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"A convict recruited directly from prison by the Wagner mercenary organization to fight in Ukraine has asked human rights activists to help him return to prison, according to Vladimir Osechkin, who leads the Gulagu.Net organization."
cepa.org/article/wagner…
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In #Russia, buildings no longer wait to be completed before catching fire. Near "Victory Park" in Moscow.
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🚨 Expect #GreatBritain's imminent announcement to deliver #Challenger2 main battle tanks to #Ukraine.
2003 footage from Iraq, including interviews with crew members on the tank's survivability even against direct hits. These are no Soviet tin cans.
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🧵The original annual military parade on the Red Square was held on May 1st - the International Worker's Day. In 1941, Stalin had special guests of honor at the Kremlin for the occasion - Hitler's Nazis - the Soviet Union's allies.
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As a result, #Russia has been able to export its barbaric torture system to Ukraine starting in 2014, Belarus in 2020, Kazakhstan in 2021. Time has come for us to stop this evil once and for all. #ArmUkraineNow!! Hundreds of tanks, dozens of planes, #ATACMS.
END THIS NIGHTMARE.
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When the Russian borders are closed, that will just be another step toward complete martial law, which will take time to implement in full, akin to a boiling frog, to mitigate risk of uncontrollable revolts.
twitter.com/igorsushko/sta…
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#Bangladesh territory and population vs #Russia.
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#Moscow government reports the unemployment rate in the city declined by 23% down to just 28,100 unemployed in 2022. Many locals online are laughing at the ridiculousness of the lie, while others suggest the unemployed must have either fled the country or died in Ukraine.
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Bush came to Kyiv after spending two days with Gorbachev at a dacha. He said the collapse of the Soviet Union isn't in America's interest & assured Gorbachev that he will argue against Ukraine's independence. Bush refused to even meet with pro-independence leaders in Ukraine.
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#Russia is unable to procure fuel filters for the domestically manufactured Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger plane due to #sanctions. As a result, dirty fuel filters are washed in brake cleaning fluid and reused. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Drone detonated over the Kremlin.
Lots of talk that Putin is preparing a significant false flag for May 9th. You can see two men on the stairs of the dome. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Statue of Lenin installed by Russian fascists after they occupied Mariupol was destroyed overnight.
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Osechkin's sources claim the drone strikes on the Kremlin were orchestrated by Prigozhin to provoke Putin to take drastic measures. twitter.com/igorsushko/sta…
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Russia kidnapped 46 Ukrainian children from an orphanage in #Kherson last month as the Russians retreated from the city. All 46 kidnapped orphans are under the age of 5. - Kherson Governor, Yaroslav Yanushevich.
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Just between 2002 and 2006, 55 Tu-22Ms (16 Tu-22M2s and 36 Tu-22M3s) were scrapped at airbases in Poltava and Priluki, and also at the Nikolayev aviation plant.
See this PDF for a more complete timeline:
Ukraine Bomber Decommissioning & Transfer Chronology nti.org/wp-content/upl…
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#Russia: "Corporate Team Building exercise" for the impoverished workers at a factory in Krasnoyarsk... who needs dystopian fantasy books when you have Putin's Russia...
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Incredible 🇺🇦: This Ukrainian train came under Russian strikes on May 3rd in Kherson. The damaged train car was disconnected and passengers moved in just 14 minutes. The train was welcomed with applause as it arrived at scheduled time in Lviv, on the other side of the country. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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#Russia: Alleged details of Putin's planned #MartialLaw are coming out. Slated for early next year, could be as early as January. Everyone digitally color-coded:
Red: Confined to home
Yellow: Confined to region
Green: Confined to country
Red turns to Yellow during work hours.