narrative and a potential end to ‘Project Ukraine’ that is worth taking a deeper dive into.

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No one expected that Donald Trump, after a congratulatory birthday phone call to his Russian counterpart, would declare that Russian diesel fuel would prove to be the solution to America’s current fuel shortages. If the Trump presidency has yielded anything it is a lot of interesting headlines that seem to come out of nowhere, that can sadly, quite often, fade right back into the mist from whence they came. Sometimes Trump’s words can fill us with hope like this ‘Diesel Deal’, and others like his recent UN speech, where he threatened to potentially kill all Iranians, fill us with dread. This declaration by our enigmatic leader presents a very interesting media narrative and a potential end to ‘Project Ukraine’ that is worth taking a deeper dive into.

Trump has blamed Zelensky for the global energy shortages, especially those concerning diesel fuel. At the time, everyone thought this was just a cheap Twitter-style deflection from the failed war against Iran, which certainly caused a lot of fuel transport disruption. That is to say, the White House was projecting this crisis, that it allowed to happen, or actively caused, to be thrown onto the scapegoat Zelensky. However, this form of deflection or projection is no longer just words in a pre-election narrative, but has become action. Sanctions on Russian diesel have been lifted and the first shipment is already on its way as I write these words. Something tangible has occurred.

Zelensky was actually warned some six times to stop attacking Russian oil infrastructure. Blow up children in the Donbass and beyond ‘sure’, but attacking what the West wants from Russia more than anything is ‘totally unacceptable’. Zelensky, who as stated above was warned half-a-dozen times to back of strikes on oil/gas, upon hearing of Trump’s decision to purchase Russian diesel fuel did the following:

1) He quickly attacked Russian oil infrastructure again seemingly to spite the U.S. President

2) He immediately cut off peace talks in Miami with the Trump’s aides, the Kushner-Witkoff duo, which is yet another spitting in the face of Donald Trump.

The wildest thing of all is that the ‘narcissist’ Trump has already publically thanked President Putin twice for this deal. Appearing at a rally, Americans standing behind Trump wildly cheered in favor of the announcement of peace with Russia plus extra fuel for America. Russophobia is a hobby of the globalist bourgeoisie and Epstein Island, not American truckers and farmers.

It’s a great narrative, let’s hope it lasts

Trump has now put 100% of the blame for global energy/fuel problems directly onto Zelensky, and called him out personally for keeping the war going over the last two years. Thus, the narrative is forming into something like: If the war in Ukraine is the cause of the fuel shortages, and Zelensky is the cause of the war continuing, that means the U.S. can make a deal with Russia even if ‘they started it’, with the corollary that Zelensky logically needs to go as he is the source of the problem. But going even deeper into the narrative we can see the most interesting thing of all or as they like to say online ‘the quiet part’: Trump has essentially declared that Russian energy output is of vital strategic interest to the United States.

It is these kind of words that take the black pill out of my mouth and directly inject ‘hopium’ into my bloodstream. The idea of the American President declaring that NOT being at war with Russia is of vital strategic interest to the USA is something I have been dreaming of my entire adult life. This is exactly the logic that we need to finally and ultimately end the Cold War + Project for a New American Century mentality in politics and finally allow the USA to rebuild and invest into itself. This very well could be America’s mulitpolar awakening by using a logic trap similar to the other ones that have been used to do the exact opposite and keep the USA locked in eternal foreign wars of luxury for ‘national security’. This new logic trap could look something like this: “So you want war with Russia? That must mean you want to harm America, you dirty traitor! You’ll take the fuel from farmer Joe and our kids will starve, you monster! Russia being left alone to produce fuel is a national security interest of America, are you against our country’s national security? Do you want to weaken manly America for those gay Europeans?”.

But as we slam that hopium injection into our veins we have to remember that Donald Trump has said a lot of things, changed his mind many times, or was forced to change it, and perhaps isn’t quite the unilateral decider that he makes himself out to be on TV.

It takes two to tango, but one orange man to keep his word.

The transcripts from this now famous birthday phone chat look very different on the American and Russian sides, which is par for the course. Trump’s team tends to write discussed things as proven facts whereas the Russians are more noncommittal in their language. But the diesel sanctions are gone for now and the boats are moving, so this looks to be real… at least until the mid-term votes are cast.

