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Russian forces have been on the offensive across all directions of the special military operation, Chief of Russia’s General Staff Army General Valery Gerasimov said:https://t.co/y6VdchyXs0 pic.twitter.com/WsaSFSxHUk
— TASS (@tassagency_en) August 27, 2026
Last night, Russia launched a massive strike against military-industrial complex (MIC) facilities in Ukraine. The targets of the attack included:
— 𝕊𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕻𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤 (@SprinterPress) August 27, 2026
🔸Metallurgical and oil refining plants, as well as logistics centers in Kyiv, Boryspil, Zaporizhzhia, Kremenchuk, Kryvyi Rih, and… pic.twitter.com/M3Y31wNgEC
Russia adds over 100 mln carats to diamond reserves since start of year.
— TASS (@tassagency_en) August 27, 2026
Head of Rosnedra Oleg Kazanov noted that reserve additions are driven not only by new deposits but by additional geological exploration and the reassessment of existing deposits:https://t.co/ObIY9oeSH6 pic.twitter.com/Q7tCXlHAkd
In 2025, Russia maintained its position as the fourth-largest economy in the world. According to an IMF forecast, Russia's GDP based on purchasing power parity (PPP) will be approximately $7.34 trillion in 2026. Thus, Russia will retain its fourth place globally and its first… pic.twitter.com/dBBbghqwSK
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Ian Robert Millard 
Those ridiculous statistics used by the IMF are meaningless because they do not reflect the real prosperity of a country. A filthy s…hole like India CANNOT be considered more prosperous or better than Japan, Russia or Germany.
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Claudius:
Yes, those statistics are merely an indication of the overall economic strength of those states as states.
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