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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

As Russia celebrates the New Year I gauge the mood in Moscow. “Russian people are patient,” one man tells me, “they stay silent.” Thanks to @lizashuvalova.bsky.social

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Voices from the street - the mood in Moscow

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Francis Scarr @fscarr.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

The Kremlin says Putin has apologised to Azerbaijan’s President Aliyev for the "tragic incident" which led to the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 crashing in Kazakhstan on 25 December kremlin.ru/events/presi...

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Russian large channels have stayed almost silent for the past two days about the downing of the airliner over Chechnya. This time it seems a directive was issued to stay quiet. The only exception was one channel today, which called it "just another statistic of war."

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Francis Scarr @fscarr.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

"Azerbaijani government sources have exclusively confirmed to Euronews on Thursday that a Russian surface-to-air missile caused the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Aktau on Wednesday." www.euronews.com/2024/12/26/e...

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Exclusive: Russian missile caused Aktau crash, investigation confirms

38 passengers were killed on Wednesday after Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8432 crashed as it attempted to make an emergency landing near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan.

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Francis Scarr @fscarr.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Jackson Hinkle popped up on Russian state TV last night Described as a "member of the US Communist Party", he’s been busy helping the Russian Communists send a shipment of "humanitarian aid" to Donbas The correspondent suggested that most of it is going to soldiers on the frontline

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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 23/12/2024

YouTube traffic in Russia has fallen to just 20 percent of the levels seen before the authorities began throttling the service, according to IT expert Mikhail Klimarev, who described the platform as "de facto blocked in Russia."

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YouTube traffic in Russia drops to 20 percent of pre-throttling levels, platform ‘de facto blocked’ in country — Meduza

YouTube traffic in Russia has dropped to just 20 percent of its pre-“slowdown” levels, according to IT expert Mikhail Klimarev, director of the Internet Protection Society, who shared the data on his…

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Francis Scarr @fscarr.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

The latest episode of the #TheGlobalJigsaw is a brilliant one Listen to my colleague Vitaly Shevchenko explore the ways in which the Kremlin and its media machine exploit language in an effort to justify and rally support for the war against Ukraine www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

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BBC World Service - The Global Jigsaw, The language of war: Russia

Decoding the Kremlin’s warspeak

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Francis Scarr @fscarr.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Clearly irked by suggestions that the Oreshnik missile isn't all it's talked up to be, Putin flippantly proposes a "technological duel" in which the West puts its most advanced air defence systems in Kyiv and tries to repel an Oreshnik strike

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Francis Scarr @fscarr.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

In front of a banner from the 155th naval infantry brigade which he says he was given as a gift, Putin says Russian forces are advancing "along the whole frontline every day" in Ukraine

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Francis Scarr @fscarr.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Chechen special forces commander Apti Alaudinov has become an honorary professor of South-West State University in Kursk Alaudinov earlier became an unofficial spokesman for the Russian operation to repel Ukraine's incursion into Kursk, constantly claiming non-existent Russian successes there

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Michael Kofman @michaelkofman.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Brief updated thoughts on RF in Syria. Russian navy seems to be parked 8-13km off Tartus concerned about ship vulnerability. Russian forces are assembling in Khmeimim airbase for what looks like a drawdown with several An-124 having made pick ups there in recent days. 1/

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Francis Scarr @fscarr.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Putin has decorated Yevgeny Poddubny, the state TV "war correspondent" who survived a drone attack in Kursk Region in August

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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

One Russian paper today: “We need to say it straight: Russia & Iran suffered a major defeat in Syria.” Plus, problems with the Superjet (“the wretched child of the Russian aviation industry”) & an attempt to declare Santa Claus a ‘foreign agent’.

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Steve's Reading Russia - Russian Press Review (11 December 2024)

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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Syrian embassy in Moscow The time interval between Russian "red lines" and reality is sometimes just a weekend. Source of pic: Al Jazeera

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Francis Scarr @fscarr.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Russian state TV talk show host Anatoly Kuzichev: “I want to remind you that Russia has always believed, it has always believed – this is not just the position of the last couple of days - that it is Syrians who should determine the future and form of their country”

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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 28/11/2024

The illiberal anti-Western regime of Bidzina Ivanishvili in Georgia announced that it will not initiate negotiations to join the European Union until the end of 2028 and will refuse any EU budgetary grants.

