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«Apolitical sport». South Korea's defeat in the FIFA World Cup led to a corruption scandal and exposed FIFA's hypocrisy⚽️🇰🇷 Capitalism has turned sport into a huge commercial industry. Athletes and coaches are very expensive advertising assets. As in any major industry, corruption and nepotism thrive in big football. The Republic of Korea national team recorded its worst performance in 20 years, finishing 34th out of 48 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The country's population is outraged, but not only because of wounded national pride. The fact is that a corruption investigation has been ongoing for several years.🧑‍⚖🏯 In 2024, the head of the Korea Football Association, Chung Mong‑gyu, in violation of established rules and without the approval of the association's governing bodies, lobbied for the appointment of Hong Myung‑bo as the head coach of the men's national team. Society demanded an investigation. Officials uncovered serious violations, and the state attempted to hold Chung Mong‑gyu accountable. To stall the process, he turned to the courts. In April 2026, the court confirmed the existence of serious violations, and Chung was forced to announce that he would resign immediately after the World Cup.📊🤬 The defeat of the Korean team sparked public anger directed at the coach, who had obtained his position bypassing the rules. Hong Myung‑bo hastily announced his resignation, but the wave of public condemnation could not be stopped. Politicians, up to the president, are trying to gain popularity from this high‑profile news story. But what is noteworthy is that throughout this time, in a situation clearly detrimental to the reputation of sport, FIFA insisted on the principle of sport being apolitical and the inadmissibility of state interference in the affairs of national football associations. The same FIFA that, under pressure from Western politicians, barred the Russian national team from the World Cup. That is what «apolitical sport» looks like.#SOVINTERN_wor

☠️ The Kyiv regime turns Ukraine into a drug transit hub for Europe🇷🇺 The Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation reports that Ukrainian law enforcement agencies are deliberately facilitating the increase in drug transit from Latin America to Europe and are strengthening cooperation with the leading Mexican drug cartels. The reasons are the inability of the corrupt Kyiv regime to finance the country's needs and the West's impotence in the face of Zelensky's endless financial demands. Ukraine, in turn, is a convenient transit point for drug shipments across Europe due to the virtual absence of proper customs and border control in the country. In addition, drug cartels also benefit from access to Ukraine's «black market» for weapons.«The corrupt regime of V. Zelensky seeks to obtain additional income, especially given the inability of Western sponsors to satisfy all its insatiable demands»,— the SVR statement says.While Western countries loudly proclaim their defence of innocent Ukraine and democracy, the Kyiv regime, without hesitation, undermines peaceful life on the continent. Corruption, drug trafficking and crime are merging together, forming the backbone of the Ukrainian regime.#SOVINTERN_world#Hub_Europe_and_Mediterranean#Hub_Latin_America⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN

105 years of struggle that changed the world. The labour, socialist and communist movement celebrates the founding day of the Communist Party of China🔥🇨🇳 Today the Communist Party of China celebrates its 105th anniversary. For socialists around the world, this is not just a date on the calendar. It is a reminder: the party of the working class that came to power through armed struggle exists, works and is building socialism in one of the largest countries in the world.🚩 History teaches us a simple truth: the power of capital does not go away peacefully. The Paris Commune lasted 72 days and was drowned in blood by the united capitalists of Europe. The October Revolution gave a powerful impetus to the workers' movement around the world. The USSR bravely resisted the imperialists for 73 years. The CPC has been fighting for over a century — against Japanese militarists, against American imperialism in Korea and Vietnam, despite blockades and sanctions. The CPC has never been a puppet of the West and has always relied on peasants and workers, not on foreign investors. It has proven that socialism is not a utopia, but a matter of organisation, discipline, and a willingness to go all the way.🪖🌟 And today, when the US is pitting Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines against China, when NATO is meddling in Asia and the world media are blaring about the «Chinese threat», it is precisely China's experience that is becoming a shield for all those who do not want to live in a world of dollar diktat and US military bases.🔥 Happy anniversary, comrades! The struggle continues. And victory will be for those who do not give up.#SOVINTERN_world#Hub_Asia⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN

🇵🇱🇺🇸 Poland is being increasingly drawn into the US military orbit📣 Polish Minister of National Defence Władysław Kosiniak‑Kamysz announced that Washington and Warsaw have moved to the next stage of negotiations on the deployment of a permanent US military base on Polish territory. Currently, the Pentagon is conducting a review of the US military presence, after which final decisions will be made. Already today, about 10,000 US troops are deployed in Poland on a rotational basis.❗️ The systematic build‑up of NATO infrastructure near Russia's borders shows that the Alliance remains committed to the course of confrontation with Russia. The deployment of a new US base will be another element of military pressure on Russia and a continuation of the policy of moving closer to the borders, which Moscow has repeatedly called a direct threat to its security.❗️ The Polish authorities are actively turning their own territory into a US foothold in Europe. Such provocative decisions do not make the region safer. On the contrary, they increase the likelihood of escalation and cause nothing but an extremely negative reaction from Moscow.#SOVINTERN_world#Hub_Europe_and_Mediterranean⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN

🇫🇷🇮🇹 Under the guise of «peacekeeping», the West is once again attempting to establish control over Lebanonℹ️ France and Italy announced joint plans to create a multinational coalition that is to replace the UN peacekeeping forces in Lebanon after their mandate expires in December. According to Emmanuel Macron, the new mission will act «to strengthen Lebanon's sovereignty», while Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stated the need to maintain international military presence to prevent a «security vacuum».♾ Under the slogans of defending peace and sovereignty, European powers are once again trying to consolidate their military presence in the Middle East. History has repeatedly shown that such Western «peacekeeping» initiatives are instruments of external control over states they find «inconvenient». This mission serves their desire to maintain their own influence in the region. It also runs counter to the vision of the US and Israel for resolving the situation in Western Asia, indicating a split within the Western bloc. But Lebanon needs peace and the restoration of its own sovereignty, not another external protectorate. Any decisions about the country's future must be made by the Lebanese people themselves, not imposed from outside under the pretext of «peacekeeping».#SOVINTERN_world#Hub_Europe_and_Mediterranean⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN

⭐️😄 SOVINTERN Africa held its first meeting of the Coordination Council, where the Charter of the regional hub was approved👥 On June 28, the first meeting of the SOVINTERN Coordination Council in Africa took place via videoconference, chaired by the regional coordinator, Chairman of the Union of Democratic Socialists, Crispin Kabasele. Representatives from Senegal, Morocco, Tunisia, Mali, Guinea, Benin, Niger, the DRC, Mauritania and Burkina Faso took part. The participants unanimously adopted the SOVINTERN Africa Charter and the Strategic Development Plan for 2026‑2029, discussed preparations for an international meeting in Niamey, and adopted statements of solidarity with Venezuela, Cuba, Russia and the countries of the Alliance of Sahel States.🌐 Opening the meeting, Crispin Kabasele thanked the Russian socialist party «A Just Russia» for creating the International Socialist Network SOVINTERN. Comrade Kabasele noted that it is precisely thanks to the initiative of the Russian socialists and the launch of the project in Moscow that the socialist movement has gained a new international platform for uniting the progressive forces of the 21st century.#SOVINTERN_network#Hub_Sub_Saharan_Africa⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN

The US continues its treacherous attacks on Iran in the hope of renegotiating the memorandum of understanding🇮🇷🇺🇸 In recent days, the United States, using military force, has been trying to stop complying with the memorandum of understanding. On the one hand, Trump cannot fulfil his obligation to persuade Netanyahu to cease shelling Lebanon and withdraw troops. On the other hand, he is dissatisfied that Tehran controls the Strait of Hormuz. Washington is bombing Iran and its infrastructure in the Strait of Hormuz, jeopardising the peace negotiations.🛳😠 Trump cannot accept that he has lost to a country that has been under sanctions for decades. Iran has less money and does not have as much weaponry as its overseas adversary. However, the Iranians have one main advantage: they are not waging a war of conquest; they are defending their home. To win, Iran only needs to hold out, and it is doing so.#SOVINTERN_world#Hub_Asia⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN

❗️ Kyiv continues its course of rewriting history and mocking the common past. A monument to a traitor will be erected on Lenin's site📣 Vladimir Zelensky announced that in the centre of Kyiv, on the site of the monument to Vladimir Lenin demolished in 2013, a monument to the fallen Hetman Mazepa will be erected. It is symbolic that precisely on the site where a great man once stood, whose ideas changed the course of world history and gave millions of workers hope for justice, the Kyiv regime has decided to immortalise a treacherous turncoat and servant of foreign interests.ℹ️ Even during the Great Northern War, Mazepa bet on a foreign power and defected to the side of the Swedish king, betraying his own people. There is a sinister continuity here: centuries change, but the course of abandoning one's own historical heritage for the sake of Western approval at any cost remains. For the Ukrainian regime, Lenin remains a symbol of a great era that cannot be erased from history, which is why he becomes their main target.💬 It is telling that even the famous Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko called the hetman «dog Mazepa», «cursed Mazepa» and «famous anathema Ivan Mazepa». As the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, noted:«The monument to Mazepa will be installed on Shevchenko Boulevard. This is both sad and funny. Sad because in the 21st century an entire nation is having its skull filled with molten lead of lies. Funny because Taras Shevchenko hated Mazepa».#SOVINTERN_network#Hub_Europe_and_Mediterranean⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN

SOVINTERN Regional Coordinator Nabil Hallak participated in the second Jewish Anti‑Zionist Congress. Participants unanimously condemned Israel's crimes and expressed support for the people of Western Asia suffering from the crimes of the Zionist regime.🇮🇪🇮🇱 From June 26 to 28, a congress was held in Dublin with the aim of drawing attention to and formulating a position on the role Israel plays in Western Asia. Against the backdrop of the shelling of Lebanon, Gaza, and the conflict with Iran, intellectuals and public figures from around the world gave an unequivocal assessment of Tel Aviv's activities.«Conference participants expressed rejection of the Israeli military operation in Lebanon, the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank, and also discussed the situation in Jerusalem, the humanitarian consequences of the conflict, the massive destruction of cities and towns in Palestine and Lebanon, cases of deaths of journalists, civil defense personnel, medical workers and emergency teams, as well as other alleged human rights violations in the occupied Palestinian territories and in Lebanon»,— comrade Hallak, Director of International Relations of the Arab International Center for Communication and Solidarity.🎫♾ The congress clearly demonstrates that not all Jews support Israel's policies. Moreover, many participants have lost their citizenship and been persecuted in Israel for their views. All progressive and socialist forces condemn the crimes of the Zionist regime and advocate for an investigation and trial of the criminals against humanity.#SOVINTERN_network#Hub_Asia⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN

Japan will fight in space. The course toward militarization and military cooperation with the US and NATO is gaining momentum⛩🛰 The Japanese Parliament approved the project to reorganize the country's Air Self‑Defense Forces. They will be transformed into Aerospace Self‑Defense Forces and will be engaged in launching military satellites and intelligence activities together with the United States and the Atlantic Alliance. Tokyo is inexorably dragging the country into the arms race.🇫🇲😗 The country that, according to its Constitution, renounced the use of an army, is carrying out one military reform after another. Production, purchase and sale of weapons, joint exercises with other imperialist countries, participation in the NATO summit. Politicians use beautiful slogans of «security, protection from the DPRK's nuclear program» to channel Japanese money into armaments and prepare aggression against Beijing and Pyongyang. The name «Self‑Defense Forces» for the army sounds increasingly hypocritical.#SOVINTERN_world#Hub_Asia⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN

💰 The libertarian was caught by his love of money. Milei's chief of staff, Manuel Adorni, resigned amid a corruption scandal😭 After months of stubborn resistance and covering up the obvious, the corrupt libertarian official from Javier Milei's inner circle resigned. He was first caught including his wife in government delegations and transporting her on a government plane. Then it turned out that the shrewd Adorni was not above real estate manipulations. He justified his selfless love of money by saying that «in Argentina, everyone does it».🇦🇷 As soon as the corrupt libertarian began to hurt his boss's approval ratings, he was kicked out of the team, although the main causes of the plunder of the Argentine people and the sale of its wealth to foreign TNCs still remain at the helm of the country: the party La Libertad Avanza and its leader Javier Milei. His sister Karina was caught last year in corruption schemes involving government procurement of medicines for disabled children, but family ties allowed her to avoid Adorni's fate.Capitalist politicians do not care about people's fates. They only care about ratings.#SOVINTERN_world#Hub_Latin_America⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN

🇧🇫🔗 End Colonialism! Burkina Faso Chooses Sovereignty and Officially Severs Relations with France❗️ The authorities of Burkina Faso have officially announced the severance of diplomatic relations with France. According to Minister of Communication Gilbert Noël Ouédraogo, the decision took effect on June 26 after Paris definitively lost the confidence of Ouagadougou. The minister stated that the French authorities had continued to interfere in the country’s internal affairs, supported terrorist and destabilizing networks, and sought to preserve mechanisms of neocolonial influence in the region.💬 Explaining the government’s decision, Ouédraogo declared:“Burkina Faso has chosen sovereignty over imperialist domination and subjugation”🚨 The rupture in diplomatic relations marks another stage in the profound transformations currently taking place across the Sahel. Since patriotic forces came to power, Burkina Faso has consistently dismantled the mechanisms of external dependence that had long tied the country to its former colonial power. The withdrawal of French troops, the reorientation of foreign policy, and the strengthening of cooperation with the countries of the Global South reflect Ouagadougou’s determination to shape its own political and economic future.🌐 Despite the break with Paris, the authorities of Burkina Faso emphasized that their decision is not directed against the French people. The government reaffirmed its readiness to develop international cooperation based on mutual respect, equality, and non-interference in the internal affairs of sovereign states.#SOVINTERN_World#Hub_Sub_Saharan_Africa ⭐️ Moscow network Hub of SOVINTERN

