ChrisO_wiki

ChrisO_wiki, 1 month ago to random

1/ Konrad Muzyka of Rochan Consulting has published an excellent if rather gloomy thread on the current situation in Ukraine. In the interests of helping it to reach a wider audience, I thought an English translation would be useful. https://twitter.com/konrad_muzyka/status/1784875510805262538

ChrisO_wiki, 26 days ago to random

1/ Two more incidents have been reported of Russians being fined or denounced for association with the colours of blue and yellow – Ukraine's national colours. They include a journalist who was denounced for being photographed in a yellow jacket against a blue sky. ⬇️

ChrisO_wiki, 11 months ago to random

1/ Colleges in the Russian republic of Ingushetia are issuing diplomas only if the students accept a mobilisation order at the same time. If they refuse, they face being imprisoned for up to two years. ⬇️

ChrisO_wiki, 4 months ago to random

1/ Vladimir Putin has reportedly built a luxury residence on an estate twice the size of Monaco, on the shore of Lake Ladoga just 31 km (19 miles) from the Finnish border. The Dossier Center has published some remarkable drone images of the complex. ⬇️

ChrisO_wiki, 7 months ago to random

1/ In the second of a pair of videos recorded by a doomed 'Storm Z' squad of Russian convict soldiers before they went on their final assault, two men speak about their experiences on the front line in Ukraine. ⬇️

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ChrisO_wiki, 6 months ago to random

1/ The recent bicycle-powered 'migrant invasion' on the Finnish border was reportedly ordered by Russian Presidential Chief of Staff Sergei Kiriyenko and organised by Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, but has failed to achieve its apparent objectives. ⬇️

ChrisO_wiki, 6 months ago to random

1/ The deaths of crew members of the Russian submarine 'Rostov na Donu', destroyed in a Ukrainian missile strike on 13 September, has become the subject of a scandal after relatives were reportedly denied compensation and the dead had to be buried at their comrades' expense. ⬇️

ChrisO_wiki, 5 months ago to random

1/ The Russian government has hidden a vast amount of data from the public in an apparent attempt to conceal the impact of the war in Ukraine. An analysis shows that almost 500 datasets have been removed since February 2022, covering everything from weather to state pensions. ⬇️

ChrisO_wiki, 5 months ago to random

1/ Mobilised Russians are stoically enduring appalling conditions on the front lines in Ukraine, without food or water and with endemic theft of their supplies and equipment by their own side. Meanwhile, many of their wives are afraid to speak up for fear of retaliation. ⬇️

ChrisO_wiki, 11 months ago to random

1/ Yevgeny Prigozhin's business empire is rapidly being dismantled. It's lost its contract to provide (rotten, infected, adulterated) food to the Russian army, and his media empire is shutting down. Thousands of his staff have been made redundant, many with no severance pay. ⬇️

ChrisO_wiki, 11 months ago to random

1/ Many ordinary Russians reached with eagerness and excitement to the Wagner Group's mutiny – from the woman who cancelled sex to await the Wagnerites' arrival, to the many people who went out on the streets to take selfies with them. It indicates a widespread desire for change. ⬇️

ChrisO_wiki, 9 months ago to random

1/ Wounded Wagner fighters have reportedly been thrown out of hospitals with their treatments unfinished, their payments for medical care have been terminated, and payments and benefits to their families have also stopped. "A total scam!", says one outraged Wagnerite. ⬇️

ChrisO_wiki, 8 months ago to random

1/ More details have emerged of a recent sabotage attack at Chkalovsky Air Base in the Moscow region. Although some attributed it to Ukraine, a Russian aircraft technician is said to have carried it out in protest against the war, using improvised explosive devices.

ChrisO_wiki, 7 months ago to random

1/ Russian convicts who signed six-month contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defence to fight in Ukraine in exchange for a pardon are dismayed to find that they are now being threatened with death or torture unless they sign new contracts for up to a year. ⬇️

ChrisO_wiki, 5 months ago to random

1/ A Russian State Duma deputy, an FSB general and others have co-written a 'scientific paper' about the genocide of Russians by "beast people", feminists who worship the demoness Lilith, a lack of men due to a US plot, reptilian infiltrators, and oral sex. ⬇️

ChrisO_wiki, 11 months ago to random

1/ Russia's security forces are reported to be in disarray following the attempted mutiny by the Wagner Group. It seems to have been perfectly timed for a moment – Friday night – when many personnel were too drunk to respond quickly, while others are refusing to fight Wagner. ⬇️

ChrisO_wiki, 26 days ago to random

1/ Pressures from the war in Ukraine are reportedly contributing to a massive staff shortage in Russia's internal security forces. The Interior Ministry is said to be short of 152,000 staff. As a result, it is reportedly "paralysed" and unable to do its job of fighting crime. ⬇️

ChrisO_wiki, 7 months ago to random

1/ Russia's state-owned gas company, Transneft, has conscripted hundreds of its staff to fight against "European evil spirits" in Ukraine. However, despite the company's vast wealth, the fighters have been poorly trained and equipped, and have died in large numbers. ⬇️

ChrisO_wiki, 6 months ago to random

1/ The Kremlin has reportedly told regional governors to "extinguish with money" the protests of wives of mobilised soldiers ahead of next March's elections. It is said to believe that they are "often waiting not for their husbands from the war, but for their salary cards". ⬇️

ChrisO_wiki, 7 months ago to random

1/ Randomly violent commanders, no armoured vehicles or artillery support, no training or uniforms, specialist troops being used as assault infantry: an interview with a wounded Russian soldier highights the problems experienced by Russian troops fighting in Ukraine. ⬇️

ChrisO_wiki, 7 months ago to random

1/ Iran is reportedly providing Russia with anti-drone radars, in addition to the kamikaze drones it has already been providing. Ironically, the radars are said to have been designed for Iran by a Russian engineer after Russia had declined to develop them itself. ⬇️

ChrisO_wiki, 6 months ago to random

1/ The Russian government has instructed schools across the country to establish military museums to teach children to "glorify the heroes and defenders of the Motherland". The initiative comes as part of a drive to militarise Russia's schools and promote martial values. ⬇️

ChrisO_wiki, 4 months ago to random

1/ Russian soldiers suffering from serious illnesses such as HIV and hepatitis C are complaining of the army's "bestial attitude and lies" towards them. They have been refused supposedly mandatory dismissal from service and in some cases have even been imprisoned. ⬇️

ChrisO_wiki, 7 months ago to random

1/ Russian kindergarteners in the Krasnodar region have been learning about the joys of trench warfare . Pre-school children wore camouflage, learned how to assemble and disassemble automatic rifles, and sat in an improvised trench dug in their school's lawn. ⬇️

ChrisO_wiki, 7 months ago to random

1/ Hundreds of Russian soldiers may have mutinied in recent weeks as the Russian army accumulates huge losses in offensives in several regions of Ukraine. At least 173 men are reported to have been detained for refusing orders, and this may be just the tip of the iceberg. ⬇️