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.
Joined Dec 2022
Ramzan Kadyrov declared a "blood feud" against billionaire Kerimov and two State Duma deputies.
During a meeting with law enforcement officials, the head of Chechnya claimed that State Duma deputies Bekhan Barakhoev, Rizvan Kurbanov, and Senator Suleyman Kerimov had ordered his assassination for 100 million.
He made this statement in the context of the attack on the main office of Wildberries, where Chechens were involved.
"They have their own businesses, and not only did they take this woman's [Tatyana Kim's] business, but they even ordered me to be killed.".
There are discussions in russia that it could lead to a war or killings between Chechens and Dagestanis.
In Odintsovo, Moscow Region, an attack was committed on a former associate of Akhmat Kadyrov and former deputy chairman of the Ingush government, Sherip Alikhadzhiev
This was reported by Kommersant and other media. The attack occurred late in the evening, when Alikhadzhiev was returning home, he received serious injuries and was hospitalized in the intensive care unit of a local hospital.
Previously, Alikhadzhiev was one of Akhmat Kadyrov's closest associates during the first Chechen war, and later held the post of deputy chairman of the government of Ingushetia.
Prior to the attack, Ramzan Kadyrov announced his intention to declare a blood feud against Senator Kerimov and State Duma deputies Bekkhan Barakhoev (Ingushetia) and Rizvan Kurbanov (Dagestan), who allegedly tried to order his murder.
It is believed that Kerimov is protecting businesswoman Tatyana Kim and the merger of Wildberries with Russ, and Kadyrov is protecting Vladislav Bakalchuk, who is trying to stop what is happening against the backdrop of a divorce.
- Are the russian mafia clans turning against each other? And who will Godfather Putin favour?
🤔🇺🇸 Johnson: “I don’t have an appetite for further Ukraine funding, and I hope it’s not necessary. If Trump wins, I believe that he actually can bring that conflict to a close. I think he’ll call Putin and tell him that this is enough. If Harris wins, I don’t think it ends."
- Imagine that! And if Putin doesn't listen?
Journalist Viktoria Roshchyna, whose death was reported yesterday, was held by Russians in Detention Center No. 2 in the city of Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, Russia. According to former prisoners, this detention facility is notorious for its brutal torture methods
"Taganrog is known as one of the most horrific places for Ukrainians detained in Russia. It’s called hell on earth. Azov fighters from Azovstal are also held there. Released individuals have spoken about the horrific torture they endured. Everyone there, whom Russians want to frame as criminals, ends up confessing to crimes they did not commit. After that, they are transferred to Rostov and put on trial," said human rights advocate Tetiana Katrychenko.
How a Russian operative snared an Irish politician.
Despite his extensive counter-surveillance training, Sergey Prokopiev failed to notice the surveillance officers monitoring his activities at quarters. Officially, Prokopiev served as a counsellor at the Russian embassy on Orwell Road in Dublin, but this was a cover story.
Prokopiev was a spy: a high-ranking military intelligence officer sent to Ireland by Russia’s armed forces to operate under diplomatic cover. His mission was to recruit and handle agents, sources and assets from the worlds of politics, business and media, but also to engage in what Russians call active measures: the modern iteration of the political warfare tactics employed by the KGB during the Cold War.
At the time of his arrival in Ireland in March 2019, Prokopiev was focused on rebuilding Russia’s intelligence network on both sides of the border. He was particularly interested in establishing contacts with loyalist and republican paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland, which had sprung to life during the Brexit negotiations between the European Union and Britain.
Loyalists were threatening violence over the negotiations, which proposed creating an invisible border in the Irish Sea to prevent the return of a land border. The Kremlin was interested in exploiting these tensions as part of its covert efforts to destabilise relations between Ireland and Britain and the West.
Read more about how 'Classic Cold War tradecraft' lured a sitting member of the Oireachtas to offer his services to a spy.
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Activist Disrupts Hungarian PM's EU Presidency News Conference In France.
An activist and municipal councilor for a Hungarian opposition party disrupted a news conference in the French city of Strasbourg on Tuesday, as Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was laying out his plans for Hungary’s six-month presidency of the European Union.
Márton Gyekiczki, interrupted Orbán as he was speaking about his opposition to immigration, running toward the podium where Orbán sat and throwing a stack of what appeared to be banknotes at the prime minister.
“How much did you sell out the country for? How much did you sell out the country for, Mr. Prime Minister?”, Gyekiczki yelled as the papers scattered. “He sold out to Putin, he sold out to Xi Jinping!”
The president of the Democratic Coalition party, former Prime Minister Ference Gyurcsány, later wrote on social media that he was “proud” of Gyekiczki for his actions. “We will say it everywhere and always: Hungary has a traitorous government!”
The reference about "sold to China" gets understandable when taking into consideration that Chinese police is now allowed to act legally in Hungary. This gives the Chinese regime the possibility to control and spy on their citizens legally, especially dissidents. In 2022 the Spanish NGO Safeguard Defenders denounced that China is operating almost 40 illegal police stations in the EU, targeting and seeking to intimidate mainly political dissidents and members of persecuted communities.
Moreover China is very interested in using Orban the same way as Putin - to influence the EU and get a foot inside. For Orban it's all about the money. China gets an important bridgehead in conquering European markets, Orban gets some sort of a 'strategic corruption' framework agreement with China, like the Budapest-Belgrade railway line renovation, covered to 85% by Chinese loans. It might take an entire century to pay back in full, and the regime "can take out several billion euros a year."
Meanwhile, EU officials have already stated they are looking to limit China's economic aspirations in Europe.
Orban got also thunder from Ursula von der Leyen in a fiery clash at the European Parliament.
“There are still some who blame this war not on Putin’s lust for power but on Ukraine’s thirst for freedom, so I want to ask them: would they ever blame the Hungarians for the Soviet invasion in 1956? There is no European language where peace is synonymous with surrender and sovereignty is synonymous with occupation.”
On Wednesday, some in the European Parliament fired back with a song. After his speech some members started singing “Bella Ciao,” an Italian antifascist resistance song from the World War II-era.
“You are not welcome here,” Terry Reintke, the co-leader of the Greens Party in the European Parliament, told Mr. Orban. “This is the house of European democracy.”
The champion for “illiberal democracy” again called for a change of policy and supported Putin painting a bleak future of an EU "falling apart." Also reiterated his support of Trump saying "We will open several bottles of Champagne if Trump is back,” at a news conference.
'Make Europe Great Again' is Orban's motto in lend-lease. I agree, start with suspending voting rights of every member country that is violating the rule of law.
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Russia's 155th brigade of the Russian Pacific Fleet lost 2400 out of their 3000 personnel in the battles for Vuhledar, an 80% loss, according to BBC Russian Service investigative report.
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👀🇬🇧 British military chiefs are considering sending troops to Ukraine to train soldiers in "secluded" locations to help Kyiv's recruitment efforts, — The Times
This would solve some of the logistical issues that come with sending Ukrainian troops to UK bases for training and save money, according to two sources with knowledge of the talks
I am on my president's side
Actor Steven Seagal said he was ready to take part in the war on the side of Russia and even die for Putin at the front.
So when will you be enlisting Steven?
📩 🐵 According to him, at the very beginning of the "Special Military Operation" he sent Putin a letter in which he said that if necessary he would give his life for the president
SOON?
Ops-ops-ops, what's going on? 💬
Feodosia, Crimea. Another oil tank exploded at the oil depot that was attacked four days ago 🤨
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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