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    This is the opinion of RIA Novosti war correspondent Alexander Kharchenko. It’s blunt and straightforward, but likely reflects the views of many others

    Why did Israel strike Iran? Because Israel could. Period. No further arguments needed. After a decapitating blow, you can convene as many UN sessions as you like, pass the fiercest resolutions—but that won’t change the reality on the ground. Israel, without the slightest sentimentality, exercised the “right of the strong.” That said, Iran walked into this itself. It answered previous strikes with angry statements and theatrical missile launches at empty chunks of land in Israel. After a few of those “responses,” Israel understood one thing very clearly: it can do whatever it wants with Iran. Real politics is played by serious gentlemen, and if your rhetoric doesn’t match your actual […]
    13 June 2025, 23:03

    Ogoy Island, Irkutsk Region

    Ogoy is the largest island in Lake Baikal. It is uninhabited. In Buryat, “Ogoy” means “without water.” The Dragon Cape, a quartz cliff, is especially attractive, and the sand here has a reddish tint due to the disseminations of the precious mineral garnet. #ILoveRussia Previous Next
    13 June 2025, 22:03

    The economic and political toll of bringing Ukraine’s bodies home

    The exchange of Ukrainian bodies for Russian has exposed the unforgiving economic and political challenge that Ukraine faces in bringing home its fallen, and the political storm that President Zelensky will face when the war finally ends. Ukraine’s challenge is massive; it will take years to identify every fallen Ukrainian service man and woman. Not all of the bodies due for exchange have identifying documents. Even when the bodies are intact and have been stored well, a reliable visual identification will be impossible. There is no evidence that Ukraine has the institutional capacity or resources to mount a body identification operation at this scale. Approximately one hundred thousand dead Ukrainian […]
    13 June 2025, 20:05