More than 5,000 former criminals have been pardoned after finishing their contracts to fight in #Russia’s Wagner mercenary group against #Ukraine, the founder of Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, says.https://t.co/CWf5cfHZcD
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus, President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... said on Saturday, marking the first time since the mid-1990s that Moscow will have based such arms outside the country.
Putin made the announcement at a time of growing tensions with the West over the Ukraine war and as some Russian commentators speculate about possible nuclear strikes.
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Putin told state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko had long raised the issue of stationing tactical nuclear weapons in his country, which borders NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and structure.... member Poland.
"There is nothing unusual here either: firstly, the United States has been doing this for decades. They have long deployed their tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of their allied countries," he said.
"We agreed that we will do the same - without violating our obligations, I emphasize, without violating our international obligations on the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons."
Putin did not specify when the weapons would be transferred to Belarus. "Tactical" nuclear weapons refer to those used for specific gains in the battlefield.
Russia will have completed the construction of a storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus by July 1, Putin said, adding that Moscow would not actually be transferring control of the arms to Minsk.
The US State Department and the Pentagon did not immediately return messages seeking comment.
Russia has stationed 10 aircraft in Belarus capable of carrying tactical nuclear weapons, he said, adding that Moscow had already transferred to Belarus a number of Iskander tactical missile systems that can be used to launch nuclear weapons.
When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, nuclear weapons were deployed in the four newly-independent states of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
In May 1992, the four states agreed all the weapons should be based in Russia and the transfer of warheads from Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan was completed in 1996.
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ISW 3/25: Putin has likely sought to deploy Russian nuclear weapons to Belarus since before the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine and has likely chosen this moment to do so in order to serve the immediate information operation he is now conducting. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko offered to host Russia nuclear weapons on Belarusian territory on November 30, 2021, and Belarus removed the constitutional clause enshrining Belarus’ neutral status in a referendum in February 2022.[16] ISW forecasted in January and February 2022 that Putin might seek to deploy tactical or strategic nuclear weapons to Belarus as part of a broader effort to deepen Russian control over Belarus.[17] Putin likely refrained from deploying the weapons to Belarus at the start of the 2022 invasion in order to preserve the option to deploy them as part of a future Russian information operation to manipulate the West.
[An Nahar] The United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... said it was "deeply concerned" by what it said were summary executions of prisoners of war by both Russian and Ukrainian forces on the battlefield.
The allegations came shortly after Kyiv accused Russian forces of killing a captured Ukrainian serviceman who was filmed saying "Glory to Ukraine" before being rubbed out.
The head of the U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, Matilda Bogner, said that her organization had recently recorded killings by both sides.
"We are deeply concerned about (the) summary execution of up to 25 Russian prisoners of war and persons hors de combat by the Ukrainian armed forces, which we have documented," Bogner said at a presser in Kyiv on Friday.
"This was often perpetrated immediately upon capture on the battlefield," she said.
"While we are aware of ongoing investigations by Ukraine authorities into five cases involving 22 victims, we are not aware of any prosecution of the perpetrators," she added.
Bogner also expressed "deep" concern over the alleged executions of 15 Ukrainian prisoners by Russian armed forces after their capture.
She said the Wagner mercenary group, which claims to be leading Russia's assault for Bakhmut -- the longest and bloodiest battle of the war -- was responsible for 11 of those killings.
Moscow and Kyiv have accused each other of mistreating prisoners of war since Russian President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... invaded a year ago.
In response to the U.N. report, Kyiv's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it was "unacceptable" to hold the "victim of aggression" responsible.
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One U.N. report issued Friday claimed Ukrainian military personnel had subjected prisoners of war to death threats, mock executions or threats of sexual violence. Some beatings were "purely retaliatory," it said.
"In some cases, officers beat POWs saying: 'This is for Bucha'," the mission reported detainees as saying, referring to a town near Kyiv where Russian forces were accused of widespread atrocities.
"Before questioning, they showed me an axe handle covered in blood as a warning," the report quoted a Russian POW as saying.
"The questioning lasted for about an hour and they used electricity six times, whenever they thought I was lying," the detainee said, according to the report.
Ukrainian POWs quoted in the report said they were subjected to torture, sexual violence, a lack of food and water and denied medical attention.
They said they were tortured and ill-treated to extract information or as a form of punishment, the mission said.
Ukrainian prisoners reported being beaten with shovels, stabbed, subjected to electric shocks and strangled.
"Some of them lost their teeth or fingers, had their ribs, fingers or noses broken," the report said.
"They did not just beat us, they broke us. They used their fists, legs, batons, tasers. There were POWs who had their arms or legs broken," one man was quoted as saying.
The Ukrainian parliament's human rights ...which often include carefully measured allowances of freedom at the convenience of the state... commissioner Dmytro Lubinets said Friday that he was "surprised" by the allegations against Ukrainian troops and said he had not been informed of them in advance.
On Telegram, he wrote that he wanted to "know the facts and the indisputable arguments on which the conclusions" of the U.N. report were based.
In a separate statement on Friday, Kyiv's Ministry of Foreign Affairs thanked the U.N. monitors for their work but emphasized that Ukraine "expects that the UN mission will avoid any steps that may be interpreted as equalizing the victim and the aggressor."
