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“Vladimir Kara-Murza’s
only crime was speaking truth to power, for which he is being punished with 25 years in prison,” said Mariana Katzarova, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation.
news.un.org Russia urged to free opposition leader Kara-Murza amid failing health An independent UN human rights expert on Friday appealed for Russia to immediately release detained journalist and prominent opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, whose life is at risk d
29th July 2023
An expert appointed by
has urged #Russia to immediately release journalist and activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison in April. #HumanRights
news.un.org Russia urged to free opposition leader Kara-Murza amid failing health An independent UN human rights expert on Friday appealed for Russia to immediately release detained journalist and prominent opposition
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28th July 2023
The grain blockade has made it clear that Ukraine’s navy is the world’s navy, and so the world’s navy must become Ukraine’s to break the blockade and clear the international waters of the Black Sea for food shipments.
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Greg Myre
@gregmyre1
28th July 2023
Russia’s dominance of the Black Sea prevents Ukraine from exporting grain, cripples its economy and forces up global food prices. Here’s how Ukraine is trying to rebuild its navy in the middle of a war.
https://npr.org/2023/07/28/1190544651/ukraine-rebuild-navy-destroyed-by-russia
29th July 2023
‘Exiled’ Russian mercenary boss Prigozhin hails Niger coup, touts services
28th July 2023
President #Putin: Russia cherishes the memory of Africa’s outstanding sons. We must never forget them. Patrice Lumumba, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Nelson Mandela, Ahmed Ben Bella, Omar al-Mukhtar, Kwame Nkrumah, Samora Machel, Leopold Senghor, Kenneth Kaunda, Julius Nyerere…
28th July 2023
Having already forgiven Somalia’s $684 million debt, Russia proceeds to write off $23 Billion in African debts, Putin announces on the second day of the Russia-Africa summit Putin went further to assign over $90 million to the development of countries within the continent.
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The head of Russia’s mercenary Wagner Group appears in video welcoming fighters in Belarus and telling them to prepare for “a new journey to Africa“ https://aje.io/u5lwus
28th July 2023
So a military coup in Niger is “actually gaining independence and getting rid of the colonizers”? That’s the ironic claim of Russia’s Wagner Group chief as it backs brutal military leaders to exploit African countries’ natural resources, colonial style.
Analysis | The West saw Niger as a democratic bulwark. Then, a coup happened.
28th July 2023
Putin had a plan, but it ain’t cunning. Naively he thought he’d end the #Ukraine grain deal – then destroy grain ports & b seen as a saviour by showering #Africa with “free” grain. But yesterday in Moscow, African leaders said they need grain & need the grain deal restarted
28th July 2023
“We’re seeing Russia desperately looking for support, for weapons,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.
themoscowtimes.com U.S. Says Shoigu Looking for Weapons in North Korea Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday said that the United States believes Russia’s Defense Minister is in North Korea to secur
28th July 2023
During joint military exercises between the Belarusian Armed Forces and the Wagner PMC, the Wagner Group is hiring recruits participate in military operations in Poland and Lithuania, Ukraine’s National Resistance Center reported.
28th July 2023
Lord Bebo and friends: “We’re ready to support the poorest countries of Africa on a commercial basis and free of charge.” — Putin relating to the grain deal “Today western values mean three things: Migration, LGBTQ and War” — Orban, Hungary’s PM
28th July 2023
Russia is seemingly experiencing a surge in violence, with gruesome murders and rapes making headlines recently. We look into whether violence really is on the rise in Russia and whether the war is to blame for it. 1/6
29th July 2023
Our Special Operations Forces. It is impossible to tell everything about their bravery now. Only after the war. The most complex operations. The riskiest. Prepared using the most advanced means. Destruction of logistics of Russian terrorists. Sabotage against the occupiers. Our… Show more
29th July 2023
Warriors with an unbending will, grit, ingenuity, courage, and persistence. Ukrainian special forces. You perform a wide range of combat missions in the most dangerous and hardest conditions. You defeat the Russian aggressor skillfully, having no obstacles that could not be… Show more
/ “#Russia‘s objective is to provoke the increase of a global #food crisis”, says #Ukraine‘s Foreign Minister. He also condemned Russia’s recent strikes on Ukraine’s Black Sea ports. Dmytro Kuleba is in #TheInterview with
29th July 2023
Good Morning Friends, President Putin said, “Russia will provide Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, Mali, Somalia, Central African Republic, and Eritrea with 50,000 tons of free grain, with free delivery without any conditions.” Have a wonderful weekend. #StandWithRussia
28th July 2023
A military psychologist, Natalia Shtefanek, shares her experience of working with Ukrainian soldiers and reflects on how the war, started by Russia, affects the mental state of people. #UkraineWorldTestimony 1/
Happy Ukrainian Statehood Day! Russian war criminals need to remember: failing to find Ukraine on a map leads to finding The Hague.
29th July 2023
More Wagner fighters move closer to Polish border, Poland PM says
29th July 2023
BREAKING: Poland conducts its first live fire exercise with the HIMARS rocket artillery the country has bought from the U.S. Poland bought 18 HIMARS in a first batch in 2019 and is now buying another 486
29th July 2023
In Moscow, the African Union commission chair, Faki Mahamat, said: The disruptions of energy & grain supplies must end immediately. The (#Ukraine) grain deal must be extended for the benefit of all the peoples of the world, Africans in particular. #Africa https://theguardian.com/world/live/2023/jul/29/russia-ukraine-war-russian-missiles-hit-dnipro-blinken-says-moscow-looking-to-secure-weapons-in-north-korea?CMP=share_btn_tw&page=with%3Ablock-64c4c6ff8f086b325af615ce#block-64c4c6ff8f086b325af615ce
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Glasnost Gone
@GlasnostGone
29th July 2023
Putin’s attempts to bribe #Africa not going well. #SouthAfrica’s president Ramaphosa said: We proposed to implement the (#Ukraine) Black Sea Grain Initiative… And didn’t come here (Moscow) to ask for some ‘gifts’ for the African continent.
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The Chairperson of the African Union Commission
condemns the coup attempt in #Niger. https://au.int/en/pressreleases/20230726/chairperson-african-union-commission-condemns-coup-attempt-niger
@a_magazova29th July 2023
Today I’m turning 34. When I left Crimea, I was 24. It was a long 10 years of my life, which I actually missed. I’m pretty sure that it is the best period in every person’s life, but it was stolen from me by Russia. I really hope that for the next 10 years…
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“Autocracy is a superannuated form of government that may suit the needs of a Central African tribe, but not those of the Russian people, who are increasingly assimilating the culture of the rest of the world. That is why it is impossible to maintain this form of government except by violence.”
Leo Tolstoy
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“Be more autocratic than Peter the Great and sterner than Ivan the Terrible.”
Tsarina Alexandra, to her husband
“The tragic aspect of the situation is that the Tsar is living in an utter fool’s paradise, thinking that He is as strong and all-powerful as before.”
Sergei Witte in 1905
Who Watches the Watchers? 