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Social category influence countries 45.65% travel destinations 33.91% finance 8.26% celebrities 8.26% social networks 4.78% stocks #2374 technology brands 2.61% currencies 1.74% musicians 1.3% luxury brands 0.43%

Social topic influence russia #730, moscow #103, in the 12.17%, ukraine #674, kremlin #59, st petersburg #104, more than #1531, countries #3117, telegram #1172, the first #3800

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"The Kremlin has weighed in on a Financial Times report claiming that Ukraine is preparing for spring elections and a referendum on a peace deal. DMITRY PESKOV: "What were really seeing here is officials trading messages through the media via unnamed sources. One set of sources says election preparations have started then another source from the Kiev administration says thats not true and that the information is being checked. "So this all needs to be watched carefully. Its worth noting but at the end of the day you have to rely on primary sources. And so far no such statements have come from"
X Link 2026-02-11T09:40Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Another blooper from the EUs top diplomat Kaja Kallas. She tells US Ambassador Michael Waltz that Russia has no allies. Thats simply not true. Moscow has six treaty-bound mutual defence partners: Belarus Armenia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan (CSTO) plus North Korea a nuclear-armed state. You can debate how reliable or willing those allies are. But saying Russia has none is just basic factual error. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022371973964485014 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022371973964485014"
X Link 2026-02-13T18:07Z 21.5K followers, 17K engagements

"Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska says that watching debates like the Munich Security Conference shows how poorly EU elites understand the world beyond the West: Russia the East the Global South Latin America. He argues that Western Europe is fixated on idiotic strategies to contain Russia over a supposed existential threat while the real challenge is the rise of the Global South which the ageing West cannot compete with economically or militarily. Deripaska says Moscow should fully pivot away from a West-centric model toward pragmatic ties with China India Africa and Latin America. He adds that"
X Link 2026-02-15T17:27Z 21.5K followers, 37.8K engagements

"Crystal chandeliers at St Petersburgs new Raketa Padel Club. Reeks of imperial decadence but also feels like an accident waiting to happen"
X Link 2026-02-16T10:03Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Is Russias economy really just Spain and Portugal Spoiler: no. Not even close. But Western pundits keep repeating stuff like this. I broke it downPPP shadow economies statistical quirks and all. Have a read and argue if you must.👇"
X Link 2025-06-08T12:22Z 21.5K followers, 145.1K engagements

"In Russia's Yakutia the first snow flakes are already falling. A reminder: winter is coming and it waits for no one"
X Link 2025-09-15T11:38Z 21.5K followers, 90K engagements

"Russian PM Mishustin has announced that Putin has approved what will be Europes largest ever high-speed rail project: over [----] km of new lines linking Moscow to St Petersburg (construction starts this month) Minsk Yekaterinburg Rostov Krasnodar Sochi Nizhny Novgorod & Kazan The domestically produced trains will run at up to [---] km/h. It also hints at what kind of employment Russia will lean on once the guns fall silent"
X Link 2025-09-16T12:52Z 21.5K followers, 319.6K engagements

"An astonishing winner from Lokomotiv against CSKA today in today's Russian Premier League game. Have you ever seen anything like this before"
X Link 2025-10-18T19:15Z 21.5K followers, 37.2K engagements

"@bigsnugga WFH is the last remaining sign that God once loved us. Dont squander it"
X Link 2025-11-08T20:19Z 21.5K followers, 119.1K engagements

"Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska warns that if the US secures control over Venezuelas oil fields after already moving into Guyana it could end up overseeing more than half of the worlds reserves. In his view Washington would then be able to hold oil prices near $50 a barrel putting serious pressure on Russias state-capitalist economic model. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2007440673981558919 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2007440673981558919"
X Link 2026-01-03T13:15Z 21.5K followers, 4M engagements

"A very large queue has formed outside the Hermitage museum in St Petersburg stretching right across Palace Square to the Alexander Column with people standing in 6C (22F)"
X Link 2026-01-04T14:16Z 21.5K followers, 15.8K engagements

"Russias Far Eastern Primorsky region right now: snowdrifts higher than people. One shop entrance is literally up in the air reached only by a tunnel dug through the snow. Locals have nicknamed it The Hole. Across Russia the snowfall is causing havoc and on Kamchatka two men have reportedly been killed after snow slid off a roof. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2011780606280286231 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2011780606280286231"
X Link 2026-01-15T12:40Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements

"A lot of Western luxury brands are still operating in Moscow. On this one street alone: Armani Brioni Chopard Dolce & Gabbana Saint Laurent and plenty more"
X Link 2026-01-15T19:30Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements

"This is bizarre. Emilia Clarke randomly swears in Russian just to buy eggs from a older lady in Moscow in Peacocks new Cold War CIA series Ponies"
X Link 2026-01-16T16:52Z 21.4K followers, 1.8M engagements

"Further proof that Ireland is fundamentally Eastern European"
X Link 2026-01-16T19:27Z 21.4K followers, 1.8M engagements

"Russia doesnt want to break from China so it can turn its 4000km Far Eastern border into the front line of the new Cold War. Turning Khabarovsk into 1960s Berlin would be suicidal. Moscows rational interest is workable relations with both Washington and Beijing and not becoming cannon fodder in their rivalry. And Russia doesnt want to control or colonise the rest of Europe. For starters it lacks the manpower and it doesnt have the ideological zeal of the USSR which had roughly double the population and wanted to convert the world to communism. What Moscow wants is equal partnership. EU"
X Link 2026-01-22T08:58Z 21.5K followers, 26.4K engagements

"Russian vs American AI: I feel sad/ . Nobody ever promised it would be easy/ "
X Link 2026-01-25T22:56Z 21.5K followers, 383K engagements

"Travel chaos across Russia today after a major outage in the homegrown Leonardo (Sirena-Travel) booking system which handles the vast majority of the countrys airline reservations. Aeroflot Pobeda Ural Airlines Yamal Azur Air Alrosa Smartavia and others reported problems. Passenger check-in baggage processing ticket changes and refunds were disrupted with many airports forced to switch to manual procedures. Sheremetyevo Pulkovo Sochi Krasnodar and several regional airports warned of delays and possible schedule changes. According to the tour operators association up to 8090% of air ticket"
X Link 2026-01-26T17:14Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Kyrgyzstan has filed a case against Russia in the Eurasian Economic Union court over Moscows refusal to issue state medical insurance (OMS) to family members of Kyrgyz labour migrants. Bishkek says EAEU rules require coverage for workers and their families. A ruling is expected within two weeks. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016125434887651479 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016125434887651479"
X Link 2026-01-27T12:25Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Legendary Moscow nightclub Soho Rooms looking back at its glory years. When the guest list included Johnny Depp Naomi Campbell Jared Leto Hugh Jackman and local celebs. It still exists but more as a very expensive restaurant. Think $20 for a bowl of Borscht"
X Link 2026-01-27T16:17Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements

"In Russia's Far Eastern Sakhalin a man was filmed heading out ice fishing on crutches determined to reach the holes with his friends. Dedication or a serious question about whether anyone told him staying home was also an option"
X Link 2026-01-28T09:36Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Moscow now has a new man-made mountain of snow a ten-metre-high pile near Savyolovsky station replacing the erstwhile Miusskaya snow dune. This is what happens when snowfall is so heavy the city needs literal storage sites for the excess"
X Link 2026-01-28T17:15Z 21.5K followers, 13.1K engagements

"Izvestia reports that by the end of [----] Russian banks were rejecting over 80% of loan applications with approval rates down to just 1718% according to NBKI data. The toughest segment is car loans where refusals reach 84%. Analysts link it to rising delinquencies and already heavy household debt. The key rate has come down but still sits at 16%. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016807055915700457 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016807055915700457"
X Link 2026-01-29T09:34Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"The Financial Times reports that Russias oil revenues have dropped sharply with energy income down about 20% year on year as deeper discounts on Urals crude and lower global prices bite. US sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil apparently widened the BrentUrals gap to over $24 a barrel pushing reported Urals prices as low as $39. The [----] budget deficit reached 2.6% of GDP (caveat: this is below permitted Eurozone levels and less than half of France's equivalent). https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016838322547810663 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016838322547810663"
X Link 2026-01-29T11:38Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements

"A new scandal in Ufa. A teacher at Lyceum allegedly tied up a 7th-grader and beat him with a belt after the boy drew a crude caricature of him as cartoon character Cheburashka. Prosecutors in Bashkortostan have launched a check after videos of the incident spread online"
X Link 2026-01-30T12:37Z 21.4K followers, 133K engagements