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Rule #1 - Don't get captured
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[Korrespondent] 22:33 Turkey calls for a thorough study of China's "peace plan" for Ukraine, Erdogan's spokesman Ibrahim Kalyn said. According to him, Ankara is ready to support Beijing's proposals if they "create a foundation for negotiations." Kalyn noted that the West "miscalculated the situation," and sanctions against Russia only push it towards closer ties with China.
20:51 The occupational Russian administration has actually established control over the Askania-Nova reserve in the Kherson region, the press service of the reserve reported. In particular, on March 20, the first deputy head of the presidential administration of the Russian Federation Sergey Kiriyenko, the "acting governor" of the Kherson region, collaborator Vladimir Saldo and the new "director" of the reserve D. Meshcheryakov arrived at the institution.
19:24 Putin said that Russia "has something to answer" for ammunition with depleted uranium, the Russian Federation "has a lot of such weapons, but it has not yet used them." He also said that Russia is completing the construction of a storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus on July 1.
At the same time, he stressed that "Russia is not transferring its nuclear weapons to Belarus, but is doing what the US has been doing for decades." Russia has already helped Belarus re-equip aircraft: ten types of aircraft are ready for the use of tactical weapons, and crew training will begin on April 3, Putin added.
19:03 IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi next week will visit Zaporozhye NPP, the agency reported.
18:46 Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar urges not to discuss or publish information about the counter-offensive for which the Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing: "Three people in this state have the right to publish strategic military plans and plans - the Supreme Commander (President), the Minister of Defense, the Commander-in-Chief. All the rest - just quote. No need to ask questions on the air to experts - what about the counteroffensive, no need to write blogs and posts on this topic, no need to publicly discuss the military plans of our army at all. We have one strategic plan - to liberate all our territories. And the details - It's a military secret."
Malyar stressed that "information is also a weapon, and we also fight with it."
17:37 Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki proposes to buy shells for Ukraine outside the EU, since the Armed Forces of Ukraine need ammunition immediately. In Poland itself, according to him, the Dezamet plant plans to significantly increase the production of ammunition for Ukraine, in particular for mortars and grenade launchers.
16:59 The Russians fired artillery at Chasov Yar and Toretsk in the Donetsk region - one person died in each city, the Office of the President reported.
15:53 The Russians fired at the distribution point for humanitarian aid in Kherson, two people were injured, the OVA reported.
15:28 Bakhmut is still the epicenter of hostilities, so the information of British intelligence about the slowdown in the advance of Russian troops in this direction needs to be clarified, said Sergey Cherevaty, spokesman for the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: "This still needs to be analyzed. But the last three days show that today There were 18 clashes in the Bakhmut direction, more recently there were from 30 to 50. But this requires a more detailed analysis, and I think the next week will show this. So far, Bakhmut remains the epicenter of hostilities, the direction of the main attack of the enemy."
14:51 Russia has a very large stock of aerial bombs, and converting them into guided bombs is cheaper and faster than producing missiles, Yuri Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said. According to him, the Russians can drop their planning bombs at a distance of 50 km or more, not reaching the border of Ukraine. Therefore, Ukraine needs funds to hit the planes that release these bombs.
13:40 The Russians were rotating in Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region, so it seemed that they had left the city, spokesman for the Southern Defense Forces Natalia Gumenyuk explained: “At first it was a massive rotation, which provoked the understanding that the troops were packing up and leaving. others came in. Such work, in principle, is carried out very often in those settlements that are adjacent to the left bank, since they are used by the enemy as places for the recovery of combat units after they return from hot spots.
13:18 Erdogan and Putin discussed the situation in Ukraine and bilateral relations by phone, the office of the Turkish President said.
12:22 The Russians no longer have such a potential to launch 50-70-80 missiles at once, Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden, said: "Massive missile attacks are already a thing of the past, the enemy is starting to use pinpoint strikes. Now tactics are in a state of search. they do not have such a potential to launch 50-70-80 missiles at once - this is already a very senseless step." At the same time, she added that the possibility of new massive attacks cannot be ruled out.
10:57 British intelligence believes that the Russians' attempts to capture Bakhmut have stalled due to extreme attrition, and now they are preparing for defense. At the same time, analysts note that Ukraine also suffered significant losses in the defense of the city. But the situation for the Russians was further undermined by the conflict between the Wagnerites and the Ministry of Defense.
Intelligence officials believe that Moscow has probably shifted its focus to Avdiivka, as well as to the Svatovo-Kremenskoye direction. This may indicate that the Russians are moving to a more defensive pattern after unsuccessful offensive attempts.
09:26 Ukraine cannot launch a counteroffensive now, Zelensky said in an interview with the Japanese edition of Yomiuri: "We cannot start yet, and without tanks, artillery and HIMARS, we cannot send brave soldiers to the front line." At the same time, the president acknowledged that the situation in eastern Ukraine was "bad", and added that the reason was the lack of ammunition. According to him, the Russian military daily uses three times more ammunition than the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Zelensky also said that Kyiv did not receive any offers of mediation or organization of negotiations from China, and there was no reaction from Beijing to the proposals of the Ukrainian side.
09:22 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed (in Bakhmut and Orlovka), three more were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
09:19 Over the past day, the Russians fired on Kherson seven times, and in total in the Kherson region they carried out 67 attacks, firing 301 shells from heavy artillery and Gradov. Two people died, six were injured, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
09:16 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 25.
personnel - about 169,890 (+720) people liquidated,
tanks - 3580 (+6),
armored combat vehicles - 6932 (+11),
artillery systems - 2623 (+7),
MLRS - 520 (+9),
air defense systems - 276 (+0),
aircraft - 305 (+0),
helicopters - 291 (+1),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2214 (+6),
cruise missiles - 911 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 5483 (+19),
special equipment - 279 (+2).
