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Maria Zakharova, lovely and smart. Very professional and well prepared.

Cheers Karl.

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The invitation for Westerners dissatisfied with their lives in vassal states to come to Russia has so far an aspect missing. Where in Russia will these people initially temporarily settle, and who will decide it? Considering that CIA/MI6 and the respective secret services of the countries involved will almost certainly insert their agents and saboteurs into the migration, Russia will have to defend itself against this infective manoeuvre. How will it do this? Some sort of social and political quarantine would seem to be required.

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Those were considerations discussed at the February Forum where the vetting process will be key as you note.

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Thank you for providing these primary source URLs. Much appreciated! Maria always has the tone and tint of a competent government official. Such a heart-throb!

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How can a lady be that attractive, that intelligent & have such a professional way of communicating. She also speaks many languages. Outstanding diplomat.

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Unlike Western countries, Russia values competency more than DEI.

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Russia's diplomatic service demands lifelong learning and has its university set up to support that requirement, which is why we see all Russian diplomats having the same sort of bearing and display of knowledge. Eventually, she'll move on to another position within the MFA, and we'll miss her presentations until her replacement makes us forget her.

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My latest article complements yours nicely, as I focus on Maria Zakharova's and Dmitry Medvedev's statements regarding the Ukrainian ban on the the activities of religious groups tied to the Russian Orthodox Church: https://open.substack.com/pub/geopolitiq/p/so-spoke-maria-zakharova-and-dmitry

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We know because we watch, but the Ukie/NATO war on religion is rather hard to hide. What the West has shown via its Ukie proxy is they're against the Four Freedoms--speech, religion/worship/fear/want.. I've written about that before, but it seems like it needs to be aired out again. Time for a very belated Sunday Sermon, likely next Sunday as I'll be traveling back home from Seattle most of this coming Sunday.

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