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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 5h
I wonder how many of the West’s leading Russia pundits would admit — perhaps only if cornered — that their policy advice on dealing with the Kremlin rests on the belief that a post-Putin Russia will change course and move closer to the Western consensus on Russia’s “national interests.”
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 10h
Political analyst Ekaterina Schulmann says the FSB tortured election expert Alexander Kynev with electric shocks and broke his leg in two places while trying to force him to confess to treason. When he refused, she says, they slapped him with the felony drug charges. t.me/tvrain/111762
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Дождь | Новости
❗️Политолога Кынева пытались обвинить в госизмене, его пытали силовики — Екатерина Шульман Об этом политолог заявила в программе «Статус». «Вчера я выступала на совместном заседании двух комитетов П...
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 10h
Will be interesting to see what happens next, as Moscow's sabotage campaign against European states supplying weapons to Ukraine is acknowledged openly like this. I assume more sanctions? More weapons contracts? Round and round we go?
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 12h
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 11h
"We need to show courage in negotiation and to be willing to give up some positions for the greater good of ​peace," Pope Leo told European leaders yesterday in France, reiterating his opposition to rising European military spending. www.reuters.com/world/pope-l...
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Pope Leo urges concessions for peace as Ukraine war drags on
Pope Leo said on Monday that ​negotiators seeking to end conflict in Europe must be willing to sacrifice some positions to achieve peace, as efforts to end Russia's war in Ukraine continue ‌to fail.
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 12h
The Kremlin is placing more European companies’ Russian assets under temp management as an “asymmetric” response to EU sanctions & what it calls Europe’s role in the war. Nestlé, Metro, and Auchan were targeted this month. “Let them be scared," a "senior govt source" told Reuters.
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'Let them be scared': Moscow sends EU message with widening corporate crackdown
Russia has singled out European firms in its latest drive to strip foreign owners of the right to manage their Russian assets, government and company sources said, with ​the Kremlin accusing the Europ...
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 15h
Russian lawmaker Nikolai Burlyaev introduced a bill to ban “destructive ideologies” opposed to “traditional values” as extremism. A co-author says the idea grew out of Russia’s ban on Satanism & is meant to curb “propaganda of evil.” The nuts are running the nuthouse, folks. t.me/pdmnews/92441
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Подъём
«Пропаганда античеловечности нарастает». Составитель законопроекта о запрете любых деструктивных течений заявил, что РФ нужно оградить от «пропаганды зла». Сегодня стало известно, что депутат 8-го со...
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 16h
A leaked audio recording purportedly captures United Russia youth-wing chief Anton Demidov questioning how a party polling at roughly 30% managed to win almost 60% of the vote. He also called Yabloko’s removal from the ballot “idiocy” that made it look like a threat. t.me/agentstvonew...
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Агентство. Новости
Лидер «Молодой гвардии» раскритиковал снятие «Яблока» с выборов и не нашел объяснения высокому проценту «ЕдРа» Телеграм-канал «ЕЖ» опубликовал аудиозапись, на которой, как утверждается, председатель ...
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 16h
Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov faces an administrative petty-hooliganism case over his Sept. 20 vote in St. Petersburg. He marked the box for every candidate on his ballot and wrote “Yabloko: For peace” and “Yabloko: For a ceasefire agreement.” t.me/mediazzzona/...
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Медиазона
На председателя «Яблока» Николая Рыбакова составили протокол о мелком хулиганстве Поводом для этого стало голосование на избирательном участке в Петербурге 20 сентября против всех партий, сообщает пр...
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 29/09/2026
At a Berlin march today, demonstrators called for aid to civilians in occupied Oleshky, where Kyiv says 6k people face hunger & severe shortages. Kyiv says it's droned in 4 tons of food & accuses Russian troops of obstructing aid deliveries, while Moscow blames Ukraine for disrupting supplies.
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ЭХО / Новости
⚫️⚫️⚫️ В Берлине проходит акция в поддержку оккупированного украинского города Алёшки   Участники акции собрались на площади у Красной Ратуши в Берлине и направились маршем к зданию МИД Германии и рос...
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 29/09/2026
A 20-year-old mentally impaired woman in Moscow who says scammers convinced her she was helping the state has been sentenced to 12.5 years in prison after she pepper-sprayed a woman the scammers described as a “foreign agent” planning a terrorist attack on a kindergarten. t.me/mediazona_ex...
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Медиазона. Эксклюзив
12,5 лет колонии назначили 20‑летней москвичке, напавшей на «иноагентку» по указанию мошенников. Обвинение запрашивало ей 10 лет Об этом сообщает корреспондент «Медиазоны» из зала Никулинского суда М...