08:48 Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Russia has destroyed and damaged medical facilities in Ukraine for $ 2.5 billion, according to World Bank estimates. In particular, Russian missiles and shells destroyed or damaged at least 978 medical facilities. Also damaged or destroyed were 650 ambulances and at least 596 pharmacies.
Russia inflicted the most damage to the medical infrastructure on the territory of four regions - Donetsk, Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Lugansk. In total, the need to restore the healthcare system as a result of the war is now estimated at $16.4 billion.
08:33 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky, Maryinsky and Miner directions. Over the past day, the Defense Forces repelled 59 enemy attacks on them, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
According to the General Staff, on March 22, servicemen of the Russian Guard carried out a raid on the village of Chaplinka in the Kherson region. During the check, the Russians paid special attention to the personal documents of local residents, vehicles and mobile phones. Meanwhile, in Energodar, Zaporozhye region, Russian invaders are organizing "excursions" for children of senior classes to Volgodonsk, to the Rostov nuclear power plant.
06:26 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that the so-called "big" Russian spring offensive is approaching a climax, and the Russian information space is reacting to the slowdown in Russian operations and the possibility of Ukraine seizing the initiative "with considerable concern."
Analysts say the Russian military will need to move a significant amount of forces to the front to either prevent a climax or launch new offensives. However, it is unlikely that such forces exist in sufficient quantities to do both.
ISW also reports that the Russian 155th Naval Infantry Brigade has been destroyed and rebuilt eight times since the start of the war, in large part due to losses incurred during the long battles for Vuhledar and ineffective frontal attacks. Analysts say Russian troops are unable to sustain significant advance rates anywhere along the front lines using "human wave" style attacks.
03:47 A group of creditors of Ukraine, which includes all G7 states, has agreed to defer payments on loans provided to Ukraine until 2027, when the current IMF program ends, the Canadian Ministry of Finance said.
01:55 An EU working group will meet in Brussels next week to study the possibility of using frozen Russian assets to restore Ukraine, writes The New York Times. According to the newspaper, there is growing support in the West for the idea of forced recovery of money from Russia for the restoration of Ukraine.
01:24 US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the meeting announced their intention to support Ukraine "whatever the cost."
Biden also said that the idea of an alliance between China and Russia is greatly exaggerated. He assured that if Beijing and Moscow really create a coalition, the West will unite even more countries. "I don't take China lightly. I don't take Russia lightly. But I think we've exaggerated a lot. I've been hearing for the last three months that China is going to provide serious weapons to Russia... They haven't done it yet. It's not means they won't do it, but they haven't done it yet. And if something happens, the West will come together much stronger," Biden stressed.
00:47 Kuleba spoke about the "behind-the-scenes diplomatic battle" that begins after the issuance of a warrant for Putin's arrest by the International Criminal Court: "Now a huge behind-the-scenes diplomatic battle will begin for respect for obligations under the Rome Statute."
He also commented on the situation with South Africa, which ratified the Rome Statute and officially invited Putin to the BRICS summit: "The question is no longer Putin or Ukraine, but that if the ICC warrant is openly ignored, it will destroy the ICC." According to the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, the ICC itself is now interested in ensuring that its acts are respected, and all countries that support the court "will join the behind-the-scenes battle to ensure the execution of the warrant."
"It is clear that South Africa will not refuse Putin's visit, because it is their political ally ... But to ignore the warrant - I do not think that South Africa will be able to openly and defiantly ignore it ... It is better to fight attempts not to fulfill the warrant for Putin's arrest than to fight for for such an order to be issued in principle," the minister added.
00:22 The Kremlin abandoned plans for a further offensive in Ukraine this spring after they failed to achieve great success. Instead, the Russian Federation will focus on containing a new Ukrainian counteroffensive, Bloomberg writes, citing sources. According to them, this year the Russian authorities plan to recruit up to 400,000 contract soldiers to make up for losses and avoid another forced mobilization.
The publication notes that almost all 300,000 troops mobilized in the fall are now on the battlefield, but for many months Russia has not been able to take a single large city.
00:04 Kherson City Council called on local residents to evacuate due to constant Russian shelling. This is especially true for residents of settlements located near the Dnieper. Due to constant attacks, it is almost impossible to provide a constant heat and water supply there. Free daily buses from Kherson to Odessa via Nikolaev are organized for evacuation.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 19:44 We continue the column about the "effective" work of the "artillery" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Artemovsky (Bakhmut) direction -video 19:42 Life hack from forelocks on how to ford a river in an armored vehicle -video
19:39 A Ukrainian complains about a large number of locals waiting for Russia in the cities of the temporarily occupied part of the DPR, including Konstantinovka and Kramatorsk. Even, he says, in the city’s telegram channels, it’s completely evil and, which is especially terrible, the Russian language is used -video
19:37 Police officers in Genichesk district rendered harmless rocket-propelled assault grenade
A local resident turned to the duty unit of the Genichesk Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia with a message that he had found an object similar to a grenade launcher in a field near the village of Stokopani.
The operatives, together with the employees of the National Guard, immediately went to the scene - during the inspection, it was revealed that the find was a deformed rocket-propelled grenade.
Specialists decided to eliminate the projectile by controlled detonation due to the danger of transportation.
