Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
Amazing how “moderators” can move on certain posts😂
I asked them to remove my duplicate posts of https://freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/4219673/posts?page=18615#18615
In 2025, the main naval parade will not take place in St. Petersburg. This was reported by the city transport committee on VKontakte. The department specified that no events dedicated to Navy Day are planned in the city's waters. It was decided to cancel the fireworks, the main parade, as well as the procession of columns of sailing, rowing, motor vessels and jet skis.
Last year, the parade took place on July 28 with the participation of foreign delegations, including representatives from China, India, Algeria, Vietnam, Cuba and South Africa. The tradition of holding a naval parade in St. Petersburg on Navy Day was revived in 2017 by decree of the Russian president. On June 22, 2024, it was reported that the ceremonial events in honor of the Navy Day in Novorossiysk were also cancelled for security reasons. Traditionally, ceremonial parades are held in St. Petersburg, Sevastopol, Novorossiysk and Vladivostok.
https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/news/2025/07/25/1127046-parad-otmenen?from=copy_text
Fat targets removed
lol I figured, but ask them to remove offensive post to our President who took a bullet for us, and crickets🤔
Everything going according to plan😎
As DNI Tulsi Gabbard recently reported -- and referred to DOJ for potential prosecutions -- the lie is that Senators McCain and Graham were wrong in 2017 when they said Russia had tried to sabotage the US 2016 elections.
What's true is that Putin tried to sabotage the 2016 elections.
What's false are Obama & Clinton manufactured claims that Putin favored Trump over Clinton.
The truth is that Putin didn't care who won, so long as Americans were still at each others' throats after the election and Putin would have leverage over the winner.
Oh, all those poor disappointed, frightened Russian vacation goers!
That's what Hillary said, and here you are parroting her talking points sans evidence.
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Do Youse guys think that our very own Retarded Melon knows it's possible to search an image, giving anyone with half-a-brain a start date for its creation?
Seen here, the plant burns as nearby Russian AAA positions fire into the sky.
https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/1948651338218209583
“inflationary pressures (in Russia), including persistent ones, are declining faster than previously forecast”
“The economy is slowing down… and investment is coming to a halt.”
The Russian economy looks to be burning in for a hard landing. Great time for some truly Bone-Crushing Sanctions.
“The next step is for them to cut interest rates”
I also expect more steep rate cuts as their economy hits the skids. Also more money printing and social pressure.
D-Day at the beginning of September could trigger some crises, like a stock market or currency crash, but they have done a lot to rig them with mandatory controls, to the degree that they no longer function as real markets.
Even in the absence of an acute collapse, they will still likely have to resort to sharp rate cuts and significant ruble printing, as their money runs out, and the economy locks up.
During all of it, they will be defenseless against continued predatory Chinese invasion of their markets, because they are so dependent on China for Military support and essentials.
Poor 🍈 is in quite a bind, put so much effort into “Trump will save us(Russians)”. Quite sad to see😂, but even though Russian capacity to manufacture explosives has been degraded, be not afraid the 🍈 has a stockpile of memes to fire off😂😂😂😂
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Please thank Melon 'tard for me. He's playing my game.
“The Russian economy looks to be burning in for a hard landing.”
Any further word on Putin/Dugan plan to start rounding up women to start their “let’s create a permanent population of state prisoner/slaves by breeding our women with our ‘best’ politicians and soldiers” plan. If they really begin this horribly Hitler Nazi baby making program I wonder how the Christian people in Russia will react. It is sickening to imagine that their prayer and icon loving, KGB Orthodox religious leader, Kirill, is actually going along with this horror against innocent babies. Just imagine being born to be a lifetime prisoner of the STATE, and ultimately sent to your death for the STATE. Will the girls born in this sick program be forced to become state prostitutes as a permanent class of breeding cows? Will they become the permanent “aunties” as new babies are manufactured to the STATE standard? Surely the average Russian can see that babies are NOT cows and pigs for slaughter and breeding. How can anyone claiming to be an American and Christian (or any other religion for that matter) agree that the country proposing such a crime against humanity deserves any support or respect?
We tried to warn Youse guys
Ukrainian authorities are preparing a criminal case against Kyiv Mayor Klitschko - Rada deputy Skorokhod.
pic.twitter.com/BAEJDll77R— Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) July 25, 2025
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Russian officials continue to delay high-level negotiations between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin amid US calls for a meeting. Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claimed on July 25 that a meeting between Zelensky and Putin remains highly unlikely and stated that Russia and Ukraine must first develop agreements “through expert work.”[1] US President Donald Trump told reporters on July 25 that a meeting between Putin and Zelensky is “going to happen” and that the meeting should have “happened three months ago.”[2] Russian officials have repeatedly postponed high-level meetings between Ukrainian and Russian leaders and refused to engage in constructive negotiations that seek concrete steps to end the war.[3] ISW continues to assess that Russia is feigning interest in negotiations in order to buy time to make gains on the battlefield and extract concessions from Ukraine and the West — in stark contrast to Ukraine's continued willingness to engage in negotiations to end the war.[4]
The Russian Central Bank lowered its key interest rate for the second time in two months, likely in an attempt to increase capital available to the Russian defense industrial base (DIB). The Russian Central Bank announced on July 25 that it had lowered its key interest rate from 20 to 18 percent.[29] The Central Bank lowered its annual average key rate forecast to between 18.8 and 19.6 percent in 2025 and between 12 and 13 percent in 2026. The Central Bank also lowered its target annual inflation rate to between 6 and 7 percent for 2025 and four percent for 2026. Central Bank Chairperson Elvira Nabiullina stated on July 25 that the Central Bank chose to lower the key interest rate due to a faster than expected decrease in current inflationary pressures, including a deceleration of inflation, demand, and annual lending growth.[30] Nabiullina also stated that Russia is on its way back to the four percent target inflation rate and that the Central Bank's ongoing monetary policy efforts are already producing favorable results in the Russian inflation rate.[31] Russian opposition outlet The Bell assessed on July 21 that the Russian Central Bank may choose to lower the key interest rate due to an observed slowing growth rate of the Russian economy, prices, wages, and corporate lending.[32] Growth in these factors would typically exacerbate inflation. The Central Bank may choose to further lower the key interest rate later in 2025. The Central Bank may have lowered its key interest rate as part of the Russian government's efforts to make more capital available for the Russian DIB and lower the price of borrowing money for DIB producers. The Central Bank has largely leveraged monetary policy to cope with the economic consequences of Russia's wartime economy and expanded the Russian money supply through military payouts, social projects, and investment in the DIB. Money supply expansion typically exacerbates inflation, and the Central Bank previously introduced a record key interest rate of 21 percent in October 2024 in an attempt to counter inflation due to wartime spending and a weakening ruble.[33] The reduction in the Russian inflation rate may be the result of these efforts, though it remains unclear whether Russian inflation will stabilize.
The Kremlin dismissed First Deputy Director-General of the Kremlin newswire TASS, Mikhail Gusman, likely in a continued effort to increase control over domestic media sources affecting Russian-Azerbaijani relations. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin relieved Gusman on July 24 without any further explanation.[34] Reuters reported on July 25 that Gusman recently praised Azerbaijan for maintaining relations with different countries at an event hosted by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.[35] Russian authorities recently raided the offices of Baza, a Russian outlet reportedly affiliated with Russian law enforcement, and have been cracking down on media outlets that present stories that challenge the Kremlin's ideal narratives of the war in Ukraine.[36]
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-25-2025
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