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 29/09/2026
Russia’s Yabloko party is calling for imprisoned historian Yuri Dmitriev to be moved to a civilian hospital, warning that delays could endanger his life after he was hospitalized with a suspected stroke. Yabloko is also demanding that he get access to his lawyer. t.me/mediaskat/27...
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Скат media
«Яблоко» потребовало перевести Юрия Дмитриева в гражданскую больницу Председатель партии «Яблоко» Николай Рыбаков направил обращение уполномоченной по правам человека Яне Лантратовой с требованием не...
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 29/09/2026
Russia’s recent (and especially deadly) attacks on Ukraine are the “price” Kyiv must pay for its actions over the last few months, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, adding that Moscow wants to deter anyone from publicly planning “devastating strikes” against Russia. t.me/tass_agency/...
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ТАСС
Главное из заявлений Дмитрия Пескова: ▪️Украине "придется заплатить цену" за свои действия в последние месяцы, это сейчас и происходит в виде ударов ВС РФ; ▪️Россия должна сделать так, чтобы "никому...
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 29/09/2026
Zelensky is playing the “Russia is already mobilizing” card, folding it into claims of expanded recruitment that supposedly includes thousands more North Koreans. Meanwhile, Kyiv’s relationship with Seoul has been strained by his revelation that Ukraine transferred 2 N.Korean POWs to S.Korea.
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 29/09/2026
Political analyst Tatiana Stanovaya says the FSB is using Kynev’s case to signal (to Putin?) that Kremlin political managers are allowing “traitors” into the system. In other words: it's a blow to Kiriyenko’s policy team and another sign of growing security-service autonomy. t.me/stanovaya/1876
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Stanovaya Тяга
Дело Кынева становится неким новым рубежом во всей этой истории раскручивания чекистской самодеятельности. Во-первых, сейчас уже известны подробности его "задержания". Думаю, скоро появится больше дет...
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 28/09/2026
Ukraine’s chess federation has asked the SBU to assess Zelensky adviser Mykhailo Podolyak’s decision to become a FIDE vice president under Timur Turlov, a businessman sanctioned by Ukraine. The federation wants a criminal case opened over his alleged “betrayal of Ukraine’s national interests.”
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ЭХО / Новости
Портрет дня: Михаил Подоляк — советник Зеленского, которого Федерация шахмат Украины обвинила в предательстве за согласие стать вице-президентом ФИДЕ Что случилось? 21 сентября 2026 года казахстанск...
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 28/09/2026
Ukraine will delay spending on nonessential construction, renovations, parks, and other projects as it waits for delayed international financing, Prime Minister Serhiy Koretskyi says. National defense, pensions, benefits, and public-sector salaries will take priority. t.me/uniannet/202...
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УНИАН - новости Украины | война с Россией | новини України | війна з Росією | УНІАН
❗Украина замораживает расходы бюджета по всем статьям, кроме первоочередных, — премьер Корецкий Главная причина в том, что «часть запланированного международного финансирования пока не поступила». В ...
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 28/09/2026
Police in Ust-Kut, Siberia, are allegedly detaining intoxicated men, supplying them with vodka, & taking them to a military enlistment office to sign contracts for Russia's war in Ukraine, People of Baikal reports. A family says about 20 men may have been targeted. baikal-journal.ru/2026/09/28/p...
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«Повез мужчин сдавать, чтобы подписывали контракты»
В Усть-Куте мужчин заставляют подписывать контракты
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 28/09/2026
Putin has signed an executive order further restricting the disclosure of data on Russia’s energy and oil products, including prices, buyers, sellers, routes, and destinations, in a bid to make Western sanctions harder to enforce. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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Putin further restricts disclosures about Russian energy and refining
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a decree ​further restricting disclosures of information ‌about energy and oil products to counter sanctions from the United States ​and other Western...
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 28/09/2026
Russian publisher Individuum is shutting down after a criminal case tied to books targeted under Russia’s "LGBT propaganda" crackdown reached staff and later senior managers at Eksmo, which absorbed Individuum in 2024. Unfinished books will move elsewhere. t.me/theinsider/5...
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The Insider
Издательство Individuum закрывается спустя 11 лет после основания — после «дела книгоиздателей» и присоединения к «Эксмо» Книги, над которыми команда работала в последние месяцы, выйдут уже в других ...