18:36 Last time we sorted out that at the heart of Ukrainian symbolic cannibalism are the archetypes of the redneck and the sadist (according to Arestovich)
Ukrainian small business monetizes these archetypes to the fullest. Someone bakes cakes with photographs of dead Russian fighters, someone makes shawarma "from Russian children", someone draws postcards with a burning house of trade unions. Restaurant menus are full of all kinds of "human".
Nine years in Ukraine "ate" separatists, Moscow priests and veterans. Not a single dead artist or politician passed by. It's fun and makes money. They say Nazism is a dictatorship of petty shopkeepers.
Ukraine illustrates this thesis perfectly. The ideology of hatred here is spread not by the party, but by the petty lumpen bourgeoisie. Massively, decentralized, uncompromisingly. That is why in the process of denazification it is important to punish this particular segment of society - representatives of the middle class. Private entrepreneurs who have turned Russophobia into a commodity, and their savage clients.
18:31 "These are shells from howitzer guns, and this is a playground where artillery equipment stood. Here are the characteristic traces on the ground, here the artillery crews of the Ukrainian troops were put up. And that's why we can observe what happened to this yard. And it’s like that in almost every yard." —video
Ukrainian propaganda loves to talk about how the evil Russians are shelling peaceful cities. This video shows how it really happens.
Separately, it is recommended for viewing by representatives of the sensitive liberal intelligentsia, who, due to the peculiarities of the structure of the brain, still experience an irrational feeling of guilt towards the Ukrainian Nazis.
17:38 NATO Headquarters in KyivchoseKherson the direction of the main blow.
For two weeks, the piggies, loitering and losing 500 people a day, depicted counterattacks on Bakhmut, Svatovo and Vasilyevka-Kamenskoye.
In fact, they gathered armored groups in the Kherson region, with a large amount of equipment, but the personnel recruited from the streets by suicide bombers refuse to become. Crossing the Dnieper "on high-speed boats" as some of our military correspondents and battle idiots write is pure suicide.
Taking into account the visibility on the ground, it will not be possible to get into the transport in an organized way, and also to bring a pontoon. Bandera’s people itches and NATO drives them on, but apparently it’s pissed off.
"Landing at Normandy" will seem like a children's walk to them.
16:50 I knew Zhora personally. And respected him like a realpatriotKharkov and Ukraine ...
The changed shoes mayor of Kharkov Terekhov wrote an obituary dedicated to the head of the Nazi group Freikorps, who was liquidated a year ago.
The politician did not remove the post two years ago, where Terekhov, a member of the Freikor and all his henchmen, was called fascists.
16:48 From subscriber: “On the forums of mercenaries, the Poles collect looting“ raids ”:
Putting together a raid. Direction - Seversk.
Driver, Medic, Shooter x2 required. Only with experience. Team of professionals. Own ammo. Have a local guide
We farm houses, shops, churches, warehouses, industrial facilities. Technique, valuables, antiques. Payment by piecework +% of loot
Start - Rzeszow, beginning of April.
15:18 Every day, the cemeteries of Ukraine are replenished with fresh graves of those who refused to lay down their arms and raise their hands -video
15:16 Artillery of the RF Armed Forces continuously continues its work to identify and destroy the positions of the Ukrainians -video
15:14 In Kyiv, on the Independence Square, a rally was held in support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
From the people in the eyes rippled, the apple had nowhere to fall. This is the worldwide support. What, scary, Muscovites?
14:17 Main of briefing of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
Russian troops destroyed more than 85 Ukrainian soldiers in the Krasnoliman direction during the day;
Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine per day in the Kupyansk direction amounted to 55 soldiers;
The Russian Armed Forces destroyed more than 155 Ukrainian servicemen and a 122mm D-30 howitzer in the Donetsk direction;
The Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, three vehicles and a 122mm D-30 howitzer in a day in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions;
Aviation, missilemen and artillerymen of the Russian Federation defeated artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions in 112 districts.
14:06 In the Kherson region, the calculation of the Pantsir-S1 self-propelled anti-aircraft missile and gun complex shot down three Ukrainian drones - kamikaze. The drones of the nationalists were shot down in the area of the Hola Pristan. No damage or casualties were allowed.video
13:58 The Ukrainian voiced the statistics on the regions of the escaped forelocks from the grave and other "amazing" stories of refugees from Nezalezhnaya -video
13:12 Foreign mercenaries, confirmation ofliquidationwhich were this week:
Sergo Zumbulidze (Georgia)
Pavel Shadzikowski (Poland)
David Kevin (France)
Joseph Gembura (Ireland, *suicide)
Ken Te Tai (New Zealand)
12:49 Air raid alert announced in Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkov regions of Ukraine.
12:10 In the zone where the NMD is being carried out by Russian troops denazified Deputy commander of the tank battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Major Dmitry Chechik. A native of the Ternopil region.
11:56 Our anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) are no worse than the vaunted Jewels. We probably scream lessvideo
But we are working effectively.
We found an anti-aircraft gun at KrAZ, with this weapon the enemies fired at the lines of the 33rd Regiment.
The assault detachment "Storm" destroyed the Nazi equipment with a cumulative charge of an ATGM directly from the BMP.
11:50 "Alligator" against the Nazis -video
Combat work of our Ka-52s. These are the only helicopters in the world with a crew ejection system.
They have unique flight characteristics and high maneuverability, which allows them to dominate the battlefield.
