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« Reply #1950 on: July 06, 2025, 05:05:18 pm »
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« Reply #1951 on: July 06, 2025, 05:26:24 pm »
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« Reply #1952 on: July 06, 2025, 05:27:32 pm »
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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #1956 on: July 06, 2025, 05:48:18 pm »
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🇺🇸❗️🇺🇦 Several Republican insiders close to Trump have publicly accused Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby of deliberately undermining U.S. military aid to Ukraine, - Politico

‼️ Colby has been making these efforts on his own, bypassing White House and State Department.




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« Reply #1957 on: July 06, 2025, 06:38:02 pm »
Hang him if true.
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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #1958 on: July 06, 2025, 06:49:44 pm »
Hang him if true.

Yep, but Senate Republicans are complicit.

Flashback:

Senate confirms Trump’s controversial pick for Pentagon policy chief

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/04/08/congress/elbridge-colby-pentagon-confirmed-00278750

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The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Elbridge Colby, President Donald Trump’s controversial pick for Pentagon policy chief, a win for the increasingly vocal wing of the GOP that wants the U.S. to focus on China rather than Europe and the Middle East.

Colby’s contentious nomination highlighted a foreign policy rift inside the Republican party. The hard-nosed realist has often clashed with traditional defense hawks, who worry his laser focus on Beijing comes at the detriment of other priorities, such as the Ukraine war.

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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #1959 on: July 06, 2025, 06:58:01 pm »
Simply stated, China is watching closely to what happens in Ukraine to determine what path they take in Taiwan. The higher the cost to Russia the less likely China follows suit.

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« Reply #1960 on: July 06, 2025, 09:28:40 pm »
Russia must be destoyed. Ditto the Russian trolls.
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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #1961 on: July 07, 2025, 10:30:04 am »
China tells EU it can’t accept Russia losing its war against Ukraine, official says

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the European Union’s top diplomat that Beijing can’t accept Russia losing its war against Ukraine as this could allow the United States to turn its full attention to China, an official briefed on the talks said, contradicting Beijing’s public position of neutrality in the conflict.

The admission came during what the official said was a four-hour meeting with EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas on Wednesday in Brussels that “featured tough but respectful exchanges, covering a broad range of issues from cyber security, rare earths to trade imbalances, Taiwan and Middle East.”

The official said Wang’s private remarks suggested Beijing might prefer a protracted war in Ukraine that keeps the United States from focusing on its rivalry with China. They echo concerns of critics of China’s policy that Beijing has geopolitically much more at stake in the Ukrainian conflict than its admitted position of neutrality.

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« Reply #1962 on: July 07, 2025, 10:55:26 am »
Americans just wants to stop allowing the Chinese Communist Party from stealing from us and using predatory trade practices to destroy American manufacturing and middle class.

A communist Government should never have been allowed to join the World Trade Organization.

The United States should control its own commerce, not outsorce trade policy to Globalist locusts and Communist thieves.
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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #1963 on: July 07, 2025, 01:01:21 pm »
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 6, 2025

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Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to be trying to increase volunteer recruitment among the Russian population, likely due to waning domestic support for the Kremlin's crypto-mobilization efforts ... The People's Front monitors the implementation of Putin's decrees and has increasingly served as a military assistance initiative, providing aid to Russian service members fighting in Ukraine through its “Everything for Victory” program. The organization also includes the “Kulibin Club” drone and electronic warfare (EW) production initiative, which develops and tests technology for the Russian military. Putin claimed during his address to the forum that the People's Front has become a mass public movement due to “the overwhelming majority of Russian citizens” who wish to defend “the life principles and values” passed down from previous generations and that the Russian military enjoys “universal, nationwide support” among the Russian population.

Putin highlighted the contributions that the organization has made to Russian forces in Ukraine, such as supplying 110,000 drones and more than 14,000 vehicles. Putin is likely attempting to shore up public support for the People's Front and the war to increase voluntary recruitment among Russian citizens. Putin's focused messaging on the Russian populace's alleged “overwhelming” support for Russian forces fighting in Ukraine, suggests that the Kremlin is trying to combat issues with voluntary recruitment and societal support for the war.

ISW has observed indications that the Kremlin is struggling to maintain its voluntary recruitment rates. ISW continues to assess that Putin remains averse to declaring another partial mobilization out of fear of domestic discontent and remains committed to promoting crypto-mobilization efforts.