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 28/09/2026
Tucker Carlson tells NPR that Trump dismissed his warnings about a war with Iran in a private Oval Office meeting by replying, "Yes, you're right. But in the end, we all die anyway, so it doesn't matter." Oh. youtu.be/pHhJM3Fg9jw
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Tucker Carlson has a new enemy: the politics he helped build | Newsmakers
YouTube video by NPR
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 28/09/2026
Yabloko campaign activist Varvara Kosheleva and her husband were reportedly attacked outside their Moscow home by men claiming to be Ukraine war veterans who called them “traitors.” Doctors diagnosed her with a concussion in addition to multiple bruises. t.me/Duntsova/1109
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Екатерина Дунцова
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 28/09/2026
South Korea is demanding an explanation and apology from Ukraine after Zelensky disclosed the transfer of two North Korean POWs. Seoul says Kyiv had agreed to keep the move secret, then falsely denied any confidentiality pact existed. "Seriously damaged trust" [...] "could harm bilateral relations"
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South Korea demands apology from Ukraine over disclosure of North Korean PoW transfer
South Korea's presidential office ‌demanded an official explanation and apology from Ukraine, accusing Kyiv of disclosing the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea and then fals...
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 27/09/2026
Watching the Niner game, I just saw one of the Trump ads that I paid for. Outrageous and embarrassing that this is possible. I'll dance in the street when this orange fuck is finally gone.
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 27/09/2026
Man, the 49ers are so much fun to watch this season! Go Niners!! 🏈❤️
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 27/09/2026
Started watching Widow's Bay, and good gracious it's good.
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 27/09/2026
The scene in Mary Poppins when she's freindzoning Bert with the lyric, "A lady needn't fear when you are near / Your sweet gentility is crystal clear" is very funny.
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 27/09/2026
Ukraine’s 2026 counterattacks have regained more ground than its failed 2023 offensive, OSINT analyst Clément Molin says, putting the figure at about 175 sq mi. CIT agrees that this year’s local ops have been more successful by area, but says Molin overstates what can be confirmed near Sloviansk.
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Важные истории
ВСУ наступают на позиции ВС РФ в районе Славянска. На этом фоне аналитики начали писать о рекордных показателях отвоеванных территорий, но это не совсем так Продвижения ВСУ в 2026 году позволили осво...
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 27/09/2026
Swiss voters decisively rejected a bid to harden the constitution's neutrality rules, preserving the government’s freedom to interpret the doctrine flexibly and maintain sanctions against Russia. The initiative won less than 30% support. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Swiss Voters Reject Bid to Enshrine Stricter Neutrality
Swiss voters rejected a bid to enshrine stricter neutrality in the constitution, preserving the government’s freedom to interpret the doctrine flexibly and maintain sanctions against Russia.
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 27/09/2026
Nestlé has already lost control of its 6 Russian factories under Putin-ordered external administration. Recent statements promising "business as usual" come from the new Russian manager, not the OG-HQ. Switzerland is trying (diplomatically) to help the co. regain control. www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/r...
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Wird aus Nescafé bald Ruscafé? Nestlé verliert Kontrolle in Russland
Durch die von Wladimir Putin angeordnete Zwangsverwaltung hat Nestlé die Kontrolle über ihre russische Tochtergesellschaft verloren. Nun soll der Bund helfen, in Moskau das Schlimmste zu verhindern.
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 27/09/2026
Locals fighting plans for a church in a Krasnodar green space have been denied another protest permit. The city, which claims a risk of drone and missile attacks, has rejected 150+ rally notices this year. *Meanwhile,* a large Orthodox car procession through the same district has a green light.
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7х7. Горизонтальная Россия
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 27/09/2026
It seems we're back to the back-and-forth, pipe-dream talk of Kyiv manufacturing its own Patriot interceptors: today, Trump declined to confirm Zelensky’s claim that he agreed to grant the licenses. edition.cnn.com/2026/09/26/p...
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Trump declines to say if Ukraine can manufacture Patriot missiles to fend off Russian attacks | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump declined to say if he agreed to allow Ukraine manufacture Patriot missiles a day after Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky reported he would.
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 27/09/2026
At Lavrov’s NYC meeting with German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, Russia’s Foreign Ministry shared a report (in English) claiming that Kyiv staged the Bucha massacre. Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova later teased Wadephul for covering it with a notebook. t.me/MariaVladimi...
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 27/09/2026
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 26/09/2026
Finally got around to reading Dexter Filkins’s profile of Jared Kushner. A perfect asshole, and the embodiment of the silver-spoon elite who literally cannot distinguish their own affluence from the national interest, fanatically convinced that their obscene wealth somehow means everyone wins.
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 26/09/2026
good lord
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 26/09/2026
Germany and Russia’s foreign ministers met in person for the first time since January 2022. Johann Wadephul and Sergey Lavrov held closed-door talks at the U.N. in New York. Moscow says Berlin initiated the meeting. www.kommersant.ru/doc/8987854
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Лавров впервые за четыре года встретился с главой МИД Германии
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 26/09/2026
Tens of thousands of students protested in Germany against the country’s new military-service system. Service remains voluntary, but 18-year-old men must answer Bundeswehr questionnaires and are being phased into mandatory medical exams. t.me/echoonline_n...