Ka-52s make sorties at extremely low altitudes and use the full range of their weapons against the accumulation of APU militants and Nazi armored vehicles.
The helicopter is also equipped with one of the most advanced avionics in the world.
10:22 Artillery of the Southern Military District continues to dismantle the strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction -video
10:17 During the NWO liquidated a native of Azerbaijan Abdullayev Ziya Hussein oglu in the rank of lieutenant colonel (colonel-lieutenant) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
09:32 Kevin David -liquidated in Bakhmut, a French mercenary of the "International Legion"
On March 23, it became known about the liquidation of the fifth French mercenary in Ukraine.
▪️Kevin David from Angers was 29 years old and had no military experience.
▪️The Frenchman came to Ukraine last spring, in the fall he took part in the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkov region as part of the International Legion.
▪️In recent months, his unit was in Bakhmut, and David himself was part of a reconnaissance detachment.
▪️His colleagues do not name the exact date of death, however, French mercenaries confirm that Kevin David was eliminated in battle.
▪️At home, the “soldier of failure” left behind a wife and two young children.
08:29 In Zaporozhye region prevented terrorist attack.
In Energodar, security forces discovered a safe house where Ukrainian saboteurs were collecting improvised explosive devices.
During a search in the apartment, up to 150 grams of explosives, 40 sniper cartridges and equipment for assembling improvised explosive devices were found - cell phones, detonators, switches and other means. Caches were also discovered, where ready-made devices for remote detonation were located.
08:16 Eyewitnesses confirm explosions in Kramatorsk -video
Explosions are also reported in Slavyansk (both cities are under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine)
08:10 Chechen terrorists in the battles in Bakhmut -video
The militants hide in apartments and fire from there.
Earlier, the head of Chechnya announced a $1 million reward to anyone who would point out the exact location of the so-called Chechen battalions named after Dzhokhar Dudayev and Sheikh Mansour.
Also: According to Soviet registers, the most produced trucks in USSR ever was the GAZ MM (419,812), a derivative of the Ford built in USSR.
Two trucks really made the bread and butter of motorized units on the eastern front during WW2: The ZIS-5 and GAZ AA/AAA/MM. Together they represented a total of 1,400 000 light utility trucks. They represented together about 50% of the trucks produced in USSR and used by Soviet troops.
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Unless this is disinformation, it is incredible that WW2 era trucks with Katusha launchers and towing 85mm antitank guns are seen outside of Victory Day reenactments. Goes with reactivating T-54 and T-55 tanks while Russian leadership brags of producing 1600 new tanks this year while real capability is 20 or less a month and that is without modern optics and fire control systems that are embargoed by the West. Kim Jong-un is cringing.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:58 Over the past day Representationreportedabout 14 facts of firing by the VFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made eight attacks from the MLRS, artillery 155mm and 152mm.
On Gorlovsky five artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery. By releasing 63 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of five settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Yasinovataya, the capital city of Donetsk (Kiev, Kuibyshevsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Gornyatsky district), Aleksandrovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of four civilians in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, Oleksandrivka, Yasinovataya, as well as in the previously liberated Middle.
Unfortunately, a man born in 1956, who was wounded on March 23 in the Central City district of Gorlovka, died.
Damaged one house building in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. Damage to civil infrastructure facilities was not recorded.
In previous 11 artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU side in 24 hours.
22:00 Video- TOS-1A is working on Ukrainian positions in the Zaporozhye region.
21:24 Paratrooper of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky battalion with trophy Swedish AT-4 grenade launcher in the forest near Kremennaya. The fate of the former owner is death.
21:13 Video– Russian tankers work on the manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region
20:42 Video- Corrected AGSs fire on Ukrainian positions in the Marinka area.
20:23 Character of shelling of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station has changed - the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to use large-caliber sniper rifles
The commander of the Russian Armed Forces unit guarding the power plant, with the call sign "Count", said that the militants of the Kyiv regime had a new firearm - a large-caliber sniper rifle, which allows them to strike at a distance of two to three kilometers. He also stressed that the situation around the HPP has changed.
"We feel by the artillery attack itself, by the rounds, by the arrivals, and their intensity, that some kind of rotation has taken place on the other side - or fresh forces or some new units have been brought up," said Graf.
Currently, measures are being taken to identify the points from which the power plant is being shelled.
19:44 Video– Destruction of the Ukrainian anti-aircraft guns on the KrAZ chassis by an ATGM with an infantry fighting vehicle of the 33rd regiment
19:33 Video- And this is the work of Volkov intelligence in the Avdievka area. And it shows how yesterday's cadets learned our training and how successfully they apply it.
We wish the guys good luck in the military, the Guardian Angel is nearby and only a positive result.
19:02 Video- Combat everyday life of fighters from the Republic of Altai in the zone of the NWO.
18:28 Video- The Ukrainian military praises the work of the Russian tank on their positions in the forest belt and shows the consequences of the arrivals, of which, according to him, there were about fifteen.
17:55 Video “Ours are destroying enemy positions near Maryinka. Footage from near Donetsk shows the work of a spotter and grenade launchers.
17:24 Video- A car of the Armed Forces of Ukraine slips under fire to Artemovsk. Visual illustration of the term "Fire control of the road". Formally, you can drive through, but not everyone can get through like that.
16:54 Incoming messages about the battles in the central market of Artemovsk (the western part of the city, already across the river). Earlier the other day it was reported about the fighting near the stadium. In the city, the front line slowly continues to shift to the west. Despite problems with communications, there are no signs of the collapse of the organized enemy defense system in the city yet.