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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

When the Russian government paper features headlines like “Panic attack for Russia’s currency market” you know there’s a problem. Today’s Russian papers focus on the falling rouble. One paper notes that “news from the currency markets resembled reports from a war zone.” #ReadingRussia

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Steve's Reading Russia - Russian Press Review (28 November 2024)

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Francis Scarr @fscarr.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Ultranationalist "philosopher" Alexander Dugin weighs in on the collapsing rouble "With roubles you can buy so much of what is good, that's to say Russian... But dollars are the currency of Satan" t.me/Agdchan/19180

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На рубли можно покупать столько всего хорошего, то есть русского. Фантазии и кругозора не хватит. А доллары валюта сатаны.

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Francis Scarr @fscarr.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Russia has banned another 30 UK nationals from entering the country, including members of the Cabinet, journalists and defence industry executives mid.ru/ru/foreign_p...

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Francis Scarr @fscarr.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Russian police face a personnel shortage of almost 20%, Interior Ministry spokeswoman Irina Volk has said According to Volk, there's now a shortage of 173,800 officers. In May, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev put the figure at 152,000 www.kommersant.ru/doc/7328120?...

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Нехватка личного состава в МВД России составила почти 20%

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Francis Scarr @fscarr.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Russian MP Sergei Mironov has turned up for work at the State Duma wearing a Putin Oreshnik missile t-shirt over his shirt The shirt says "krepky oreshnik", an attempted pun on the Russian name for the Die Hard films ("krepky oreshek" - tough cookie, literally tough nut)

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Peter Frankopan @peterfrankopan.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Tomorrow's Substack will be on Russia's odd military allies. Hope you'll tune in.

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Francis Scarr @fscarr.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Last week Putin made out that the decision to let Ukraine fire Atacms and Storm Shadow missiles at targets inside Russia was a major escalation This week it's just another Defence Ministry "statistic" shown on TV: "In the past 24 hours, air defence has shot down eight Ukrainian ballistic missiles"

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Francis Scarr @fscarr.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

This morning on Russian state TV, talk show host Olga Skabeyeva is telling her viewers with relish how long it would take the "Oreshnik" missile to reach various European capitals

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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Today’s Russian papers reflect 2 very different Russias. One Russia: the military superpower threatening Ukraine & the West with Oreshnik missiles. The other Russia – where butter, increasingly expensive, is now sold in some shops in “anti-theft protective boxes.” #ReadingRussia

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Steve's Reading Russia - Russian Press Review (25 November 2024)

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Yesterday in Russia's Kaluga region, the sound of buzzing and explosions filled the air. According to official reports, "a fire broke out at an industrial facility" following an attack by drones. Unconfirmed sources suggest the targets included oil refinery/Kaluga Instrument-Making Plant "Typhoon."

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Francis Scarr @fscarr.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Looks like the Kremlin is doing all it can to avoid another (very unpopular) wave of mobilisation at home

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 23/11/2024

Russian channels report of ATACMS missile activity in the Kursk region. We are waiting for confirmation.

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Francis Scarr @fscarr.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Earlier this week (i.e. before Putin’s address) Solovyov and his cronies on Russian state TV were fantasising about launching an ICBM at Trafalgar Square and "washing away" the UK with the Poseidon nuclear torpedo (also a favourite threat of fellow propagandist Kiselyov)

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Francis Scarr @fscarr.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

As Natasha says, it’s all about the Western reaction on Russian state TV today This was the start of this morning’s edition of 60 Minutes on Rossiya 1

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Francis Scarr @fscarr.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

About half of the Airbus A320 neo and A321 neo airliners in Russia are now grounded due to lack of servicing related to sanctions, Kommersant says The paper says that almost all A320/321 neo - around 10% of foreign airliners in Russia - will be out of action by 2026 www.kommersant.ru/doc/7312839

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Двигатели выводят из оборота

В РФ по техническим причинам перестал летать каждый второй Airbus neo

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Nataliya Vasilyeva @nataliyavasilyeva.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Russian media are running a press digest of Putin's missile address (citing frontpage stories in the US, Europe and Latin America) as a top story this morning: It may sound like the whole point of the nuclear threats was to generate headlines.

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