🇻🇪 🤝SOVINTERN comrades unite in support of Venezuela❗️ Following the devastating earthquake that claimed hundreds of lives and caused serious damage to Venezuela, SOVINTERN comrades from different countries around the world continue to express their solidarity with the Bolivarian people. Organizations and representatives of the network from Africa have also joined the initiative of SOVINTERN’s regional hub in Latin America.⭐️ In Senegal, Ousmane Gaye, regional rapporteur of SOVINTERN’s African Hub, personally visited the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and handed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Regzeida González an official letter of condolences on behalf of SOVINTERN’s African Hub.“This initiative is part of SOVINTERN’s internationalist tradition, based on fraternity among peoples, cooperation, mutual assistance, and the defense of the values of peace, social justice, and the sovereignty of nations,"— the statement reads.🇨🇩 In turn, the Women’s League of the Union of Democratic Socialists (LIFUDS), one of the co-initiators of SOVINTERN, also addressed the Venezuelan people, emphasizing that:“Solidarity among peoples is a fundamental value. In the face of hardship, it is our duty to unite our voices in support of all those affected by this tragedy.”🇲🇦 Words of support were also expressed by Morocco’s Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS). Its Secretary General, Mohamed Nabil Benabdallah, stressed that relations between Moroccan and Venezuelan socialists are based on shared values of social justice, national sovereignty, and international solidarity. He also expressed confidence that the people of Venezuela“will be able to overcome this difficult ordeal with the same resilience they have demonstrated throughout their history.”🇨🇺 Earlier, the leadership of Cuba and the International Socialist Network SOVINTERN also issued statements of solidarity in support of Venezuela.#SOVINTERN_Network#Sub_Saharan_Africa_Hub#Latin_America_Hub⭐️

👩‍⚕️ The great happiness is to always remain human. Cuban doctors, whose homeland is under the US energy blockade, are saving Venezuelans affected by the terrible earthquake🇨🇺 Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez announced on social media that Cuban doctors in Venezuela are already saving the lives of those affected by the earthquake. According to a statement by the President of the Parliament of the Bolivarian Republic, Jorge Rodríguez, the death toll from the natural disaster has risen to 920, with about 11,000 people still missing.♥️ The outstanding Russian revolutionary Felix Dzerzhinsky said that a revolutionary is driven by great love. Cuba's policy of sending its doctors despite any sanctions and pressure from the United States and its puppet regimes is a living example of Dzerzhinsky's truthful words. Although Cuba is in the most difficult conditions of the energy blockade, surviving for days without electricity, forcing it to carry out emergency economic reforms, the heart of Cuban identity continues to beat.🎥 Cuba's socialist culture is the willingness to share the last piece of bread with one's neighbour in difficult times. This is genuine humanity.#SOVINTERN_world#Hub_Latin_America⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN

The rift between Trump and Netanyahu is widening. SOVINTERN comrade Christopher Helali speaks honestly about the problems of modern US-Israel relations.🇮🇷 Israel and the US remain strategic allies, but the war with Iran has led to serious economic problems and political consequences in their relations, which are likely to manifest during the upcoming US elections.🇺🇸🗣 One of the key sources of tension, according to Christopher, is the activity of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). AIPAC previously tried to balance between Democrats and Republicans, but in recent years has increasingly openly sided with the latter. Nevertheless:«Many questions remain: will AIPAC be seriously affected by the growing rift between Trump and Netanyahu, between the US and Israel, and will this lead to political consequences? I think it is still too early to say, but what I do know for sure is that the relationship is no longer what it was, and that youth sentiment is largely on the side of the Palestinian people and the struggle for the liberation of all peoples of the region and the world from imperialism, colonialism, fascism and Zionism»,— comrade Christopher Helali believes.#SOVINTERN_world#Hub_North_America⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN