π§΅A Russian oil executive, Ravil Maganov, Chairman of Russiaβs second-largest oil producer Lukoil, a company that criticized President Vladimir Putinβs war in Ukraine, died Thursday after reportedly falling out of his hospital window in Moscow.
The company issued a statement Thursday confirming the death of Maganov, 67, "after a severe illness," but did not specify the cause. βRavil Maganov immensely contributed to the development of not only the Company but of the entire Russian oil and gas sector,β the statement read.
It was a rare Russian business to come out against Putinβs Ukraine invasion, which the Kremlin calls its βspecial military operation.β The companyβs board of directors called for an end to the war in early March.
"We express our sincere empathy for all victims, who are affected by this tragedy,β a statement from its board of directors read.
Vladimir Putin is a heinous criminal on par with the worst dregs in human history.
Besides trashing a sovereign country and the mass murders, Putin is already on the verge of causing a nuclear accident that could affect everyone on this planet. This is crime on a massive scale being rebranded as "war". We punish and execute for far, far less.
π§΅DOJ has delivered a shocking view of how classified information was treated by Trump, including that highly classified documents were likely concealed and removed for the purposes of obstruction. DOJ has also released a timeline of events going back to January 2021.
π§΅In responding to Trump's judge, DOJ included an image showing how the FBI found clearly marked, highly classified documents of the most sensitive kind, sitting in plain sight, spread across the floor. Other documents were recovered from the drawers of Trumpβs desk.
π§΅From the moment Trump reluctantly left the White House in January 2021, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) was working to retrieve materials that Trump improperly transported to Mar-a-Lago.
π§΅DOJ has not only explained the events timeline more clearly, but has also delivered a shocking view of how classified information has been treated by Trump, including that highly classified documents were likely concealed and removed for the purposes of obstruction.
π§΅Included in the filing is information that resets the narrative on several events. For one, in response to the subpoena months before the raid, Trumpβs attorneys signed a false statement saying that their own βdiligent searchβ found no other classified materials.
π§΅The factual background includes the statement that from the moment Trump reluctantly left the White House in January 2021, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has worked to retrieve materials that had been improperly taken to Mar-a-Lago.
π§΅Over the last three decades, radical conservative billionaire Leonard Leo has created an interconnected series of institutions designed, behind the curtain, to quietly reshape the American judiciary and in turn America itself into an extremist right-wing hell.
π§΅Leo's new infusion of 1.6 billion dollars is going to solidify this radical reactionary effort in a way that will be hard for anyone to counter, in part thanks to new election law rules created by the judiciary he has helped shape.
π§΅While much of the reporting has focused on the means by which the transaction was fixed to avoid paying at least $400 million in taxes, the results for American democracy are truly dire: America is becoming the personal property of billionaire fascists to rule.
π§΅π§ We seem be witnessing a Trump family member walk away with billions after selling out Yemen, Khashoggi, armaments deals, and the US to KSA -- with virtually NO questions from Congress or the mainstream media.
π§΅That MBS who the Wall Street Journal reports is now moving his country closer to Russia and China in order to harm our democracy and Democratic administration.
1/Since 1917, the Senate has drilled several holes in the filibuster. Itβs time to drill another.
2/Anything that can permanently block the Senate from doing constitutionally-mandated business is in violation of the spirit, if not the text, of the Constitution itself.
3/The filibuster was made possible by a senate rule change in 1806. It did not actually get used as a serious way to block debate on legislation until 1837. From then until 1917, it was mostly used to block discussion of civil rights legislation.
1/During the 2020 election cycle, wealthy rightwingers paid infiltrators to sabotage the Democratic Party in Wyoming and across the western United States.
2/An undercover operation by conservatives to infiltrate progressive groups, political campaigns and the offices of Democratic as well as moderate Republican elected officials occurred.
3/Using large campaign donations and cover stories, the operatives aimed to gather dirt that could sabotage the reputations of people and organizations considered threats to a hard-right agenda advanced by President Donald J. Trump.