16:27 For the past day Ukrainians fired 127 rounds from cannon artillery at the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, of which 86 were fired during the day. The following settlements were shelled:
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlements of Novaya Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Tavriysk, Pokrovka and Kardashinka, firing a total of 41 rounds from cannon artillery.
16:08 Russian soldier and trophy NLAW, Zaporozhye region. The review of the grenade launcher, by the way, is harshly negative due to the inconvenience of using it.
15:25 “Crazy” Taras is no longer the same or like Ukrainianbs turned over 100mm anti-tank gun MT-12 "Rapier"
15:02 Video- As part of the ongoing battles for Makeevka (Svatov direction), the restored bridge across the Zherebets River was destroyed. The bridge had previously been damaged by blows, but the enemy restored it with the help of engineering means and used to supply part of the defenders of Makeevka, which our troops began to storm the other day.
14:22 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (03/25/2023)
- In the Kupyansky direction, air strikes and artillery fire from the "Western" group of troops hit units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Dvurechnaya and Timkovka in the Kharkiv region.
Enemy losses amounted to 55 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and two vehicles.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, attacks by assault and army aviation, artillery fire and active actions of units of the "Center" group of forces defeated the enemy's manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic, Yampolovka and Terny of the Donetsk People's Republic.
During the day, over 85 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored vehicles, three pickup trucks and a 152mm D-20 howitzer were destroyed in this direction.
- In the Donetsk direction, during the active operations of units and artillery fire of the "Southern" group of forces, more than 155 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, five vehicles, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed.
- In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, air strikes and artillery fire from the Vostok group of troops defeated the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Ugledar and Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The total losses of the enemy in these areas amounted to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, three vehicles and a 122mm D-30 howitzer.
- In the Kherson direction, up to 35 Ukrainian servicemen, ten vehicles, as well as a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer were destroyed during a fire attack.
- Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation over the past day defeated 76 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and equipment in 112 districts.
- Air defense systems intercepted six HIMARS and Vilkha multiple launch rockets and one HARM anti-radar missile. In addition, eleven unmanned aerial vehicles, including one Bayraktar TB-2, were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Tokmak, Ivanovka, Zaporozhye region, Kolomyychikha, Luhansk People's Republic, Nikolskoye, Kramatorsk, Kirillovka and Vladimirovka, Donetsk People's Republic.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 404 aircraft, 224 helicopters, 3,573 unmanned aerial vehicles, 414 anti-aircraft missile systems, 8,399 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,072 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,428 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 9,114 units of special military vehicles.
14:07 Video- Stirlitz has never been so close to failure.
13:45 Consequences of artillery attack of the Gornyatsky district of Makeevka by Ukrainian militants.
13:08 Video— Dmitry Medvedev about the Russian army, its future and its modernization.
12:33 Video- Mi-35 and Mi-24 helicopters fired at critical enemy targets in the Krasnolimansky direction. The fire was conducted by guided aircraft missiles. All targets were successfully hit.
This was announced by the head of the press center of the group "Center" Alexander Savchuk.
11:57 Last night effectively worked out our air defense.
From the direction of n.p. Druzhkovka, a Bayraktar TB2 reconnaissance and strike drone entered the DPR to strike at units of the Russian Armed Forces. Even on the way, it was timely detected and destroyed by our air defense systems.
11:30 Video- The crew of the Berezhok combat vehicle is preparing for battle, covering the offensive actions of our units.
"Berezhok" (B05Ya01) is a Russian universal combat module (a turret with a weapon system and an FCS) for a combat vehicle (BM), designed to modernize light armored vehicles such as the BMP-1, BMP-2, as well as to equip armored vehicles domestic and foreign production such as BMP, BTR and BMD. It is possible to install obsolete tanks on a tracked chassis to turn them into BMPTs. So, in preparation for the parade in honor of the 60th anniversary of the independence of Algeria, locally assembled vehicles were demonstrated, which are the Berezhok fighting compartment mounted on the T-62 chassis. The Israelis did the same thing over the years with the large number of T-54, T-55 and T-62 hulls abandoned during their three wars with the Arab crazies. 11:00 Video- The living conditions of our attack aircraft on the line of combat contact with the enemy, about 50 meters to the enemy.
10:30 Warriors 58 Bn closed enemy armored personnel carrier and sabotage and reconnaissance group
The operator of the anti-tank missile system of the 58th separate special-purpose battalion set fire to an armored personnel carrier delivering reinforcements to the front with a sniper shot. In addition, the guys hit the enemy's DRG, consisting of 13 militants.
10:29 Frontline summary on the morning of 25.03.2023
- In the Kherson direction, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, in addition to the regional center, fired at Kizomys, Belozerka, Antonovka, Novotyaginka, Lvov, Berislav and Krasny Mayak.
- On the Donetsk front, with the support of artillery, Russian troops attacked near Novomikhailovka and in the western part of Maryinka. From the side of Sand, they again conducted offensive operations on Pervomaiskoye.
From the area of the village of Krasnogorovka, after artillery strikes, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation attacked near Berdychi, on Novobakhmutovka (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name, which is already under their control and is located a little to the east) and Novokalinovo.
Russian troops shelled Georgiyevka, the cities of Krasnogorovka, Netaylov, Orlovka, Avdeevka, New York and Zhelezny. The Armed Forces of Ukraine struck at Donetsk, Kamenka, Yasinovataya and Gorlovka.
