TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian Z fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2992. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
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Concerns Grow Over Potential Biological Weapons Production Near Moscow
According to The Washington Post, Russia may resume producing biological weapons that pose significant risks to humanity near Moscow. Satellite images reveal unusual activity at a closed facility northeast of the city, showing construction equipment renovating the old laboratory and laying the foundations for ten new buildings.
This construction at Sergiy Posad-6 is under the watchful eye of American intelligence and bioweapons experts due to rising concerns about Moscow's intentions.
Russia expands their biological weapons labs
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/russia-expands-biological-weapons-research-center/
In the referendum in Moldova, supporters of European integration win by a small margin. The fate of the referendum will be decided by those who voted abroad.
In the referendum on the issue of Moldova's European integration, after processing 98.38% of the ballots, its supporters win by a small margin: 50.08% of voters voted for European integration, 49.92% voted against. The data is published on the website of the Central Election Commission of the country. The result is still unpredictable, the situation has changed several times during the vote count.
It remains to process data from 35 polling stations abroad.
In the presidential elections in Moldova, which were held on October 20 along with the referendum, according to preliminary data, the incumbent President Maia Sandu received the largest number of votes (38.17%), followed by the candidate from the Party of Socialists (PSRM), former Prosecutor General Alexandr Stoianoglo (28.61%). They advance to the second round.
A certain "criminal group" tried to bribe voters, Sandu said during a short meeting with the press after the closure of polling stations. "They fought with the dirtiest methods to bring our citizens and the country into a zone of uncertainty and instability. We have evidence and information that the goal of the criminal group was to buy 300 thousand votes, the scale of this falsification is unprecedented. The goal was to undermine democratic elections, the goal was to instill fear and panic."
Last month Ilan Shor, a pro-Russian Moldovan businessman and convicted fraudster/politician who now lives in Russia, said he would pay money to convince “as many people as possible” to vote No or to abstain in the EU referendum. In recent weeks Moldovan authorities uncovered a giant scheme of payments coming from Moscow – and paid to people to vote against Sandu and the EU referendum.
The BBC stumbled upon evidence of vote-buying at a polling station for residents of the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria. A BBC producer heard a woman who had just dropped her ballot in the transparent box ask an election monitor where she would get paid.
When asked directly whether she had been offered cash to vote, she admitted it without qualms. She was angry that a man who had sent her to the polling station was no longer answering her calls. “He tricked me!” she said.
Also in Gagauzia, a Moldavian region where Putin is supported, most people think with horror about joining the EU, and are waiting for the arrival of a new "Orthodox tsar"
Funnily enough the master of shamlections from the Kremlin complained that the Moldovan voting results raise many questions and were "not free".
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Lithuania decided to dismantle the power line with Russia.
Lithuania will begin dismantling the power lines connecting it to Russia and Belarus in the spring of 2025, the Lithuanian National Radio and Television reports, citing the power grid operator Litgrid.
The disconnection of the infrastructure is scheduled for February 8, when the agreement on the unified electric power system of Belarus, russia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (BRELL) expires. "Immediately after that, the demolition will begin."
The operator clarifies that some of the lines will remain operational until the actual connection of Lithuania to the unified energy system of continental Europe, which is expected to happen on February 9, 2025. In July, Lithuania officially notified Russia and Belarus of the non-renewal of the BRELL treaty and excluded these lines from the list of objects related to national security already on October 23.
The intention of the Baltic countries to disconnect their power grids from BRELL was reported in early summer. Initially, it was assumed that the connection of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to the continental European power grid would take place at the end of 2025.
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🇬🇪❗️In Georgia, two opposition parties have announced they do not recognize the results of the parliamentary elections
The parties in question are Mikheil Saakashvili’s “United National Movement” and the “Coalition for Change.” The leader of the Coalition, Gvamaria, claims that the ruling party, “Georgian Dream,” is orchestrating a constitutional coup.
Earlier, the Central Election Commission released results from 70% of polling stations, showing the ruling “Georgian Dream” party with 52.9% and opposition parties with 38.2%.
The opposition has announced upcoming protests, reports “Echo of the Caucasus.”
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How Vladimir Putin isolated Russia.
During Putin's initial presidential tenure, the Russian economy grew on average by seven percent per year, driven by economic reforms and a fivefold increase in the price of oil and gas. Additionally, Putin led Russia in a conflict against Chechen separatists, re establishing federal control over the region.
While serving as prime minister under Medvedev, he oversaw a military conflict with Georgia and enacted military and police reforms.
In his third presidential term, Russia annexed Crimea and supported a war in eastern Ukraine through several military incursions, resulting in international sanctions and a financial crisis in Russia.
He also ordered a military intervention in Syria to support his ally Bashar al-Assad during the Syrian civil war, ultimately securing permanent naval bases in the Eastern Mediterranean.
