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jimmy mnemonic
Jan 9, 2007

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In Ukranian corruption news:
https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1632886655408394241

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jimmy mnemonic
Jan 9, 2007

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In other nomenclature trolling news:

OPINION: China Challenges Russia by Restoring Chinese Names of Cities on Their Border
https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/13560

Kyiv Post posted:

"China’s Ministry of Natural Resources has just issued new regulations on map content, which require the addition of old Chinese names to the current Russian-pronounced geographical names of eight places along the Russian-Chinese border," Radio France International in Chinese reported on Feb. 23.

The eight Russian place names, comprise six cities, including Vladivostok and Khabarovsk, one island and one mountain.

quote:

[The Asia Times] elaborates that "Under Beijing’s new directive, Vladivostok once again is called Haishenwai (meaning Sea Cucumber Bay) while Sakhalin Island is called Kuyedao. The Stanovoy Range is back to being called the Outer Xing’an Range in Chinese."

"China lost large expanses of land in its northern region due to the invasion of Russian," Asia Times explains, and now Beijing has directed a return to the use of Chinese names for them. It also notes that despite Beijing seemingly wanting to strengthen its ties with Russia, it has permitted Chinese columnists to publish articles from time to time about the vast territories lost to foreign powers, thereby in effect reminding "Chinese people of their wish to recover the lost territory."

jimmy mnemonic
Jan 9, 2007

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Hey Solovyov, why don't you set an example and make your son sign up with Wagner

jimmy mnemonic
Jan 9, 2007

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https://twitter.com/Azovsouth/status/1637838452698894339

jimmy mnemonic
Jan 9, 2007

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Tarquinn posted:

zone posted:

Isn't this supposed to be an AI generated image? I seem to recall people saying that elsewhere on twitter
Yeah, look at Putin’s right shoe.
Ah, I didn't see those comments, sorry

jimmy mnemonic
Jan 9, 2007

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ATESH posted:

Putin is angry about the destruction of the russian landing ship "Novocherkask"

He's so angry he soiled himself

jimmy mnemonic
Jan 9, 2007

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Russian colonel killed after 'stepping on mine' during visit to boost morale on Ukraine frontline:
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/russian-colonel-arman-ospanov-dies-ukraine-russia-mine-vladimir-putin-b1131226.html

The Standard posted:

A Russian Colonel has reportedly been killed after “stepping on a mine” while visiting troops in Ukraine in an attempt to boost morale.

Arman Ospanov, who was the head of the armoured service of the Russian Airborne Forces, is the latest high ranking Russian officer to be killed.

He stepped on a mine and was killed, according to Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine's internal affairs minister who said Russian Telegram channels had confirmed the news.

Another account on X, formerly Twitter, Russian Officers killed in Ukraine, also backed up the claim.

It sources its information from funeral notices, obituaries, Russian news, monuments and memorial plaques.

jimmy mnemonic
Jan 9, 2007

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redshirt posted:

So, was morale boosted?

Rust Martialis posted:

Not as much as the Colonel.

I'm sure the Colonel's morale was boosted sky high.

jimmy mnemonic
Jan 9, 2007

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Putin stop eating egg

jimmy mnemonic
Jan 9, 2007

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god please help me posted:

Did the person in the third video say "good" in Russian in response to the explosion?

It sounded like it to me

jimmy mnemonic
Jan 9, 2007

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Vice President of Russian energy company dies 'suddenly' of suicide

https://www.euronews.com/2024/03/14/vice-president-of-russian-energy-company-dies-suddenly-of-suicide

Euronews posted:

Vitaly Robertus, 54, is reportedly the fourth Lukoil manager to die in two years.

Russian news media reported on Thursday the sudden death of Vitaly Robertus, Vice President of the country's oil and gas giant Lukoil, writing that the manager died from suicide in his office this week.

Just before his death, local media wrote that Robertus had complained of suffering headaches and asking for medications before going to his office.

He was later found hanged in the room.

"He didn't leave for several hours and didn’t answer his phone. The employees decided to go into his office and found his body. The top manager died by suicide of asphyxia. He had worked at the company for about 30 years," Baza wrote on Telegram reporting the manager's death.

According to the publication, Lukoil announced the death of Robertus on March 12.

In March 2022, the board of the privately owned company called for an end to the conflict in Ukraine. [emphasis mine]
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jimmy mnemonic
Jan 9, 2007

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Posting how to join Reporting from Ukraine's free Patreon because it wasn't obvious to me: On RFU's home Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/ReportingFromUkraine/, in the upper right corner click the three dots and select the Join for free menu item.

This is for online, mobile might be different. This assumes you have a Patreon account already.

The author says he will continue to post videos for free on Patreon.

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