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The State Duma begins to think about the consequences of nationalization

The massive campaign of the Prosecutor General's Office to confiscate enterprises from the owners will kill any desire to invest in ruZZia, says deputy Valery Hartung.

“You say: the next source of attracting investment is the stock market. But after the court decision on the shares of minority shareholders in the Solikamsk plant, what investments can we talk about? Who will buy shares in organized trading? What are we talking about?” he said.

What nationalization? Putin says there is none, nothing is happening. 😁

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US Republicans vows Israel aid vote after Iran attack - Politico

House Republican leadership announced on Saturday that the chamber will vote next week on Israel legislation after Iran launched an aerial attack that quickly fueled new bipartisan calls for a foreign aid package.

“In light of Iran’s unjustified attack on Israel, the House will move from its previously announced legislative schedule next week to instead consider legislation that supports our ally Israel and holds Iran and its terrorist proxies accountable,” Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) Scalise said in a statement.

The announcement didn’t immediately make clear what legislation the House will vote on, or what it means for a broader Senate foreign aid package, which would pair funding for Israel with assistance for Ukraine and Taiwan, that has languished in the House.

Scalise said that “more details… will be forthcoming.”

Republican leaders are facing growing bipartisan pressure to take up an aid package in the wake of Iran’s attack.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell pushed for the House to take up the Senate-passed foreign aid package, saying it would “provide critical resources” for Israel, “overdue lethal assistance” for Ukraine and help for Taiwan. It marks the latest example of the Republican leader trying to nudge his GOP counterparts across the Capitol into taking up a bill they’ve so far resisted.

“The Commander-in-Chief and the Congress must discharge our fundamental duties without delay. The consequences of failure are clear, devastating, and avoidable,” McConnell (R-Ky.) added in a statement.

In the Moscow region, the most extensive military training call in a decade has been announced, as reported by The Moscow Times.

Enterprises are required to provide military enlistment offices with detailed information about employees, including names, dates and places of birth, fitness categories, military specialties, ranks, positions, places of residence, and phone numbers.

An employee from one of the military enlistment offices stated, “Letters are being sent to all organizations registered in the Moscow region. Our military enlistment office aims to assemble all conscripts for training in mid-June for a two-week period.”

It is noted that increased quotas for call-ups may also be implemented in other regions of Russia. The decree issued by Putin regarding “partial mobilization” in September 2022 remains in effect indefinitely, according to the publication.

Meanwhile, Western media reports suggest that Russia is preparing for a new offensive at the end of May or beginning of June. The Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia directions are highlighted as priority areas for the occupying forces, according to the Financial Times.

https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/the-most-hilarious-scenario-possible-could-end-up-playing-out-in-the-republican-house/55473/

The number of denunciations in Putinistan has tripled in two years

Russians are increasingly writing denunciations against relatives, neighbors and just strangers. The causes can be completely different - from conversations over a cigarette at the front door to photographs on social networks. Police sources reported in the first quarter of 2024, 575.000 denunciations throughout the country.

"Many informants are engaged in outright nonsense. Someone saw yellow laces in a neighbor's blue sneakers, and considers it necessary to report it. Of course, this is nonsense, but we must respond to every denunciation. And some of these letters end in real cases under the article on discrediting the army,” says a source in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

He says that the total number of requests is growing every year and sees this as a manifestation of patriotism, although he admits that sometimes the appeals are frankly idiotic in nature.

“It happens that competitors want to set the police against each other. They write that they play Ukrainian music in this coffee shop. We are forced to react,” says another source and adds that an sharp increase in the number of requests was noticed after the start of the war. In February-March 2022, just under 200.000 requests were written throughout the country.

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The State Duma begins to think about the consequences of nationalization

The massive campaign of the Prosecutor General's Office to confiscate enterprises from the owners will kill any desire to invest in ruZZia, says deputy Valery Hartung.

“You say: the next source of attracting investment is the stock market. But after the court decision on the shares of minority shareholders in the Solikamsk plant, what investments can we talk about? Who will buy shares in organized trading? What are we talking about?” he said.

What nationalization? Putin says there is none, nothing is happening. 😁

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The russian military freely buys Starlink terminals from SpaceX. Deliveries come from the USA, Europe, the UAE, Canada, Germany and Kazakhstan — Molfar.

The equipment is sold in at least 10 Russian stores and is supplied from the US, Europe, the UAE, Canada, Germany, China and Kazakhstan. An investigation of Molfar.

Information that the military is using Starlink on the territory of Ukraine appeared in February 2024. The coverage map from the official Starlink website shows that satellite Internet works in the territories of Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, part of Donetsk and Luhansk regions temporarily occupied by russia.

Among the sellers are Moscow-based DJI RUSSIA (the main profile is the distribution of drones from the Chinese company SZ DJI Technology Co. Ltd) and FOR GUN (IP Chekulenko Pyotr Vitalievich, the main business is the sale of everything related to weapons and at the same time does not require licensing), as well as the Volgograd Top Machines (the main activity is the exchange of UAE dirhams for rubles and the supply of luxury cars to Russia or Kazakhstan). In total, experts have identified at least 10 stores in russia where Starlink is sold.

One of the stores is located in Moscow, on Khodynsky Boulevard, 20A. On the main page of the site, they frankly write why and to whom Starlink is sold. A contact person for this store told the authors of the study that Starlink has been on sale here for more than half a year.

One of the largest sellers is the online appliance store Miele, a German manufacturer of premium household appliances. In 2022, it was reported that Miele suspended sales in russia, but continued post-warranty service for equipment already sold.