- To the south-west of Bakhmut, the Wagner PMC, after a fire defeat, conducted assault operations on Predtechino, in the southern and northern parts of Bakhmut, and to the north-west of the city near Bogdanovka and Orekhovo-Vasilyevka. Looks like they are less active. Russian artillery shelled Konstantinovka, Ivanovskoye, Grigorovka, Minkovka, Vasyukovka, Verkhnekamenskoye and Controversial.
- In the Lugansk direction, Russian troops, after numerous previous attempts, were able to move slightly in the Belogorovka area. With the support of artillery, they attacked in the direction of Ternov, Nevsky and Makeevka. These areas were not successful.
10:08 Video- The work of Wagner artillery on Ukrainian positions in the development of the center of Bakhmut.
10:00 Photo— Column T-90M at the front.
09:46 Chronicle of blows and mutual shelling in the NWO zone for the night from March 24 to March 25, 2023
Russian gunners worked on targets in Studenka, Vorozhba and Belopolye in the Sumy region, as well as in Basov, Kazachya Lopan and Veterinary in the border areas of the Kharkov region.
In the Starobelsky direction, the RF Armed Forces hit the positions of Ukrainian forces in Dvurechnaya, Kupyansk, Tabaevka, Stelmakhivka and Nevsky.
Russian troops launched rocket attacks on the building of the Kramatorsk Institute of Economics and Humanities, where, with a high degree of probability, the enemy’s manpower was located.
In the Bakhmut (Artyomovsky) direction, the RF Armed Forces worked out on accumulations of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Bakhmut, Chasovoy Yar, Aleksandro-Shultino, Ivanovskoye and in the vicinity of Disputed.
In the Donetsk direction, targets were hit in Avdeevka, Maryinka, Georgievka, Pobeda and Netailovo.
The enemy once again shelled the residential areas of Donetsk.
In the Yuzhnodonets direction, Russian troops hit the enemy positions in Ugledar, Novomikhailovka and Zolotaya Niva.
In the Zaporozhye region, the RF Armed Forces worked on enemy concentrations in Orekhovo, Charivne, Malinovka, Malaya Tokmachka, Gulyaipole, and Chervon.
On the southern sector of the front, Russian artillerymen attacked Kherson and its environs.
Ukrainian formations, in turn, fired at New Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Pokrovka, Tavriysk and Kardashinka.
09:14 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 03/24/2023 to 00:00 03/25/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 11 facts of firing by the AFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made seven attacks from the MLRS, 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky one artillery attack from the Himars MLRS.
On Yasinovatsky two artillery attack from MLRS, artillery 152mm.
On Volnovakhsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
By releasing 71 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of seven settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Central city district), Yasinovataya, Yakovlevka, the capital city of Donetsk (Kalinin, Budennovsky, Kiev, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky districts), Aleksandrovka, Yelenovka, Nikolskoye.
Over the past day, information was received about the death of a civilian - a woman, in the previously liberated Nikolskoye.
A total of 22 houses were damaged in the Kievsky district of Donetsk and the Central City district of Gorlovka. Damage to civil infrastructure facilities was not recorded.
In the previous day, 18 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
08:33 Combat everyday life of fighters from the Republic of Altai in the zone of the NWO -video
08:05 Around the clock: specialists of the medical service of the Western Military District during the special operation continue to provide the necessary medical assistance to military personnel and injured civilians every day -video
Soldiers and civilians who cannot be provided medical assistance on the spot are evacuated by sanitary helicopters and vehicles to military doctors.
The main goal of operations performed by doctors is to stop bleeding, remove fragments and create all conditions for wound healing. Afterwards, evacuate the patient.
Military surgeons save hundreds of lives. Operating rooms work around the clock. Doctors stitch tissues, extract fragments. Doctors have all the necessary drugs and medicines to stabilize the patient's condition.
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[REGNUM] A mixed, contract-draft army, the number of which will be at least 1.5 million people, is needed today by Russia. Such armed forces will correspond to the needs of the country. This was announced on March 25 by Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
As the politician noted, the contract army meets the needs of the country, but at present its strength is insufficient.
“In my opinion, at the moment, the successful defense of our Fatherland corresponds to a mixed army based both on conscription and on a contract,” he said.
Medvedev also pointed out that the ongoing special denazification operation in Ukraine had a serious impact on approaches to the formation of the Russian Armed Forces, since the strength of the army is tested during the fighting.
“Our army needs to get bigger. And the parameters of its number have been announced - this is at least 1.5 million people , ”added the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council.
As REGNUM reported , earlier Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu pointed out the need to increase the size of the Russian Armed Forces to 1.5 million people. He specified that this number should include 670,000 contract servicemen.
The head of the Ministry of Defense also indicated that the number of contract soldiers in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation should be increased to 521,000 . He noted that this must be done taking into account the replacement of mobilized citizens in the troops.
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[ColonelCassad] Ukraine's military spending in 2022 reached $73 billion, or 50% of GDP, Ravenstvo calculated according to the Ministry of Finance. The country has become one of the most militarized in the world in 30 years.
Of these, military budget spending in 2022 was $37 billion ( https://mof.gov.ua/uk/budget_2022-538 ). NATO countries have allocated $32.4 billion to Ukraine, of which $14.9 billion are gratuitous transfers, and $17.5 billion are external loans (under essences are also free). External funding almost completely coincided with the increase in the budget of Ukraine in 2022 (by $29 billion) and the increase in military budget spending in particular (by $31 billion). In other words, the West almost completely paid for the war.
