Statists are bought to create crowds in support of Putin’s war for 500 rubles which is if I understand correctly under $10
It is thrice as little as was paid for participating in a meeting in favor of annexation of Ukrainian lands.
Zelenskyy: points out a mistake when the German official takes the wrong stand
Russian TV personality: “Look, look, he’s doing a Nazi salute when he sees the German flag!”
SMDH Dumb fucks
Head of the Constitutionally illegal mercenary army in Russia says he needs another 1 1/2 years to capture the Donbas, 3 years for the rest of Ukraine, and "if we need to reach the English Channel, than I have an excellent plan for that too."
Putin publicly reads from the works of Ivan Ilyin, a Russian philosopher and self-admitted fascist.
"It's my favourite book", says Puting. "I take it off the shelf often."
A few quotes from Ilyin's book:
"Fascism is correct in many ways, especially in promoting one's ethnos over others."
"Authoritarian rule is Russia's only salvation, elections must become fictitious and insignificant."
etc
(CoSo wouldn't let me upload the video)
Moldova summoned Russia's Ambassador over today's missile attacks on Ukraine as one of the missiles crossed into Moldovan airspace
Water off a duck's back, of course
The Russian media censorship agency published a list of illegal portrayals of Putin. They include caricatures, depictions of Putin in Hitler’s attire or Islamic garb, wearing women’s dresses, etc, etc
It is not specified yet how many years of the Gulag await the perpetrators
War criminal Prigojin, head of Putin’s conscription effort who mainly recruits convicts from Russian prisons, told CNN that they received 10 million requests to join the Russian army from USA citizens
Ukrainian intel predicts a massive invasion from several directions simultaneously in the coming days, if not hours
Ukrainian NatSec detained an employee of the Ukrainian Railroads who was correcting missile fire on Kyiv and informed the Russians on the movement of Ukrainian ammo and equipment trains.
A scandal is a-brewing: Ukraine’s Attorney General has been concealing his wife’s Russian citizenship and connections with the Kremlin special services.
The man’s high position of power may prove difficult to his being brought to any kind of accountability though, analysts fear.
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.