Russia’s repeated praise for the US First Lady’s “humanitarian” role, a tightly localized Kherson ceasefire, and Anglo-French nuclear drills frame a sharp look at the politics ahead of the US midterms. Is the Kremlin assuming influence that doesn’t exist? The discussion also unpacks the Russia–Iran gas summit, concealed defense and air-defense cooperation, the return of technicians to Bushehr, and why contacts with Finland and Norway look more like staging than a genuine shift in European policy. Nuclear escalation, election theater, and the real prospects for a negotiated peace.
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