In February 2022, during his fourth presidential term, Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which prompted international condemnation and led to expanded sanctions.
In September 2022, he announced a partial mobilization and forcibly annexed four Ukrainian oblasts, together roughly the size of Portugal, into Russia.
In March 2023, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Putin for war crimes related to his alleged criminal responsibility for illegal child abductions during the war.
In April 2021, after a referendum, he signed into law constitutional amendments that included one allowing him to run for reelection twice more, potentially extending his presidency to 2036.
In March 2024, he was re elected to another term.
What is next depends on how much Russian people will allow, and how much financing he gets for his war schemes.
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The second farm with slaves was found in a month.
In the village of Slava Truda, Rostov region, a farm was discovered, the owner of which kept 18 people in slavery. People were lured there by deception, offering to make money on harvesting. They never saw the money. Instead, they were sent to the barracks, having previously taken away their passports. Slaves lived in unsanitary conditions, forced to obey orders and beaten for disobedience. People were rescued thanks to volunteers from the Alternativa center and the police.
A group of recruiters acted in the interests of the owner of the farm. One of the victims said that he was drinking on a bench in Rostov-on-Don when strangers sat down with him, and then woke up on the ground without a phone, documents and money. At that moment, a farm recruiter was nearby with an offer to "earn extra money in warehouses" for a thousand rubles a day. Thus, the man fell into slavery. Later, he managed to get hold of the phone and contact the family. They called the police.
According to state controlled media, the farm was run by a 44-year-old native of Azov, Raja Limansky, a "gypsy" nicknamed Batya, previously convicted of fraud and kidnapping.
The farm with slaves in the Aksai district could not be the only one. One of the victims said that they had no choice but to remain subordinate to Limansky: "There is a gypsy highway here, it is impossible to escape. If you run away from here, you get into another company."
This is the second slave farm discovered in Russia in the last month. At the end of September, 10 people were released in the Tula region.
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25 billion rubles spent on cosmetics for the BRICS summit in Kazan
And this isn't the full amount, Deputy Prime Minister and Chief of Staff of the Cabinet of Ministers of Tatarstan Shamil Gafarov, told RBC.
The money was allocated from the federal and republican budgets. In particular, 25 bn was to be spent on building a children's park on the embankment of the Kazanka River and repairing lighting networks along the summit routes. Repairs and reconstruction of bus stops, building facades, roads, pedestrian crossings, and installing fences.
Construction, repair and cosmetic work had been carried out in 22 hotels in Kazan for the summit. In particular, 14 hotels had been equipped with luxury and presidential rooms.
Due to the preparations, it was proposed to increase the expenditure side of the Tatarstan budget by 39.2 billion rubles. The expenses are mainly related to bringing the social and engineering infrastructure, as well as the roads of Kazan, into a standard condition.
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Russia warned Iran of impending Israeli strike
Hours before the start of Israel's air operation, Russia warned Iran by sharing intelligence about potential targets and possible actions by the IDF, a source told Sky News Arabia. According to the channel's interlocutor, the information was provided "within the framework of cooperation" with the Islamic Republic to "reduce the escalation in the region."
Thanks to the information received from Russia, Iran was able to prepare and reduce the scale of damage from Israeli strikes, the source claims. Earlier, the authorities of the republic reported the "partial" destruction of military centers in the provinces of Tehran, Khuzestan, Ilam and the death of two servicemen as a result of an IDF air operation, noting that air defense managed to "repel most" of the attacks.
On the morning of October 26, the Israel Defense Forces announced the successful completion of the air operation in Iran, which was a response to the "months-long attacks" against the Jewish state. As a result, air defense systems and missile production facilities were hit, but the IDF avoided strikes on nuclear and oil facilities, focusing exclusively on military targets.
According to The Jerusalem Post, the operation began with preliminary strikes on radars in Syria to "blind" Iran's air defenses. This was followed by shelling of Tehran and Karaj. The target was "key military facilities of the Iranian defense industry," including missile factories, enterprises for the development and production of drones, as well as ballistic missile launch bases.
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"These bastards hit a residential building in Dnipro with a ballistic missile. A child's arm was torn off."
The mayor of the city of Dnipro, Filatov, gave an official statement regarding Russia's ballistic missile attack on a group of residential buildings.
There are currently 3 dead, 19 injured, 16 residential buildings and a hospital were hit.
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In what is appearing as part of a full takeover of the Georgian government, a mob of thugs from the Russian-backed ruling regime are violently invading the headquarters of opposition party United National Movement.
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🇬🇪In Tbilisi, a large brawl broke out near a polling station between activists from the pro-Russian “Georgian Dream” party and election observers.
The clash involved several dozen people.
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I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian Z fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2992. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
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