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#NewYear in #Russia: Wifes trying to get their husbands back as they are taken away by riot police in #SaintPetersburg. No one seems to know why it's happening, same as in #Moscow. Probably straight to the front in #Ukraine.
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SO IT BEGINS: Russian banks don't have cash to satisfy withdrawals and pension payments. Bank employee tells pensioners in line to go home. This will hit undeveloped regions living in poverty first, but will likely eventually reach #Moscow and #SaintPetersburg.
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#Russia: Large explosion was heard in #SaintPetersburg at around 9:50pm on Oct 31. Strong smell of gas in the air, parked cars' windows were blown out by the blast, and asphalt debris all over.
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#Russia: A rat 🐀 eating cheese 🧀 at a grocery store in #SaintPetersburg.
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#Russia: All schools in #SaintPetersburg were ordered to procure dummy F-1 & RGD-5 grenades and Kalashnikov assault rifles from their budget in September 2022 for "Initial Military Training" curriculum for 10th/11th grades as part of #mobilization.
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#Russia: Tu-22M strategic bomber made an emergency landing at the Pulkovo civilian international airport in #SaintPetersburg, blaming 'weather conditions,' which must be code for 'my plane is falling apart!'
All civilian air traffic was halted.
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#Russia: Partisans set fire to a car with Putin's Swastika "Z" overnight in #SaintPetersburg.
