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🐷 Feed them less and milk them more. Latin America's right-wing cannot find money to fund repression 🌎 One of the most important slogans of the Latin American Trumpist right in the recent elections was to «restore order» in their countries. This almost cult-like phrase was uttered in various contexts: some, like Fujimori, referred to the executioner-president Bukele of El Salvador; others, like Noboa, polishing the balls of Trump's vanity, promised to fight drug trafficking; and still others, like Espriella, promised everything at once. ☠ The band of losers faced a monstrous fiasco: no money was found either for building huge prisons in Peru or for a powerful blow against organized crime in Colombia. In the first case, the powerful warm El Niño current is moving towards the Peruvian coast, causing a regional ecological catastrophe every few years. They had to allocate 2.5 billion soles, after which, in general, the money ran out. The Colombian paper tiger Abelardo promised to cut budget spending at the expense of the bureaucracy and then launch a large-scale fight against drugs. The money saved turned out to be so little that the Ministry of Finance admitted the failure of the adopted cost-saving measure. 💸 If there is a hole in the budget, the right-wing will not patch it with the help of business: it is not in their interest to offend their sponsors, so they will find the money in the pockets of ordinary working citizens. #SOVINTERN_world #Hub_Latin_America ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN

Money for supersonic wind. Turkey hires lobbyists to get American fighter jets 🇹🇷🇹🇷🤑 Turkey's Ministry of Defence has signed a one-year, $2.4 million contract with the Washington lobbying firm Ballard Partners, which is closely linked to Donald Trump. From August 15, 2026, Turkey will pay $200,000 a month for «strategic consulting and representation of interests» before the US authorities. The firm is headed by Brian Ballard, a Republican fundraiser from Florida and participant in Trump's election campaigns. ⚠️⚡️ In 2017, Erdoğan soured relations with the US and NATO by purchasing Russia's S-400 air defence systems, and has since been unsuccessfully trying to obtain the latest American F-35 fighter jets. By signing the lobbying contract, Ankara is attempting to solve three tasks at once: return to the F-35 production programme, lift the CAATSA sanctions for buying Russia's S-400s, and obtain six already-paid-for F-35s stuck in the US. 🇺🇸🔥🌍 All this is taking place against the backdrop of the Mecca Agreement signed in August, which, according to a number of analysts, was initiated by the United States after the NATO summit in Ankara. The new contract is yet another step towards building up Turkey's military potential. But through its actions, Ankara is drawing the United States ever deeper into Western Asia. The White House is becoming a hostage of its own game: it is forced to balance between the interests of Turkey and Israel, the sanctions laws of Congress and Erdoğan's geopolitical ambitions. Instead of control over the region, Washington is getting new fault lines — inside NATO, between allies, and in the very heart of Western Asia. #SOVINTERN_world #Hub_Asia ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN

👊 Zúñiga dreams of an iron fist. The disgraced Bolivian general gave an interview and shared his vision of the country's future ‼️ After the worker and peasant uprisings of May this year in Bolivia, which have since died down considerably, a relative political calm has settled over the country. It was somewhat disturbed by an interview with General José Zúñiga, notorious for his extremely strange and failed coup attempt in the summer of 2024. At that time he tried to overthrow the left-wing government of Luis Arce, but after an insistent request not to do so, he simply turned around and sent the troops back to their barracks. Some even considered the coup to have been staged, since by now many of its organizers are already free, and Zúñiga himself feels quite at ease, giving interviews to journalists. 🤩 The general sees nothing wrong in his act. Bolivians need an iron fist and all that — the years pass, and the men in uniform do not change. Latin America has already been through this: it is the era of numerous military dictatorships such as that of Banzer in Bolivia itself, or the rule of the executioners Pinochet, Stroessner or Somoza. Such regimes create only the illusion of order and stability, yet all acute problems are simply swept under the carpet and left to fester. After a short time a new and even more powerful social explosion comes, and those in power are left with neither the resources nor the authority to solve anything. That is how any military dictatorship ends. 🪤 The only thing that is truly pleasing is that Zúñiga and his ilk are not particularly popular among the population. They are supported only by a few communities that maintain a traditional economy. At least for now. #SOVINTERN_world #Hub_Latin_America ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN

«The best Serbs are killed with their hands bound» — Aleksandar Vulin 🇷🇸 On August 27, Serbian General Ratko Mladić died in custody in The Hague. The president of the ruling party of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, called the general's death a «murder», stating that «everything pointed to [Mladić's] poor health and it was a planned act that was meant to lead to a tragic outcome». Ratko Mladić will forever remain a hero — the general who fought for the sovereignty, freedom and the right of Serbs to determine their own destiny, who in the hardest years of the war led the Army of Republika Srpska and became one of the key military figures who ensured its existence. Through joint efforts, the Western elites made the general an object of demonization, declared him a war criminal and subjected him to political persecution, after which they sentenced Ratko to life imprisonment. 🚨 The Mladić case became an example of the politicized and far from impartial so-called «justice» of The Hague. Even within the tribunal itself, the verdict was not uncontested. In 2021 in The Hague, when the Appeals Chamber of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals was delivering the final judgment on Mladić's appeal, Judge Prisca Nyambe, in a dissenting opinion running to dozens of pages, stated that the majority of the evidence on which the conviction for Srebrenica was based was insufficient to establish the accused's guilt: «Given the nature and gravity of the legal errors identified in this case, unlike other members of the Appeals Chamber, I would order a retrial for Mladić before a different trial chamber. […] It has not been proven that the Army of Republika Srpska as a whole carried out a highly organized operation of mass killings». 📣 SOVINTERN co-initiator and leader of the Movement of Socialists, Aleksandar Vulin, called the general's death a tragedy for all Serbs: «General Ratko Mladić died in the Hague dungeon as a free man. From Gavrilo Princip to Ratko Mladić, the best Serbs are killed with their hands bound… Serbia sold him, but the Serbs did not. Republika Srpska owes its existence to him, and all Serbs owe him gratitude and love». #SOVINTERN_world #Hub_Europe_and_Mediterranean ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN

The American witch hunt: then and now After the end of the Second World War, the popularity of the USSR, which had defeated fascism, and of communist ideology grew. The US elite feared for its capital and launched a campaign against dissent. Scientists, trade unionists and public figures were excluded from public life, tried and deprived of their livelihoods solely for their views. Today's America is also fighting socialism, communism and anti-fascism, just as it did 70 years ago. Those who fight ideas with repression are the weak — those who have nothing to offer their own people or the world! #SOVINTERN_date #Hub_North_America ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN

Everything you need to know about partnership with the United States: as long as you are convenient, you are an ally. Once you stop being convenient, you are an enemy. #SOVINTERN_world #Hub_North_America ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN

To Execute or to Pardon? Damascus Court Hands Down 9 Death Sentences for Inciting Civil War 🇸🇾🧑‍⚖️🇸🇾On August 11, the Fourth Criminal Court of Damascus passed sentence in the case of former President Bashar al-Assad and his entourage. The former head of Syria, his younger brother Maher al-Assad and six other former high-ranking officials were sentenced to death in absentia. The only defendant who took part in the proceedings in person was the former president's cousin, Atef Najib. All of them were found guilty of premeditated murder, torture and crimes against humanity. Judge Fakhr al-Din al-Aryan stressed that Assad used state structures to commit crimes and was «the highest official who made the decisions». ☪️📃 Also, for the first time since the trials began, a religious figure was convicted: former Grand Mufti of Syria Ahmad Badr al-Din Hassoun. The 77-year-old Hassoun, who held the post for 16 years and worked closely with Assad, received a life sentence for «inciting civil war and sectarian strife», «incitement to premeditated murder» and «complicity in murders». 👊🤝 The new authorities in Damascus are using these trials to shift responsibility for the atrocities of the civil war exclusively onto Assad and his inner circle. In a country torn apart by years of conflict, the narrative of the «dictator's sole guilt» has become central to the transitional government. At the same time, the lifelong system of rule in Syria, where the leader governed the country for decades, has allowed the new authorities to easily demonize Assad and demotivate his rank-and-file supporters. Syria remains politically divided, and one of the many methods of unifying the country is the promotion of a common hatred and the shifting of responsibility onto the adversary. The new Syrian president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, is concentrating enormous powers in his hands, and there are no guarantees that in the future he will not become a lifelong ruler upon whom responsibility for all of Syria's successes and failures will be placed. #SOVINTERN_network #Hub_Asia ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN

