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This the flag given to Zelenskyy by Ukrainian soldiers in Bakhmut. They asked him to pass this flag to American Congress. He promised to pass it to
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GOOD MORNING
Today, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will leave Ukraine for the first time since Russia’s invasion He’s set to meet US President Joe Biden at the White House and address Congress in person
NEW: White House announces Biden, Zelenskyy to meet in D.C. on Wednesday before the Ukrainian president addresses Congress.
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Russian diplomatic efforts….laced in propaganda no doubt
Madam Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Indonesia Mrs Lyudmila Vorobieva held a press briefing for journalists Madam Ambassador: Russia-Indonesia relations are developing in a very positive way.
Read the full article: http://t.me/kedubesrusia/543
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky (English)
The time of darkness is past. The winter solstice brings the return of light and hope. #StandWithUkraine #hourforukraine
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United for Ukraine (U4U) Network
@UnitedU4u
Today at 8pm your local time, switch off Christmas decorations for one hour. On the longest night of the year, the shared moment of darkness will remind everyone to stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine. #hourforukraine #TogetherUntilVictory https://united4ukraine.network/initiaitve-an-hour-for-ukraine-to-switch-off-the-lights-on-december-21-for-one-hour/
Read my new book: “Russia’s Crony Capitalism: The Path from Market Economy to Kleptocracy: The Path from Market Economy to Kleptocracy” (Yale UP, May 2019)
In all the four Nordic countries – Sweden, Norway, Finland & Denmark – ALL tax returns are public forever. In Norway, they are even available on the web. Therefore these four countries have the least corruption in the world. What do you choose? Openness or corruption?
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Lately, Russian news is INCREDIBLY uncomfortable discussing the (artificially valued) Russian Ruble’s rapid inflation. Soon banks will not be able to cash deposits. Financial collapse is coming #Russia #inflation #КрахРосБанков #ЗамораживаниеВКладов #РосГиперИнфляция
If I were in russia, I’d withdraw all my money from my bank before it’s too late.
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Another instance of Russian delirium. A Russian singer released a song glorifying the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (“Satan II”). There are no epithets to describe it. By
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NEWS: Today, President Biden will welcome Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the White House. Biden will hold a bilateral meeting with Zelenskyy in the Oval Office. After, he’ll host a joint press conference with Zelenskyy.
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Dmitri
This lucky Russian was last to survive – his unit laid down weapons and refused to fight but was still sent into a slaughter. He ran off from his regiment 5 times and returned until once was taken to a trench where all his comrades were killed. He was lucky to have surrendered.
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Note that it is always Putin’s favorites who are even more extreme fascists than he himself – Prigozhin, Kadyrov, Solovyov, Simonyan. He has no “rightwing” opposition, because they are all his people. Putin is the only serious threat to Western civilization.
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The Biden administration has launched an expansive task force to investigate how US&western components, including American-made microelectronics,are ending up in Iranian-made dronesis launching by the hundreds into Ukraine, multiple officials familiar with the effort tell CNN
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Putin-glorifying ballet dancer is going to perform in Milan, Jan 29,2023. Dear Italians, do you really think about esthetics when you’re doing this? Will he perform so that you can see his putin tattoo or you prefer it covered to pretend you don’t know? #BanPolunin #NAFOfellas
2/20 It turns out that Putin’s cook Prigozhin came to my penal colony as well in order to recruit convicts into his battalions.
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Vladimir Solovyov says Russia will put the “European bastards” on trial in The Hague and “return to Paris like in the 19th century and Berlin in the 20th” if Europeans don’t learn to “think about us with respect”
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Euan MacDonald Retweeted
This isn’t even parody, its their official stated position
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Sputnik Not
@Sputnik_Not
Putin says delivery of Patriot missile defence system to Ukraine would grossly violate Russia’s right to peacefully bomb its neighbor
Zelenskyy in Washintgon (but what for?), Patriots for Ukraine, Putin just met Lukashenko, tanks in Belarus seen heading to border, rumors of more mobilization in Russia, air raid alert as A-50 and fighters take off in Belarus, explosions in Kryviy Rih… it’s all happening.
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OSINT (Uri)
@UKikaski
Update: UAAF reports 1 x RFAF A-50U “AWACS” and 3 x fighters are airborne over Belarus. Increased activity of the A-50U, as in last January and February, may indicate surveillance of UA forces along the UA/BY border regions. #OSINT #UkraineWar
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Christmas but let us not forget the importance of music
Who Watches the Watchers? 