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Mar 22 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Others maybe noted, but the Komsomolskaya Pravda text claiming 9,861 dead Russian soldiers originally had 2 closing paragraphs that disappeared in the “restored” version about (1) Russian naval captain Andrey Paliy’s death, and (2) two “merc” camps destroyed outside Zhytomyr.
What’s the significance of this? I have no idea.
I realize that many people don’t realize this, so let me make it clear: Komsomolskaya Pravda is immensely popular, but it is a tabloid. Bear that in mind.

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Earlier today, Putin issued an executive decree promoting the judge now presiding over the criminal trial that will likely add 13 or so years to Navalny’s sentence. (She will rule on this case before joining the Moscow City Court.) This regime doesn’t hide its corruption anymore.
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People in Moscow are leaving the pro-war rally at Luzhniki Stadium already. Before the event has even started. (They got their tickets punched, so they can split now.)
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The event was very well attended, thanks apparently to massive numbers of state employees being ordered to go. Official figures: 95k in the stadium (which has a capacity of 81k) and 100k hanging around outside. t.me/rian_ru/154339
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