Thousands of Russians streamed out of train stations and airports in Europe this week, leaving behind a home country that is increasingly isolated from the rest of the world and a gov that is moving to stamp out dissent
An estimated 500 Russians are already arriving at the main railway station each day, despite difficult entry reqs. Travelers must be Ru or Finnish citizens with visa, and must have been vaxd with a vax that’s accepted by Finnish auth. That excl Russia’s most widely admin shots
That's why term limits are vital!
“Maybe we deserve it — because we allowed the dictator to hold on to power for 20 years,” she said. “Now, we’re the country of Putin.”
After only 2 weeks and they're rationing already? Bread lines are just around the corner. Disgusting
Russia has introduced limits on the sale of certain “socially significant goods” such as sugar, cooking oil, flour and pasta.
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As a mob ransacked the Capitol Roger Stone hurried to pack a suitcase inside the Willard hotel. He wrapped his tailored suits in trash bags, reversed his black face mask so its “Free Roger Stone” logo was hidden, then slipped out of town for a hastily arranged private flight
“I really want to get out of here,” Stone told an aide. Stone said he feared prosecution by the incoming attorney general, Merrick Garland. “He is not a friend,” Stone said. washingtonpost.com/investigations…
Interesting that Stone allowed himself to be filmed during this period. Proves he thought everything was legal, when he was told it wasn't. He thought they would rule the world. They didn't
The WH on Wed announced new sanctions on Belarus and Russian defense firms, as well as export controls designed to target “Russia’s refining capacity over the long-term," washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022…
America’s sanctions are expected to be more complicated than those imposed by the E.U., targeting not just the individuals but also their family members and companies they own
DOJ announced the creation of “Task Force KleptoCapture” to coord prosecutors and other federal
investigators in the effort to prosecute sanctions against “corrupt Russian oligarchs.” The task force will be led by a prosecutor with the U.S.A. Office for the SDNY and include leadership from the FBI, U.S. Secret Service, DHS and IRS, among other federal agencies.
Just last week, many European countries were still so somnolent about the threat Russia posed to Ukraine that Germany’s spy chief was caught unawares in Kyiv when the Kremlin invasion started. He had to be extracted in a special operation. washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/…
But over just a handful of days, Europe has been shocked out of a post-Cold War era — and state of mind — in which it left many of the democratic world’s most burning security problems to the US
It has been dizzying for some of the continent’s Russia hawks, especially those in
Eastern Europe who campaigned for tougher measures against the Kremlin for years but were ignored by bigger countries including Germany, Italy and France.
People are banned from trying to “trick” or “mislead” other users, violating anyone’s “privacy or publicity rights,” or posting messages that “depict violence” or include messages related to “sexual fetishes,” “sugar babies” or “sexually suggestive”
phrases. People are also forbidden from posting anything “false,” “indecent,” “misleading,” “profane,” “obscene,” “filthy” or “otherwise objectionable.”