This thread is about Russia and any events, political or otherwise, that are or might be worth discussing.
Any news, links or posts pertaining to the situation involving Russia, Crimea and Ukraine must be put in the 'Crisis in Ukraine' thread.
Group of deputies wants Gorbachev investigated over Soviet break-up.
Above in the Guardian version.
Putin's war against Russia's last independent TV channel.
No discussion regarding nuclear war. As nuclear weapons are not being used by either side, nuclear war is off-topic.
Edited by MacronNotes on Feb 27th 2022 at 11:26:10 AM
Brenner's Wolves Fight Again
Nigerian or Nigerien?
Where there's life, there's hope.
The latter. Didn't realize that the "e" was missing.
Sooo... that gigantic flood in Russia that's been in the news for weeks now?
It just flooded a uranium mine.
This shit just keeps getting worse...
Oof...
Saw the RFE vid on Central Asian migrants celebrating the end of Eid under tight politsiya security.
𐀀𐀩𐀯𐀂𐀰𐀅𐀡𐀄
Isn't uranium relatively safe when it's in a mine? It need processing still. About as risky as flooding a coal mine no?
Secret Signature
It is relatively safe even when processed. (Also uranium is everywhere in nature, uranum mines just have a bit more of the stuff than average).
https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1782708697715601901
A weird and sad tale. A mom whose son died got bereavement payments from the Russian military. Apparently, she's sending her kids to death in Ukraine just to buy a new place and repair the family house in the countryside.
Oh, bother.
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You don't want that in your water any more than you want to be drinking coal.
As a result, the latest flooding has likely sent radioactive substances into the river, environmentalists said, potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of people living near the banks of the Tobol downstream.
Local ecologists said that the mines have been accumulating "radioactive sludge" for years, while authorities have ignored numerous public protests against continued uranium mining in this area, which is prone to spring flooding from the Tobol River.
And of course the authorities tried to ignore the problem.
It was a dark joke a few months into the war that families have decided their sons are worth more dead than alive.
Edited by M84 on Apr 23rd 2024 at 8:58:51 PM
Disgusted, but not surprised
I'm going to need a second source on that, because it is almost too ridiculously evil.
Surrounded by weirdoes
You'd think half the Russian authorities would be in jail because of bribes or similar stuff. Did he piss off someone else?
Wake me up at your own risk.
Did he piss off someone else?
Yes. Have you already forgotten Prighozin?
https://twitter.com/Archer83Able/status/1783065304949526734
A vid of Timur attending trial.
Russian oil depots with anti-drone protection.
Map of the Rozdoro, Smolensk region, shocking the damage by drones (before and after).
Putin now starts his fifth term as president.
Surovikin shows up from Africa en route to Moscow.
Victory Day parade already finished.
I saw Shoigu in a full stream somewhere else.
https://new.reddit.com/r/HolUp/comments/1cnspdy/russian_victory_day_parade/
Someone marching lost a shoe in the VD parade.
Surrounded by weirdoes
How often does stuff like that happen in parades?
Wake me up at your own risk.
Well, there's a lot of people walking in those parades, and they don't get to tie their shoelaces once they notice it's coming loose. So pretty often, I'd say.
Interesting.
Summary:
1. Sergey Shoigu to be replaced by one Andrey Belusov as Russia's Minister of Defense. Shoigu will now be the Secretary of the Russian Security Council.
2. Belosov was previously First Deputy Prime Minister, which allowed him to be Prime Minister temporarily in 2020 while Mikhail Mishustin battled COVID. He was selected, according to Dmitry Peskov, because Putin saw the need for "innovation", adding his respective tenures as Minister of Economic Development and the Presidential Economic Assistant as credentials to be Minister of Defense.
Edited by HallowHawk on May 12th 2024 at 2:06:08 AM
Cringe but free
Shoigu will be replacing Patrushev as the head of the Security Council, while the latter is being transferred to an as-of-yet unannounced posting.
Update: Meduza: Putin appoints Patrushev as a presidential aide. Guess now they'll have more time to talk about the Yellowstone Caldera ending Western civilisation or whatever.
Edited by eagleoftheninth on May 14th 2024 at 3:13:30 AM
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https://www.military.africa/2024/04/russian-troops-weapons-arrive-niger/
More Russian troops are arriving in Niger to train Nigerien troops and replace the non-Russian trainers.
Edited by Ominae on Apr 15th 2024 at 9:03:21 AM