Call to action!
"It is our responsibility to show the international community a clear antiwar stance that we as Russian citizens, free from the claws of Putin's regime and propaganda machine, are taking"
message from @rusdemsoc
"We cannot allow ourselves to get used to this criminal war, let alone remain silent when Putin claims that it is being waged on our behalf and with our support." @rusdemsoc
These banners speak volumes (Prague, 26.3.2022)
It's been nearly a year since Putin has started an atrocious war against Ukraine
On Feb 24-26 there will be massive rallies & demonstrations held by Russians all over the world to protest against this terrible war
Russians living abroad, join them!
📷 Russians in 🇨🇿 (26.3.2022)
📢 Save the Date
📣 Russians all over the world protesting against this terrible war
🗓 When? February 24-26
Some analysts still quote Dmitry Medvedev's war threats as if they mean anything.
🧵Let me explain why the former president's social media rants deserve pity, not serious analysis.
I knew several good people who were completely transformed by excessive alcohol consumption. Dmitry Medvedev was first changed by fear, then by the alcohol he used to treat that fear.
Several of his former associates now sit in prison with long sentences. Others were forced—literally—to kneel and beg for forgiveness. Medvedev simply lost himself in a bottle.
Europe just welcomed Russia's #3 official—the woman who personally signed off on invading Ukraine—to a conference in Geneva.
While ordinary Russians can't get tourist visas, sanctioned war enablers flew freely through EU airspace.
🧵So... who is Valentina Matviyenko?
Matviyenko ranks third in Russia's hierarchy after Putin and Prime Minister Mishustin. She's been speaker of the Federation Council since 2011 and a permanent member of Putin's Security Council.
In March 2020, she led the constitutional amendment vote that reset Putin's term limits. 160 senators voted in favor, 1 against. These changes allow Putin to potentially remain in power until 2036. She called it "one of the most important issues in Russia's modern history."
He orchestrated the annexation of Crimea. He predicts NATO's death. He funds European extremists and works with expelled Russian spies.
Right now, he's in Geneva as a legitimate "parliamentarian"
🧵 Here’s what you should know about Leonid Slutsky
The 6th World Conference of Parliament Speakers is happening in Geneva under the theme of "parliamentary cooperation for peace, justice and prosperity."
Russia sent 10 delegates, led by the speaker of the Russian Senate Valentina Matvienko. Most in the delegation are under Western sanctions.
Among them is Leonid Slutsky, Chairman of the Duma Committee on International Affairs since 2016 and leader of the LDPR party since 2022.
But his real influence goes back much further. Let me tell you about February 24, 2014.
Russian military came to collect deserter Semyon Subbotin from Armenian custody and haul him back to fight in Ukraine — local police saw them and drove him to safety instead.
🧵It's a commendable decision that shows how isolated Putin's regime has become
Subbotin had fled military service and was wanted in Russia for “unauthorized abandonment of a military unit”, or in other words, refusing to take part in the illegal war
He was held in Yerevan for three days, pending possible extradition. But when he was released from detention, Russian soldiers were waiting outside the holding facility
Whistleblower recruited by Russian intelligence exposes how Putin's spies pose as Ukrainian officials to trap dissidents.
@dossier_center publishes his firsthand account and the complete list of fake accounts and channels
Last August, Russian programmers suspected that some websites posing as Ukrainian intelligence resources were actually traps. They were right. And the man behind many of them was Semen Ryzhakov, a coerced informant for the FSB’s Tomsk branch
Ryzhakov spoke to Dossier Center after fleeing Russia. He provided documents, screenshots, and agent instructions, offering unprecedented access to a domestic FSB operation designed to provoke dissent and fabricate criminal cases
Another Putin official dead: Roman Starovoit, ex-Transport Minister, allegedly shot himself.
Since 2022, over 20 high-ranking officials have died: falling from windows, "suicides," mysterious heart attacks.
1/19 🧵Here's the long list of names
July 7 2025. Roman Starovoit, just fired as Transport Minister, was found in his car with a gunshot wound.
The official hypothesis is that he took his own life.
July 4 2025. Andrey Badalov, the 62-year-old vice president of the oil company Transneft, fell from the 17th floor of a building in Moscow. The death was ruled a suicide.
He had played a key role in helping the company mitigate the impact of Western sanctions.