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Oct 28, 2024 • 7 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
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1/ A US citizen who lived in the Ukrainian city of Vuhledar, recently captured by Russia, is to be granted Russian citizenship after secretly providing Russian forces with targeting information on Ukrainian defences for at least the past two years. ⬇️ Image
2/ The 'Donetsk People's Republic' Defence Headquarters has stated that the unnamed American has been evacuated from Vuhledar to Donetsk, where he has been photographed with local forces.
3/ According to the statement, he has been in Ukraine for at least two years and "gave Russia valuable intelligence that allowed it to carry out high-precision strikes on the enemy while minimising damage to civilian infrastructure and the civilian population."
4/ The statement adds that "the issue of granting political asylum and obtaining Russian citizenship is being resolved".
5/ He is not the first American to defect to Russian forces in Ukraine. Perhaps the most notorious example was the so-called 'Donbass Cowboy', self-proclaimed Texan communist Russell Bentley. It didn't end well for him. /end
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Apr 13
1/ Russian bloggers and commentators are continuing to reflect, often angrily, on the defeat yesterday of Hungary's Viktor Orbán. They blame the Hungarian people for being too ignorant, accuse their own elites of failing, and fear for Russia's future. ⬇️
2/ (See the linked thread below for earlier reactions)
3/ Many look ahead to the effect that the Hungarian election will have on Russia's international strategy. 'Political Report' predicts that Orbán's fall "deprives Russia of a crucial lever of influence within the EU."
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1/ The fall of Victor Orbán is being mourned as a catastrophe by Russian warbloggers and commentators. They lament the loss of a man whom they openly call "a 'Trojan horse' in the EU" and blame the Russian government's ineffective attempts to interfere with the election. ⬇️
2/ Alex Kartavykh laments:

"The Reich has almost crystallised. There will be no one left to gum up the Euro-bureaucrats with blabber and prevent them from sending out budget aid. And, in general, the last bastion of common sense has fallen."
3/ "The only remaining neutrals in the West are the Serbs, and that's it. And then there's Lukashenko and the potato boys [Belarusians] as allies. Are we sure we have a plan?"

Alexey Zhivov calls for Russia to punish Hungary for voting out Orbán:
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Apr 12
1/ Simply using a 💩 emoji on the state-mandated Russian messenger app MAX is enough to result in a user being convicted and fined, or potentially even imprisoned. A recent court case highlights how the app is blatantly being used as an instrument of repression. ⬇️ Image
2/ The District Court of Rostov-on-Don has imposed a fine of 30,000 rubles ($387) on a man named Sergey Nikolaevich Korovayny. As the court's decision states:
3/ "On DD. MM. YYYY, S. N. Korovayny, registered and residing at: <address> -on- FULL NAME2 , <address> , a member of the common chat of the above-mentioned apartment building,…
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1/ A Russian politician's advice to fellow citizens to carry paper maps because they can no longer rely on online navigation due to Internet blocking has gone down badly in Russia. A Moscow science institute has advised Russians to navigate by the sun and stars instead. ⬇️
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3/ He advised his fellow citizens that "we really need to [carry] a paper map. We can't rely solely on the internet; this is the new reality."

A Duma colleague, Oleg Leonov, has recommended using street signs and asking passersby for help.
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Apr 11
1/ Russia's ongoing budget crisis, caused by the war in Ukraine, has caused government funding of science to fall to its lowest level since the chaotic mid-1990s. Meanwhile, ordinary Russians are increasingly investing in magic amulets and aspen stakes to drive away vampires. ⬇️ Image
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2/ The National Research University's Higher School of Economics (HSE) has published its annual 'Science Indicators' yearbook. It shows that domestic expenditure on research and development in Russia has fallen to 0.97% of GDP, its lowest level since 1996.
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1/ A very interesting interview with Donbas separatist Pavel Gubarev is being interpreted by Russian warbloggers as a move by 'angry patriots' to lay the ground for a coup in Russia. They see a potential replay of the 1918 overthrow of Tsar Nicholas II. ⬇️
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3/ Yuri Dud, to whom Gubarev spoke, is a German-born Russian journalist and YouTuber who now lives in exile. He has been labelled a 'foreign agent' by the Russian government and was sentenced in absentia to 23 months' imprisonment in November 2025.
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