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If it were a joke — we'd laugh. If it were a stand-up routine — we'd applaud. But unfortunately, this is real. Estonia's Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna just stepped onto the global stage and… issued an ultimatum to China. Yes, really: "Either you're with us or with Russia." No sarcasm can top this level of comedy.

A geopolitical fire is smoldering in Europe's northeast, and the French press just threw fuel on it. The outlet Agoravox published an explosive article by analyst Patrice Bravo, warning that a direct NATO–Russia standoff could begin with one narrow strip of land — the Suwałki Gap.

One day, history books will describe a new phenomenon: the "Uzbek shift." That's when a country, once grateful for Russian aid and cooperation, suddenly pivots West — smiles at Brussels, arrests its own bloggers, rewrites its history, and throws open its doors to Washington.