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https://x.com/BRICSinfo/status/1849683344528691452

They are busy making helmets protecting against external threats:

https://x.com/wartranslated/status/1855243488763219997

https://x.com/BRICSinfo/status/1862326345952342038

Wherever it went - here it is:

https://x.com/osint_69/status/1702616406334820845

Hiring prostitutes to work in the state-owned oil company ran by Pukin's close buddy - Sechin:

The Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) has published an investigation into the hiring of escorts at the Russian state-owned oil company Rosneft. According to the obtained data, dozens of young women without relevant experience or qualifications have been confirmed as holding administrative positions with high salaries.

By analyzing Rosneft’s employee records and other documents, ACF’s investigators found that many of these women had previously worked in escort services. Their contact details were discovered on specialized websites and in escort agency databases.

Among the identified cases is the hiring of 21-year-old Anastasia I. as a chief specialist in the Corporate Property Department with an annual salary exceeding 2.4 million rubles (over $24,300). Another woman, 27-year-old Alexandra A., was appointed as an advisor to the company’s business manager, while 21-year-old Alina B. became a second-category specialist in the travel organization department.

A key focus of the investigation is Albina Ivanova, who was hired by Rosneft at the age of 21 with a monthly salary exceeding 300,000 rubles (over $3,000). Over the course of nine years, she received a total of 33 million rubles from the company — more than $335,000 based on the present exchange rate, though the dollar value of her compensation would have been much higher before the start of the war.

For comparison, the average salary in Moscow, Russia’s capital and its largest and most economically developed city, comes in at 140-160,000 rubles ($1,400 to 1,600), according to a recent claim by mayor Sergei Sobyanin. Vladimir Putin was visibly surprised when he heard the statistic.

Additionally, Ivanova was paid approximately 300 million rubles (just over $3 million) by the Independent Petroleum Company (NNK). NKK is owned by Eduard Khudainatov, Rosneft’s former CEO, who was identified in 2022 as the proxy owner of two megayachts — the 459-foot Scheherazade, which has been linked to Vladimir Putin, and the 348-foot Amadea, which the U.S. Department of Justice found is ultimately owned by sanctioned Russian gold mogul Suleiman Kerimov.

According to the investigation, Ivanova took 58 private jet trips with Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin — a close ally of Vladimir Putin’s going back to his days in St. Petersburg. Ivanova owns a collection of luxury cars, including two Rolls-Royces, a Mercedes-Benz G-Class, and a Porsche Taycan, with a total value exceeding 200 million rubles.

Investigators also uncovered Ivanova’s extensive Hermès handbag collection, estimated at around 104 million rubles, including a crocodile leather model worth approximately 20 million rubles. Last year, she purchased a 205 m² apartment in the elite Kutuzovsky 12 residential complex in central Moscow for over 300 million rubles.

Documents obtained by the ACF indicate that such hiring practices are not isolated incidents. Rosneft has employed dozens of young women without proper qualifications in well-paid administrative roles.

The ACF report notes that Rosneft’s board of directors includes high-ranking government officials such as Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration Maxim Oreshkin, who have access to information about the company’s hiring policies.

-- The Insider, 30 January 2025 13:38

https://x.com/BehizyTweets/status/1894138036348489931

Now do Ukraine.

Patrick says

Now do Ukraine.

Attacking US Navy assets:

RWSGFY says

Attacking US Navy assets:

Odd, as US military planes do not use Jet-A1 or any other type of Jet-A fuels. Jet-A is airliner and private jet fuel.

https://x.com/BowesChay/status/1904664544812958069

https://x.com/GUnderground_TV/status/1905546747574710733

https://www.voltairenet.org/article221836.html

Funny...Trump pulled Zelenski up short by stopping military equipment from being sent to the Ukraine and by stopping the coordinated intelligence operations.

Putin is requiring a bit more finesse. He's Russia after all. Brent at $66 per barrel ??? Whaddya think Vlad ???? It's down from that $74 per barrel price a month ago. That's when you had a 10% inflation rate in Russia now inflation is gonna go higher 'cause you just gotta print that much more money unless you're gonna sell off more State assets. Do you really think you're gonna get more Ukrainian real estate????

Think it over.

RWSGFY says

Did the horse drown?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VCX9hMw55pE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-XpKlOVpVM

https://x.com/BowesChay/status/1918938424121127161

https://x.com/GlobalDiss/status/1919724917135646990

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1919745461730078828

https://x.com/SMO_VZ/status/1920032150537056657

Suddenly discovering the joys of not flying commercially:

At least 60,000 passengers had their flights delayed or canceled at airports across Russia as Ukraine unleashed large-scale drone attacks this week, according to a national tourism body.