At the same time, Miele equipment continues to be sold in Z-landia. Only now the assortment includes not only expensive washing machines and vacuum cleaners, but also Starlink terminals. The likely owner is 33-year-old Andrey Vasilyevich Osanov, who, judging by social networks, likes to attend Ayaz Shabutdinov's business trainings and, probably, is the nominal owner, The Insider found out. His contact is listed on several websites and social networks of Russian Miele equipment stores.

Another store, Shopozz, reports that Starlink and its components are being resold from foreign stores with delivery to Russia. They deliver from the USA, Canada, Germany, China, the website says. At the same time the terminals are not activated, subscriptions are sold aside.

There are many Starlink kits in the war zone. "The reasons for using it are convenience, mobility and security," said one. "Mimicry of the enemy with the help of his own means also helps. On the battlefield, it is difficult to distinguish who owns the account: the Armed Forces of Ukraine or the russian army. The Ukrainian military has repeatedly stated that they record almost more Starlink receivers on the Russian side than they have themselves."

Read more (The Insider - Russian) and (Molfar - Ukrainian)

English translated (The Insider) and (Molfar)

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Flood situation in Russia:

About 12.700 residential buildings in 39 regions remain flooded due to floods, reports the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

In some settlements people are trying to protect their houses from the flood on their own with sand walls.

Orenburg: Water continues to flood Orenburg - the level of the Urals has risen to 1183 cm. In Orsk, the water level is falling, but still remains above the critical level.

Kurgan: The governor of the Kurgan region called on residents to evacuate. More than 260 residential buildings and over 400 household plots remain flooded.

Tomsk: A state of emergency will be introduced in some areas of the Tomsk region. 66 household plots and 27 residential buildings were flooded.

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Falsification of history remembers not only "1984" but was also a trusted mechanism under Stalin as well as in other brutal dictatorships as in North Korea.

Addition to previous report. Denial began in November 2023 at the initiative of the Communist Party. A working group was created for a "possible revision of assessments of the circumstances of the tragedy of Katyn". In the summer of 2022, by decision of the Ministry of Culture, the Polish flag disappeared from the memorial in Katyn “due to the hostile position” of the country, and the State Duma called to remove the entire memorial.

“We know almost everything about this crime: who exactly committed it, with what weapon,” states Alexander Cherkasov, from the liquidated Memorial Human Right Center. Those who say that this is falsification take us back to 1943, back to Stalin’s falsification. Denial of the crime in Bucha is the same. Denial of Stalin's crimes is an attempt to reinforce the denial of modern war crimes."

“We don't have any doubts, we were all able to familiarize ourselves with these documents,” points out historian Andrei Zubov, referring to the declassified documents from the WWII that have been previously published and the most important handed over to Poland. “What is happening now is an example of the degradation of power and the idea of power as the guardian of truth.”

The mass murders of Katyn committed by Stalin's executioners were never punished, nor compensated. It seems that Putin attempts to shed his responsibility for the mass murder of Bucha and all other war crimes in the same way.

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What is known: Iran attacked Israel with a number of 170 drones, over 30 cruise missiles and over 120 ballistic missiles. The vast majority of them were intercepted. The attack lasted 5 hours.

IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said none of the drones entered Israeli airspace, and all were shot down over Iraq and Jordan by allied fighter jets.

US forces were also involved in defending Israel, intercepting more than 70 one-way attack drones and at least three ballistic missiles, according to two US officials familiar with the situation.

The ballistic missiles that did reach Israel fell on the Nevatim Airbase in southern Israel, Hagari said, adding that they caused only light structural damage.

Iran claims all military targets intended to be hit, were successfully hit.

‼️British Army veteran Sean Pinner, who since 2018 officially served in the 36th Separate Brigade of Marines named after Rear Admiral Mykhailo Bilinsky, fought on the side of Ukraine and was captured by the Russians in Mariupol in 2022, won a court case against the Russian Federation. This is reported by The Daily Mail.

The Solomyan District Court of Kyiv, to which Sean Pinner filed a lawsuit in October 2023, decided to pay material compensation for torture in Russian captivity.

➡️This case can create a precedent for thousands of Ukrainian soldiers released from Russian captivity, who suffered abuse and torture in captivity, to file their lawsuits against the aggressor country.

☝️ Sean Pinner himself understands that it is almost impossible to collect proper compensation from Russia now, but it will be possible in 5-10 years, when the power in the Kremlin changes and Russia will have to pay such compensations.

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❤️🔥 This rescue story reminds of the importance of human compassion and the willingness to help everyone, regardless of the circumstances.

Rescuers of the State Emergency Service rescued 5 puppies during the liquidation of a fire in a non-residential building in the city of Sumy. Fortunately, everything is fine with the little one, they were not injured. The furries were returned by their mothers.

Not a day without a good deed 🫶

The video was too large. The puppies were quite small. The mother carried them away to a new hiding place.

https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/this-is-just-embarrassing-for-republican-governor-kristi-noem/55472/

Ukraine plans to launch a counter-offensive in 2025 if it “holds out” in 2024 - Le Figaro

Western officials say Kyiv is now in its most vulnerable position in two years of war. There is a risk of a collapse of Ukrainian forces and a Russian breakthrough,

Russian missile attacks and bombings, as well as ammunition shortages and advances at the front, are fueling fears that the military conflict in Ukraine is nearing a turning point.

A White House spokesman said Congress needed to act to approve the military aid and there was no other way.

The French military believes that the one who mobilizes first will win, but both sides are not yet ready to take decisive steps. Ukrainian society is tired of war, and the Kremlin is avoiding unpopular decisions so as not to provoke internal opposition.

The French official notes Ukraine's interest in the SAMPT air defense system, comparable to the American Patriot. More than the system itself, it needs missiles, but the manufacturer will not be able to supply more Aster 30 missiles in the short term.

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