"Can only imagine the reaction on X if Russian or Chinese TV publicly showcased a tool that could police could use to extract deleted messages encrypted chats passwords and browsing history from travelers phones. And then suggested it could be deployed in airports"
X Link 2026-01-31T12:31Z 21.4K followers, 131K engagements

"Kanye West has unexpectedly dropped merch featuring the Russian flag ahead of his show in Mexico. The main design is a peace dove logo combining the flags of the US Mexico and Russia. No explanation given"
X Link 2026-01-31T16:28Z 21.4K followers, 30.7K engagements

"36 years ago today the first McDonalds in the USSR opened on Pushkinskaya Street. Then the largest in the world. A kids news segment from the time shows Soviet schoolchildren reacting. They sounded like they already knew history was turning. (With English subs)"
X Link 2026-01-31T19:59Z 21.4K followers, 21.6K engagements

"Five months ago today the FT breathlessly claimed Russia jammed Ursula von der Leyens plane in Bulgaria. Bulgaria later said it wasnt true. There has been no correction no apology from the newspaper. just another ghost story left to drift in the ether"
X Link 2026-02-01T09:26Z 21.5K followers, 38.9K engagements

"In very unsurprising news Russia turns out to be the worlds biggest cat nation. According to survey data 59% of people in Russia have cats at home. [--] percentage points higher than runner-up Romania"
X Link 2026-02-01T20:38Z 21.4K followers, 57.4K engagements

"Founder of Krasnodar modeling agency Shtorm Dana Borisenko says the agency never sent girls to Epsteins island and never sold models contacts or arranged paid dates. She told local media that model Raisa did work with them but no one sent her anywhere. Dana plans to sue over claims linking Shtorm to the Epstein files and says shes ready to take a polygraph test. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018065968501850508 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018065968501850508"
X Link 2026-02-01T20:56Z 21.4K followers, 379.5K engagements

"In [----] Jeffrey Epstein floated the idea that the Russian ruble not the yuan should become the next global reserve currency. Western sanctions on Russia started in [----]. Galaxy-brain macro analysis"
X Link 2026-02-01T22:24Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"St Petersburg residents thought theyd spotted a moon dance in the sky. However Forecaster Mikhail Leus says it was just an optical illusion with reflections between window panes duplicating the Moon. Real false moons (paraselenae) look different"
X Link 2026-02-02T09:11Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements

"This will make you despair of humans. Scientists in Kazakhstan had to guard a wild snow leopard for three days near Almaty because crowds of tourists and bloggers kept trying to approach it and even flew drones over it. Just for photos. Researchers basically became the animals bodyguards. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018251637605933089 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018251637605933089"
X Link 2026-02-02T09:14Z 21.5K followers, 31.5K engagements

"Reuters reports Gazproms average daily gas deliveries to Western Europe via TurkStream surged by 10.3% year-on-year in January. Flows reached [----] bcm for the month (about [----] mcm per day) up from [----] bcm a year earlier. With Ukraine no longer a transit route TurkStream is now the only pipeline corridor for Russian gas to EU countries. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018272274147910026 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018272274147910026"
X Link 2026-02-02T10:36Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Thats why Robert Maxwell got the classic Soviet farewell: burial on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem with Israeli state officials and Mossad chiefs in attendance. Textbook KGB. Ghislaine Maxwell was the daughter of Soviet spy Robert Maxwell. Ghislaine Maxwell was the daughter of Soviet spy Robert Maxwell"
X Link 2026-02-02T11:59Z 21.4K followers, 419K engagements

"@ItsMattsLaw Aliens traveled light years to learn we run climate policy through a marmot"
X Link 2026-02-02T18:09Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements

"RBK reports that Jeffrey Epsteins files point to activity stretching across much of Russia According to the analysis his network ranged across numerous major cities: from Moscow St Petersburg and Nizhny Novgorod to the Volga region the Urals Siberia and the Far East"
X Link 2026-02-02T20:15Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements

"The Kremlin has responded to FIFA boss Gianni Infantinos call to consider lifting the ban on Russian teams in international competition a proposal that yesterday sparked an angry reponse from Ukraine. DMITRY PESKOV: "Its a good sign that people are finally even talking about this. That in itself is positive. Yes weve seen the statements and we welcome them. Honestly its long overdue. Sport the Olympic idea and football especially should never have been dragged into politics in the first place. "Its time to seriously rethink this. Our fans and our national team should have their full rights"
X Link 2026-02-03T09:56Z 21.5K followers, 15.2K engagements

"@MuseZack Iliad is anger. Odyssey was his travel blog"
X Link 2026-02-03T10:36Z 21.4K followers, 28.1K engagements

"Future Darwin Award nominees spotted in Saint Petersburg. Guys filmed themselves riding a snowboard and even a motorbike across the frozen Griboyedov Canal and posted it like its a winter sports resort. All fun and games until the unstable ice cracks"
X Link 2026-02-03T15:13Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Putin and Xi have begun a video conference ahead of Chinese Lunar New Year. The preliminaries feature the usual talk about great mutual relations with Putin saying that for Moscow and Beijing any time of year is spring. The show of solidarity is especially useful for Moscow right now with fresh Ukraine peace talks due to begin this afternoon in Abu Dhabi. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018984426856661474 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018984426856661474"
X Link 2026-02-04T09:46Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Tragic incident in Krasnoyarsk: a 14-year-old schoolgirl allegedly brought a flammable mixture and a hammer into a classroom set fire to students and attacked others during an algebra lesson. Several children and a teacher are injured one reportedly in serious condition. Authorities have detained the suspect. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018993109799993436 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018993109799993436"
X Link 2026-02-04T10:20Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman appears in the Epstein files. In a [----] email chain about potential investments in Ukraines banking sector one of Epsteins associates writes Im here with Mikhail Fridman offering to vet the opportunity. Its another glimpse of how Epsteins network overlapped with major business figures across multiple countries. A small world at the top. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019017705639338354 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019017705639338354"
X Link 2026-02-04T11:58Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Russian stand-up comedian Artyomiy Ostanin has been jailed for five years nine months and fined $4000 over a joke about a disabled person. Investigators said he used offensive language and mocked a serviceman; Ostanin said the joke referred to a long-time metro beggar. He apologized during questioning. He was convicted of public actions showing clear disrespect for society and incitement of hatred. During the hearing Ostanin claimed the judge removed him from the courtroom while he was reading petitions. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019039155972374976"
X Link 2026-02-04T13:23Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"A video from a crematorium in Novosibirsk seems to be everywhere on Russian social media. It just features an employee placing ashes into urns while a DDT song plays"
X Link 2026-02-04T13:49Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Day one of Abu Dhabi talks between Russia Ukraine and the US is done they will resume tomorrow. The Russian side is led by GRU chief Igor Kostyov with Defence Council boss Ruslan Umerov the main Ukrainian delegate. It looks like Jared Kushner is steering the American envoys"
X Link 2026-02-04T16:40Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Five years on from one of the strangest election stunts in recent European politics. In [----] St Petersburg voters found not one but three Boris Vishnevskys on the ballot. Two of them had recently changed their names grown similar beards and run against the Yabloko candidate"
X Link 2026-02-04T17:30Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Spotted in central St Petersburg: locals casually having tea on a balcony in 11C (12F)"
X Link 2026-02-04T18:45Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Reuters reports that Russias oil and gas revenues fell to $5.17 billion in January (393.3bn rubles) the lowest level since July [----]. Thats down from $5.89 billion in December (447.8bn rubles). Lower oil prices and a stronger ruble are cited. Full-year [----] revenues were about $111.6 billion (8.48 trillion rubles) down 24%. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019121006732857502 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019121006732857502"
X Link 2026-02-04T18:48Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Almost everyone in Albania and Kosovo want to join the EU. Almost everyone in Switzerland and Russia would prefer to stay out. What does that tell us"
X Link 2026-02-04T19:06Z 21.5K followers, 10.5K engagements

"Reuters reports that Emmanuel Macrons top diplomatic adviser Emmanuel Bonne was in Moscow on Tuesday for talks with Russian officials including Yuri Ushakov as Paris looks to reopen direct channels with the Kremlin"
X Link 2026-02-04T21:08Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Axios reports Russia and the US are close to extending the New START nuclear arms treaty with a draft plan now awaiting approval from Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. According to the outlet Trump envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner discussed the extension with Russian officials on the sidelines of Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019402206802235860 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019402206802235860"
X Link 2026-02-05T13:26Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"After a number of years of considerable growth RussiaChina trade dipped slightly in [----] to $228 billion. Still above $200bn but perspective matters. Thats only modestly higher than ChinaThailand trade and well below ChinaSouth Korea. An Important relationship yes but there's a long way to go before it would be really central to Chinas economy. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019408781809983818 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019408781809983818"
X Link 2026-02-05T13:52Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Switzerlands FM Ignazio Cassis lands in Moscow for talks with Sergei Lavrov and makes a point of showing he brought a hat and gloves noting its cold in the Alps too. OSCE chief Feridun Sinirlioglu also in town. Agenda: the deep OSCE crisis staffing imbalances and how the organisation is being used politically. All this comes amid signs of a broader if cautious thaw between Russia and parts of Western and NATO Europe. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019453315235578030 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019453315235578030"
X Link 2026-02-05T16:49Z 21.5K followers, 18.8K engagements

"Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has accused French President Emmanuel Macron of engaging in what he described as pretty pathetic diplomacy dismissing Macrons repeated public remarks about possibly calling Vladimir Putin as unserious posturing. LAVROV (my translation): "He said again a week or two back that he might give Putin a call sometime. But honestly thats not serious its pretty pathetic diplomacy. If you actually want to talk about something properly just pick up the phone. Putin will take the call hell listen to whatever proposals you have. And if those proposals are serious I"
X Link 2026-02-05T17:00Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"The Kremlin must be exhausted running literally everything. I have no doubt that Epstein MAGA Brexit AFD FN Reform are all Russian intelligence projects. I have no doubt that Epstein MAGA Brexit AFD FN Reform are all Russian intelligence projects"
X Link 2026-02-05T17:50Z 21.4K followers, 117.6K engagements

"Russian customs stopped a 2.5-ton meteorite fragment from being shipped to the UK after it was declared as a landscape sculpture. Experts say its part of the Aletai iron meteorite valued at about $4.2 million. A smuggling case over strategically important resources has been opened. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019472024486441427 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019472024486441427"
X Link 2026-02-05T18:03Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Mash reports that a St. Petersburg resident tried to sell parts of a MiG military aircraft engine online. The offer caught the attention of law enforcement not buyers. Russias FSB has opened a criminal case under a rare charge involving the illegal export of military technology and weapons carrying a potential sentence of up to seven years in prison. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019700114970079677 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019700114970079677"
X Link 2026-02-06T09:10Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements

"In Moscow right now: In a further sign of thaw Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov begins talks with OSCE Chair and Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis alongside OSCE Secretary General Feridun Sinirlioglu"
X Link 2026-02-06T10:02Z 21.4K followers, 13.6K engagements

"Russias gold reserves have topped $400 billion for the first time on record according to the Central Bank of Russia"
X Link 2026-02-06T13:19Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"An assassination attempt was carried out in Moscow against Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseev first deputy head of Russias GRU this morning. Russian media reporting that the attacker shot him several times from behind in the stairwell of his apartment building on Volokolamskoye Shosse before fleeing. Alekseev was seriously wounded lost a large amount of blood and is now in intensive care in critical condition. The building entrance has been cordoned off residents are being searched and parked cars are being checked. Investigators are reviewing CCTV footage. One version being examined is that the"
X Link 2026-02-06T13:51Z 21.5K followers, 13.7K engagements

"Christopher Steele has been hauled out of retirement for one last mission this time suggesting Epstein was recruited by the Russian mafia in the 1970s. Worth remembering this is the same Steele whose now-discredited dossier claimed Trump was a long-standing Russian asset. 'His information and operational techniques were being used from that point onwards.' Former head of MI6's Russia desk @Chris_D_Steele believes Jeffrey Epstein was recruited in the 1970s by Russian organised crime figures. https://t.co/HOSzJXf44x 'His information and operational techniques were being used from that point"
X Link 2026-02-06T14:27Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"A grim story out of St Petersburg: he head of the morgue at Alexandrovskaya Hospital has been arrested over the illegal sale of bodies and body parts of deceased patients. According to investigators unclaimed bodies that should have been cremated were instead sold on with staff cutting off selected body parts for buyers. Prosecutors say the morgue chief received bribes of around $7000 rubles a month from a private company linked to training in post-mortem practices. Both the morgue official and the companys founder are now in pre-trial detention until April."
X Link 2026-02-07T11:55Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Back in the USSR: Mash reports that residents of Russia's (very remote) Far Eastern Chukotka are queueing for [--] hours in 30C temperatures to buy potatoes after they suddenly disappeared from shops. Supplies arrive only once every two weeks. On delivery days people take time off work to stand in line. Potatoes and onions sell out in [----] minutes with a one-bag limit per person. By evening shelves are empty. In [----] the region faced similar shortages eggs were rationed by passport. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020167406619082893 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020167406619082893"
X Link 2026-02-07T16:06Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Moscow under sanctions: Pizza Heart (exPizza Hut) right next to Rostiks (exKFC). Meanwhile Germanys Rieker carries on unchanged"
X Link 2026-02-07T16:59Z 21.5K followers, 18K engagements

"So basically the EU cut off almost all its economic links with Russia and now the US will move in to take over those same highly lucrative ties. Reports talk of a massive Russia-US economic cooperation deal being negotiated. That doesnt sound unlikely - Russia desperately need Western technology and billions to repair its oil and gas industries and the Trump team loves both billions and fossil fuel. https://t.co/wEkogtraDJ Reports talk of a massive Russia-US economic cooperation deal being negotiated. That doesnt sound unlikely - Russia desperately need Western technology and billions to"
X Link 2026-02-07T20:16Z 21.4K followers, 11.9K engagements

"@Reem_Mitaka Nobel Prize but at what cost"
X Link 2026-02-08T17:01Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements

"In Russian Hitler is both pronounced and spelled Gitler (). The fact that Stalin in Italy was widely known as "Giuseppe Stalin" up until like the 70s is so funny to me The fact that Stalin in Italy was widely known as "Giuseppe Stalin" up until like the 70s is so funny to me"
X Link 2026-02-08T17:44Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Shot reports that some Russian brands have begun using AI-generated models built on the faces of real people without their consent to save on photoshoots. One MoscowSt Petersburg model noticed her regular work suddenly dry up. She didnt think much of it until she saw a brand catalogue featuring new images with a blank almost synthetic face that looked unmistakably like hers. The body and clothes were AI-generated but the face was clearly lifted from her earlier shoots. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020562501591781654 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020562501591781654"
X Link 2026-02-08T18:16Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Oh Lord what a statement . Russias statehood actually emerged out of the Kievan Rus Orthodox Christianity via Byzantium and centuries of interactions conflicts and partnerships with the rest of Europe. The Mongol period shaped Eastern Europe broadly and Russia did not inherit the Mongol empire in any civilizational sense. In reality Old Muscovy consolidated itself by breaking free from steppe rule. Tolstoy Dostoevsky Pushkin Chekhov and Gogol are not Asian imports. Not that there's anything wrong with being Asian. The Russian imperial elite spoke French read German philosophy copied Western"
X Link 2026-02-08T19:29Z 21.5K followers, 19.3K engagements

"Many serious figures warned back in the late 1990s and early 2000s that the EU was expanding too fast. and that Western Europes core interests would in time be hijacked by newer members still nursing old resentments with Moscow and leaning too heavily on American protection. Among them: Hubert Vdrine Helmut Schmidt Gerhard Schrder Egon Bahr Rodric Braithwaite Tony Benn Henry Kissinger George Kennan Giuliano Amato Javier Solano and Ruud Lubbers. Whatever you think of Merkel she's basically only admitting what they foretold: that the tail could wag the dog. 🌐 Merkel said that Poland and the"
X Link 2026-02-08T19:32Z 21.5K followers, 67.8K engagements

"The EUs Eastern Partnership (the project that steered Brussels onto a collision course with Moscow) was dreamt up in [----] by Swedens Carl Bildt and Polands Radosaw Sikorski. Their ambition was to draw six post-Soviet states (Ukraine Belarus Moldova Georgia Armenia and Azerbaijan) into the EUs orbit. It was a nakedly geopolitical move a small revolution in how the EU imagined itself. yet it passed with barely any real debate or scrutiny at the time. Someone should write an article about the contribution of Scandinavian leaders to the absolute mess Europe finds itself in. Bildt Rasmussen"
X Link 2026-02-08T19:54Z 21.5K followers, 22.1K engagements

"Canadian bison in Kazakhstan's Buiratau National Park. Very far from their natural habitat"
X Link 2026-02-09T10:09Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Sergey Lavrov says Russia accepted American terms on a Ukraine peace deal last fall/autumn following the meeting between Putin and Trump in Alaska. It all happened in the autumn just a couple of weeks after what was a very good meeting between Putin and Trump in Anchorage. So on the one hand were told the Ukraine issue needs to be sorted out but at the same time in Anchorage we accepted a US proposal. Basically speaking bluntly: they made an offer we said yes. So from Russias point of view the issue should be settled." https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020803088047919246"
X Link 2026-02-09T10:12Z 21.5K followers, 15.8K engagements

"Electric boats vs. a frozen Moscow river"
X Link 2026-02-09T10:24Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements

"MoscowHavana flight chaos amid the US blockade. Passengers were already on the runway with engines on when the pilot announced theres no fuel in Havana. The flight was cancelled people were offloaded and some were offered China Egypt or Turkey instead of Cuba. Flightradar shows the aircraft eventually departed [--] hours late. likely as a repatriation flight. Around [----] Russian tourists are currently in Cuba. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020831550410252340 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020831550410252340"
X Link 2026-02-09T12:06Z 21.5K followers, 24.6K engagements

"Red Square Moscow.12C with a wind chill and still outdoors. Normal behaviour here"
X Link 2026-02-09T17:09Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports the EU is preparing a new sanctions package that could include top Russian rapper Timati who played a high-profile set in Saint-Tropez last summer. Also on the draft list: Hermitage director Mikhail Piotrovsky ex-deputy PM Arkady Dvorkovich senior defence figures around [--] banks (possible SWIFT cutoffs) and energy firms like Bashneft and Slavneft"
X Link 2026-02-09T17:24Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"@mirrenelle Summer Olympics celebrates potential. Winter Olympics celebrates the fact that she survived her 30s and is still willing to throw herself off a mountain"
X Link 2026-02-09T18:37Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"@sapphyreblayze Brooklyn finally completing its transformation into St Petersburg"
X Link 2026-02-09T18:46Z 21.4K followers, [---] engagements

"Moscow now has its own Love Street"
X Link 2026-02-09T18:57Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"🦌Salekhard Reindeer Herder's Festival winners by country since [----]. [----] Russia [----] Russia [----] Russia [----] Russia [----] Russia [----] Russia [----] Russia [----] Russia [----] Russia [----] Russia [----] Russia [----] Russia [----] Russia [----] Russia [----] Russia [----] Russia [----] Russia [----] Russia [----] Russia [----] Russia [----] Russia [----] Russia [----] Russia [----] Russia [----] Russia [----] Russia 🏈 Super Bowl Winners by Country Since [----] [----] United States [----] United States [----] United States [----] United States [----] United States [----] United States [----] United States [----] United States [----] United"
X Link 2026-02-09T19:10Z 21.5K followers, 23.5K engagements

"The real wake-up call for Russia came in [----] after Crimea when Visa and Mastercard stopped servicing several Russian banks under US sanctions. Thats why Moscow moved relatively fast to build the Mir payment system. It was up and running by [----]. Its striking how long its taken the EU to start having the same conversation. It's quite something to see EU bankers begin to say the same sorts of things about Visa and Mastercard and payment processing that Russian bankers were saying from about [----] onwards https://t.co/T8KlxinwDs It's quite something to see EU bankers begin to say the same sorts"
X Link 2026-02-09T20:23Z 21.5K followers, 32.1K engagements

"Vedomosti reports that during talks in Anchorage in August [----] Russia was open to territorial compromises (excluding its position on Donbass) and to flexibility on the future size of Ukraines armed forces But this was on condition of broader US engagement including economic ties. The source says that Moscow believes Washington has so far been unwilling or unable to pressure Kiev while continuing sanctions and efforts to push Russia out of global energy markets. This puts what the Kremlin labels the Anchorage spirit in doubt. Moscow remains open to talks but only with regard to realities on"
X Link 2026-02-10T09:35Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"3/ Another key figure was Karina Shulyak a Belarusian who met Epstein shortly after his [----] release from prison. She's mentioned tens of thousands of times. Izvestia reports Shulyak helped coordinate Epsteins travel lived in his properties and received financial support. She was reportedly the last person he spoke to before his death"
X Link 2026-02-10T09:57Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"4/ Other names mentioned include models living in New York Moscow Minsk and St Petersburg some of whom allegedly assisted with introductions or recruitment. Izvestia says the material comes from internal correspondence and payment records contained in the files released by the US DOJ. Most of the individuals named declined to comment or could not be reached. Izvestia says it verified identities using archived agency records and correspondence. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021161688234590707 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021161688234590707"
X Link 2026-02-10T09:57Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Putins chief of staff Sergey Kirienko insists that a famously bleak Soviet joke ("Can the son of a colonel become a general No because the general already has his own kids") no longer applies in Russia. He says the system has been opened up with top jobs now filled through competitive selection rather than closed bureaucratic channels. Kirienko credits the "Leaders of Russia" program launched in [----] to mixed reactions"
X Link 2026-02-10T10:27Z 21.5K followers, 20K engagements

"Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has confirmed that "technical-level" contacts between Paris and Moscow have resumed saying they could quickly lead to high-level dialogue if there were political will though no such signal has yet been received from France or other Western European capitals. PESKOV: "We took note of Emmanuel Macrons comments about the need to rebuild relations with Russia. We welcome statements like that. Weve said for a long time that cutting relations down to zero is illogical counterproductive and bad for everyone. Russia has always argued in favour of dialogue. In our view"
X Link 2026-02-10T10:34Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"This BBC video has over [------] views (and counting) but it's sensationalist and uses very misleading framing. The increase is 1.8% year on year (which is how inflation is normally measured) not the 42.85% figure Mr Rosenberg has chosen to highlight. 👇 Heres the full original quote from Shoppers citing Rusprodsoyuz Russias equivalent of the British Retail Consortium: Average retail cucumber prices by Feb [--] were [-----] rubles ($3.88)/kg up 111% compared with three months earlier says Rusprodsoyuz deputy chairman Dmitry Leonov. But year-on-year growth is only 1.8%. Average wholesale prices for"
X Link 2026-02-10T11:38Z 21.5K followers, 15K engagements

"Kommersant reports that regulator Roskomnadzor has begun slowing Telegram in Russia. According to sources partial restrictions started today. Since yesterday users have reported notification failures app issues and site slowdowns. The regulator accuses owner Pavel Durov's team of ignoring regulatory requests to cooperate on prevention and data-sharing. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021198409684877476 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021198409684877476"
X Link 2026-02-10T12:23Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"@KBucko7 Every ice floe is a real estate ad for Palm Beach"
X Link 2026-02-10T18:48Z 21.5K followers, [---] engagements

"Bloomberg reports that Greece and Malta are pushing back against an EU proposal to fully ban transport services for Russian oil. According to sources both warn of serious fallout for Western Europes shipping industry and higher energy prices. The issue came up during talks on the EUs 20th sanctions package. The plan would expand the tanker blacklist by [--] vessels (to 640) and could force G7 countries to find alternative tankers for 3040% of Russian oil exports a move that would hit Greek shipowners hardest. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021308824850923785"
X Link 2026-02-10T19:42Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"@JonathonPSine At least Asia is misunderstood casually. Russia is misunderstood professionally"
X Link 2026-02-10T19:52Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"@massedonian Notice its Made in Europe not Made in the EU. So Serbia Moldova etc. all qualify too"
X Link 2026-02-10T20:06Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov alleges that American officials routinely pressured and blackmailed undecided UN delegates in the past to secure votes. He served as Moscow's Ambassador to the UN from 1994-2004. LAVROV: "I dont know how the Americans do it now behind the scenes at the UN but back in my day it was totally routine. Before a vote theyd go up to delegates who were still on the fence. "Those same people later told me what happened. An American would pull them aside and say something like: John tomorrows the vote. We respect your position of course. But you do remember youve"
X Link 2026-02-11T12:05Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Welcome to the crazy story of Nurlan Saburov a stand-up comedian from Kazakhstan who built his career largely in Russia Last week he was banned from entering Russia for [--] years. Now back in Kazakhstan locals authorities may open a case against him under the "mercenarism" law after footage resurfaced showing him donating ten pit bikes to a Russian military unit in [----]. At the time the clip attracted little attention and didnt circulate widely but for this this he could be jailed for up to [--] years. So Saburov now finds himself hit from both sides: effectively expelled from the country where"
X Link 2026-02-11T12:16Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Rare footage from eastern Kazakhstan: a camera trap in Katon-Karagai National Park has captured a snow leopard with three cubs. An exceptionally rare sight"
X Link 2026-02-11T13:09Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Russias foreign minister Sergey Lavrov says Moscow will push internationally for the crimes committed by Nazi Germany and its collaborators against Soviet civilians to be formally recognised as genocide. The clear aim is to place those crimes on the same moral and legal level as the Holocaust (as a crime of genocide not just wartime atrocities) and to secure that recognition globally. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021581942433472943 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021581942433472943"
X Link 2026-02-11T13:47Z 21.5K followers, 19.6K engagements

"Russias sports minister Mikhail Degtyarev has proposed banning Russian athletes who now compete for other countries from entering Russia. They were raised trained supported and then they ditched the passport and left he said. They should be stripped of everything and barred from the country and our sports facilities. More than [--] Russian athletes are competing for other nations at the [----] Olympics in Italy"
X Link 2026-02-11T14:04Z 21.4K followers, [---] engagements

"Russias Sports Minister Mikhail Degtyarev has proposed banning Russian athletes who now compete for other countries from ever entering Russia again. They were raised trained supported and then they ditched the passport and left he said. They should be stripped of everything and barred from the country and our sports facilities. More than [--] Russian athletes are competing for other nations at the [----] Winter Olympics in Italy"
X Link 2026-02-11T15:00Z 21.5K followers, 28.8K engagements

"Putin won't attend Trump's first Council of Peace summit in the US next week according to Vedomosti citing the Kremlin. Spokesman Dmitry Peskov added that the issue itself is still being worked on by Moscow's Foreign Ministry. Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko is also expected to be an absentee. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021609451896377491 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021609451896377491"
X Link 2026-02-11T15:37Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Several passengers got stuck on a Moscow river tram after it became frozen into the ice near the Gagarinsky Bridge in the city centre. The boat tried to break through the ice but couldnt. Emergency services were called and everyone was safely taken ashore. No injuries reported. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021634526611747164 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021634526611747164"
X Link 2026-02-11T17:16Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"This viral video (now over [---] million views) was filmed at Vladikavkaz Airport in Russia in January last year. A 74-year-old woman walked onto the baggage belt spent around [--] minutes inside the luggage area was found unharmed and then continued her journey. Elderly traveler mistakenly used a baggage conveyor thinking it was a moving walkway. https://t.co/5Hh6ZxGSE8 Elderly traveler mistakenly used a baggage conveyor thinking it was a moving walkway. https://t.co/5Hh6ZxGSE8"
X Link 2026-02-11T18:46Z 21.5K followers, 12.8K engagements

"Russia has attempted a full block of WhatsApp the company says accusing Moscow of trying to push users toward what is calls a "state surveillance app." According to Reuters WhatsApps domain was removed from Russias national DNS system breaking access without a VPN. The Kremlin says service could resume if Meta is ready for dialogue. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021857111358034089 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021857111358034089"
X Link 2026-02-12T08:01Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Mash reports that Apple has begun blocking the accounts of ordinary Russians whose names identally match people on US sanctions lists. Users say purchases in the App Store are disabled subscriptions to Apple Music and iCloud+ arent renewing and theyre being asked to upload passport photos after being flagged as a sanctions match. Complaints have surged since last week week. The US list includes around [----] Russians"
X Link 2026-02-12T08:22Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"@Jensfalkenberg Turns out living in winter beats visiting winter who would have imagined"
X Link 2026-02-12T09:37Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Russia has just successfully launched a Proton-M rocket carrying the Elektro-L satellite from Baikonur. Officially its for 24/7 weather monitoring from geostationary orbit. That makes four Russian weather satellites now watching the planet nonstop. Purely meteorological of course. Just clouds storms and absolutely nothing else to see up there. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021883725575807301 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021883725575807301"
X Link 2026-02-12T09:46Z 21.5K followers, 39.4K engagements

"The Kremlin says a third round of Ukraine talks is in the works but Dmitry Peskov stopped short of confirming speculation that theyll be held in the US. REPORTER: '"Kiev has said that Ukraine agreed to a US proposal to hold additional talks in Miami next week. Is there any understanding in the Kremlin about the venue and timing" PESKOV: "Theres a general understanding yes. Well keep you posted. As weve said before we expect the next round to happen fairly soon. technically it will already be the third round. In any case the talks should take place in the near future.""
X Link 2026-02-12T10:00Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"A Russian fertility expert says infertility affects men just as much as women. According to Dmitry Korolev a urologist and andrologist at Sechenov University 17.6% of the worlds population is infertile and male factors account for about 50% of cases. He cites genetics varicocele obesity hypertension and diabetes as key drivers of male infertility. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021903466017526085 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021903466017526085"
X Link 2026-02-12T11:05Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Bloomberg claims Russian companies are lining up for state support as budget pressures intensify. Steelmakers are seeking a tax break worth about $130 million property developer Samolot has requested $650 million and the Transport Ministry plans $845 million in aid for Russian Railways which has warned of much larger funding needs. Western Analysts say the government is unlikely to satisfy all requests and the budget deficit could exceed official targets by 2026"
X Link 2026-02-12T11:08Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"In Moscow National Bolshevik activists staged a protest against restrictions on Telegram. Members of 'The Other Russia of Eduard Limonov' padlocked the entrance to the regulator's office near Kitay-Gorod and hung a banner reading: Internet without surveillance Russia without Roskomnadzor. They argue that blocking platforms like Telegram doesnt improve security but instead strips pro-Russian voices of key information channels. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021904668511948897 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021904668511948897"
X Link 2026-02-12T11:10Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"@grok @ReneGlatt This is wrong - Moscow is Anna"
X Link 2026-02-12T11:11Z 21.5K followers, [---] engagements

"@grok @ReneGlatt There ya go. See attached image https://x.com/27khv/status/2013958819316154684s=20 Moscows most popular baby names in [----] were Mikhail (2546 boys) and Anna (1927 girls). Anna has now overtaken Sofia for the first time in [--] years. But among the years more unusual names were Mars Thor Grach and Yaropolk for boys. And Oceana Iskra Lyra and even https://t.co/gYuOGnMVVf https://x.com/27khv/status/2013958819316154684s=20 Moscows most popular baby names in [----] were Mikhail (2546 boys) and Anna (1927 girls). Anna has now overtaken Sofia for the first time in [--] years. But among"
X Link 2026-02-12T11:13Z 21.5K followers, [---] engagements

"Mash reports that Apple has begun blocking the accounts of ordinary Russians whose names closely match people on US sanctions lists. Users say purchases in the App Store are disabled subscriptions to Apple Music and iCloud+ arent renewing and theyre being asked to upload passport photos after being flagged as a sanctions match. Complaints have surged since last week week. The US list includes around [----] Russians. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021974317433860261 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021974317433860261"
X Link 2026-02-12T15:46Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"@stephanshemilt Most Italians probably think cricket is the name of a disease"
X Link 2026-02-12T15:52Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"In Russia's Amur region bears wandered into a camera trap in the Khingansky Nature Reserve. Some local media outlets claim they almost recreated Ivan Shishkin's famous Morning in a Pine Forest. Thoughts folks"
X Link 2026-02-12T16:03Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Bloomberg reports that the Kremlin has drawn up proposals for a broad economic reset with the Trump administration including a possible return to the dollar system. The outlet claims that an internal memo outlines areas where Russian and US interests could align after an Ukraine deal: joint projects in oil gas critical minerals and a shared pushback against green energy policies. Moscow also dangles large-scale opportunities for US firms with Kremlin aide Kirill Dmitriev previously talking up cooperation worth as much as $12 trillion"
X Link 2026-02-12T16:07Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"@2002tacomasr5 That toy is not koala-shaped enough"
X Link 2026-02-12T17:36Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"So whats actually happening here This reads like a fairytale for a man who likes beautiful stories. A president called Donald who enjoys big numbers and the promise of a place in the history books. Everything Bloomberg reports here sounds inflated burnished theatrically plausible and practically improbable. After years of deliberately digging trenches away from the dollar system and building bridges with China (a rising superpower with a long memory that Moscow shares a gigantic border with) it strains any rational belief to think The Kremlin is suddenly preparing to march back because one"
X Link 2026-02-12T18:04Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"The Kremlin has commented on a Bloomberg report that Russia has floated ideas for a wide-ranging economic reset with the Trump administration including talk of returning to the dollar system.: DMITRY PESKOV: "There is a working group on economic issues and on our side its led by my colleague Kirill Dmitriev. Trade and economic cooperation - whats possible whats being proposed - is on the table and is being discussed. We hope those talks will continue. "But realistically until there is some kind of settlement on Ukraine its hard to talk about anything concrete. For now its mostly just"
X Link 2026-02-13T10:50Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Moscow resident hears meowing during a wash cycle. It wasnt the pipes. Emergency services were called to rescue a cat from the washing machine"
X Link 2026-02-13T10:53Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"@sammichluvrrr Europe invented yearning. America invented fulfillment"
X Link 2026-02-13T11:16Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"American journalists have found a grainy photo of Jeffrey Epstein in Russian closed town of Sarov where secret nuclear research is carried out. The picture dates back to April [----]. Along with the controversial financier it features IT entrepreneur Esther Dyson and Pavel Oleynikov an employee of the All-Russian Research Institute of Technical Physics (VNITF). The photo was discovered during an investigation into Epstein's ties with Microsoft founder Bill Gates. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022302759496909078 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022302759496909078"
X Link 2026-02-13T13:32Z 21.5K followers, [---] engagements

"Nabiullina adds that annual inflation is running at 6.3% as the Central Bank cuts its key interest rate to a still ver high 15.5%. She says easing inflationary pressure and a cooling economy have created room for the first rate reduction though policy will remain tight for now. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022336149101134208 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022336149101134208"
X Link 2026-02-13T15:44Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"@kotelnaya Blackchops is excellent but I'd rate Dublin Pub in Sochi ahead of it. They were also still doing Guinness on draught for [---] rubles last month"
X Link 2026-02-13T18:15Z 21.5K followers, [---] engagements

"The Telegraph is now so deep into Russia Derangement Syndrome it cant tell a swearword from a worldview. Mat just means Russian profanity not some grand Soviet coping philosophy"
X Link 2026-02-13T18:26Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Until the mid-2010s Russian Railways ran all long-distance timetables on Moscow time. This was across [--] time zones. It was famously confusing for visitors. More than a few people turned up at Vladivostok station only to discover their train had left seven hours earlier. Always crazy to me that China is the biggest country with only one timezone meaning some areas get sunrise at 3am and others get it at 10am https://t.co/S338QLldU2 Always crazy to me that China is the biggest country with only one timezone meaning some areas get sunrise at 3am and others get it at 10am https://t.co/S338QLldU2"
X Link 2026-02-14T12:00Z 21.5K followers, 40.5K engagements

"@oldestasian Until the mid-2010s Russian Railways ran all long-distance timetables on Moscow time. This was across [--] time zones. It was famously confusing for visitors. More than a few people turned up at Vladivostok station only to discover their train had left seven hours earlier"
X Link 2026-02-14T12:00Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"@tezah__ San Francisco really does change people"
X Link 2026-02-14T12:10Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"@FdrNphw Russia doesnt import Western figure-skating coaches because it exports them. The talent pipeline runs one way. Always has"
X Link 2026-02-14T14:09Z 21.5K followers, [---] engagements

"NATO chief Mark Rutte tells the Munich Security Conference he spoke to a dog about Ukraines future"
X Link 2026-02-14T14:14Z 21.5K followers, [---] engagements

"@oldestasian Until the mid-2010s Russian Railways ran all long-distance timetables on Moscow time. This was across [--] time zones. It was famously confusing for visitors. More than a few people turned up at Vladivostok station only to discover they were seven hours early for their train"
X Link 2026-02-15T09:47Z 21.5K followers, [---] engagements

"A Russian group from Ufa just blew up the global chartsAy Yola is now #7 on Shazam beating out Bruno Mars (#8_ and Lady Gaga (#9). Theyre singing in their native Bashkir"
X Link 2025-04-03T10:02Z 21.5K followers, 95.6K engagements

"✈ Designed to end reliance on Boeing and Airbus Russias new MS-21 passenger jet just flew for [--] minutes with fully domestic systems onboard no imports. But the real challenge Mass production. You cant replace Western planes with prototypes"
X Link 2025-04-29T10:34Z 21.5K followers, 463.9K engagements

"Today marks [--] years since Nazi Germany surrendered ending World War Two in Europe. A good time to repost this"
X Link 2025-05-09T06:47Z 21.5K followers, 1.3M engagements

"Billionaire Alexei Mordashov says Russias economy is shifting toward a chaebol modeldominated by giants like Severstal Rosatom and Norilsk Nickel. He warns of monopolies and weak SME growth. But is this really worse than the old oligarch model 👇 Where the likes of Abramovich Friedman and Melnichenko made fortunes in Russiathen moved their assets families and loyalties West. Buying mansions in London chalets in Switzerland and docking mega-yachts in the Med. One tycoon in Moscow told me that he believes over $2 trillion (net) was stripped out of Russia between [----] and [----]. A staggering"
X Link 2025-07-23T10:15Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"BREAKING: Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov tells reporters "There was an offer from the American side which the Russian side deems acceptable.""
X Link 2025-08-07T11:03Z 21.5K followers, 174.9K engagements

"This false claim strikes again: Russias GDP is only the size of Spain and Portugal combined. Its snappy. Makes for good clickbait. And it plays into the old Western habit of sizing up Moscow with a sneer. 🧵👇 But heres the thing: its nonsense. Worse its the kind of nonsense thats helped steer Western policy into a ditch for the better part of thirty years. Yes if you measure GDP in raw nominal US dollarswhat shows up on a Bloomberg terminalRussia ranks below the likes of Italy. Thats because nominal GDP is hostage to exchange rates which swing like a drunken compass. One round of sanctions"
X Link 2025-08-08T10:15Z 21.5K followers, 541.4K engagements

"The replies to my Russia GDP post are a case study in toilet obsession. Thats how deep the propaganda runs. For those still flushing that line heres a reality check: (link below)"
X Link 2025-08-09T13:11Z 21.5K followers, 131.3K engagements

"Everyone seems to think they understand the Budapest Memorandum. Almost no one actually does. 🧵 It wasnt a mutual defense pact or NATO-lite. In [----] Belarus Kazakhstan and Ukraine agreed to give up Soviet nukes on their soil (which they couldnt launch anyway because the codes were in Moscow) and join the NPT. In return the US UK and Russia pledged to respect their sovereignty. Respect didnt mean fight for. It was political assurance rather than a legal guarantee. And all sides bent it long ago. Washington and London first sanctioned Belarus in [----] which strictly violated Article 3s ban on"
X Link 2025-08-26T10:13Z 21.5K followers, 94.2K engagements

"Huge news this morning: Russia has finally signed a binding agreement with China on Power of Siberia-2; a [--] bcm pipeline through Mongolia from the Yamal fields. Unlike the current line which taps Asia-facing reserves this one diverts gas once meant for Western Europe straight into the Chinese embrace. Gaprom has courted Beijing for years to seal it and now the pivot appears to be set in steel"
X Link 2025-09-02T08:44Z 21.5K followers, 579K engagements

"Putins spokesman Dmitry Peskov claims correspondence in all messengers (WhatsApp Telegram Signal etc) is fully visible to spy agencies: "Any messengers are absolutely transparent systems. People who use them should understand they are transparent. for the security services of course.""
X Link 2025-09-07T12:51Z 21.5K followers, 225.1K engagements

"Drone video shows that construction of the Moscow-Saint Petersburg high-speed railway has begun. At [---] km it will be Europes longest single high-speed line. Trains will tear across it at [---] km/h. outpacing even Frances famed TGV. Scheduled to open in April 2028"
X Link 2025-09-21T19:51Z 21.5K followers, 231.2K engagements

"@ashotmagazine The bigger story here is that Israel doesnt seem to grasp how utterly it has lost Western youth the ground is already gone beneath its feet"
X Link 2025-09-21T22:01Z 21.5K followers, 171.9K engagements

"A month ago today the FT breathlessly claimed Russia jammed Ursula von der Leyens plane in Bulgaria. Bulgaria later said it wasnt true. There has been no correction no apology from the newspaper. just another ghost story left to drift in the ether"
X Link 2025-10-01T06:16Z 21.5K followers, 188.4K engagements

"Some have been asking what Russia looks like beyond Moscow and St Petersburg (and indeed Rostov-on-don). So here we go: five minutes on foot through Krasnodar on a balmy Saturday afternoon the street telling its own unvarnished story"
X Link 2025-10-04T14:28Z 21.5K followers, 458.2K engagements

"@GlobeEyeNews Something about Bali makes white people lose all contact with common sense"
X Link 2025-10-08T09:52Z 21.5K followers, 207.3K engagements

"Five years ago today Politico reported that the Hunter Biden laptop story was Russian disinfo blessed by the signatures of [--] ex-spooks. It was false. There has been no correction no apology. the lie still sits there fossilised on its site"
X Link 2025-10-19T06:03Z 21.5K followers, 127.8K engagements

"Former Finnish president Sauli Niinist has revealed details of his [----] call with Vladimir Putin after informing him of Finlands decision to join NATO: He remained calm and only said we were making a mistake. Putin reportedly added: The Americans will take military command. I hope you keep some independence. Niinist replied: Ill still be the one appointing my generals. Putin laughed Niinist writes"
X Link 2025-10-23T12:16Z 21.5K followers, 415.6K engagements

"As a fluent Russian speaker whose father was a senior Soviet official Kaja Kallas knows exactly who this really hits. It's not the security elites because they havent been allowed to set foot in the West for years. 👇 Nor is it the business barons who glide through terminals on second passports. Rather its the small stubbornly pro-Western slice of Russian society that takes the blow here. The kids who still look to Western Europe with something like admiration and who scrape together the money for a Schengen visa because they want to see the world with their own eyes. Along with those who"
X Link 2025-11-07T19:42Z 21.5K followers, 110.9K engagements

"Managing to insult Russians Ukrainians and Belarusians in one tweet is frankly Hall of Fame material. Its like an own-goal hat-trick"
X Link 2025-11-07T20:20Z 21.5K followers, 156.6K engagements

"Russian FM Sergey Lavrov says US Secretary of State Marco Rubio laid out the Trump administrations foreign policy philosophy in unusually clear terms (my translation): "At the start of our meeting in Riyadh February [----] Marco said something like this. I cant quote him word for word obviously but I remember the gist very clearly. "He said US foreign policy under President Trump is based on national interests and plain common sense. And that means the United States recognises that other major powers also have national interests too. Not every country on earth but the key players Americas main"
X Link 2026-01-20T12:56Z 21.5K followers, 1.2M engagements

"According to Google Trends Russians are suddenly googling Albert Einstein almost three times more often after the latest Epstein document release. Popular searches include: Who is Einstein Where is Einstein's island Jeffrey Einstein Einstein parties Which strongly suggests a fair number of people are mixing up the physicist with the disgraced financier. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021617773785514427 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021617773785514427"
X Link 2026-02-11T16:10Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Russias economy will keep slowing with growth unlikely to re-accelerate before late [----] Economy Minister Maksim Reshetnikov has told the State Duma. He called weaker GDP growth the natural price of bringing inflation down. Inflation stood at 6.4% as of Monday (up from 5.6% in December) though weekly price growth has begun to ease. Monetary easing is possible but any impact would come with a [--] month lag. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021857536429728184 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021857536429728184"
X Link 2026-02-12T08:02Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"The Kremlin says the next round of RussiaUSUkraine talks will take place in Geneva on next Tuesday and Wednesday led on the Russian side by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky. On the surface that looks like either downgrade or a major change in emphasis from the previous rounds which were headed by GRU chief Igor Kostyukov. What that signals is the real question. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022271105713496168 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022271105713496168"
X Link 2026-02-13T11:26Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Hilarious bit of late-capitalist romance from Moscow: people are reselling Valentines Day dinner reservations at coveted restaurants on Avito. This ones about $40"
X Link 2026-02-14T12:37Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"@lenprospekt That's incorrect. It's ten not nine"
X Link 2026-02-14T15:18Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"China has moved into second place globally by number of nuclear submarines overtaking Russia. The US leads with [--] China now has [--] Russia follows with 29"
X Link 2026-02-14T17:26Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Telegram founder Pavel Durov says Chinas rise in AI shown by DeepSeeks success stems from its Soviet-style education system which fosters fierce competitionunlike Western schools that hide grades to protect feelings. Eliminate the losers and you eliminate the winners"
X Link 2025-01-29T17:11Z 21.5K followers, 3M engagements

"Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev says Russia-EU relations have passed the point of no return: Theres no one to talk to and nothing to talk about"
X Link 2025-04-29T10:05Z 21.5K followers, 140K engagements

"A Russian friend writes on Telegram: I have a few questions Will there be sanctions against Israel Disconnection from SWIFT Freezing of reserves Banning of athletes Seizure of aircraft Suspension of air travel Or is this different"
X Link 2025-06-13T09:55Z 21.5K followers, 516.5K engagements

"This nonsense again. It's a false claim but it's recycled every few weeks like a bad pub joke.👇 Nominal GDP at exchange rates tells you more about the (deliberately devalued) ruble currency than Russia as a whole. On PPP the IMF has the country at $6.9 trillion in [----] which is number four worldwide. That means it's bigger than Japan or Germany and larger than California and Texas combined let alone Spain and Portugal. This is a better measure of what a state can actually sustain and produce inside its own borders but it also excludes Russia's huge black economy. so in reality the figure is"
X Link 2025-09-28T23:51Z 21.5K followers, 190.9K engagements

"Chart shows how Russia swapped the EU for China India & Turkey as its top energy buyers. The twist Much of the oil is refined in Mumbai or Izmir then sold back to Western Europe with a fat mark-up. EU states pay more for the privilege of pretending their hands are clean"
X Link 2025-09-30T12:33Z 21.5K followers, 94.2K engagements

"Russias Foreign Ministry has called on Western nations to reflect on their own colonial past before lecturing others about human rights and civilization. Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says that countries obsessed with judging others should start with themselves by explaining how artifacts from Greece Egypt and other nations ended up in London and Paris. She singled out the British Museum noting that its entire Greek collection was taken by deceit much of it smuggled out by British diplomats"
X Link 2025-10-22T11:17Z 21.5K followers, 60.6K engagements

"Italy is a net contributor to the EU budget. The Baltics are net recipients. So the Baltics are using Italy's money to finance their 'generosity.' The problem in the Euro zone is some countries are broke but refuse to admit this. Look at Ukraine aid. The [--] Baltics (Estonia Latvia Lithuania) combined give more aid to Ukraine than Italy even though Italy's GDP is [--] times as big. The Euro zone debt discussion must change. https://t.co/PdS9ggan92 The problem in the Euro zone is some countries are broke but refuse to admit this. Look at Ukraine aid. The [--] Baltics (Estonia Latvia Lithuania)"
X Link 2025-11-03T20:08Z 21.5K followers, 110.6K engagements

"Russian Railways will launch its Santa train ( ) on November 19th in Vladivostok (roughly [----] km from Moscow). Itll spend the next six weeks rattling its way across the world's largest country before rolling into the capital for New Year"
X Link 2025-11-08T12:00Z 21.5K followers, 146.1K engagements

"France now spends 57.2% of its GDP through the state. A higher share than the USSR in [----] just a year before it collapsed. Astonishing"
X Link 2026-01-13T19:21Z 21.5K followers, 937.4K engagements

"Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko believes he has discovered the real source of female beauty and its not cosmetics: "Young women and women in general you all want to be beautiful. You put all kinds of stuff on your faces smear honey on yourselves in the steam room and so on. I get it I know how it goes. But the best beauty treatment is simple: grab a shovel and clear some snow. Honestly thats the best remedy. Youll stay young fit and attractive for us men.""
X Link 2026-01-30T14:11Z 21.5K followers, 787.7K engagements

"Some segments of the American internet are currently fascinated with a box of Prostokvashino cheese curds from an ordinary Russian supermarket. Flip the box upside down and thanks to the blue-and-white stripes it looks uncannily like the octagonal building on Jeffrey Epsteins island. Some People on Instagram and TikTok are genuinely asking why a grocery store is selling a model of the Epstein island building. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020803702261764169 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020803702261764169"
X Link 2026-02-09T10:15Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"All over the Russian internet right now: Billie Eilish reimagined as a 1990s devchonka s raiona wandering a drab provincial town and singing Gorodok ("Town") by Anzhelika Varum. In English of course"
X Link 2026-02-09T20:13Z 21.5K followers, 62.1K engagements

"Telegram founder Pavel Durov claims Russia is restricting access to Telegram to push users onto a state-controlled messaging app designed for surveillance and political censorship. He argues the move will fail pointing to Irans [----] ban on Telegram which didnt stop people using it via workarounds. Regulator Roskomnadzor says it's restricting the messenger until it hosts servers in the country and opens a representative office. St Petersburg-native Durov and his team are based in the UAE. Russia is restricting access to Telegram to force its citizens onto a state-controlled app built for"
X Link 2026-02-10T19:48Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Latest Russian blogger trend: complaining about ice in cocktails. A woman at Moscows Maya restaurant paid [----] rubles (about $14) for a drink and took out all the padding. What was left was revealing"
X Link 2026-02-11T17:43Z 21.5K followers, 21.2K engagements

"American journalists have found a grainy photo of Jeffrey Epstein in the Russian closed town of Sarov where secret nuclear research is carried out. The picture dates back to April [----]. Along with the controversial financier it features IT entrepreneur Esther Dyson and Pavel Oleynikov an employee of the All-Russian Research Institute of Technical Physics (VNITF). The town is surrounded by fences patrolled by the military. Foreigners and even Russians who do not live in Sarov are not allowed to enter the town without permission. Foreigners who visit on business must surrender their passports"
X Link 2026-02-13T13:35Z 21.5K followers, 13K engagements

"Donald Trump just now: "Zelensky's gonna have to get moving. Russia wants to make a deal and Zelensky's gonna have to get moving otherwise he's gonna miss a great opportunity. He has to move." A third round of joint Russia-Ukraine-US peace talks is scheduled for Switzerland next week the Kremlin announced today. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022373366808875172 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022373366808875172"
X Link 2026-02-13T18:12Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Russophrenia: The belief or idea that Russia is simultaneously about to collapse and also take over the world. As ever Russia is totally finished but quite simultaneously it is set to conquer the rest of the world. Same experts say it at the same time. Schrdingers Russia. As ever Russia is totally finished but quite simultaneously it is set to conquer the rest of the world. Same experts say it at the same time. Schrdingers Russia"
X Link 2026-02-13T18:34Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Marco Rubio appears to be far less enthusiastic than Trump about whether a deal is possible"
X Link 2026-02-14T12:21Z 21.5K followers, [---] engagements

"An unintentionally hilarious American propaganda film from 1950: "How to Spot a Communist.""
X Link 2026-02-14T12:28Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Approaching the second anniversary of Alexei Navalnys death five Western countries now claim he was poisoned with epibatidine. It's a toxin derived from South American dart frogs around [---] times stronger than morphine and capable of causing cardiac arrest. Russia maintains he died of natural causes. The UK Sweden France Germany and The Netherlands are confident that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a lethal toxin. We and our partners will make use of all policy levers at our disposal to continue to hold Russia to account. https://t.co/amXI9bx9cp The UK Sweden France Germany and The"
X Link 2026-02-14T14:19Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Russia has responded to new Western claims that Navalny was poisoned in prison calling them a deliberate distraction. Foreign Minister spokesperson Maria Zakharova says no test results no chemical formulas no proof and no data were ever shared with Moscow. Instead she claims the accusations are resurfacing just as questions mount over the Nord Stream attack. Approaching the second anniversary of Alexei Navalnys death five Western countries now claim he was poisoned with epibatidine. It's a toxin derived from South American dart frogs around [---] times stronger than morphine and capable of"
X Link 2026-02-14T17:22Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Despite existing for fewer than [--] years and competing in only [--] Olympic Games the Soviet Union still sits 2nd in the all-time Olympic medal table nearly [---] medals ahead of Great Britain. Which has taken part in [--] Games"
X Link 2026-02-15T11:47Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"People are laying flowers at Alexei Navalnys grave in Moscow on the second anniversary of his death. Alongside a considerable amount of locals diplomats from Germany Britain Poland and others have reportedly attended with ribbons bearing the flags of Russia Estonia Australia and the EU visible. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023339850158772706 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023339850158772706"
X Link 2026-02-16T10:13Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"RBK reports that dollar-linked trading has returned to the Moscow Exchange for the first time since June [----] via a non-delivery USD/RUB instrument. The timing is notable: it comes just after Bloomberg reported that Russia has told American officials its willing to return to the dollar system as part of a broader Ukraine settlement"
X Link 2026-02-16T12:24Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"1/ Izvestia says newly released US Justice Department files show how Jeffrey Epstein built a recruitment network for models in Russia and Belarus. According to the documents several young women not only had personal relationships with Epstein but later acted as his 'scouts.' 🧵"
X Link 2026-02-10T09:57Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"The head of Russias Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina says economic growth slowed to about 1% by the end of [----]. What she calls the top end of the regulators forecast. She said activity has shifted to a more moderate pace as a wave of heavy investment from recent years moves into the operational phase. Labor market pressures are also easing: unemployment remains low but far fewer companies now cite staff shortages as their main constraint. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022336143824748762 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022336143824748762"
X Link 2026-02-13T15:44Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"@BrigidLaffan We actually agree on the core point: Ireland needs to spend more on defence and it should keep out of NATO. My point was about media framing and cost realism. Nothing more than that"
X Link 2026-02-16T22:33Z 21.5K followers, [---] engagements

"Some have been asking what Russia looks like beyond Moscow and St Petersburg. So here it is: four and a half minutes on foot through Rostov-on-Don filmed just now the street telling its own unvarnished story"
X Link 2025-08-21T11:32Z 21.5K followers, 1.7M engagements

"Russias unlikeliest new style icon Sergey Lavrov. Absurd though it sounds the nations glitterati are queueing up to mimic the very sweater he wore stepping off the plane in Alaska earlier this month"
X Link 2025-08-27T13:27Z 21.5K followers, 128.4K engagements

"Russias most popular song of [----] isnt in Russian (or English). Its in Bashkir a Turkic language of the Urals. The track Homay by Ay Yola"
X Link 2025-10-03T12:38Z 21.5K followers, 843.2K engagements

"This video is everywhere on Russian social media right now and it's a painful watch"
X Link 2026-02-06T12:01Z 21.5K followers, 869.4K engagements

"Today the BBCs misleading cucumbers as the new gold Russia doom-porn framing is recycled by The Times. Second-hand no less. Once again the seasonality is stripped out and the year-on-year data ignored. This is how disinformation actually works. This BBC video has over [------] views (and counting) but it's sensationalist and uses very misleading framing. The increase is 1.8% year on year (which is how inflation is normally measured) not the 42.85% figure Mr Rosenberg has chosen to highlight. 👇 Heres the full https://t.co/SXimVyvaYe This BBC video has over [------] views (and counting) but it's"
X Link 2026-02-11T16:38Z 21.5K followers, 41.6K engagements

"There is no planet or alternate timeline where Poland Latvia and Lithuania are culturally closer to Luxembourg and Switzerland than to Belarus Russia and Ukraine. They're calling it "The Pilsner-Belt" https://t.co/VSAWhIKUwT They're calling it "The Pilsner-Belt" https://t.co/VSAWhIKUwT"
X Link 2026-02-12T15:58Z 21.5K followers, 21.2K engagements

"There are so many Russian figure skaters at the Olympics in Italy that it feels like the Russian Figure Skating Championships. Maxim Ilya and Andrey vs Petr Vladimir and Denis. Incidentally none of them are competing for Russia. That's not allowed"
X Link 2026-02-14T12:05Z 21.5K followers, 13.5K engagements

"More weather chaos around Moscow today. A sudden thaw has brought collapsing snow falling ice and torn-off awnings across the region. In the past [--] hours over [--] people have been injured and at least two killed in central Russia"
X Link 2026-02-14T12:34Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Until the mid-2010s Russian Railways ran all long-distance timetables on Moscow time. This was across [--] time zones. It was famously confusing for visitors. More than a few people turned up at Vladivostok station only to discover they were seven hours early for their train. Always crazy to me that China is the biggest country with only one timezone meaning some areas get sunrise at 3am and others get it at 10am https://t.co/S338QLldU2 Always crazy to me that China is the biggest country with only one timezone meaning some areas get sunrise at 3am and others get it at 10am"
X Link 2026-02-15T09:47Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Russian police raided a Valentines Day party in Arctic Murmansk featuring drag performers. During the overnight raid on the Town Hill club guests were reportedly given preventive talks about the inadmissibility of extremism"
X Link 2026-02-15T18:48Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Mash reports that Khabib Nurmagomedov has exited all of his businesses in Russia and shifted his investments to the United Arab Emirates. The former UFC champion has wound down Russian assets the news outlet claims and now reportedly earns around $50m a year abroad with businesses in the UAE ranging from gyms to fight promotions. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023341104792514755 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023341104792514755"
X Link 2026-02-16T10:18Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Amid some grumbling from EU officials the Kremlin has outlined why Vladimir Medinsky will lead Russias delegation at this weeks Ukraine talks in Geneva. DMITRY PESKOV: "Lets remember that Putin has repeatedly said Medinsky is the head of Russias negotiating team. He said this before the first round of talks and again later. Medinsky didnt take part in the previous two rounds because those talks were about security. Essentially military issues. Thats why the Russian side was led by GRU boss Igor Kostyukov and made up of military officials. "This time its different. The talks are meant to cover"
X Link 2026-02-16T10:23Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Reuters analyst Ron Bousso claims Western pressure could force Russia to cut oil output. Seaborne exports have fallen by 26% from December to February per Kpler while floating storage has surged past 150m barrels. A sign demand is weakening he says. Proposed European Commission measures targeting maritime support alongside pressure from Donald Trump and Europe could tighten the squeeze further. Bousso adds"
X Link 2026-02-16T10:25Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Its really hard to understand the current drive from Irish media to join NATO. Ireland cant afford it and it gains nothing by doing so. Irish nominal GDP is about 540bn. Defence spending was 1.3bn last year. To hit NATOs new 5% target that would need to jump to 27bn (about the same as the entire health budget for 2025). How would this be funded You'd have to massively slash social services or hike taxes dramatically. Not to mention that Russia would have to fight its way through Poland Germany France and the UK before it even reached the Irish Sea. And let's be honest given the evidence of"
X Link 2026-02-16T17:42Z 21.5K followers, 20.6K engagements

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