The second part of military needs is the direct supply of weapons by the West. At the end of January 2023, they reached $69 billion ( https://www.ifw-kiel.de/publications/data-sets/ukraine-support-tracker-data-17410/ ), according to the Kiel Institute. Of these, weapons were actually transferred in 2022 for $36 billion.
The total military spending of Ukraine in 2022 reached $73.1 billion (50.5% of GDP). 94% of them are covered by the West. The estimate is still underestimated, because does not include mercenary activity.
Ukraine has become one of the most militarized in 30 years. For comparison: in Iraq in 2020, military spending was 6% of GDP, in Afghanistan - 11%, in Libya in 2014 - 16%, according to ( https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL .XPND.GD.ZS ) SIPRI.
In 2023, the total military spending will be the same, although so far lesser amounts have been provided - $55 billion (36% of GDP). Of these, arms deliveries are declared at $33 billion. Defense budget expenditures in 2023 are prescribed ( https://mof.gov.ua/uk/budget_2023-582 ) in the amount of $21.7 billion, but will be higher (spending in Jan. already $3.6 billion). They will also be covered by external financing ($33 billion).
The military spending of the Russian Federation in 2022 was $98 billion, but only a part went to military operations in the Donbass. Their growth over the year was $32 billion, while Ukraine’s was $65 billion. If we assume that this growth reflects the forces at the front, then the RF Armed Forces not only have no advantage there, but in many respects they are inferior to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (the difference in the number of troops is 400 against 700 ( https://ria.ru/20220708/vsu-1801307373.html) thousand people). This makes Kyiv's upcoming counteroffensive extremely dangerous.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] From 2023, Russian tactical nuclear weapons will be deployed on the territory of Belarus. There are already relevant agreements in this regard. Now the storage and hosting infrastructure is being finalized.
From Putin's other statements on the military topic:
1. Ukraine's consumption per day is 5,000 shells. US production per month is 1,000. Russia produces 3 times more.
2. NATO will deliver another 400 tanks to Ukraine in 2023. Russia will produce 1600 tanks.
3. In the case of the use of depleted uranium projectiles in Ukraine, Russia has hundreds of thousands of such projectiles at its disposal (a thick hint at their use).
4. Nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus will be deployed by July 1, when work on ensuring storage and basing is completed. The Iskander OTRK and VKS aircraft will act as carriers.
5. Russia agrees with the conclusions of the Hersh investigation, which indicates that Nord Stream was blown up by US intelligence agencies.
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[NYPOST] Russian President Vladimir Putin " ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... planned a "total cleansing" of Ukraine with "house-to-house terror" to subdue its people, leaked spy documents reportedly show.
Chilling emails from within Russia’s FSB intelligence service talk about orders "from the very top" for civilians to be taken to concentration camps in a bid to conquer Ukraine.
The emails were leaked by a source within the FSB to Russian human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... screeching muppet Vladimir Osechkin, who founded Gulagu, a website that highlights the conditions in the country’s prison system, the US Sun reported.
The leak comes a week after the International Criminal Court charged Putin with war crimes on charges related to an alleged scheme to deport Ukrainian children to Russia.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said that there have been over 16,000 forced deportations carried out by Russia.
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The Russians have already been implementing this in the occupied territories with mass filtration, arrests, torture, murder and expulsions.
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Psyops of western media. This has been Ukrainian method of operation for several years now with western coup. Actively attacking Russian speaking areas and door to door harassment. With our current government operating with a Democrat corrupt peoples leaked documents are normal tool used to manipulate opinion. Curious word play games used with every story.
So Putin will push Ukraine 150 K beyond captured current areas. The buffer to protect Russia from missile attack. So this presents the opportunity for bordering countries to reclaim lost areas. I
can see Russia going after Odessa but not Kiev. Putin will not stop till he has accomplished this. Peace on his terms. Why do you fight this war. He plans to secure benefits for Russia. China wants the China’s Belt and Road Initiative going thru Ukraine to Europe. So this will massively transform this area. The west doesn't want this to happen.
[Business Insider via MSN] China's leader, Xi Jinping, has called a meeting of former-Soviet Central Asian countries, in an audacious power play in Russia's backyard the week of his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Xi invited the leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan to the first China-Central Asia summit on Wednesday, the AFP news agency reported. It remains unclear whether the reclusive state of Turkmenistan has been invited.
The states are all former members of the Soviet Union, and Moscow has long regarded them as being in its sphere of influence after the then-Russian Empire conquered them in the 19th century.
The move came as Xi was visiting Putin in Moscow as part of a 3-day-summit which concluded Wednesday, in which the nations pledged to deepen and extend their cooperation — and Xi signaled that Russia would have continued Chinese backing in its invasion of Ukraine.
Analysts say that China has secured significant leverage over Russia in return for its diplomatic and economic support, and that in calling the meeting of Central Asian nations it is seeking to exploit that advantage.
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Knowing that if Russia is successful in repossessing Ukraine, then the 'near abroad' was also slated to be soaked up has these others looking to see if they can a better deal.
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...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
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...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
[Business Insider via MSN] China's leader, Xi Jinping, has called a meeting of former-Soviet Central Asian countries, in an audacious power play in Russia's backyard the week of his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