The Russian Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) has stopped reporting on the number of deaths in Russia, likely as part of Kremlin efforts to conceal Russia's losses from the war in Ukraine ... ISW previously assessed that Rosstat is concealing population data in an attempt to obfuscate Russia's ongoing demographic problems, and the omission of demographic data in Rosstat’s reports likely also aims to obscure the Russian military's high personnel loss rates.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-6-2025
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« Reply #1964 on: July 07, 2025, 01:01:54 pm »
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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #1965 on: July 07, 2025, 01:06:50 pm »
Kremlin snuffbox/Кремлевская табакерка, July 6th

Project "Kukushka" [ The cuckoo ]
They want to reward especially distinguished fighters of the SVO with the right to conceive "state children"

This was reported to us by a source in the Kremlin, responsible for the project to select women to give birth to special “state children” ( we wrote more about it here [ https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/5185 ] ).

"The Kukushka project is planned to start this year. Participation in it will be a great honor, because the children who will appear within its framework will be specially raised and trained. They will go to fight for the Motherland, command the army, become statesmen, determine the future of Russia and, I am not afraid to say it, the whole world for dozens, if not hundreds of years ahead. Therefore, participation in such a project, I think, can be a great reward," our interlocutor believes.

According to him, such an award will most likely be given to 30-40 SVO fighters who "achieve outstanding success at the front, especially distinguish themselves, and show high results in destroying the enemy." The decision on each of the future awardees will be made separately.

The source also confirmed what we wrote: the selection of women for “Kukushka” will begin in August, and the project itself should start at the end of this year or the beginning of next year.

https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/5887
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« Reply #1966 on: July 07, 2025, 01:11:21 pm »

"The Kukushka project is planned to start this year. Participation in it will be a great honor, because the children who will appear within its framework will be specially raised and trained. They will go to fight for the Motherland, command the army, become statesmen, determine the future of Russia and, I am not afraid to say it, the whole world for dozens, if not hundreds of years ahead. Therefore, participation in such a project, I think, can be a great reward," our interlocutor believes.

According to him, such an award will most likely be given to 30-40 SVO fighters who "achieve outstanding success at the front, especially distinguish themselves, and show high results in destroying the enemy." The decision on each of the future awardees will be made separately.

The source also confirmed what we wrote: the selection of women for “Kukushka” will begin in August, and the project itself should start at the end of this year or the beginning of next year.


Kinda like Hitler's SS Aryan babies...

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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #1967 on: July 07, 2025, 01:14:31 pm »
Kremlin snuffbox/Кремлевская табакерка, July 6th

Alarming news. The number of supporters of the end of the SVO has grown significantly among the elites

According to several sources in the Kremlin, such a negative process has been observed recently in connection with the intensification of drone attacks on Moscow and the Moscow region, as well as concerns about missile strikes on the capital [ https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/5838 ].

"This already happened before Victory Day [ https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/5634 ]. The enemy then actively attacked Moscow and the Moscow region with drones, temporarily paralyzing our air traffic. And the number of supporters of ending the SVO without any Victory immediately increased among the elites. Now the situation is repeating itself [ https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/5885 ]. In fact, it has even become worse. According to our data, the number of supporters of ending the SVO among the elites has grown significantly. And something needs to be done about this," one of the interlocutors in the AP said.

Another negative signal, according to him, is that the elites are becoming less populated by those who are usually called hawks, and the number of indifferent people is growing, “who stop striving for Victory and start thinking only about some personal interests.”

Another confirmed this information and worries: "We are seeing that among influential people, not only the desire to live more comfortably is growing sharply, for example, to fly from Moscow whenever they want. Fears are also developing - to die, to lose family from drone attacks, to be left without property. Moreover, among the dissatisfied are not only businessmen and individual officials. There are even military men, serious generals, who for some reason decided that enemy drones could strike directly at them."

The source added that "harmful conciliatory sentiments, simple indifference and unwillingness to fight for Victory to the end are not spreading openly. But they are spreading quite actively, and they need to be suppressed before something bad happens."

In these conditions, Vladimir Putin's security has been strengthened. And the FSB and FSO "are in a state of readiness for the fact that influential conciliators will try to do something bad."

"I want to appeal to the supporters of a quick peace. Drones over Moscow, the Moscow region and other regions of the country are normal for war. If you do not understand this and do some nonsense, you can be punished. It is worth remembering this," our source among the security forces noted.

We hope that all necessary measures will be taken in time. And there will be no more cracks in the nationwide support for the SVO, which our President talks about [ https://t.me/ejdailyru/337515 ].

https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/5888
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« Reply #1968 on: July 07, 2025, 02:03:16 pm »
Kinda like Hitler's SS Aryan babies...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebensborn

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« Reply #1969 on: July 07, 2025, 02:05:40 pm »
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« Reply #1970 on: July 07, 2025, 02:06:32 pm »
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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #1971 on: July 07, 2025, 02:08:19 pm »
NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦
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Russia’s budget deficit hit 3.69 trillion rubles ($46.89 billion) in the first half of 2025—already matching the full-year target of 1.7% of GDP, Reuters reports. Compared to 0.3% in H1 2024, this marks a sharp rise. Spending surged by 20.2%, while revenues grew only 2.8%. Oil and gas revenues dropped 17% year-over-year.



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« Reply #1972 on: July 07, 2025, 02:10:03 pm »
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« Reply #1973 on: July 07, 2025, 05:13:38 pm »
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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #1974 on: July 07, 2025, 05:23:37 pm »
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Russian media report that former Russian transport minister Starovoit has committed suicide. His body was found in his residence in the Moscow region, and next to his body was a firearm.

Earlier today, Putin dismissed him from his post as minister during the collapse in Russian airports.



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« Reply #1975 on: July 07, 2025, 05:24:50 pm »
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Russian media report that Viktor Strigunov, ex deputy head of the Russian Guard, was arrested.

His arrest is connected to theft during the construction of a military training ground near Russian Novosibirsk. Reportedly, Strigunov is accused of bribery.



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« Reply #1976 on: July 07, 2025, 08:16:24 pm »
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President Trump: "We're gonna send some more weapons [to Ukraine]. We have to. They have to be able to defend themselves. They're getting hit very hard now."

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« Reply #1977 on: July 07, 2025, 09:10:41 pm »
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« Reply #1978 on: July 07, 2025, 09:13:31 pm »
Trump: ‘We have to’ send Ukraine more weapons

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5389004-trump-sends-ukraine-defensive-weapons/

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President Trump said Monday his administration would send Ukraine additional weapons after his administration imposed a pause on some shipments to Kyiv.

“We’re going to send some more weapons. We have to. They have to be able to defend themselves. They’re getting hit very hard now,” Trump told reporters during a dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Defensive weapons, primarily, but they’re getting hit very, very hard. So many people are dying in that mess,” he added.

The Pentagon last week confirmed a decision to halt the delivery of some air defense missiles and munitions to Ukraine, citing concerns about U.S. military stockpiles being depleted.

Trump himself seemed to defend the pause, saying the U.S. needed “to make sure we have enough for ourselves.” The decision drew backlash from Ukraine supporters in Washington and Europe, who expressed concern that a pause could seriously weaken Kyiv’s abilities to fend off Russia’s strikes and advances.

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“I’m disappointed, frankly, that President Putin hasn’t stopped. I’m not happy about it either,” Trump said Monday.

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Seems that the scales have finally fallen from Trump's eyes concerning Putin and Russia.
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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #1979 on: July 07, 2025, 09:14:09 pm »
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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #1980 on: July 07, 2025, 09:17:25 pm »
Kinda like Hitler's SS Aryan babies...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebensborn
Sure sounds like the Lebensborn...breeding good little Aryan Nazis..
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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #1981 on: July 07, 2025, 09:22:12 pm »
More on Viktor Strigunov:




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The former First Deputy Head of Russia’s National Guard Viktor Strigunov, has been detained on charges of abuse of power and bribery.

According to Kremlin media, the case involves the embezzlement of hundreds of millions of dollars during the construction of a military training ground near Novosibirsk.


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https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1942217152804638959



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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #1982 on: July 07, 2025, 09:25:05 pm »
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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #1983 on: July 07, 2025, 09:28:58 pm »
More on Roman Starovoit:




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Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit found dead in Moscow from a gunshot wound, hours after Putin dismissed him without reason. Russian media calls it suicide



9:55 AM · Jul 7, 2025  ·  30.5K Views

https://x.com/PolymarketIntel/status/1942221006162313314
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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #1984 on: July 07, 2025, 09:33:10 pm »
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BREAKING:

Ukrainian drones have struck the Krasnozavodsk Chemical Plant near Moscow.

The factory produces explosives and ammunition, in particular thermobaric warheads for suicide drones.



11:10 AM · Jul 7, 2025  ·  42.1K Views

https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1942239795855397291
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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #1985 on: July 07, 2025, 09:35:33 pm »
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Estonian-supplied patrol boats Irpin and Reni in Ukrainian Navy service, operating in the northwest Black Sea.

Both have received upgrades in Ukraine, including additional sensors and communications systems.



11:22 AM · Jul 7, 2025  ·  67.6K Views

https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/1942242710594687194
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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #1986 on: July 07, 2025, 09:39:51 pm »
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💊Lavrov is having a flare-up — he suggests Hungary join Russia in defending “minorities discriminated against by Ukraine”

Putin’s foreign minister repeated the Kremlin’s favorite clichés about the “persecution and killing of Russians” and claimed in an interview
with Hungary’s Magyar Nemzet that — attention! — other ethnic groups are also being subjected to forced Ukrainization. These include
Poles, Hungarians, Romanians, Bulgarians, Armenians, Belarusians, and even Greeks.



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https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/1942232973454999796
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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #1987 on: July 07, 2025, 09:41:52 pm »
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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #1988 on: July 07, 2025, 09:43:16 pm »
Putin and his band of thieves have been stripping Russia of its wealth for decades.  Trump's mindset to Russia was juvenile at best.  Putin is every bit as evil as Adolph Hitler.  And Trump has been a fool.  Either Trump screws his head on right about the evil that is Putin, or Europe is indeed at risk. 

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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #1989 on: July 07, 2025, 09:46:19 pm »
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🛜🚫 Today, Russia turned off mobile Internet in Kamchatka to protect against "possible drone attacks" - the region is located approximately 7,500 km from Ukraine.



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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #1990 on: July 07, 2025, 10:12:26 pm »
HUR Confirms Renewed Strategic Strikes on Russian Oil After Four-Month Hiatus

Ukraine’s military intelligence confirms a long-range drone strike on Russia’s Ilsky Oil Refinery, marking the first attack on Russian energy infrastructure in nearly four months.

Alisa Orlova, Kateryna Zakharchenko  |  July 7, 2025, 4:39 pm


Ukraine has resumed strikes on Russian oil refineries after a nearly four-month pause, targeting key facilities in an effort to disrupt Russia’s fuel production linked to its military campaign.

In the early hours of July 7, Ukrainian long-range drones struck the Ilsky Oil Refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region, Kyiv Post has learned from sources within Ukraine’s Military Intelligence (HUR).

According to the sources, one of the refinery’s technological workshops was hit during the operation. Local Russian media and regional authorities indirectly confirmed the incident, reporting the fall of “drone debris” on refinery grounds. Emergency services were deployed to the site.

The Ilsky Oil Refinery, officially named after A. Shamar, is among the largest oil-processing facilities in southern Russia, with an annual output exceeding six million tons of fuel. It handles the intake, storage, and refining of hydrocarbons, as well as shipping products by road and rail.  .  .  .

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/55853



Ukraine has shown unbelivable restraint here.  For four months, they have honored Russia's cease fire demands on energy infrastructure while Russia violated it on a daily basis.  I'm guessing that Zelenskiy discussed this with Trump first.

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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #1991 on: July 07, 2025, 10:24:06 pm »
Panic among Moscow’s Elite As Putin Moves to Seize Tycoon’s Empire

July 7, 2025 at 03:54 AM


Vladimir Putin’s government has launched an aggressive campaign to nationalize the assets of Konstantin Strukov, one of Russia’s richest men and the owner of the country’s largest gold mining company. The move marks a sharp escalation in the Kremlin’s efforts to extract wealth from within its own elite as the financial toll of the war in Ukraine deepens.

Strukov, whose fortune is estimated at over $3.5 billion, is the founder of Yuzhuralzoloto—a gold empire built over decades with strong ties to the Kremlin. But on July 5, his private jet was grounded by Russian authorities as it prepared to leave for Turkey. His passport was reportedly seized, and the aircraft barred from departing.

According to multiple Russian outlets, the Federal Security Service (FSB) was directly involved in preventing the flight, acting on a court order tied to a sweeping legal case in which prosecutors are demanding the confiscation of Strukov’s holdings. The claim? That his assets were obtained through corrupt schemes involving shell companies, family members, and insiders—a charge frequently leveled against Russia’s billionaires, but rarely enforced against those seen as loyal.

Strukov’s company has denied the incident entirely, stating that he was in Moscow on the day in question and calling the reports “disinformation.” But court documents confirm that a judge had already banned him and his family from leaving the country, and government agencies moved quickly to enforce it.

The case reflects a broader pattern emerging from inside Putin’s wartime Russia: a systematic effort to reclaim private wealth, especially from sectors like gold, oil, and defense—industries that can be redirected to support the war economy. Strukov is not accused of disloyalty. On the contrary, he has long been viewed as a Kremlin ally and served in political roles tied to the ruling party. That loyalty no longer offers protection.

Where earlier purges targeted those who spoke out against the war or fled the country, today’s seizures appear driven by something else: necessity. Sanctions have cut off foreign investment. Oil revenues are shrinking. Budget deficits are growing. Putin’s response is to tap into the fortunes of Russia’s oligarchs—those he once empowered—as a new source of funding.

This is not an isolated incident. In recent months, several high-profile business figures have been hit with sudden legal trouble, “unexpected” deaths, or state-backed asset takeovers. For years, the Putin-era social contract guaranteed immense wealth in exchange for loyalty. That arrangement is collapsing under the weight of war.

A court hearing scheduled for July 8 will determine the fate of Strukov’s empire. But the message to Russia’s business elite has already been delivered: no one is too rich, too loyal, or too connected to be safe. As the Kremlin scrambles to sustain a war it cannot afford, billionaires may find themselves transformed overnight—from oligarchs into targets.

https://kyivinsider.com/panic-among-moscows-elite-as-putin-moves-to-seize-tycoons-empire/
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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #1992 on: July 07, 2025, 10:28:15 pm »
This marks the beginning of the end for Putin.  Fellow Russian Ayn Rand wrote a book about it.
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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #1993 on: July 07, 2025, 10:34:36 pm »
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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #1994 on: July 07, 2025, 10:36:25 pm »

This is not an isolated incident. In recent months, several high-profile business figures have been hit with sudden legal trouble, “unexpected” deaths, or state-backed asset takeovers. For years, the Putin-era social contract guaranteed immense wealth in exchange for loyalty. That arrangement is collapsing under the weight of war.


Yep.  Last month Putin seized the Russian video wargaming company Lesta, which produces World of Warships, for murky reasons.
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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #1996 on: Today at 12:09:40 am »
The Russian potato shortage that shows Putin’s economy is on the brink

Surging food prices and labour shortages are fuelling inflation and making Moscow vulnerable

Eir Nolsøe  |  07 July 2025  |  6:00am BST


When the last leader of the Soviet Union visited Chequers for lunch with prime minister Margaret Thatcher in 1984, one topic of discussion was potatoes.

Raisa Gorbachev, the wife of Soviet leader Mikhail, claimed Russia had 300 ways of cooking the humble spud, prompting Michael Jopling, Britain’s agriculture minister, to express disbelief.

She later posted a Russian cookbook to Jopling with the clarification: “In fact, there are 500, rather than 300, recipes to cook potatoes.”

For Vladimir Putin, Russians’ appetite for the vegetable has become problematic, however. Shortages have pushed up prices by 167pc over the past year, the biggest rise of any food.

“It turns out that we don’t have enough potatoes,” Putin admitted during a televised meeting in May, adding: “I spoke with [Belarusian leader] Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko. He said, ‘We’ve already sold everything to Russia.’”

Since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022 made Russia the world’s most sanctioned country, eagle-eyed economists have watched closely for signs of economic damage which have proved remarkably elusive.

But now surging food prices and labour shortages are keeping inflation high, driving big cracks in the economy.

“We’re basically already on the brink of falling into a recession,” economy minister Maxim Reshetnikov told a conference recently.

Could Russia’s well-oiled war machine be running out of steam?  .  .  .

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/07/07/russian-potato-shortage-shows-putins-economy-is-on-brink/
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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #1997 on: Today at 12:18:31 am »
Since the beginning of the war in Russia, 20 officials have died under mysterious circumstances

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Strange deaths and suicides of Russian officials have become commonplace in Russia since the start of the war with Ukraine. On Monday, it became known about the death of two officials of the Ministry of Transport: the head of the department, Roman Starovoyt, committed suicide and the deputy head of the department, Andrei Korneychuk, died of cardiac arrest.

This was preceded by at least 18 more cases of mysterious death of representatives of the Russian government or structures around the government. From April to July 2022, there were four bizarre deaths of officials linked to security forces. First, the former head of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Vyacheslav Trubnikov died under unclear circumstances, then retired SVR Major General Lev Sotskov shot himself with an award pistol. Soon after this, former employee of the presidential administration and «Rosvooruzheniya» Alexey Ogarev was found dead, and then his veins were cut in solitary confinement in a pre-trial detention center №1 Vice-Rector of the Russian Customs Academy Zalim Kerefov.

Also in 2022, several civilian officials also died. In August, the 38-year-old head of Cheboksary, Oleg Kortunov, died of a heart attack; in December, one of the richest deputies from «United Russia», Pavel Antov, fell out of a window in India  .  .  .

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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #1998 on: Today at 12:53:59 pm »
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Killing a stork for the fun of it bodes ill for Putin's ambition to make more Russian babies. Storks will have their revenge on him.
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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #1999 on: Today at 12:58:39 pm »
Killing a stork for the fun of it bodes ill for Putin's ambition to make more Russian babies. Storks will have their revenge on him.

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