FROM RUSSIAN SOCIAL MEDIA:
(Not my words)

Maria Zakharova compared Callas to the old woman Shapoklyak over plans to impose new sanctions against Russia.

When asked by journalists what prevents Callas from understanding the ineffectiveness of restrictions against Russia, the diplomat said:
"Shapoklyak lived by the same principle: 'Whoever helps people is wasting their time—you can't become famous for good deeds.'"

As a reminder, the EU is preparing its most extensive sanctions package against Russia since 2022. The Deputy President of the European Commission stated that after its adoption, the number of Russian individuals and organizations under sanctions will increase by a third.

Via Russian MFA Telegram channel.

The West is once again staging anti-Russian provocations

The Press Bureau of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR) reports that, according to information received by the SVR, an intelligence service of one Western country, in coordination with its Ukrainian proxies, intends to stage yet another anti-Russian spectacle.

This time, the spectacle is set in Latin America, with a storyline straight out of a third-rate narco crime drama.

❗️ The plan is to accuse Russia of illegally supplying weapons to drug cartels and other organised criminal groups in Venezuela, Colombia and Mexico.

To this end, Russian-made weapons captured by the enemy during the special military operation are already being brought into these countries. Meanwhile, fabricated audio and video materials are being produced as bogus “evidence” of Russians allegedly supplying weapons to Latin American recipients through intermediaries.

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