Forwarded from The Washington Post
Russia can fund war in Ukraine for another year despite sanctions, leaked document says
U.S. intelligence holds that Russia will be able to fund the war in Ukraine for at least another year, even under the heavy and increasing weight of unprecedented sanctions, according to leaked U.S. military documents.
The previously unreported documents provide a rare glimpse into Washington’s understanding of the effectiveness of its own economic measures, and of the tenor of the response they have met in Russia, where U.S. intelligence finds that senior officials, agencies and the staff of oligarchs are fretting over the painful disruptions — and adapting to them.
While some of Russia’s economic elites might not agree with the country’s course in Ukraine, and sanctions have hurt their businesses, they are unlikely to withdraw support for Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to an assessment that appears to date from early March.
Read more here.
U.S. intelligence holds that Russia will be able to fund the war in Ukraine for at least another year, even under the heavy and increasing weight of unprecedented sanctions, according to leaked U.S. military documents.
The previously unreported documents provide a rare glimpse into Washington’s understanding of the effectiveness of its own economic measures, and of the tenor of the response they have met in Russia, where U.S. intelligence finds that senior officials, agencies and the staff of oligarchs are fretting over the painful disruptions — and adapting to them.
While some of Russia’s economic elites might not agree with the country’s course in Ukraine, and sanctions have hurt their businesses, they are unlikely to withdraw support for Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to an assessment that appears to date from early March.
Read more here.
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The Russian president faces a growing threat from his own citizens.
via Foreign Policy https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/05/10/russian-guerrillas-are-trying-to-violently-overthrow-putin/
via Foreign Policy https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/05/10/russian-guerrillas-are-trying-to-violently-overthrow-putin/
Foreign Policy
Russian Guerrillas Are Trying to Violently Overthrow Putin
The Russian president faces a growing threat from his own citizens.
Forwarded from The Washington Post
Here is the latest from Ukraine:
- Yevgeniy Prigozhin, chief of the Russian Wagner mercenary group, said early Saturday his forces had crossed into Russia from Ukraine and entered Rostov-on-Don, 60 miles from the border.
- Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, has opened a criminal case against Prigozhin over “incitement to armed rebellion” following the Wagner mercenary chief’s comments about leading a “march of justice” against his enemies in the country’s Defense Ministry.
- Several videos circulating on social media, the locations of which were verified by The Post, show unidentified armed fighters dressed in military fatigues and wearing armbands outside Russia’s Southern Military District headquarters in the city of Rostov-on-Don.
More live updates here.
- Yevgeniy Prigozhin, chief of the Russian Wagner mercenary group, said early Saturday his forces had crossed into Russia from Ukraine and entered Rostov-on-Don, 60 miles from the border.
- Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, has opened a criminal case against Prigozhin over “incitement to armed rebellion” following the Wagner mercenary chief’s comments about leading a “march of justice” against his enemies in the country’s Defense Ministry.
- Several videos circulating on social media, the locations of which were verified by The Post, show unidentified armed fighters dressed in military fatigues and wearing armbands outside Russia’s Southern Military District headquarters in the city of Rostov-on-Don.
More live updates here.
Forwarded from Компромат 2.0 :: Мы решаем, что является компроматом
"Это был шквал беспорядочного огня, который убил тысячи людей и продолжает убивать тысячи".
Документальный фильм Мстислава Чернова "20 дней в Мариуполе" показали в Нью-Йорке. Эту картину уже называют "журналистским подвигом".
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9H_Fg_5x4ME
Документальный фильм Мстислава Чернова "20 дней в Мариуполе" показали в Нью-Йорке. Эту картину уже называют "журналистским подвигом".
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9H_Fg_5x4ME
YouTube
20 Days In Mariupol (trailer) | FRONTLINE
Ukrainian filmmaker and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Mstyslav Chernov offers a window into the practices of conflict zone reporters and an unflinching, anguishing account of the 20 days he and colleagues spent covering Mariupol. "20 Days in Mariupol"…
Forwarded from Russian Media Monitor
Julia Davis (Twitter)
Russian orthodoxy in a nutshell: Yevgeny Nikiforov, head of the religious radio station Radonezh, appeared on TV channel Spas and advocated a brutal genocide of Ukrainians — incinerating them with thermobaric weapons and slitting their throats.
https://t.co/H7CbjACGeh
Russian orthodoxy in a nutshell: Yevgeny Nikiforov, head of the religious radio station Radonezh, appeared on TV channel Spas and advocated a brutal genocide of Ukrainians — incinerating them with thermobaric weapons and slitting their throats.
https://t.co/H7CbjACGeh
YouTube
Russian Orthodox TV channel advocates genocide of Ukrainians
Forwarded from Xobzzu
Putin’s weaponry runs on advanced electronic components obtained from a hidden international market.
via Foreign Policy https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/09/07/western-sanctions-russia-ukraine-war/
via Foreign Policy https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/09/07/western-sanctions-russia-ukraine-war/
Foreign Policy
The Dangerous Loophole in Western Sanctions on Russia
Putin’s weaponry runs on advanced electronic components obtained from a hidden international market.
Forwarded from The Washington Post
In time of war, Russia turns up aggression on transgender citizens
When Russian authorities took away Yan Dvorkin’s 10-year-old adopted son last spring, there was nothing he could do but shout in frustration. His crime? He was a transgender, nonbinary person, married to a man.
The family had fallen afoul of one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most vehement obsessions, his rejection of what he sees as Western “degradation and degeneration,” in particular transgender people, leading to a raft of repressive laws and, according to LGBTQ+ activists, rising street violence against transgender people.
Putin has framed the Ukraine invasion as a war against “Satanists,” liberal Western values, and “parent number one and parent number two.” His venom is echoed by everyone from state television propagandists to politicians and, as the war has ground on, Russia has witnessed increasingly harsh measures against these groups.
Read the full story here.
When Russian authorities took away Yan Dvorkin’s 10-year-old adopted son last spring, there was nothing he could do but shout in frustration. His crime? He was a transgender, nonbinary person, married to a man.
The family had fallen afoul of one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most vehement obsessions, his rejection of what he sees as Western “degradation and degeneration,” in particular transgender people, leading to a raft of repressive laws and, according to LGBTQ+ activists, rising street violence against transgender people.
Putin has framed the Ukraine invasion as a war against “Satanists,” liberal Western values, and “parent number one and parent number two.” His venom is echoed by everyone from state television propagandists to politicians and, as the war has ground on, Russia has witnessed increasingly harsh measures against these groups.
Read the full story here.
Murder allegations: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s shocking allegations that India orchestrated the murder of a separatist leader leaves Biden caught between one of the US’s closest allies and an increasingly important partner in countering China. https://tinyurl.com/4ebc2jpu
Bloomberg.com
Trudeau’s Murder Claim Risks Upending US Courtship of India
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s shocking allegations that India orchestrated the murder of a separatist leader leaves President Joe Biden caught between one of the US’s closest allies and an increasingly important partner in countering China.