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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vabcpRR91BA Chaos descended on Putin's palace. On the night of October 31st, Putin's illusion of a "safe capital" exploded in the skies above Moscow. While Putin boasted to the world about his 14,000 km-range nuclear missile, "Skyfall," Ukraine's Neptune missiles and hundreds of drones plunged the capital into darkness. Putin's "Unity Day" party received an early gift. In this video, we examine the three-stage surgical execution plan that paralyzed Moscow's nervous system: 🔹 ENERGY PARALYSIS (CIVIL): The destruction of the 750kV "Vladimirskaya" transformer station. How did Moscow's "heart valve" leave 224,000 people in Zhukovsky and Ramenskoye without electricity, water, or...

Vladimir Putin’s wartime economy has been resilient in the face of Western sanctions triggered by his invasion of Ukraine, but it’s hitting a wall and U.S. pressure on the energy sector could cause a recession, according to experts. Massive defense spending has propped up growth, kept factories humming, and pushed unemployment lower, while Moscow has relied on allies like China for goods no longer available from the West. “But the country has exhausted its reserves of manufacturing capacity and manpower,” Alexandra Prokopenko, a fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center and former Russian central bank advisor, wrote in Foreign Affairs...

Washington — Even as she reflects on last year’s campaign in touring for her new book, Kamala Harris has been weaving in critiques of President Donald Trump’s second term that came out of her loss – and FBI Director James Comey’s indictment was too much to ignore. “It’s frustrating, but more than that, it’s painful to see,” Harris said, speaking exclusively to CNN on Friday afternoon during a break in the Washington swing of her tour, when asked what she made of Trump’s term so far. “It’s painful to see. I mean what’s happening with Comey: Are you f***ing kidding...

Soon after a train derailed and spilled toxic chemicals in Ohio last month, anonymous pro-Russian accounts started spreading misleading claims and anti-American propaganda about it on Twitter, using Elon Musk’s new verification system to expand their reach while creating the illusion of credibility. The accounts, which parroted Kremlin talking points on myriad topics, claimed without evidence that authorities in Ohio were lying about the true impact of the chemical spill. The accounts spread fearmongering posts that preyed on legitimate concerns about pollution and health effects and compared the response to the derailment with America’s support for Ukraine following its invasion...