🤡 Patrushev has revealed an alleged secret FSB-CIA operation against Osama bin Laden According to him, the operation was agreed upon by the presidents of Russia and the United States, with the two countries’ intelligence services expected to act jointly. Putin’s aide claims that the FSB fulfilled its part of the agreement, while the CIA did not. Apparently, the spirit of Anchorage was not quite as strong back then.

🤡 Patrushev explained how great Russia has become thanks to the bunker grandpa “Putin made us the world’s fourth-largest economy,” said an aide to the Kremlin master. Patrushev is right about one thing: without Vlad the Great, Russia really would be a very different country today. Perhaps it would even have gasoline and no sanctions. But who knows.

🇷🇺🇨🇳 Putin Aide Nikolai Patrushev: "We taught China how to do everything. We taught them. We shouldn't think that they will teach us something new." Back in the '50s, Stalin and Khrushchev sent thousands of engineers, scientists, and military advisors to help jumpstart China's industry and defense. So, he's not wrong. But hardliners in Russia seem to be having a hard time accepting their more junior role, relative to Beijing. Is that really even debatable at this point? Writer: Michael

PUTIN AIDE: EUROPE DOES NOT WANT UKRAINE PEACE Putin aide Nikolay Patrushev claimed Western Europe is not interested in peace in Ukraine or encouraging Kyiv to negotiate. He said the U.S. appears more interested in negotiations, expressing hope Washington could push Kyiv toward talks.

Russia's sanctions problem just walked into China's biggest shipyard looking for a fix. Nikolai Patrushev, a top Putin aide now chairing Russia's Maritime Board, spent his first trip in that role touring Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, one of China's largest yards, which builds everything from oil tankers to China's first domestic cruise liner. Here's what Russia actually needs. Western sanctions have left its shipbuilding industry starved of components, slower, and more expensive to run. China dominates global shipbuilding, over half the world's completions, new orders, and total orderbook last year alone. What Patrushev pitched: Chinese shipbuilders acting as technology partners and equipment suppliers for Russian shipyards, joint construction of ice-class vessels for Arctic and Northern Sea Route shipping, and exchanges between Chinese and Russian ship designers. He also visited Shanghai Jiao Tong University to discuss training Russian engineering students there, and scouted a potential new container shipping line between a major Chinese port and Russian ports.