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🚨 Former Prime Minister of #Dagestan Magomed #Abdulaev killed by car while walking in Makhachkala. High likelihood this was an #FSB assassination. See 🧵 below for some background. twitter.com/igorsushko/sta…
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#Russia: people scavenging expired food thrown away by a grocery store in the Urals. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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🚨 #Russia on 🔥: Russian Foreign Ministry building was set on fire downtown #Moscow on Smolenskaya-Sennaya Square.
#RussianResistance at work.
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🚨 #Greece has informed #Germany that they can wait on their deliveries of 40 modern Marder IFVs if Germany chooses to send them to #Ukraine instead! - reporting by @BILD
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🚨 Russian media full of rumors #Apple and #Google (Android) will soon "brick" all devices inside #Russia.
Likely info space preparation for probable #MartialLaw, rumored to start on Jan 9 with closure of RU borders. #Kremlin wants subjects to blame the "West" for their dystopia.
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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.
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#CHINA: Civil unrest in the city of #Chongqing which started with a riot at a pharmaceuticals factory. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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#Russia utilizing genius Soviet tactics from a century ago.
"No sense in waiting for ammunition, and to hell with ammo! God is with us! ... Where are the musicians! Music now! I said music!" Last scene is from the vicinity of #Bakhmut. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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#Russia falsely claims to have eliminated over 600 Ukrainian soldiers in a strike to "avenge" the #NewYear #HIMARS strike in Makiivka. They hit the ground next to an abandoned building, no casualties. twitter.com/igorsushko/sta…
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#Mobilization: Conscription notice for January 10th draft date. This Russian hero says "On the 10th, I won't be in #Russia," and burns the notice issued to him.
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The West must understand that time is on Putin's side. We must arm #Ukraine now, before it's too late. Tanks and planes, everything else.
@AVindman, @CondoleezzaRice, and former Republican Secretary of Defense Robert Gates implore action now.
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#Russia: fascist #Rosgvardia, Putin's own Guard of ~340,000 established by him in 2016, play the NKVD role on the front. On January 6th, they executed 6 Russian soldiers who intended to surrender in #Zaporizhia.
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#Mobilization in #Russia: Tents housing the mobilized have been set on fire at a military unit in #Orenburg. This has been happening quite a bit and appears to be an attempt by the conscripts to delay deployment to the front. Temperature -25 °F (-32 °C)
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#RELIGION: This is Dmitry Zamesov, Russian Orthodox "Church" Chairman of the Diocesan Department for Cooperation with the Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies in #Russia. This is real, direct from the official church website - mosmit.ru/eparhy/kliric/…
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#Ukraine: Journalist Yuri Butusov reports from the frontline in #Soledar. Lots of rumors flying around about a Ukrainian "retreat" - which may be Russian disinformation. Russia keeps sending #WagnerPMC convict infantry squads on suicidal frontal attacks.
Born in Ukraine. American. @WindofChangeRG | Former Racecar Driver - Japanese SUPER GT #FSBletters igorsushko.substack.com