Russia's association of tour operators said in a statement on Wednesday that at least 350 flights were affected by the threat of drone strikes, including trips out of the country to destinations such as Istanbul and Dubai.

The affected facilities included Moscow's four airports and air travel hubs in the regions of Sochi, Kazan, and Kirov, per the association. Its statement said many of the flights were delayed overnight, while some flights that did manage to depart had to wait up to seven hours.

Russian independent Telegram news channels posted photos of large crowds gathering in airports and stranded passengers resting in departure hall areas.

"This delay will provoke subsequent delays according to the domino principle," the tourism operators' association warned.

"The aviation infrastructure is working at its limit," it added.

It advised travelers across the country to prepare for further disruption by bringing cash to buy food and drink at airports and taking a "small supply" of water with them.

And the joys of no internet/gps:

The Internet was "almost completely" shut down by the authorities of Mordovia and Saransk.

Internet disruptions continue in dozens of Russian settlements in the central regions of Russia amid massive Ukrainian drone attacks. Baza reported that the matter concerns at least 30 cities and towns in the Yaroslavl, Tver, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Tula, Leningrad, Kaluga and Kursk regions, as well as in St. Petersburg and Moscow, where internet outages began on Monday due to the rehearsal of the Victory Day parade, The Moscow Times.

In addition, the internet was "almost completely" shut down by the authorities of Mordovia and Saransk - due to a nighttime attack by AFU drones on the Optical Fiber Systems enterprise, Saransk Mechanical Plant and Saranskkabel-Optika plant. Astra writes with reference to readers that there is no access to the Internet also in the Vladimir region, Voronezh, Orel and Taganrog.

Mobile Internet at night disappeared, in addition to the above-mentioned cities, also in Kursk, according to Mash. In the settlements where the danger of drones was announced, payment terminals, validators in public transport, electronic boards, ATMs and delivery services stopped working. Moreover, in many cities problems with the Internet began in the afternoon of May 6, and by evening the connection disappeared altogether, the channel writes.

In the morning on Wednesday about mass failures reported and residents of the Moscow region, as well as the capital of the Russian Federation. In some areas ATMs do not work, in some stores stopped accepting payment by card, in addition, there are problems with food delivery. People are sent messages informing about possible Internet outages during the period from May 7 to May 9.

"RIA Novosti" confirmed the information about inaccessibility of a number of services for Muscovites. According to the agency, customers are notified about disruptions in mobile Internet and communication by telecom operators, cab and bank applications, as well as food delivery services and clothing stores. They note that the inconvenience will last until May 9.

These are the resources of Yandex, Bilain, MTS, online cinema IVI, Sberbank, Samokat and other services. Lamoda warned that on May 7-9 in Moscow expected restrictions on courier delivery, "VkusVill" reported the suspension for the holidays express delivery of products and payment by card to the courier. Mosgortrans recommends passengers of public transport to replenish the card "Troika" before the holidays. According to the information of Deptrans, from May 7 to May 9 in the capital will also be introduced restrictions on the movement and parking of cabs, carsharing, electric scooters and bicycles.

The day before the Internet outage due to UAV raids was reported by residents of Tula and Kursk regions. Subscribers of all major operators - MTS, "Bilayn", "Megafon" and T2 - faced interruptions. As explained by the head of the "Society for the Protection of the Internet" Mikhail Klimareva, the AFU install modems with Russian SIM cards on their drones. On the way, the drone connects to mobile communication stations to adjust its flight and transmit intelligence via the Internet. According to the authorities, blocking the mobile Internet prevents enemy drones from operating, the expert said.

I understand that the parade in Moscow is now cancelled for this year. Presumably they ran out of T-34's.

https://x.com/simpatico771/status/1920377564096254257

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1920344805902856593

https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/1920434001728164184

Population of Russia

1930: ~100,000,000
1935: ~102,684,000
1940: ~110,333,000
1945: Data for Russia specifically during WWII is scarce and heavily impacted by wartime losses.
The population would have significantly decreased from 1940.
1950: ~102,580,107
1955: ~110,971,852
1960: ~119,735,095
1965: ~126,400,607
1970: ~130,093,010
1975: ~133,841,842
1980: ~138,257,420
1985: ~142,896,392
1990: ~148,005,704
1995: ~148,557,451
2000: ~146,844,839
2005: ~143,800,049
2010: ~143,242,599
2015: ~144,668,389
2020: ~145,617,329
2025: ~143,494,210 (projected)

Openly mocking Donnie T on government channels:

Uh-oh:

More:

https://x.com/Mylovanov/status/1936172179818742152