Free Republic 3rd Qtr 2025 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $11,308
13%  
Woo hoo!! And now only $32 to reach 14%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: mugamax

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • ‘Signs of torture’ found on body of sacked Putin minister who ‘died 24 hours before’ apparent suicide

    07/11/2025 3:48:57 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 14 replies
    Sun UK ^ | 7/10/2025 | Sayan Bose, Will Stewart
    THE Kremlin has been accused of covering up the death of a sacked Russian minister after signs of torture were allegedly found on his body just 24 hours before his apparent suicide. Roman Starovoit, who was Vladimir Putin's transport minister for less than a year, was dismissed from his post on July 7 - just hours before he was found dead. Telegram channels with links to the Russian security forces reported Starovoit's cause of death as suicide - claiming the minister was found dead with gunshot wounds. However, an independent Russian media outlet now reports that he had been beaten...
  • Humiliation for Putin as Russia 'looks set to SCRAP its only aircraft carrier after seven years of failed repairs'

    07/11/2025 3:43:02 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 56 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 7/11/2025 | OLIVIA ALLHUSEN and WILL STEWART
    Vladimir Putin's only aircraft carrier - the hulking Admiral Kuznetsov - is poised to be scrapped after seven failed years of repairs, say reports. Work on the jinxed ship, the largest in the Russian navy, has now been suspended despite the efforts to get it back in the water. News outlet Izvestia cites sources saying the vessel is likely destined for the scrapheap. Putin's 'Ship of Shame' is languishing in dock in grim Arctic port Murmansk, and has played no role in the war against Ukraine. Its crew were quietly sent to fight in the war instead. The 58,000-ton rust...