“Kyiv says the attacks, which Russia acknowledges target Ukrainian infrastructure, are intended to harm civilians, making them a war crime. Moscow denies its intent is to hurt civilians but said last week their suffering would not end unless Ukraine yielded to Russia’s demands, without spelling them out.”
“In March, Moscow’s Tverskoy district court upheld the Prosecutor General’s Office claim and recognized the activity of Meta Platforms-owned Instagram and Facebook as extremist and banned them in Russia”
“In earlier versions of a story published November 15, 2022, The Associated Press reported erroneously, based on information from a senior American intelligence official who spoke on condition of anonymity, that Russian missiles had crossed into Poland and killed two people, the AP’s correction issued Wednesday said. “Subsequent reporting showed that the missiles were Russian-made and most likely fired by Ukraine in defense against a Russian attack.”
“The findings support the suspicions of many European policymakers that the blasts – which hit the major underwater natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea that connect Russia with Germany – were deliberate. Prosecutors did not provide further details or assign blame but said the “complex” investigation was continuing.”
“But China, North Korea’s closest ally, and Russia, whose relations with the West have severely deteriorated over its invasion of Ukraine, told the UN meeting that the US was to blame for the ongoing tension with North Korea.”
“According to available information, representatives of this unit of the British Navy took part in the planning, provision and implementation of a terrorist attack in the Baltic Sea on September 26 this year – blowing up the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines,” the ministry said.
“Stanislav Bogdanov, 35, was one of thousands of prisoners offered freedom in return for a six-month tour of duty in Ukraine.
He was jailed for 23 years in 2012 after using an iron poker and dumbbell to murder Sergei Zhiganov in Veliky Novgorod.”
“According to Kovitidi, the measures wouldn’t apply to those convicted of such recently-legislated crimes as ‘discrediting’ or ‘spreading false information about’ Russia’s armed forces, or for calling for sanctions against the country. People charged for taking part in anti-government protests also would be blocked from receiving amnesties”
“They know the punishment will be severe. They can easily face a death sentence based on Russian federal law. The significance of this act of defiance and dissent by a handful of Russian officials cannot be possibly overstated.”
“It’s a dangerous time to be a Russian oil executive lately, as eight have died since January under suspicious circumstances. Six of them were linked to state-owned giant Gazprom, while the other two were with Lukoil, the second-largest oil company in the country”
“Lukoil boss Ravil Maganov is the latest Russian businessman to die in mysterious circumstances.”
“The family and lawyers said Kolker was detained and his house searched by the FSB security service. They said the treason charges, which carry a sentence of up to 20 years, were based on lectures Kolker had delivered in China, even though the content had been approved by the FSB.”
“Google’s Russian branch has initiated a bankruptcy procedure over its inability to pay a $100-million fine for keeping up content Moscow deems illegal, media reported Wednesday as Russia continues to intensify its pressure on Big Tech following its invasion of Ukraine.”
“Even when Hitler’s real body was found on the very next day, orders immediately came from the Kremlin that nobody was to breathe a word about it to anybody. Stalin’s strategy, quite evidently, was to associate the West with Nazism by pretending that the British or Americans must be hiding him.”
“If you are a foreign person, and you supported Putin politically, say goodbye to any property you might have subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Hunter Biden has to be relieved he’s not a foreign person.”
“There’s a lot of stuff getting blown up in Russia, and it might not just be the Ukrainians blowing it up.”
“Within the last two months, a fast-growing online translation campaign has emerged to make such content more visible to non-Chinese speakers — to the chagrin of the Chinese government, which experts say often has different messages for audiences at home versus abroad.”
‘Now we’re definitely fighting against Nato infrastructure, if not Nato itself. We need to recognise that.’
“SPIEGEL has learned that German intelligence intercepted radio traffic from the Russian military regarding the murder of civilians in Bucha. It appears that such atrocities were part of the plan.”
“Moscow claims Biden secured millions for Ukraine labs through his firm, which could be true based on emails from the ‘laptop from hell’ “
UPDATED: 18:17 EDT, 25 March 2022. EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden DID help secure millions in funding for US contractor in Ukraine specializing in deadly pathogen research, laptop emails reveal, raising more questions about the disgraced son of then vice president
“These attack drones can fly like a small unmanned aircraft, but have an explosive charge on board to take out a target. Here’s how they work:”
“Yet another piece of her lived experience that she really brings to this role as Vice President in this moment of crisis, and that is her role as prosecutor, right? This is somebody who is used to kind of taking on bad guys for a living. And so, her really putting her finger in the chest of Vladimir Putin and saying that there will be consequences.”
“When asked whether Ukraine possesses ‘chemical or biological weapons,’ Nuland did not deny this: at all. She instead — with palpable pen-twirling discomfort and in halting speech, a glaring contrast to her normally cocky style of speaking in obfuscatory State Department officialese — acknowledged: ‘uh, Ukraine has, uh, biological research facilities.’ “
“The moves — announced by Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok — mark the greatest restrictions ever imposed on RT and Sputnik by social media companies.”
“Like many significant political developments of late, the decision to block TOR came almost unannounced by the Russian authorities. TOR — an acronym for “The Onion Router” — is encryption software that allows users to stealthily surf the Internet and bypass locally imposed web restrictions.”
“The Kremlin has denied accusations by Ukrainian and U.S. intelligence officials that Russia is preparing an “imminent” invasion of Ukraine. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov dismissed the reports as a “deliberate smear campaign in the media” and said Russia’s recent military deployments near Ukraine were part of standard exercises.”
“In the weeks leading up to the vote, the Russian government pressured Apple and Google to remove a popular voting app from their online stores. The app was put together by the team of jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny and was meant to help opposition-minded voters cast their ballot in favour of whoever had the best chances of defeating the United Russia candidate in a given district.”
“The Spetsnaz originally were shaped by the Cold War, as strategic assets who could be deployed deep behind North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) lines, especially to target tactical nuclear weapons and command structures. ” – Mark Galeotti – Marshall Center
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