Here's Putin's ceasefire order in which he breaks his own law by naming occupied regions of Ukraine -- well, Ukraine.
The law in question is "disputing the territorial integrity of Russia something something". People have received prison sentences of up to 7 years for making similar public statements
Got reminded of an old conspiracy from the soviet times: allegedly, dumpster truckfuls of "rich Moldavien black soil" were stolen by the Germans during WWII and taken to Germany, which accounts for their abundant agriculture turnover 😂
Despite how ridiculous it is, it's a prominent theme among older folks and pops up in conversations regularly to this day.
Judging by the state of roads in Moldova I'd say the Germans stole the asphalt.
Ukrainian sources say Russian armed forces plan to blow up a few churches in occupied Donetsk and use fragments of HIMARS rockets brought from elsewhere to film propagandist TV reports and stoke further hatred among Russian audiences to justify a new wave of constructions to the front.
The staged bombings will be carried out on the so called “Orthodox Christmas” on Jan 7 to further the image of Ukraine as some kind of “demonic” or even “satanic” formation that’s at war with Christianity.
I was born in the USSR and grew up in an ex-soviet "republic". Want an honest opinion on communism from someone who's experienced it firsthand? Ask me.