The system for tap water collapsed in the city of Tyumen, Russia. At least using tap water might bring you into the hospital or worse, because it is contaminated. Now, Russians are supplied by tankers and Russians are rushing to them like starving people in 3rd World countries during civil war.
Crimea is the darkest I’ve ever seen it, with Sevastopol almost completely dark.
My low end estimate of the number of jobs lost at Wildberries locations just at the warehouses is 40 120. These can easily go to 45 000 and more as I base the Shushari site on how many were reportedly at the weekend shift when it caught fire in 2024.
Again I will simplify this statement. WILDBERIES LOGISTICS HAVE ALREADY COLLAPSED. bsky.app/profile/did:...
Stanimir Dobrev@delfoo.bsky.social · 2w agoJust to add about Wildberries. Currently if sellers want to get back their goods they have to A) pay a hefty fee per item, B)Find a pick up point that's not overloaded by deliveries in their region cause everyone is trying to get their inventory back.
We've spent all summer killing civilians in Ukraine. @amnesty.org's account hasn't mentioned it once. Wonder why.
Gotta hand it to @amnesty.org for consistency. They haven't mentioned our ballistic missile strikes on Ukrainian civilians since this, they've not posted about any we've done since. And they're probably not gonna.
The same Khamenei's funeral procession from a different angle. Without AI.
Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries have reduced gasoline production in Russia by approximately a quarter compared to June of last year,while emergency shutdowns at plants have also decreased exports of petroleum products⤵️
The madness of transshipments to Russia is a problem that's unique to the EU. The UK (green) clamped down on this stuff early and the US (orange) has done the same. It's in the EU - especially Germany (black) and Italy (purple) - that this is rampant... robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/the-madnes...
Russian oil and gas budget revenues for May 2026 came in at just 678,9 billion rubles which is 20,7% lower than April 2026 and only 10% higher than the oil and gas budget revenues for March 2026.
‼️“Also, starting September 1, hiring will be suspended for positions such as diabetes specialists, laboratory technicians, dentists, city pediatricians, community psychiatrists and addiction specialists, adolescent psychiatrists, addiction paramedics, and a number of other specialists….” 👀 👀 👀
The number of Schengen visas issued to Russians increased by 10.2% and exceeded 620,000 in 2025. The most popular tourist destinations for Russian citizens are France, Italy, and Spain, which accounted for three-quarters of all applications. 1/2
Schengen Visas in Europe
Are the floodgates opening to Russians? Here is a statistical update - it does not look good, Italy France and Germany are the largest culprits.
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Russian oil and gas revenues for April 2026 came in at 855,6 billion rubles up from 617 billion rubles in March. Month over month they are up 38,7% but compared to April 2025 they are down 21,1%. For the year so far oil revenues are down 38,3% to 2,3 trillion rubles.
Russian soldiers at home have been killing, maiming, raping and looting at record rates since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. This is similar to the way Russian paramilitaries have acted in Africa. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
‘Rapists and murderers’ in Russian army rampage while home from front
Russian soldiers at home have been killing, maiming, raping and looting at record rates since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
yahoo.com
Russian oil taxes for March 2026 came in at a 1000 Rubles higher than in February at 8007 rubles per ton or 47,6% lower year over year. Taxes are based on the prior month when the average Russian oil price was 44,59 USD and the average exchange rate 76,85 rubles per USD.
I guess we will get a video of the new Iranian leader soon if this is not the case. If true it reminds me of the Soviets electing Yuri Andropov and his successor, both dying after a bit more than a year in power due to poor health.
OSINT Intuit™@urikikaski.bsky.social · 5mo ago‼️🇮🇷𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: 𝗜𝗥𝗚𝗖 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗮 𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 1/17
‼️ Russia: “You won't fly far” “More than a third of Russia's long-haul aircraft are grounded due to spare parts shortages.” 🚨 DO NOT FLY ON A RUSSIAN AIRLINE www.kommersant.ru/doc/8460842
❗️In Crimea, after Russia's annexation, spits are rapidly disappearing Wide sandy strips, which for decades protected estuaries and resorts from storms, are rapidly losing their height and width. 1/5
In Chukotka, there's a shortage of potatoes - residents are standing in the -30°C cold for 2-3 hours to get vegetables that have suddenly disappeared from stores, according to Mash. The reason is that food deliveries to the region only happen once every two weeks. 1/2
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Russia's renowned polar geological company is closing the doors
The closure of a company that has made a series of major mineral resource discoveries across the Arctic might mean a looming crisis for the Russian geological exploration industry.
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1/ America's democratic backsliding under Trump has been far faster and steeper than in Russia under Putin, Hungary under Orban, Venezuela under Chavez and Turkey under Erdogan, according to this remarkable graph and report from @jburnmurdoch in the Financial Times today.
The queue for one of the buses in Moscow during rush hour started right from the subway lobby.
"Try to negotiate with him" On May 16, 1940, the British newspaper Daily Mirror published this caricature and dedicated it to all those who were calling for negotiations with Hitler at the time. 1/3
#IOC supports genocidal regimes - disgusting and shameful to any athlete who does not object to Russia and Belarus. The IOC today agreed to readmit russian youth into the Olympics with their genocidal flag and there national anthem. 1/2
Greece's shipping oligarchs continue to sell oil tankers to Putin's shadow fleet every day. It's this shadow fleet (gray) that funds Russia's war in Ukraine. How can the EU expect to be taken seriously if it turns a blind eye to this? A massive failure... robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/how-does-t...
The Russian Red Cross is training children for war and still receiving international funding. FTM and Yle also found that the Russian Red Cross (RRC) cooperates with propaganda structures and operates in the occupied territories of Ukraine. Despite this, the organization continues to receive money
One Russian paper today reports that “Half of all clothes and shoe shops in Russia have shut down….[due to] drop in incomes & slowing economic growth.” Another wonders whether Russia is suffering from “economic stagnation or technical recession.” #ReadingRussia
"Half of all Russian clothes and shoe shops have shut down", says Russian paper
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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The EU's biggest failing is that it sends mixed messages to autocrats in Russia and China. On one hand, it condemns the invasion of Ukraine. On the other, key EU countries - here's the Netherlands - fall over themselves transshipping to Russia. Do better... robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/how-does-t...
A Sudanese mother holds her child moments before being executed by the Rapid Support Forces militia. What is happening in Sudan is not just a war… It is a humanitarian wound, a mother’s cry, a nation’s sorrow calling on the world not to remain silent.