The American side has since threatened to cut Zelensky off from intelligence sharing, which could be an instant deathblow to their military efforts as many experts believe that only U.S. intel has allowed them to survive this long. Without such targeting data they will be sent back to 20th century warfare instantly, and they would no longer be able to strike deep into Russia. RT wrote the following on this issue:

A Ukrainian official told Axios that Witkoff and Kushner threatened to cut off US intelligence sharing with Kiev if it continued to ignore Trump’s requests to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries, but the US official denied that any such threat had been made.

But here is where we have to hold our breath, for despite how nice this new narrative sounds, and how it is the perfect exit for the USA from its participation in Project Ukraine we should not forget the words of President Putin from some time ago when he talked about the true power of any U.S. President:

“So a person is elected — he comes with ideas… Then people with briefcases come visit him, well-dressed, in dark suits — kind of like mine.”

So the real question might be, will the Zionist Lobby, Epstein Elite, Three-Letter Organizations, Influential Billionaires, and all the other spooks on Capitol Hill actually let President Trump actually end this war? Will the POTUS be allowed to do this?

We should recall that after Zelensky acted disgracefully in the White House at the start of Trump’s second term everyone thought this conflict would be over. Trump the famous narcissist seemed visibly angry and offended on camera during their verbal spat. But the war went on. There was the Anchorage Summit, which had tons of hype and everyone thought then that the U.S. would pull support from Kiev. But it did not. Trump’s enemies including the Biden Clan are linked to massive corruption in Ukraine which has all been exposed. This would have been a great off ramp from the conflict, but Trump did not or could not take it. And in general, Trump’s rhetoric towards Zelensky and other European politicians has been overtly harsh and disrespectful. The man accused of being a ‘blowhard’ somehow always speaks quite politely behind the backs and to the faces of Putin and Xi.

Thus, although I want peace and mutually-respectful cooperation between the USA and Russia perhaps this deal will only last till the midterm elections, when all of a sudden Zelensky will go back to being “a bastard, but he’s our bastard”, and the conflict will go marching on. Perhaps this is our October Surprise from the Republican side of the aisle? And in December we can all be ‘surprised again’ when the war resumes full-force and thousands more Slavs die on the battlefield?

Now, Donald Trump with gritted teeth is slinging forth the idea that he thinks “it’s time for Ukraine to get a new President”. But after the votes are counted in America he may just go back to passively hating and tolerating Zelensky till the end of his term or till an Oreshnik finds the mark one day. We also cannot forget that the West has been lobbying for a major ceasefire from the Russians for a long time. Presumably this would be used to regroup, rest, rearm and then just go right back to fighting till the last Ukrainian. Now Trump wants elections in Kiev, which will probably demand a ceasefire to enact. But will he be pushing for a three-day ceasefire, or try to trick the Russians into agreeing to a month-long freeze or more?

One ‘good’ sign on this issue from a Russian standpoint is that there are now already calls for Zelensky to resign over this issue on Twitter/X coming from all sides even pro-Ukrainian ones:

“’Zelensky must resign’ – Ukrainian media. That was quick. Zelensky ignored Trump’s warnings not to attack Russian oil refineries SIX times. This morning, Zelensky has bombed another Russian oil refinery. Ukrainians are calling for Zelensky‘s resignation.

Former Ukrainian MP and Metinvest co-owner Vadym Novynskyi has called on Zelensky to resign and hand over all power to Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada following the Trump-Putin agreements.”

We have to remember that Ukraine in 2026 is already a police state where any dissent means you could get thrown into a bus and taken to the front to die or vanish into a prison as a Russian ‘spy’. Thus, when important people gang up against Zelensky openly it is much more of a potent statement than Hollywood actors safely making Tik-Toks against Trump from their luxurious bedrooms.

The rest of the world won’t sit around and do nothing.

