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The factories that produced the most popular vodka in Putinistan stopped working due to the threat of nationalization.

The alcohol factories "Russian North" in Vologda and "Rodnik and K" in Mytishchi near Moscow that produced the popular vodka "Horta" (formerly - "Khortytsia") have stopped production.
Until April 2022, they belonged to the Global Spirits holding of Ukrainian businessman Yevhen Chernyak. Later, the enterprises were transferred to the Traditions of Success Group of Companies of Alexander Bespalov. But the state claims now that the deal was formal in nature and the assets remained under Chernyak's control. The Ukrainian businessman himself denied that he owned any enterprises in ruZZia.

According to one of the interlocutors of Vedomosti, the cessation of vodka production is directly related to the criminal prosecution of Bespalov, who is suspected of giving a bribe when buying the ruZZian assets of Global Spirits. Another interlocutor recalled that the Traditions of Success group "is in the process of being transferred to the temporary management of the Federal Property Management Agency."

At the same time, one of the sources claimed that Horta is now "in small volumes" produced by the enterprises of another company, but he did not disclose which one.

On May 15, the Prosecutor General's Office demanded the nationalization of the former assets of the Global Spirits holding on the basis that the founder of the company is a major sponsor of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). The day before, the Leninsky District Court of Kursk arrested the assets of Russky Sever, Rodnik and K, as well as seven more legal entities at the request of the prosecutor's office.

Prior to that, a criminal case was opened against the founder of Global Spirits for financing terrorism.

According to state-controlled Kommersant, before the start of the war in Ukraine, Khortytsa was the leader of the Z-vodka market and market sources attributed the popularity of Global Spirits brands to the relatively low price.

So it is God killing the people of Belgorod, not the negligence of the Russian Ait Force??? Mystery of friendly fire finally solved!
Archpriest of the Putin Orthodox Cult said that Belgorod is being bombed because Belgorod residents pray too little.

Belgorod continues to be shelled and bombed because local residents do not pray enough - this opinion was expressed by Archpriest of the Russian Orthodox Church Andrei Tkachev.

"Now people are saying, what about Belgorod? And Belgorod, my friends, should pray to Joasaph of Belgorod from morning to evening that he would protect his city. And when Belgorod is bombed, I didn't hear the prayer hype around Joasaph, the people don't know him," the priest said in a video that he published on his page on the social network VK.

The locals should have "seen the light a long time ago" and constantly perform prayers, processions of the cross and psalter readings, so that "the Lord would have mercy on Tetkino, Shebekino, Belgorod and everything else."

The same deluded bearded frock stated earlier at a meeting with Orthodox youth, that "it is necessary to break a woman on the knee, beat off her horns," and also proposed to "wash off all this pornographic paint that is applied to her by modern civilization." In his opinion, if this is not done, then a woman will command a man and turn him into a "henpecked man". His Archassholious also proposed to conduct raids on Moscow nightclubs and send "sexually mature horses with dilated pupils" (?) to the front.

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Patrushev the shipbuilder
Putin assigned his KGB friend Patrushev to oversee... shipbuilding.

According to press parrot pesky Peskov, the Kremlin simply took into account the “vast experience” of the former Secretary of the Security Council.

Right... Formally, Patrushev actually graduated from the Leningrad Shipbuilding Institute 50 years ago, but he during his whole life he was involved with the KGB and FSB.

So, some experts call the new position of the 72-year-old architect of the war an “honorary pension.” Others talk about that he's "been ditched" because he failed as security chief.

But you do not need to have a particular job title to have Putin's ear. Not to forget that his son has been promoted to deputy prime minister.

And Meduza’s sources say that despite formal responsibility for “shipbuilding issues,” Patrushev will retain part of his influence and will continue to be responsible for contacts with the security forces of other countries.

Time will tell

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Iranian media report on the "hard landing" of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter - mass media

Raisi was heading to the province of East Azerbaijan to open a dam. State television said the incident took place near the town of Jolfa, located on the border with Azerbaijan, about 600 kilometers northwest of Iran's capital, Tehran.

