"Donetsk, Lugansk and many other Russian cities will finally return home. And the Russian world, now divided by formal borders, will regain its integrity."

A possible radical turning point in the conflict in Ukraine is emerging: the leaders of United Russia, the party of Vladimir Putin, have announced the proposal for a referendum for the annexation of the "liberated" Ukrainian territories .

There is also a date: November 4 , when Moscow will celebrate its National Unity Day.

From Kherson - the direction of which the Kiev counter-offensive is underway - the local pro-Russian administration immediately joined, guaranteed to the Tass agency by the deputy manager Kirill Stremousov: "We are aiming for November 4, even if we would be ready to vote even now ", he said, saying he was sure of massive participation:" We are sure that 80% of the population will join the referendum ".

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Putin: "New gas pipeline for China through Mongolia"

The government-controlled Russian energy company Rosneft has reached agreements with Mongolia to build a gas pipeline through the country's territory that will bring Russian gas to China. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin who today met with the Prime Minister of Mongolia, Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene in Vladivostok. The new pipeline, called Siberian Force 2, is designed to consolidate gas transportation systems in eastern Russia.

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Medvedev: "Truss is an incompetent thermonuclear russophobe"

A "weird aunt", an "incompetent and mediocre thermonuclear russophobe who has no elementary information on politics, history, geography, but wants to defeat Russia in everything". This is how former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev defined the new British Prime Minister Liz Truss. "Changing of the guard in London - Medvedev writes on his Telegram channel -. The weird uncle has gone and the weird aunt has arrived. Well, in Great Britain, famous for its traditions, now there seems to be a new one". Liz Truss, Medvedev adds, "will quarrel with everyone, fail in everything and leave with dishonor, like her predecessor, the shaggy Boriska."

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Erdogan: "The West provokes Russia, it's not fair"

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the West is pursuing "a policy of provocation" towards Russia and that it does not consider this attitude "right". Russia "must not be underestimated," Erdogan added, as reported by Anadolu, speaking of the energy crisis in Belgrade during a joint press conference with Serbian President Aleksandr Vucic.

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Pope: "We are experiencing a world war, let's stop please"

"Today we are experiencing a world war, let's stop please". The Pope said this at the general audience.

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Russian commander killed in Berdyansk

The commander of the Russian occupation administration of the Ukrainian city of Berdyansk, in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Artem Bardin, was killed yesterday by a bomb in his car. This was stated by the Kiev Independent, which claims to quote the Russian administration. Bardin, writes the Ukrainian news site, died in hospital from the severity of his injuries.

(Unioneonline)

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