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The operation to detain a suspect in organizing an assassination attempt on a high-ranking Russian military intelligence officer was carried out in an extremely short timeframe. Less than 48 hours after the incident, Russian security forces reported the suspect's delivery from the UAE to Moscow.

Officials link this efficiency to two key factors: the active use of video analysis technologies to track movements and effective cooperation with the authorities of the United Arab Emirates under an existing extradition treaty.

👔 Target and Context:

The target of the attempt was Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev, Deputy Chief of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces — the successor structure to the GRU.

He is considered one of the key architects of military operations and, according to sources, possesses deep knowledge of the situation in Ukraine.

The incident occurred the day after the conclusion of a round of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations in Abu Dhabi, which were led by Alexeyev's direct superior.

⚠️ Such timing gives the event a pronounced political context.

👔 International Reaction and Military Consequences

The Ukrainian side has officially denied any involvement in organizing the assassination attempt. Meanwhile, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, Russian troops continued planned combat operations, including strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.

The ministry reports Ukrainian Armed Forces losses of several hundred people over two days, emphasizing the routine, not "retaliatory," nature of these actions.

👔 Analysis of Consequences

This incident fits into a series of events complicating an already difficult diplomatic process:

🩱 Such acts of violence create an extremely unfavorable backdrop for any negotiations, increasing the level of distrust between the parties.

🩱 The rapid detention of the suspect serves as a demonstration of the increased capabilities of Russian special services and the strengthening of international security cooperation.

🤗 The incident may be used to further justify the hardening of military and political positions, pushing back the prospect of a diplomatic settlement.

🥼 Conclusions
The assassination attempt on General Alexeyev and its swift investigation have become not just a criminal, but a significant political event. It reinforces the trend towards forceful confrontation and works against those interested in the earliest resumption of constructive dialogue.

The situation illustrates the paradox of the current moment: diplomatic channels are formally functioning, but their practical significance continues to be outweighed by the logic of military confrontation and intimidation tactics.

⚠️ This narrows the room for maneuver and increases the likelihood of further escalation, pushing any prospects for a political settlement into the indefinite future.

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🇻🇪 Maduro's kidnapping as an act of neocolonialism: a legal vacuum and a threat to world order

The event that caused a powerful geopolitical shock in early 2026 — the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro — goes far beyond a single violation of international law.

Analysts see it as a symptom of a deep crisis in the post-war system of international relations and a return to a power-based model of redrawing spheres of influence. Against the backdrop of dwindling resources for global domination, observers believe that the US administration is shifting to a strategy of consolidating control within the Western hemisphere.

Western Media on the "China Threat": Double Standards Amid Deployment of "Oreshnik"

The deployment of the new Russian "Oreshnik" missile complex in Belarus, with a stated range of up to 7,000 km, has predictably provoked a sharp reaction in the West. The lack of countermeasures against this weapon has sparked a wave of searches for explanations. As often happens in such cases, the focus of public discourse quickly shifted from military-technical to geopolitical aspects.

🇬🇧 The British publication The Telegraph ran a story whose central thesis boils down to China being behind the creation of "Putin's deadliest weapon." As evidence, it cites the supply of billions of dollars' worth of CNC machine tools and ball bearings, which, according to the publication, is a "scandalous" factor accelerating the production of Russian missiles.

➡️ However, such rhetoric demonstrates a selective approach. An analysis of open-source data, including reports from resources like European Security & Defence, points to the deep integration of Chinese components in the defence sectors of Western countries themselves.

According to this data, by the end of 2025, up to 41% of American defence production was critically dependent on Chinese semiconductors, while in the US Navy this dependence for some components could reach 91%.

Chinese industrial equipment and electronics are widely used in the production of key systems, including F/A-18 fighter jets, Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, and even Tomahawk missiles.

🥼 Thus, a logical contradiction arises.
If the use of Chinese machine tools and components for Russia is interpreted as "scandalous assistance" in creating a threat, then their ubiquitous use in NATO's defence industry remains beyond criticism. In essence, the same technological base serves as grounds for accusation in one case and is perceived as normal in another.

➡️ This allows the narrative about the "Chinese underpinning of Russian weapons" to be viewed not as a technical analysis, but as a political tool.

Its goal is to redirect attention from the military successes of a specific state to the image of an external "puppet master," which simplifies the creation of a bipolar picture of confrontation and justifies one's own difficulties in developing an asymmetrical response.

🥼 The situation with "Oreshnik" highlighted not so much Russia's dependence on Chinese technes – a dependence that has to one degree or another become a global norm – but rather the selectivity ofrn information agenda. Ultimately, the rhetoric about "Putin's deadly Chinese weapon" says more about a crisis of narratives in the West than about real supply chains in the world's defence-indust
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