According to IRNA, among the passengers of this helicopter were Raisi, Ayatollah al-Hashem, Imam of Juma-Tabriz, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Governor of East Azerbaijan Malik Rahmati. Severe weather conditions and heavy fog make it difficult for more than 20 rescue teams and drones to work as visibility was literally 5 meters.

Until now there were no signs of survivors.
The Mehr news agency deleted previously published information that “the President of Iran is fine and is traveling by car to Tabriz”

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Elon Musk's satellite Internet stopped working for the Armed Forces of Ukraine before the ruZZian offensive on Kharkiv.

The russian offensive in northeastern Ukraine was expected for several months, but it still began unexpectedly. Just before the invasion, the Starlink satellite Internet terminals, which are used, among other things, to broadcast a video stream from reconnaissance drones, stopped working at Ukrainian units.

The 125th Territorial Defense Brigade controlled a 40-kilometer section of the border with the Belgorod region and watched through drones as the group was deployed from the russian side. But on the morning of May 10, when the invasion took place, the drone unit was "blinded," writes The Washington Post (WaPo): the brigade lost all video data due to Russian electronic interference.

Communication is provided using Starlink satellite Internet: Elon Musk's company SpaceX provided this connection to Ukraine at the beginning of the war. Subsequently, the Pentagon ordered Starlink terminals for the Ukrainian military from SpaceX. The operation of the system is provided by more than 6000 satellites in low Earth orbit.

Starlink devices have completely shut down for the first time since the invasion in February 2022, writes WaPo. "At some point, we went completely blind," the commander of the drone unit of the 125th Brigade with the call sign Artist told the newspaper. "That was the biggest problem: we didn't see them moving, we only talked on the radio or phones where they were still working." The image from the drones, he said, "just disappeared."

Musk explained that with Starlink satellites were "under strong pressure" due to a strong geomagnetic storm on the Sun, which occurred on the evening of May 10 - on the morning of May 11 - after the start of the offensive.

Nonetheless, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have managed to stop the advance of the occupiers.

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Not the first time. Musk has reportedly ordered before to turn off Starlink to disrupt planned Ukrainian military attacks "to avoid escalation". Nonetheless Starlink terminals and services are sold to ruZZians especially for use in the war as an investigation of Molfar evidenced.

@freerussia_report

Sunday. Day off. Warm early summer day in the Kharkiv region.

There are a lot of visitors at the recreational facility.

People are relaxing with their families and children are playing.

Two russian Iskanders (TBC) arrived.

The strike was accompanied by "eagles" (reconnaissance drones) that were observing in the air.

They saw where and who they were hitting. There were no soldiers there.

Only civilians.

5 are now dead, at least 16 people were injured. Eight of them are in serious condition. Among the injured is an 8-year-old child.

One of the dead was a 7 months pregnant woman.

Families have been shattered and blown to pieces.

Russia is a terrorist country.

The first minutes after the arrival of the russian rockets.

Among the injured are a police officer and a paramedic who came to help people and were injured as a result of a repeated strike by the russians.

Units of the State Emergency Service and the National Police are involved in eliminating the consequences of the shelling and helping the victims. Psychologists work.

"Targeted killing of civilians became common practice for the Russian invaders. We carefully record every crime. Every war criminal must receive a just punishment", State Emergency Service.

For months, the Biden administration claimed that Israel "did not present a credible plan" for the evacuation of the refugees from Rafah, and that the move would take many months. 12 days after the start of the IDF operation, close to a million refugees have already been evacuated at record speed and without any special problems.

By delaying the operation in Rafah, the Biden administration not only harmed Israel's security and violated its commitment to eliminate Hamas - it prolonged the war, prolonged the captivity of the abductees and the suffering of the Palestinian population, all in the name of narrow political interests.

This is not how an ally behaves, this is not how a statesman behaves, this is not how a friend behaves. This is what politicians do.

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Instant detonation of a Russian tank💥💥💥

The FPV drone, assembled in Ukraine from Chinese components, combined with a Soviet cumulative grenade destroys the occupiers' tank.

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How about they don't get paid when the budget - the entire budget, isn't passed on time. They don't get it after passing a late budget. That portion of their pay is lost forever.

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