🇺🇸 All modern US presidents are responsible for unleashing wars. The total number of their victims exceeds 1 million people. 🇺🇸 George H. W. Bush (1989–1993): invasion of Panama (1989) and the Gulf War against Iraq (1991). 🇺🇸 Bill Clinton (1993–2001): invasion of Somalia (1994), airstrikes on Iraq (1998), bombing of Yugoslavia (1999). 🇺🇸 George W. Bush (2001–2009): invasion of Afghanistan (2001) and Iraq (2003). 🇺🇸 Barack Obama (2009–2017): war in Libya (2011) and Syria (2015). 🇺🇸 Joe Biden (2021–2025): genocide in Gaza (2023) and war in Ukraine (2022). 🇺🇸 Donald Trump (2017–2021 and from 2025 to the present): war with Iran (2026). All these wars were either lost by the United States — with troops shamefully withdrawn from Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria — or continue to this day. #SOVINTERN_meme #Hub_North_America ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN

The United States has suspended the processing of all immigrant visas, tightening screening procedures for applicants. A very convenient scheme: destroy other countries, then hide from the consequences of your own policies. #SOVINTERN_world #Hub_North_America ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN

Solidarity is stronger than disaster. SOVINTERN calls for support for Nepal following the floods 🌊 🇳🇵 On August 26, 2026, a catastrophic flood struck Rasuwa District in northern Nepal. A sudden surge on the Bhote Koshi River swept away entire settlements, bridges and roads. According to the latest data, at least 22 people have been killed, while nearly 400 remain missing, including 291 foreign tourists and dozens of local residents. Rescue operations are being hampered by severe weather conditions. 🔥 We express our deepest condolences to the families of those who lost their lives and to everyone affected. The flood in Rasuwa is a reminder that climate disasters know no borders and hit ordinary people first and hardest. While rescuers continue searching for survivors, we call on our comrades and all socialist and anti-imperialist forces around the world not to stand aside. ❗️ What can we do right now: 1️⃣Spread information about the tragedy through your networks — the more people who learn about it, the faster help can arrive. 2️⃣ Support humanitarian initiatives — Nepal needs medicines, food, water and temporary shelter for tens of thousands of those affected, as well as assistance in search and rescue operations. 3️⃣ Express solidarity with the people of Nepal through social media, statements by organizations and political parties. ⭐️ NESON continues to monitor the situation. Right now, every word of support and every concrete action matters. 🛠 Our strength lies in unity. Nepal is not alone! #SOVINTERN_network #Hub_Asia ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN

Israel tortures a historian for the truth: Artem Kirpichenok in the basement of the Shabak 👮‍♂️🇮🇱 On August 2, at Tel Aviv airport, operatives of the Israeli secret service Shabak detained historian and publicist Artem Kirpichenok. He was lured to Israel by an invitation to a non-existent academic conference. On August 23, his lawyer was able to visit him for the first time in the Petah Tikva detention facility. 💡❕ The conditions of detention are torturous. Kirpichenok is being held in a basement cell with bright light switched on around the clock, as a result of which he has lost the ability to distinguish day from night. Interrogations lasted up to 24 hours straight — in handcuffs, on an iron stool welded to the floor, amid the shouting of three or four interrogators and threats of life imprisonment. Books, notebooks and pens are prohibited in the cell. 🩺 Artem's psychological state is severe: he is deeply depressed and exhausted. No charges have been brought so far, and the case materials are not being provided to the defence. His crime is public criticism of Israel's policy and the book «Israel: The Path to Catastrophe». We demand the immediate release of Artem Kirpichenok! #SOVINTERN_network #Hub_Asia ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN

