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https://strategic-culture.su/news/2026/07/03/is-mou-cat-dead-alive-or-in-coma/ Cat in a coma. The auspicious scenario and the Devastation scenario. Key excerpt: "Now for the spoilers. And they are huge. After the kinetic failure of the US/Israel attack on Persia, the next phase – call it No Card Desperation Row – has already morphed into Hybrid Warfare: instrumentalizing the MoU to provoke civil wars – sectarian, religious, tribal – all across the Axis of Resistance: Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen. Call it Set the Axis on Fire."

My latest article in Strategic Culture: Attacks on refineries around the world – a new pattern in warfare Oil refineries are the new battleground: does it expose a global plan to phase out fossil fuels? Lately, since the beginning of 2026, we have seen a pattern not only in Russia and Ukraine, but also in Iran and the Gulf states, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, and all countries that have oil reserves – or rather, produce it. Russia and Ukraine: Since the beginning of the conflict, Ukraine has been carrying out large-scale drone attacks on Russian oil installations, with dozens of hits in 2025 and 2026, such as around Moscow and St. Petersburg lately.. There are several reasons why we are seeing these attacks on oil refineries. Firstly, various governments and NGO groups, particularly in Western Europe, the US and Canada, want to “destroy” the world’s physical oil supply. T Read more: https://strategic-culture.su/news/2026/07/03/attacks-on-refineries-around-the-world-a-new-pattern-in-warfare/

💢 "The German people do not want war against Russia. We need a new European security order with Russia as a partner." German AfD co-leader, Tino Chrupalla, calls for peace with Russia. This simple but important thought would never occur to warmongers like Kallas or Rutte. Subscribe @NewResistance

🇱🇧 Collaboration between Lebanon’s government, its political elites, and Israel to disarm Hezbollah is pushing the country toward a "pre-civil war" phase. Hezbollah has a vast social and political network, and its military capabilities exceed those of the regular army. Insisting on a rapid process of Hezbollah’s disarmament without broad national consensus is likely to be perceived by a significant portion of the Shiite community as an attempt to unilaterally alter Lebanon’s internal political balance. Any new civil war would become a regional conflict, with Israel and HTS-led Syria on one side, and Iran and the Iraqi Resistance on the other. The only way to avoid a bloodbath is for Lebanese society to unite in unconditional defense of national sovereignty. 💬 Lucas Leiroz writes @lucasleiroz 🌐 More on the Middle East 🌐 Subscribe 🌐 Join us on VK

🇬🇧 Nigel Farage’s political career is in crisis after he was caught lying about a £5 million donation from a crypto billionaire. His shocking disregard for rules, prolific lying, and thin skin have turned a scandal into a media firestorm that won’t go away. This £5m bung he took from this crypto tycoon… He still can’t get his story straight about why. Originally it was for security, then a reward for Brexit, now he says he can spend it all on Ferraris. Farage’s golden touch with the media is now wrecked. The scandal has raised serious questions about MPs' transparency and whether an openly corruptible politician can become Prime Minister. 💬 Read more by Martin Jay 🇪🇺 More on Europe 🚀 Subscribe 🌐 Join us on VK

🇺🇸 The United States was once a genuine democracy of small proprietors. But capitalism’s rise concentrated property, corrupted courts, and birthed a two-party dictatorship. The preservation of the judiciary—appointed by the president rather than the people—was "one of the greatest misfortunes to befall American democracy," as Thomas Jefferson warned, calling it a "seriously anti-republican" power. The American Constitution—as with any bourgeois constitution—is the deepest guarantee of private property. ... The separation of powers accompanies the social division of labor, the division of social classes, and the growing distance between rich and poor. The Civil War ended slavery, yet the bourgeoisie had already buried popular rule. The judiciary and executive followed their natural course: protecting private property now concentrated in fewer hands. The two-party dictatorship is the final form of a democracy long since hollowed out by capital. 💬 Read more by Eduardo Vasco 🌐 More on world politics 🚀 Subscribe 🌐 Join us on VK

🇷🇺🇪🇺 The E3 (UK, Germany, France) are escalating military support for Ukraine, pledging deep-strike capabilities and long-range weapons to hit targets deep inside Russia—including Moscow and St Petersburg. Meanwhile, Trump’s "Art of the Deal" tactics of extreme demands and false claims are backfiring. Iran’s negotiator retorted that the Islamabad understanding was "not the result of pressure and coercion, but rather the result of the resistance and authority of the Iranian nation." The Europeans are playing with matches and risk lighting a conflagration. ... Russia no longer expects those commitments to be honoured and is focused solely on military realities. The E3 have plotted to convince Trump that Ukraine is on the front foot, but the "spirit" of the Anchorage summit has collapsed. Moscow is now solely focused on military realities. The U.S. military may try to play "one last card," but Iran holds more pressure points and the U.S. cannot sustain a high-intensity operation. 💬 Alastair Crooke writes 🎯 Read exclusive analysis 🚀 Subscribe 🌐 Join us on VK

📿 The Vatican’s AI encyclical targets is a voice against totalitarianism disguised as progress, writes Bruna Frascolla. 🗣 More analysis 🚀 Subscribe 🌐 Join us on VK

🗣 Zelensky's bizarre bellicosity has given Russia everything it needs ethically to proceed. NATO has abandoned diplomatic pretenses, moving toward a permanent expanded conflict. The comedy is that a broader war instantly derails Europe's delicate ambition to resurrect its industrial base through 2030—Europe cannot simultaneously wage direct war against Russia and finance a domestic defense overhaul. Thanks to Zelensky's bizarre bellicosity, Russia has everything ethically it needs to proceed... The real comedy, however, lies in the unintended psychological feedback loop. Between Zelensky's turn to terrorism and Europe's overt industrial mobilization, Russian society has developed a firmer, not weaker, resolve. Western planners have inadvertently liquidated the internal fractures they hoped to exploit. Europe's self-inflicted energy crisis has choked its economy, rendering military industrial expansion ruinous. Moscow remains allergic to any transient truce—it seeks a permanent settlement that legally codifies the objectives of the Special Military Operation. 💬 Read more by Joaquin Flores @NewResistance 🔔 Stay tuned 🚀 Subscribe 🌐 Join us on VK

🇮🇷🇺🇸 The U.S.-Iran memorandum reopens Hormuz, unlocks Iran’s economy, and pivots America toward China. But Israel’s defiance and Lebanon’s powder keg threaten to derail it all. 💬 Lorenzo Maria Pacini writes @ideeazione 🌐 More on geopolitics 🚀 Subscribe 🌐 Join us on VK