Some moronic ‘Putin sold out the BRICS’ counter-narrative is sure to arise from Kiev’s bot accounts soon. Obviously someone is going to say that the Kremlin threw their Iranian brothers to the Zio-lobby machine! But in actuality, it looks like the Iranians are going to just ship their oil through Russia and sell it as ‘Russian’ and everyone will be happy. The Caspian Sea will be even more busy in the near future. If sanctioned accomplished anything they really increased trade between Russia and Iran.

No one in Moscow is planning on selling out Tehran; they want America to join the Multipolar World while still saving face and reduce the global threat level of nuclear war which is vastly too high at present. Iran and China were surely consulted on this issue before any Diesel Deal was finalized.

The real danger of Trump calling for the removal of Zelensky comes from Europe, where certain factions, politicians and their financiers may take radical action in response. And Trump’s reaction to this response could be even more radical now. Would it be possible that NATO might greenlight the Baltics to just open up another front to ‘see what happens’? Will France finally go through on its threat and just deploy troops openly en masse to save the Napoleon in Green from political or potentially physical death? So far the EU has only threatened even more sanctions. If the previous 20+ packages of sanctions failed, I wonder what is left to actually sanction. Ursula is promising the biggest and most expansive sanctions packet for Monday, October 12th, but I doubt it will change anything. The only thing that would change the situation is if the EU did something really aggressive, drastic and stupid militarily.

What about the rest of the sanctions?

The Russian media has done a disservice to the public by writing that “Trump will lift sanctions” over-and-over again when the only sanctions being lifted are on diesel exports for half a year. All of the rest of the sanctions are still there. You still cannot fly directly from Moscow to New York, and money transfers via SWIFT are still mostly blocked. We have to remember that at least in theory sanctions are a form of punishment for crimes committed against, in this case, international law and the United States. So how can relations between the USA and Russian Federation truly be normalized when one still accuses the other of crimes it believes it did not even commit?

After Project Ukraine ends things could change rapidly, but there can be no true friendship until Washington trusts Aeroflot enough to let them land on U.S. territory. We cannot be both under a sanctions war and normalized at the same time. But this new Trump narrative, if he can stick with it to its logical conclusion, is the perfect off-ramp for America and the way we can finally end this war and go back to some sense of normalcy with the apocalypse pushed far off into the future beyond all of our lifespans.

Europe’s mounting social chaos… chickens coming home to roost for proxy war against Russia

By: SGT
11 October 2026 at 07:00
from Strategic Culture: The European Union is witnessing a full-blown social revolt. Governing political parties and their economic policies are held in open contempt as public protests and strikes escalate across multiple countries. Protests, mass marches, and industrial strikes are spreading across the EU in France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Germany, Ireland, Portugal, and other countries. […]

KUSHNER, ISRAEL, AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: AN HISTORICAL REMINDER

By: SGT
11 October 2026 at 04:00
by Joseph P. Farrell, Giza Death Star: If you’ve been wondering how and why a country about the same size and population of New Jersey manages to exercise such an extreme measure of influence on American foreign policy – influence that many would argue borders on control, then look no further than Trump son-in-law Jared […]

URGENT FALSE FLAG GEO-TERRORISM ALERT!

By: SGT
11 October 2026 at 02:30
from State Of The Nation: SUPERSTORM ISAIAS: A Weaponized Hurricane Aimed at the Most Conservative Counties in Florida *Why “false flag”? Because the murderous weather warriors would have us believe that these are superstorms naturally created by Mother Nature when they are actually manmade by NWO geoengineers. TRUTH LIVES on at https://sgtreport.tv/ OPERATION HURRICANE ISAIAS: NWO […]

Judy Shelton, Scott Bessent And The Coming Gold Revaluation?

By: SGT
11 October 2026 at 01:30
by Quoth The Raven, QTR’s Fringe Finance: If you were looking for evidence that the United States was seriously considering revaluing its gold reserves, or potentially moving toward some form of gold-linked monetary system, the appointment of Judy Shelton to advise Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is almost exactly what you would expect to see. News this […]

Judite, a mulher que derrotou um exército

11 October 2026 at 06:04
Corajosa heroína do romance que leva o seu nome (mas que surge apenas em algumas bíblias), Judite é uma das mais corajosas heroínas do Antigo Testamento. O novo episódio de "As Histórias da Bíblia".

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