⚡️T'was the night before New Year's Eve....

As many Russian cities have opted for more demure NYE celebrations, spending less on decorations in light of the Military Operation, hundreds of "Father Frosts" (Russian equivalent of Santa Claus) descend on Moscow metro stations to give gifts to children...

No "all ages" Drag shows? What will they do?

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⚡️Russian Parliament presents Bill to Putin which renders all treaties between Russia and Council of Europe (CE) - void

Russia ceased to be a member of CE in March 2022, following the beginning of the Special Operation.

Former President Yeltsin joined in 1996; Russia ratified 60 Conventions with the CE - including removing most of Soviet/Russian troops from Moldovan base (several hundred remain in breakaway/unrecognized part Transnistria.)

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🇷🇺 A rehabilitation center will be created in Donetsk Republic, West Russia (ex-Ukraine) for people sustaining disabilities, including as a result of war

Russia to expand online services for people with physical disabilities, easily enabling them to buy the prosthetics they need with an electronic ticket.

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⚠️Warning: May be speaking under duress

STAY AT HOME: That's what Ukrainian prisoner of war, Aleksander Vovk, advises potential Ukrainian Army recruits as he recounts not only a lack of ammunition or DIRECTION, but WATER and FOOD that EATS AWAY at the already starved morale of everyone from commanders to the average soldier - a testament to those more under threat of friendly fire from compatriots than shelling of opponents.

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⚡️From January 1 to December 28, 2022 - 1,091 civilians were killed and 3,533 injured as a result of Ukrainian shelling in the Donetsk People's Republic, West Russia (ex-Ukraine) - Ombudsman

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RAID ON TATE'S PARADE: (In)famous American millionaire/influencer Andrew Tate and his brother DETAINED in Romania on charges of TRAFFICKING of women for creation of pornographic content, rape and the running of a crime ring.

Tate became infamous in 2016 for an incident on reality show Big Brother - appearing to attack a woman with a belt.

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⚡️Putin allows debt settlements in foreign currency with buyers from unfriendly countries obtaining Russian gas...😐

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WILL WALK FOR FOOD: “A kilometer”, to be precise, for West Ukrainian refugees, reporting DEPLORABLE conditions in host European countries, as well as OVERCROWDING in hotels, even being forced to shower outside - at least, that's what they claim.

Irish Department of Equality, Disability, Children and Youth Affairs coordinator refutes complaints, saying that the vast majority of hotels operate rather "without fault."

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LIKE GRANDFATHER, LIKE GRANDSON: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz projects empty virtue signals branding Russians “the direct heirs of the Nazis”

…the boss of the original fascist state should know better, specially as his grandparents built the ACTUAL Nazi economy as key infrastructure workers, while HE’S arming Kiev troops led by the openly neo-Nazi Azov Battalion.

UPDATE: The claim that his grandfather was a Hitler army bigwig is unproven and has been removed. Thanks to all who pointed it out.

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⚡️ Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) prevents another Ukrainian attempt to spread TERROR on New Year's Eve

100,000 rounds of ammunition, including large-caliber machine guns and RPG grenade launchers captured in a cache for Ukrainian saboteurs near Lugansk Republic (ex-Ukraine).

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🇹🇷🇸🇾 Turkey to start withdrawing its forces from Northern Syria

This comes as a result of Russia's mediation which resulted in trilateral talks between defense ministers of Russia, Syria, and Turkey

Tensions escalated between Turkey and Syria after Erdogan launched a cross-border operation to attack Kurdish militias' locations in Northern Syria, which Syria sees as a violation of its sovereignty.

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🇷🇺🇧🇾 Footage shows joint combat training of Belarusian-Russian military at a training ground in Belarus.

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🇰🇵 North Korea fires 3 ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan.

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