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‼️ Russia: “"We don't have enough funds." The Federation Council proposed closing hospitals in the regions to save money.” *closing MORE hospitals This isn’t the beginning of a crisis, it’s the middle of one. ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/16/s...

‼️ Russian Media: “Russians were told why they are freezing in their homes during the heating season.” 👉 “critical deterioration of utility networks, which in some places has reached 90%” www.gazeta.ru/social/news/...

Not getting the attention this should get, the UN making sure it is absolutely useless: Stop Arming Ukraine, UN’s Albanese Tells Europe - UN Watch share.google/rszFnvbaapex...

at the expense of European security. Let’s look at the numbers. In July 2026, vessels linked to G7 countries and their partners carried 36.2% of Russia’s seaborne crude oil exports. This was the fourth consecutive month of growth and the highest figure since July 2025.

🇪🇺 EU significantly increases gas imports from Russia. France leads the way — Welt The EU plans to stop importing Russian liquefied natural gas from 2027. However, these supplies have increased recently. Moscow's income from the sale of LNG has increased to 60 million euros per day.

The system for tap water collapsed in the city of Tyumen, Russia. At least using tap water might bring you into the hospital or worse, because it is contaminated. Now, Russians are supplied by tankers and Russians are rushing to them like starving people in 3rd World countries during civil war.

Crimea is the darkest I’ve ever seen it, with Sevastopol almost completely dark.

My low end estimate of the number of jobs lost at Wildberries locations just at the warehouses is 40 120. These can easily go to 45 000 and more as I base the Shushari site on how many were reportedly at the weekend shift when it caught fire in 2024.

Again I will simplify this statement. WILDBERIES LOGISTICS HAVE ALREADY COLLAPSED. bsky.app/profile/did:...

We've spent all summer killing civilians in Ukraine. @amnesty.org's account hasn't mentioned it once. Wonder why.

Gotta hand it to @amnesty.org for consistency. They haven't mentioned our ballistic missile strikes on Ukrainian civilians since this, they've not posted about any we've done since. And they're probably not gonna.

Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries have reduced gasoline production in Russia by approximately a quarter compared to June of last year,while emergency shutdowns at plants have also decreased exports of petroleum products⤵️

The madness of transshipments to Russia is a problem that's unique to the EU. The UK (green) clamped down on this stuff early and the US (orange) has done the same. It's in the EU - especially Germany (black) and Italy (purple) - that this is rampant... robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/the-madnes...

Russian oil and gas budget revenues for May 2026 came in at just 678,9 billion rubles which is 20,7% lower than April 2026 and only 10% higher than the oil and gas budget revenues for March 2026.

‼️“Also, starting September 1, hiring will be suspended for positions such as diabetes specialists, laboratory technicians, dentists, city pediatricians, community psychiatrists and addiction specialists, adolescent psychiatrists, addiction paramedics, and a number of other specialists….” 👀 👀 👀

Russian oil and gas revenues for April 2026 came in at 855,6 billion rubles up from 617 billion rubles in March. Month over month they are up 38,7% but compared to April 2025 they are down 21,1%. For the year so far oil revenues are down 38,3% to 2,3 trillion rubles.

Russian soldiers at home have been killing, maiming, raping and looting at record rates since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. This is similar to the way Russian paramilitaries have acted in Africa. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Russian oil taxes for March 2026 came in at a 1000 Rubles higher than in February at 8007 rubles per ton or 47,6% lower year over year. Taxes are based on the prior month when the average Russian oil price was 44,59 USD and the average exchange rate 76,85 rubles per USD.

I guess we will get a video of the new Iranian leader soon if this is not the case. If true it reminds me of the Soviets electing Yuri Andropov and his successor, both dying after a bit more than a year in power due to poor health.

‼️ Russia: “You won't fly far” “More than a third of Russia's long-haul aircraft are grounded due to spare parts shortages.” 🚨 DO NOT FLY ON A RUSSIAN AIRLINE www.kommersant.ru/doc/8460842

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1/ America's democratic backsliding under Trump has been far faster and steeper than in Russia under Putin, Hungary under Orban, Venezuela under Chavez and Turkey under Erdogan, according to this remarkable graph and report from @jburnmurdoch in the Financial Times today.

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Greece's shipping oligarchs continue to sell oil tankers to Putin's shadow fleet every day. It's this shadow fleet (gray) that funds Russia's war in Ukraine. How can the EU expect to be taken seriously if it turns a blind eye to this? A massive failure... robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/how-does-t...

The Russian Red Cross is training children for war and still receiving international funding. FTM and Yle also found that the Russian Red Cross (RRC) cooperates with propaganda structures and operates in the occupied territories of Ukraine. Despite this, the organization continues to receive money

One Russian paper today reports that “Half of all clothes and shoe shops in Russia have shut down….[due to] drop in incomes & slowing economic growth.” Another wonders whether Russia is suffering from “economic stagnation or technical recession.” #ReadingRussia

The EU's biggest failing is that it sends mixed messages to autocrats in Russia and China. On one hand, it condemns the invasion of Ukraine. On the other, key EU countries - here's the Netherlands - fall over themselves transshipping to Russia. Do better... robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/how-does-t...

A Sudanese mother holds her child moments before being executed by the Rapid Support Forces militia. What is happening in Sudan is not just a war… It is a humanitarian wound, a mother’s cry, a nation’s sorrow calling on the world not to remain silent.

There's many powerful vested interests in the West that oppose Russia sanctions. Their standard talking point is that sanctions will spike oil prices. Last week's Rosneft and Lukoil sanctions by the US are - once again - proving that this is wrong. Oil prices are falling again...

‼️ Russia: “"Purchasing Power Continues to Decrease." Russians Start Saving on Dairy Products” 🇷🇺: *GASP* NOT MY PPP! 😭 www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/09/03/p...

This is what tap water currently looks like in the Russian-occupied part of Donetsk region.

Several Iranian commanders who committed of the most horrific atrocities in history—in Syria and Ukraine—were killed today. I hope they burn in hell.

Geographic voting results from Romanian presidential elections. Western Europe has a problem. prezenta.roaep.ro/prezidential...

Checkmate.

BREAKING - Hezbollah terrorist elements burn a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon

I am going to explain how we got to Donkeys at the front in three ads from Avito. Lada for 50 000 rubles. This is the cheapest you can find but there's enough for 60 000 - 120 000. www.avito.ru/irbeyskoe/av...

‼️ “Across Russia, 160 hospitals were closed in a year to save money for the war” And they’re still making Healthcare Budget cuts. www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/02/20/v...

SitRep - 21/01/25 - Zelensky visited Davos in Switzerland An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Zelensky went to the WEF conference in Davos, Switzerland and drones again struck the Liski oil depot in Voronezh. REPOST=appreciated 1/X

‼️ The OFZ Federal Bond Thread 2025 Russia’s Race to Secure a Loan Q1 Auction Day 1 And, they are not off to a good start 😂

Thread Please repost, everyone should know about this. We need to impose even more sanctions against Russia to deprive it of money to wage war! Since the new year, Russia has increased one-time payments to new soldiers to 4 million rubles ($ 38,835) 1/