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Calling someone a RuZZian on FR is considered an insult.
Calling someone a Comrade on FR is considered an insult.
Summarizing this war:
A tragedy for Ukraine.
A disaster for RuZZia.
A strategic win for the USA. The biggest winner of the war.
“More than three decades after Reagan left office, most Republicans still believe that America is a force for good.”
Soros’ stock clerk shows up with the daily inventory proving somethig.
Anton Gerashchenko@Gerashchenko_en
One of the Russian cemeteries in Samara, which belongs to Wagner PMC, has undergone radical changes. “The crosses and wreaths have been piled up, machinery is working, and the graves have been flattened to the ground,” local residents said.
Reportedly, the whole territory is going to be poured with concrete. And a black pyramid is supposed to appear on the place of each grave. But for now, the cemetery is simply being destroyed.
In April, terrorist Prigozhin visited this place to unveil a monument dedicated to the victims of the “special military operation”.
https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1695062129890480586
video with subtitles
Turkey update:
Since Erdogan was re-elected a few months back, he put in a whole new economic team, who quickly doubled interest rates (from 8.5% on 24 June, to 17.5% today). It will take a few months for the effects to work through the economy, but inflation should calm and the Turkish Lira stabilize.
Well, the BRICS meeting is over.
The big thing that came out, is that they agreed to expand their membership to include Iran, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Ethiopia and Argentina.
Aside from the obvious challenge that presents, to find a catchy new acronym for their name, it also will likely make it harder for them all to agree on anything in the future.
They will have more significant oil producers, and they all have an interest in trade and investment with China. But it will likely make it harder to unify that group into an anti-Western or anti-US coalition.