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The CIA is using a European NATO ally’s spy service to conduct a covert sabotage campaign inside Russia under the agency’s direction, according to former U.S. intelligence and military officials. | Jack Murphy

The campaign involves long standing sleeper cells that the allied spy service has activated to hinder Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine by waging a secret war behind Russian lines. Years in the planning, the campaign is responsible for many of the unexplained explosions and other mishaps that have...

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[The binman chronicles]

It's amazing how Russia can fight any wars with the lack of balance their citizens show.

 

[PhilM]

Where would all this go? Off to Ukraine, or anywhere but the Russian forces?

 

[toffee82]

Gotta be fake news. That's Jim Robinson from Neighbours in the picture.

 

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Gotta be fake news. That's Jim Robinson from Neighbours in the picture.

Head of major Russian shipyard dies suddenly, no cause given

A major Russian shipyard that specialises in building non-nuclear submarines said its general director had died suddenly on Saturday after 11 years in the job, but gave no details.

www.reuters.com

 

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Dec 27 (Reuters) - Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, an arch loyalist of Vladimir Putin given a new job this week, predicted war between Germany and France next year and a civil war in the United States that would lead to Elon Musk becoming president.

Just when you think you’ve read every possible piece of hilarious bullsh*t emanating from the Kremlin, this appears lol

 

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https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en


Antonov's companion Vladimir Bidenov was found dead in the same hotel four days prior to Antonov's death.

Aleksey Maslov, 69, ex chief of Russian Ground Forces, died in hospital on 25 December.

Aleksandr Buzakov, 67, died on 24 December. He headed "Admiralty Shipyards" for 10 years - they produced submarines that shot Kinzhals at Ukraine.

Vladimir Sungorkin, 68, died in Russian Far East on 14 September. He was editor in chief of a popular Russian propaganda media Komsomolskaya Pravda.

Vladislav Avayev, 51, was killed in Moscow. Police also found the bodies of his wife and daughter in the apartment. Avayev was the vice-president of Gazprombank, third largest bank in Russia by assets.

Aleksandr Tyulyakov, 61, was found dead in Leninskiy village (where Gazprom's top managers live) on 25 February. He was Deputy General Director of Gazprom's SRC for Corporate Security.

Leonid Shulman, 60, was found dead in Leninskiy village where Gazprom's top managers live, on 30 January. Shulman was head of Transport Service of Gazprom Invest.

 

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[Zatara]

Welcome to Russia...

 

[Tony101]

Ukraine seizes $54 million worth of assets of Russian oligarch Usmanov. 160,000 tons of Ukrainian iron ore belonging to the Kremlin-linked oligarch were en route to be exported by sea to be used by Russia's metallurgy & military industry.https://euromaidanpress.com/2022/12...-worth-of-assets-of-russian-oligarch-usmanov/

 

[Roger Milla]

Ukraine seizes $54 million worth of assets of Russian oligarch Usmanov. 160,000 tons of Ukrainian iron ore belonging to the Kremlin-linked oligarch were en route to be exported by sea to be used by Russia's metallurgy & military industry.https://euromaidanpress.com/2022/12...-worth-of-assets-of-russian-oligarch-usmanov/

Knowing our luck that was probably heading to BMD

 

[PhilM]

 

[Lobster Johnson]

He does appear to be mocking Medvedev.

Every time I see Medvedev I think of Stewart Lee's sketch about how contemptible Richard Hammond is and that if you change out Clarkson for Putin it'd be about Medvedev.

He's not even a real hamster.

 

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[Yarrgh]

He's not even a real hamster.

He's not even a real bear.