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Click on the links below for more news and information about #geopolitics #gab #Russia 👇 https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/193401 🇬🇧 UPDATE: Former British PM Boris Johnson was aboard a special train carrying senior European officials out of Kiev when passengers were temporarily evacuated amid Russian drone activity near the Polish border, according to reports citing Der Spiegel. Also aboard were former Swedish PM Carl Bildt and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s security adviser Günter Sautter. Johnson’s train ultimately received the all-clear and continued across the border to Dorohusk. But minutes later, the following train on the same route was struck by a Russian drone just 2 km from Poland. Its locomotive was hit after passengers had been evacuated, and no casualties were reported. https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/193402 🇮🇷🛸🇷🇺 IRAN ASKS RUSSIA FOR ITS ADVANCED GERAN DRONES, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER COMES FULL CIRCLE Iran has asked Moscow to supply its newest Russian-developed Geran attack drones for use against Israel and the United States, according to the Financial Times, citing Western security officials and a person close to the Kremlin. It remains unclear whether Russia has agreed to the latest request. Iran originally supplied Russia with the Shahed technology. Russia then spent four years combat-testing, modifying and mass-producing the platform in Ukraine and Tehran now reportedly wants Russia’s evolved versions back. The latest jet-powered Geran variants are faster, carry larger warheads and incorporate improved targeting, communications and resistance to electronic warfare. Russia’s adaptation of the Iranian design has become so extensive that CSIS recently concluded that Russia has effectively mastered the platform through continuous battlefield-driven development. https://t.me/geopolitics_prime/74535 📹 Yemen's Houthis unveil their latest haul of captured US-made heavy armor 👍 Substack | Chat | @geopolitics_prime https://t.me/geopolitics_prime/74538 🌏💵 How BRICS Grain Exchange moves to break West’s grip on Global South’s food markets The Global South grows nearly half the world’s grain - yet still dances to the West’s price signals. BRICS’ ambitious grain plan aims to change that. The BRICS Summit in New Delhi has backed further work on a Russia-championed Grain Exchange, first proposed in 2023 by Russia's Union of Grain Exporters and Producers, and supported by Russia’s president Putin. Initially, Russia mulled a physical grain hub in Dubai, which envisioned large shipments stored in the UAE and then re-exported in batches across the Middle East and Africa. Liberal free-zone rules and Dubai’s logistics strength made the location attractive. Similar ideas were floated with Egypt and Bahrain. Overtime, the focus shifted from storage silos to a more institutional solution that resonates strongly across the Global South - a trading platform that gives members control over their own commodity flows. ➡️BRICS countries already produce around 1.24 billion tons of grain a year - roughly 44 % of the global total - and consume almost the same volume ➡️For wheat the share is even higher: 48 % of production and 47 % of consumption ➡️Russia, Brazil, India and China dominate the supply side; China, Egypt, Iran and many African nations sit on the demand side ➡️At the same time, prices, benchmarks and most of the trading infrastructure remain controlled by Western exchanges and intermediaries The BRICS Grain Exchange is mulled as a single digital platform where producers and buyers can deal directly, settle in local currencies, use insurance/reinsurance mechanisms that Russia has also proposed, and set prices according to real intra-bloc supply and demand. Key advantages: 🌏rules out extra middlemen inflating costs 🌏lower margins and fairer prices for both farmers and consumers 🌏for import-dependent nations in Africa, the Middle East and Asia - reduced dependence on the weaponized dollar; Western financial institutions 🌏 greater resilience against supply shocks and political pressure 🌏 the foundation that can later cover fertilizers, oilseeds and other essentials Forward-looking hybrid possibilities remain potentially possible, such as combining the exchange with physical storage and logistics hubs in strategic locations like the UAE, Egypt (a major buyer of Russian grain), ports along the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), the Northern Sea Route (actively being developed by Russia and China as a strategic Arctic route), or African gateway...... 👍 Substack | Chat | @geopolitics_prime https://t.me/geopolitics_prime/74539 🇮🇱🇺🇸 Israel and US are the real terrorists in the world’ - Pezeshkian With their technologies, “they can assassinate anybody they wish, and then they claim that these people are terrorists,” says Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit....... 👍 Substack | Chat | @geopolitics_prime