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ЭХО / Новости
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 26/09/2026
Residents of Russian-occupied Oleshky are living w/o power, medicine, or reliable food supplies as a humanitarian crisis deepens. Journalist Elena Hnitetska says her local contacts report that aid has barely reached the town since May after one convoy was hit by a drone and another struck a mine.
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«Морг переполнен еще с лета». Совет Европы призвал к локальному перемирию в оккупированных Олешках, где люди голодают
Комиссар Совета Европы по правам человека Майкл О’Флаэрти призвал немедленно прекратить огонь в оккупированных Олешках Херсонской области, открыть гуманитарным…
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 26/09/2026
More than six years after imposing COVID restrictions, St. Petersburg will scrap them on Oct 1. Rather surprising if you ask me. Meanwhile, in Moscow, pandemic rules are still being used to ban rallies demanding fair elections. t.me/sotaproject/...
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SOTA
В Петербурге отменят ковидные ограничения спустя более шести лет Об этом сообщила администрация Санкт-Петербурга. С 1 октября в городе перестанет действовать постановление о мерах по борьбе с корона...
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 26/09/2026
Nearly 8,000 Ukrainian OnlyFans creators made more than $131 million during 2023 alone. Now Ukraine’s parliament is weighing decriminalizing consensual adult porn, with backers arguing that taxing the industry could raise upwards of $25 million. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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Ukraine weighs legalizing pornography to raise tax revenue and buy drones
Decriminalizing porn would help close a huge budget gap but is a fraught step in a nation long stained by a reputation for exploiting its women.
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 26/09/2026
Zelensky is pressing the EU to accelerate a planned $90 billion (with a "b") payment, warning that Ukraine’s $27 billion (another "b") defense funding gap could create serious drone & missile shortages in Jan and Feb if procurement isn't funded this fall. www.ukrinform.net/rubric-econo...
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Zelensky warns of drone shortages in winter due to $27B budget deficit
The $27 billion defense budget deficit needs to be covered so that funds can be allocated for drone production and payments to military personnel. — Ukrinform.
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 26/09/2026
Days after Russia put Auchan, Nestlé, and Leroy Merlin’s former Russian business under "temporary management," VTB chief Andrey Kostin warned that property-rights concerns are worsening Russia's investment climate and making entrepreneurs fear seizures. 😬 t.me/agentstvonew...
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Агентство. Новости
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 26/09/2026
Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation says Russian federal election chief Ella Pamfilova received a 237-sq-meter (2550-sq-ft) Moscow apartment from the state for free, then registered the property — valued at 200M rubles ($2.4M) — to her granddaughter. youtu.be/Mzo-bDmL70o
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Воровка из ЦИКа. Что Памфилова получила за спасение «Единой России»
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 26/09/2026
EU countries agreed to release €6.6 billion from a fund reimbursing members for weapons sent to Ukraine, after years of delay under Hungary’s former Orban govt. Kaja Kallas said most will reimburse member states for weapons already supplied. www.france24.com/en/europe/20...
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EU releases €6.6 billion for members arming Ukraine as seven killed in Kyiv
European Union countries have agreed to release €6.6 billion from a fund meant to reimburse member states that have  provided arms to Ukraine, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Friday. At le...
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 26/09/2026
Past Giants teams, like 2017, have been terrible, but you could still turn on a September game and recognize the guys: Posey, Crawford, Belt, Pence, Panik, Bumgarner, Cueto. This year's team has disintegrated as a recognizable major-league roster. Just absolutely miserable. Nuke it from orbit.
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 25/09/2026
Russian historian Yuri Dmitriev, known for documenting Stalinist repression and helping discover the Sandarmokh mass graves, has been hospitalized in prison with a suspected stroke, according to rights activists. He's 70 & serving a 15-year prison sentence on dubious CSAM charges. t.me/tvrain/111557
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Дождь | Новости
70-летнего историка Юрия Дмитриева госпитализировали из колонии с подозрением на инсульт Об этом сообщает ЗПЧ. По их информации, Дмитриева экстренно этапировали из ИК-18 в Мордовии в лечебно-исправи...
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 25/09/2026
A St. Petersburg draft-office employee says she was demoted after reporting rape threats from a colleague who returned from the war. He denies being interested in her sexually but told ASTRA she behaves “wrongly” toward veterans and may face “other measures.” Yuck. t.me/astrapress/1...
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 25/09/2026
I've had my Pebble Time 2 for about two weeks now, and I want to thank @ericmigi.com for bringing back and improving this amazing piece of tech. If you're someone who enjoys tinkering with quirky gadgets, you will love this thing.
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 25/09/2026
Donald Trump is a "Russian agent," but Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman are still sanctioned in the USA. Checkmate, Europeans.
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