🇷🇺🇵🇸 The Russian embassy in Egypt officially commented on the conflict in Palestine: "The West is extremely concerned about the situation in Ukraine, but does not notice how the Israelis are killing Palestinians and destroying the Gaza Strip."

🇵🇱🇧🇾 Poland's National Security Department has reported a sudden upsurge of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa attempting to cross its border via Belarus.

Some Polish analysts speculate that its eastern neighbour could be preparing another migration crisis reminiscent of last summer.

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A short recap of the #covid #madness of the past 2 years

Dont let it happen again!

Had to make a version of this meme for the channel 😉

@ChiefNerd

⭕️ Any day now…

Mark my words. India will be punished for daring to resist.
https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-india-pfizer/pfizer-drops-india-vaccine-application-after-regulator-seeks-local-trial-idUSKBN2A50GE

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NEW EVIDENCE OF MASS MURDER OF RUSSIAN PRISONERS OF WAR BY UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS

August 6, 2022

Irrefutable #evidence of the #execution of Russian prisoners of war (#POW)by Ukrainian militants — at the disposal of “Readovka” are videos taken shortly before the brutal execution of our soldiers and immediately after it.

Detailed analysis of the evidence and circumstances of the tragedy:

On August 3, we published a video filmed by Ukrainian militants this spring at the end of March in the #Chernigov region.

It depicts the bodies of #unarmed Russian prisoners of war, shot in the head in cold blood.

The executioners who dealt with our soldiers, contrary to all the provisions of the Geneva Convention, mocked the dead and boasted with laughter that they shot one while trying to escape..... MORE

NEW BATCHES OF UKRAINIAN TROOPS QUITTING THE FIGHT AS RUSSIA GRINDS ON

Ukraine’s President #Zelensky is spooked and having a tough time hiding it.

In remarks made on August 3rd, Zelensky is complaining that Europe is dragging its feet in supplying financial support to keep Ukraine afloat.

Zelensky then made a startling admission about who is winning the war in Ukraine:

“We still cannot break the advantage of the Russian army in artillery and in manpower, and this is very felt in the battles, especially in the Donbass – Peski, Avdiivka, and other directions.

It’s just hell.

It can’t even be described in words.”



When you consider the fact that Ukraine’s armed forces outnumbered the Russians who invaded by a factor of 3 to 1, ....... then you have to ask– exactly what “advantage” does the outnumbered Russian army enjoy?

....... MORE

Ukrainian TV personality, Yanina Sokolova.

A Ukrainian TV personality, infamous for Russophobic propaganda, stated on the air of the NTA TV channel: "Russians must not be taken prisoner. They must simply be killed. I don't see any chances to reach them, we've done everything (in our power). Nothing works. We will only win when we kill as many of them as possible, as well as disarm and demilitarize them. I have a lot of friends on Facebook and I often don't have room for new friends. So yesterday I removed all the "adequate Russians" with pro-Ukrainian views and blocked them all. I believe they have a collective sickness for which there is no cure other than to destroy them. I want them all to be destroyed as quickly as possible," the TV personality said.

https://t.me/Pravda_i_kotiki/1365

GREETINGS FROM AN AMERICAN IN RUSSIA

Ted Rall

If you’ve never been to #Russia, #Moscow feels a bit like D.C. — streets and plazas on a scale hostile to pedestrians, impressive metro, intimidating government buildings raised by and for the political class.

Saint #Petersburg is more like New York, the country’s intellectual capital, steeped in history, sophisticated and hip rather than utilitarian and brutalist.

Friends worried about my safety. Their concerns could not possibly have been more misplaced.

Some worried that I’d be detained like the WNBA player #Brittney #Griner, who got caught at a Moscow airport with vape cartridges containing #cannabis residue yet is being portrayed as a political hostage of Vladimir #Putin.

I wish Griner the best and hope she doesn’t go to prison, but I don’t understand the assumption of Americans that they don’t have to obey the law when they visit a foreign country.

If you can’t conform to local legal norms, stay home

The Russian economy, Americans have been told, is a wreck. If so, it’s the biggest secret in Russia. 

Storefronts are occupied, bustling with shoppers like it’s the week before Christmas.

Gas prices are a reasonable $3 a gallon.

Highways and city streets are choking with car traffic and pedestrians. Restaurants and bars are doing brisk business. New buildings are going up.

Nowhere in the nation’s two most important cities does one find deranged armies of homeless people screaming at thin air and threatening people, streets blanketed with litter and shattered and boarded-up storefronts, as are blighting New York.

There was an hour-long line — on a Tuesday — to enter the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.

To be sure, sanctions are affecting the tourism business. Hotel prices have fallen as a result.

Restaurants in tourist areas have been impacted as well. Westerners stopped coming when COVID began two years ago; this feels like an extension of that. So it’s not a shock.

Some Western businesses, like McDonald’s and Starbucks, have closed.

Who cares, except the Russian workers who got laid off?

Burger King is everywhere. As in Rome or Paris, you can score a much better cup of joe at a zillion cafes.

Nothing has made as big an impression on businesses in Russia as Visa and Mastercard’s decision to stop honoring American- and European-issued debit and credit cards in Russia.

Russian nationals can use their MIR debit and credit cards here, but not in the West.

When Westerners come to Russia, we have to bring a stack of cash to pay for everything, including hotels.

There is a sort of workaround; I have an account at one of the major U.S. banks that still has branches here and so have been able to withdraw cash via ATM

🇺🇸 #US 🇺🇸

BIDEN REGIME RAIDS HOME OF OPPOSITION LEADER

"After working and cooperating with the relevant Government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate," #Trump said in a statement.

Trump also said that FBI agents had forced open a safe as part of the #raid.

In recent months, Trump has been giving strong hints over another bid for president.

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