Reposted by BetsyStansell
A former Russian serviceman accused by Ukraine of torturing Ukrainian POWs was killed in a car bombing in the Tula region.
Roman Syromyatnikov died when an explosive device detonated beneath his vehicle on Friday.
www.kyivpost.com/post/86056
![A watch-sized gold ring was gifted to President Trump this week from a Belgian diamond group, months after it won tariff relief. Isidore Mörsel, president of the Antwerp World Diamond Center, presented the ring to Trump, who accepted it. The gift is valued at $25k. Another clear violation of US law. https://bsky.app/profile/robertscotthorton.bsky.social/post/3mpt3k46bsc2h
That’s quite a bribe!
“All told, 321 diamonds, 56 sapphires, 13 emeralds and six rubies encrust the watch-sized gold ring presented this week to Bill White, the U.S. ambassador to Belgium, to give to… Trump.” https://bsky.app/profile/sanho.bsky.social/post/3mpuvts4js22f
Dozens of diamonds spell out two giant letter T's next to the Stars and Stripes and "1776" and "2026." Dozens more frame the numbers 45 and 47 in the shape of Superman's logo. A diamond-winged eagle carries a ruby shield and clutches an olive branch of emeralds, below a radiant "250" and atop the phrase "250 YEARS USA" etched in 18-karat gold.
All told, 321 diamonds, 56 sapphires, 13 emeralds and six rubies encrust the watch-sized gold ring presented this week to Bill White, the U.S. ambassador to Belgium, to give to U.S. President Donald Trump.
"A very special thank you to my friends from Antwerp for the magnificent Freedom 250 ring," Trump said in a prerecorded video message during an event marking America's 250th birthday in Brussels. https://bsky.app/profile/pbsnews.org/post/3mpt4ldr5bn2w
The gift comes months after Belgium’s diamond industry won the removal of U.S. tariffs on diamond imports.
https://apnews.com/article/antwerp-belgium-diamond-ring-trump-3d23fb3ff8a7bab763dd51880a1987ca
“Massive corruption going on in the White House. The Swiss gave [Trump] a personalized gold bar… Qatar gave him a jumbo jet… [Trump] pardoned a criminal because that person…helps his family with crypto. The amount of corruption is… unconscionable.”
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