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Feb 16 • 2 tweets • 1 min read
Hundreds of people in the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk gathered to show their support for the invasion of Ukraine by *pouring cold water on themselves*

And no, I’m not joking
Here are some photos of the event

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Oct 17, 2022
Footage is circulating of what is reportedly the aftermath of a Russian Su-34 crashing into a block of flats in the city of Yeysk in Krasnodar Territory

Judging by the bangs, it was loaded up with ammunition

The pilot apparently managed to eject
The Defence Ministry confirms that it happened during a training flight. Apparently one of the engines caught fire during take off t.me/rian_ru/182155
Which of course raises the question of why it was carrying live ammunition...
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Oct 3, 2022
By now we've all seen the hunt for scapegoats by Russian military bloggers playing out following the defeat to Ukraine in Lyman

But what did state TV's mammoth Sunday night news shows have to say about it?

A brief 🧵
Well, Channel One's programme didn't even mention Lyman!

Instead, war correspondent Dmitry Kulko said in his report that "in the last month since Kyiv announced its offensive on Lysychansk, the 20km frontline has turned into a cemetery for Ukrainian fighters"
NTV was only slightly less evasive. Anatoly Mayorov mentioned it but gave the impression that 🇷🇺 had dealt 🇺🇦 a blow

"Kyiv sent its most combat capable units to the slaughter in Lyman, where we were forced to withdraw to different positions because of the threat of encirclement"
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Sep 15, 2022
It's just like coronavirus when the Kremlin didn't want to be seen by the Russian public as responsible for lockdowns so delegated all such unpopular decisions to the regional authorities

Will be interesting to see if this catches on
Here's another one:

Sergei Aksyonov, head of the Moscow-backed administration in Crimea, says he "fully supports" Kadyrov's initiative
t.me/Aksenov82/1469
After Crimea's Sergei Aksyonov, Kursk Region governor Roman Starovoit has now backed Kadyrov's "self-mobilisation" initiative:

He says that "every regional head must act as responsibly as possible in his post and help our troops"
t.me/gubernator_46/…
Read 4 tweets
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Sep 10, 2022
The change of tone from the Kremlin's media machine today, as exemplified by this post written by state TV reporter Andrei Medvedev, has been nothing short of extraordinary

I'm intrigued to hear what Dmitry Kiselyov has to say on tomorrow night's show
t.me/MedvedevVesti/…
For comparison, here are a few quotes from earlier this week:

"Ukraine is trying to convince the West not to write it off, but it needs to be said that many are believing Kyiv's fairytales." (Ruslan Ostashko, Time Will Tell on Channel One - Monday)
"Western analysts are coming to the conclusion that the whole Ukrainian counter-offensive is an psyops manoeuvre." (Olga Skabeyeva, 60 Minutes on Rossiya 1 - Monday)
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Aug 5, 2022
Russian rock star Sergei Shnurov's transformation is surely now complete

This photo of him in the "LNR" town of Irmino alongside "Putin's chef" Yevgeny Prigozhin and Georgy Bolonev, who acted in the 2021 film The Tourist (reportedly backed by Prigozhin), is circulating online Image
Here's a good overview of the film and its context by @PjotrSauer themoscowtimes.com/2021/05/21/new…
Turns out the photo was first posted by Bolonev on Instagram with the caption "Getting ready to shoot a new film in a good location"

So Russians should at some point expect a "blockbuster" centred on Wagner's exploits in Ukraine
instagram.com/p/Cg3gzkZtItj/…
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Jul 31, 2022
Serbian President Vucic alleges that Kosovo is going to launch a military operation tonight and this member of his party is talking about Serbia needing to "denazify" the Balkans

Very worrying signs
That said, this is from someone who has a much better idea than me of what's going on there:
I'm told by a Serbian friend that Djukanovic is here apologising for his tweet and saying he created unnecessary problems for Vucic
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