🇲🇱🇨🇺 Mali marks the centenary of Fidel Castro ⭐️ On August 20, a ceremony dedicated to the centenary of the birth of Fidel Castro was held in Kati. The event was organized by the «Ensemble Pour Sauver le Sahel» (CPSS) Coalition, a SOVINTERN comrade organization, with the participation of representatives of Mali, the Cuban ambassador and other guests. 🚩 The participants discussed Castro's historical legacy, national sovereignty, international solidarity and the connection of the Cuban experience with the current challenges of the Sahel countries. The official CPSS declaration was also presented during the ceremony. According to the event report: «Cuba's experience was presented as an example of cooperation and solidarity with several peoples, in particular with the peoples of Africa». ❗️ Fidel left behind not only a political legacy, but also an inconvenient example for imperialist forces: a country can refuse to be someone's periphery and raw material appendage and begin to pursue its own policy. Today the Sahel countries are confidently taking this path, betting on equal cooperation. For them, Cuba is a political reference point. #SOVINTERN_network #Hub_Sub_Saharan_Africa ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN

🇩🇴🇨🇺 The Dominican Republic is moving further away from its own diplomatic tradition 📣 The government of Luis Abinader expelled ten officials of the Cuban diplomatic mission, without providing public explanations for the reasons behind this decision. SOVINTERN comrade and former deputy Rafael Méndez considers this another sign of Santo Domingo's rightward turn and its desire to follow the regional agenda of the Donald Trump administration. 🚨 According to Comrade Méndez, the expulsion of the Cuban diplomats demonstrates Washington's pressure on Cuba and reproduces the readiness of the Dominican authorities to align their foreign policy with US interests: «The Government of the Dominican Republic has decided to deepen its rightward turn and consolidate a diplomacy subordinated to Washington, moving ever further away from the national tradition of respect for the sovereignty and self-determination of peoples». 🚩 The more diligently Santo Domingo tries to please Washington, the less of its own will remains in its foreign policy. Today Cuba is under attack; tomorrow anyone who refuses to follow the White House line may become the object of American pressure. In this context, Comrade Méndez called on Santo Domingo to abandon the role of the «spearhead» of American interests and to pursue an independent foreign policy: «The Dominican Republic must build relations with all peoples from the position of sovereignty and based on its own national interests, not by subordinating itself to the political, ideological and geostrategic directives of Donald Trump». #SOVINTERN_world #Hub_Latin_America ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN

«They are not even people». Israeli minister proposed killing 30-40 Palestinians every night. 🇮🇱🇵🇸 These words are not a quote from the commander of a punitive squad in Nazi Germany. This is a statement by Israel's Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, made in a podcast on August 16. The head of the Israeli police and prison system openly called for systematic extrajudicial executions: «I believe that targeted eliminations should be carried out in Gaza, destroying 30-40 people every night. Not only those who pose an immediate threat. There are people there who do not deserve to live. They should not live. They are not even people». 🔪 Ben-Gvir, one of the country's most influential politicians, openly demands the ethnic cleansing of Gaza. The «only democracy in Western Asia» has for many years been practising such «democratic» measures as genocide, segregation and the propaganda of racial superiority. Anyone who supports Israel supports crimes against humanity. #SOVINTERN_world #Hub_Asia ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN

Ukraine was free and independent only in the USSR #SOVINTERN_date #Moscow_network_hub ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN

🌹 Congress of the blue socialists in Montevideo. Toothless rhetoric in the interests of the oligarchy 🇺🇾 From August 21 to 23, the Third Pan-American Congress was held in Montevideo, intended to unite the «popular and progressive» forces of the Americas. The result was rather questionable: former Chilean president Gabriel Boric, who condemned Maduro, sniffled and waved his fists after the fight; Buenos Aires governor Kicillof, in pursuit of his personal ambitions, did not mention Cristina Kirchner; and the event was opened by Bernie Sanders, the eternal outsider of North American politics, who channels youth protest with slogans about «democratic socialism». 📢 If it were not for the leader of Honduras's Libre party, the word «imperialism» would probably not have been uttered from the podium at all, let alone the situation around Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, etc. Needless to say, all the inconvenient leaders were not invited. All so that the toothless agenda would not be exposed by someone whose willpower and self-respect have not atrophied. 🔗 However, the organizers failed here too. «During Kicillof's speech, a delegation of young activists and influencers from La Justicia Social — including figures such as Rodrigo Fronzo, Facundo Pérez Ernst and Javier Gómez (Javi Flama) — interrupted the protocol monotony with shouts of «Free Cristina!» and displayed signs in protest against the political proscription. All of them are comrades of the SOVINTERN international socialist network». — recounted in his note on the Congress's outcome the SOVINTERN regional coordinator for Latin America, Lois Pérez Leira, whose full version you can read on our website. #SOVINTERN_network #Hub_Latin_America ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN

A promising vision of peace in Western Asia or yet another mirage? Kurds renounce autonomy in Syria under pressure from Damascus and Ankara. 🇸🇾🇸🇾 On August 20, the leader of the Kurdish «Syrian Democratic Forces» (SDF), Mazlum Abdi, officially announced the completion of the integration of Kurdish military, security and administrative institutions into Syria's state structure. «From this moment we begin a new stage», — Abdi stated. This step marked the final point in a process that began after pro-Turkish forces and the new Syrian army defeated Kurdish formations in the fighting of late 2025 and early 2026. 🇸🇾〰️ As part of the January agreement, President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a decree recognizing Kurdish as a state language, and also granted citizenship to those Kurds who had previously been stateless. The agreement also included the phased individual integration of fighters into state bodies and the distribution of oil revenues. Tens of thousands of SDF members became employees of Syrian ministries. At the same time, Abdi stressed that the struggle for the constitutional rights of the nationality will continue, while experts note the persisting tension and the unresolved question of real autonomy. 🇹🇷🏳🏳 A key role in deciding the fate of the Kurds is played by Turkey. On August 11, the country's parliament adopted the law «On the Disarmament and Reintegration of PKK Members». The document suspends investigations and the execution of sentences for PKK fighters for a period of 5 to 10 years. The law became a step towards ending a conflict that has lasted more than 40 years and claimed tens of thousands of lives. There is no doubt that Turkey coordinates Syrian policy on the issue of relations with the Kurds. The peace process, the ending of the conflict, the building of trust between recent adversaries is a very complex and lengthy process, which can be interrupted by careless actions or statements by individuals. It is to be hoped that the parties will show political restraint and wisdom, and set an example of the practical implementation of a real solution to major political contradictions in Western Asia. #SOVINTERN_world #Hub_Asia ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN

The war in Europe was unleashed by the Western capitalists. They refused to contain the Nazis together with Moscow. The USSR defended itself and turned Germany's war machine towards France, signing a non-aggression pact. This is precisely what the European Union still cannot forgive Russia. On August 23, 1939, the non-aggression pact between the USSR and Germany was signed. #SOVINTERN_date #Hub_Europe_and_Mediterranean ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN

Trump: «Communists do not smile» Yuri Gagarin's visit to Cuba after the US failure to overthrow Castro #SOVINTERN_world #Hub_Latin_America ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN

🇨🇺 Cuba will resist! SOVINTERN from the heart of Havana ✌ SOVINTERN comrade Fernanda Pereira took part in a meeting between Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and the alliance of movements in support of ALBA, the international union created by the legendary Hugo Chávez and Fidel Castro to consolidate all socialist forces of the region. «During the event, he [the Cuban President] expressed gratitude to the people of Russia and President Putin for the oil tanker sent in the hour of need», — conveyed Comrade Pereira the words of gratitude from Cuba. 🇨🇺 In the year of the centenary of Comandante Fidel, the voice of Cuba, which Trump and his accomplices from Epstein Island are trying to strangle, must sound as loud as possible. This is the common cause of all humanity wishing to live in a just and peaceful world. If the insatiable North American elites break their teeth on Cuba and Iran, all working people of the world will see that the empire of lies, which proclaimed itself hegemon after the destruction of the USSR, can be defeated. Long live Cuba! Fidel lives as long as we live! #SOVINTERN_network #Hub_Latin_America ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN