Posted by 25th September 2023
The Moscow-installed governor of Russian-occupied Sevastopol, says that the authorities conducted “controlled detonation” of structures at #Russia’s Black Sea fleet headquarters, after it was targeted in a missile attack by #Ukraine on Saturday.
Russian occupied-Sevastopol detonates Black Sea Fleet HQ after Ukraine’s strikes | Al Arabiya…
Mikhail Razvozhaev, the Moscow-installed governor of Russian-occupied Sevastopol, said on Monday
25th September 2023
Donald Trump is now 10 points ahead of Joe Biden in the US polls. If Trump wins next November, NATO countries are going to have to step into the leadership gap that will immediately open up. And Ukraine had better win its war quickly
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3,500 Russians asked for asylum in Germany so as not to fight in Ukraine. Only 90 received a positive decision. Of 1,500 cases that have been decided, about 90 Russians received refugee status, and in relation to 1,100 applications, a decision was made on deportation to… Show more
24th September 2023
BREAKING: Vladimir Kara-Murza has been located at the IK-6 maximum security prison colony in Omsk, Siberia. Immediately after being transferred there, he was sent to a punishment cell. This was reported by his lawyer Vadim Prokhorov.
25th September 2023
Our sanctions remain unserious. “Russia has succeeded in avoiding G7 sanctions on most of its oil exports…RU has built up a ‘dark fleet’ of tankers able to operate without western insurance…(allowing) RU to obtain higher prices for its oil” Gift article:
ft.com Russia dodges G7 price cap sanctions on most of its oil exports Shift in seaborne trade suggests Kremlin will benefit from rising prices despite west’s $60-a-barrel cap
Phantom buyers in Russia and Iranian advice are helping Venezuela skirt U.S. sanctions by using ghost ships to transport crude oil,
and colleagues found https://reut.rs/3llwgvS via
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24th September 2023
A story by me +
: Russian was able to find enough ships without G7 insurance coverage to move ~3/4 of its crude oil in August — a step that allows it to side-step the price cap (insurance access is a key lever for making the cap work). (1/3)
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25th September 2023
Russia dodges G7 price cap sanctions on most of its oil exports https://ift.tt/RAvfZj2
24th January 2023
“The systems of external security in which Armenia is involved are ineffective when it comes to the protection of Armenia’s national interests,” said Nikol Pashinyan.
themoscowtimes.com Armenia PM Signals Foreign Policy Shift Away From Russia Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Sunday signalled a major foreign policy shift away from Russia following Moscow’s refusal to enter the latest conflict over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh.
24th September 2023
Vladimir Kara-Murza has arrived to serve his sentence at a maximum-security Siberian prison, his lawyer said Sunday.
themoscowtimes.com Putin Critic Kara-Murza Brought To Siberian Penal Colony Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza, jailed for 25 years on treason charges and for denouncing Moscow’s Ukraine offensive,
Westerners are “de facto fighting against us, using the hands and bodies of Ukrainians,” said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
25th September 2023
The first batch of #US-made Abrams tanks arrived in #Ukraine ahead of schedule, the New York Times reports citing American defense officials.
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tracking, there are a lot of military carrier movements between europe and west Africa. US, France, etc. I dont think they care about the coup, but they do care that the supply of uranium is being tempered with by the Junta in Niger and Mali. We are likely to… Show more
25th September 2023
As Russian Air Force officers inspected a force-landed Ukrainian explosive UAV at Khalino airfield near Russia’s Kursk on Sep 24, its charge detonated, causing numerous casualties among the military aviators, as per a Ukrainian intel source.
Intel source: Ukraine UAV force-landed in Russia’s Khalino explodes during inspection, killing and…
25th September 2023
The commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet lost his life in the Ukrainian missile attack on Russia’s naval headquarters in Sevastopol on Friday, Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SSO) claimed on Monday.
Ukrainian special forces say Black Sea Fleet commander killed in Sevastopol attack — Novaya Gazeta…
25th September 2023
Russia’s Interior Ministry has put ICC President Judge Piotr Hofmański, ICC First Vice President Judge Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza, and ICC Judge Bertram Schmitt on its federal wanted list.
Russia puts top International Criminal Court judges on federal wanted list — Meduza
Russia’s Interior Ministry has put International Criminal Court (ICC) President Judge Piotr Hofmański, ICC First Vice President Judge Luz d
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25th September 2023
Ukraine has continuously demonstrated the ineffectiveness of Russian air defense systems, which makes them less lucrative on the world’s arms markets.
Russia’s ineffective air defenses make them impossible to sell on world market — Ukraine’s spy chief
25th September 2023
Our new energy agreement w/ Ukraine includes $522m to strengthen the grid, boost Euro integration, and improve corp. governance of energy SOEs. Half a $billion to modernize, protect, & make Ukraine’s energy sector more transparent & competitive: essential to winning the future.… Show more
25th September 2023
Guinness and Kilkenny back on tap in Moscow despite the war sanctions Not a good look for
25th September 2023
Ralf Stegner, a German MP & one of the leading voices on Foreign Policy of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s SPD party, is under heavy criticism by Germans who support Ukraine In a recent tweet, Stegner voiced irritation some Germans whom he called “weapon proliferation extremists”
There’s growing anger in Italy over the revelation that the German state has decided to donate EUR 800 000 to SOS Mediterranee, an NGO which is transporting migrants from Africa to Italy, using the leased NGO vessels “Aquarius” and “Ocean Viking”.
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