For anyone who knows about #US law, isn't #ElonMusk meant to be arrested and tried for #treason, because he followed #Kremlin's orders to boycott #Ukraine's counteroffensive by switching off #Starling internet access mid-mission, and supporting #Russia in bombing civilians and committing #WarCrimes?
What the Prigozhin story shows, once again, is how weakness emboldens Putin, while fighting back scares him.
When Prigozhin advanced on Moscow, Putin's reaction was to record a speech, hide in his bunker and strike a deal.
When Prigozhin gave up the assault and struck a deal, Putin regained his strength and killed him.
Somehow, the US is choosing the second option to deal with Putin, and only very cautiously strengthening #Ukraine arsenal. ATACMS? Strikes inside Russia? The #US is too scared.
Putin is a mafia rat. But, contrary to his famous rat propaganda tale, the factual truth is that he hides when cornered by a strong enemy, and strikes back when the enemy is afraid.
"Born in St Petersburg, he grew up in Kyiv, trained in Moscow, started his professional career in Ukraine, and later became the artistic director of Russia’s Bolshoi ballet"
"Although he lives in New York, Ratmansky was choreographing a new work at the Bolshoi when the invasion began. He immediately left Moscow and loudly condemned the war, forcing a schism with his own past."
"International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have observed directional anti-personnel #mines on the periphery of the site of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya #Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today.
During a walkdown on 23 July, the #IAEA team saw some mines located in a buffer zone between the site’s internal and external perimeter barriers."
Fascist Russia's actions are best understood if you view it as a gangster state. It uses blackmail, coercion, manipulation, lies, threats, and violence as it attempts to achieve its aims.
The Russian state doesn't care if it's not loved, or even respected. It only wants to be feared, because that's what allows it to achieve its aims. Indeed, one of the reasons Russia's doing so badly in its war against Ukraine is that Ukrainians don't fear the Kremlin.
A #mafia cartel masquerading as a legitimate government, with franchises in Hungary, Belarus... ect
Last night Russian terrorists used a cruise missile to destroy 60,000 tonnes of #grain in #Chornomorsk, #Odesa region. That's all you need to know about the rust bucket mafia state called russia.
UN chief condemns Russian attacks on Ukraine ports
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned on Thursday Russian attacks on Ukraine's Black Sea ports and warned the "destruction of civilian infrastructure may constitute a violation of international humanitarian law."
I would prefer if he would "strongly suspend" #Russia from the Security Council. But ok, after all this is the #UN, so we'll all have to settle for a communiqué and no action as always. 👍
Investigation shows the fake “Donbas genocide” were fabricated by Prigozhin’s media empire. There was no genocide and no “civil war” in 2014: just a cover-up for 🇷🇺 aggression to 🇺🇦. It's a #BigLie that terrorist russia created in their genocide against Ukrainians.
“It is like a #virus that spreads. They do not appear to be planning to leave. They are planning to continue.”
“Since its first deployments in 2017, #Wagner has really become much more widespread and high profile. Now the #Kremlin certainly seems to be trying to emphasise continuity, if not immediate expansion"
"Russian investigative journalist Andrei Soldatov has sources within the intelligence services. He says the Russian army's "wait and see" approach during the #Wagner mutiny has unsettled power holders within the apparatus. "The biggest threat is not #Prigozhin per se, but the reaction of the #army and the security services," Soldatov told @dw Sarah Kelly."
"Ukraine's #counteroffensive may be slow, and relatively cautious at this stage. But one officer, speaking on background, suggested that this patient approach would soon pay off in dramatic fashion, as long-range strikes destroyed #Russia's ability to rearm frontline units, and low Russian morale provided opportunities for strategic breakthroughs by Ukrainian forces. 'You will see this soon,' he said."
#HumanRights activists say the attack on the crowded building, which killed 12 people including 14-year-old twins and injured at least 60 others, was a #WarCrime."
#BRICS countries forcing #Ukraine to give up 17% of its country to #Russia for "peace" should lead by example and offer 17% of their own territory to a neighbouring country.
#Brazil offers Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo and Mato Grosso to #Uruguay
>Dogged by accusations of proximity to the Kremlin, Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party had hoped to clear its name by setting up a parliamentary inquiry to investigate foreign interference…
Hungary 🇭🇺 has descended into authoritarianism, supports russian #fascism politically, financially and legally, it continuously blocks EU and NATO decisions which would otherwise be unanimous, and its actions lead to security risks in #Europe and deaths in #Ukraine.
It is time to say it as it is: there is no place for fascist governments in #EU and #NATO
That's Home Office, HMRC and Companies House in the #UK for you. They won't give visas to Ukranian musicians to perform, but they'll let a sanctioned Putin puppet open a company. Unbelievable.
"Volodymyr Saldo, a notorious puppet of the Kremlin in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, is listed as the owner of a UK company registered in November, five months after his name was added to the sanctions list."