#  @27khv Brian McDonald
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[russia](/topic/russia) #396, [moscow](/topic/moscow) #22, [kremlin](/topic/kremlin) #121, [in the](/topic/in-the) 7.76%, [st petersburg](/topic/st-petersburg) #63, [ukraine](/topic/ukraine) #2618, [the first](/topic/the-first) 3.2%, [china](/topic/china) #757, [countries](/topic/countries) #630, [snow](/topic/snow) #1780
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### Top Social Posts
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"This video is everywhere on Russian social media right now and it's a painful watch"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019743202698318243) 2026-02-06T12:01Z 21.5K followers, 868.8K 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2022262963630182471) 2026-02-13T10:53Z 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2022271105713496168) 2026-02-13T11:26Z 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2022378793525273028) 2026-02-13T18:34Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Most useful life hack of the week. Near Moscow a man cleared snow off his roof with a single jump. Pretty efficient but with questionable insurance coverage"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2022388021681885465) 2026-02-13T19:10Z 21.5K followers, [----] 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/1947963809508855879) 2025-07-23T10:15Z 21.5K followers, [----] 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/1979627486356074910) 2025-10-18T19:15Z 21.5K followers, 37.2K engagements
"In reality the EU has arguably overestimated its power rather than underestimated it. Despite [--] sanctions packages Russia has grown around seven times faster than Germany (roughly 6.25% vs 0.86%) since [----]. The numbers paint a different picture from Kaja Kallas' rhetoric. Europe has been underestimating its own power especially towards Russia. We should be more self confident. The United States is still our biggest ally. And it's in the interest of the U.S. that we work together. Extracts from my intervention at the [----] Doha Forum https://t.co/AgSi2f461g Europe has been underestimating its"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/1997392850036613513) 2025-12-06T19:48Z 21.4K followers, 20.5K 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2007818516918153244) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2011780606280286231) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2011883677874364803) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2012206438047772863) 2026-01-16T16:52Z 21.4K followers, 1.8M engagements
"Further proof that Ireland is fundamentally Eastern European"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2012245262949843416) 2026-01-16T19:27Z 21.4K followers, 1.8M engagements
"It looks like all the worlds snow has been dumped on Kamchatka. Russian media says the peninsula has now seen its biggest snowfall of the 21st century with drifts reaching up to the 4th floor of buildings. (sorry for the music)"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2012507612466540995) 2026-01-17T12:49Z 21.4K followers, 61K engagements
"Baza reports that Moscow is facing its biggest wave of restaurant and bar closures since the pandemic. According to the outlet [--] popular venues have already shut down in the first (incomplete) month of [----]. They including well-known spots like Dorogaya ya perezvonyu and The Toy. Baza says this is double the number of closures vs the same period last year. Commercial real estate consultancy CMWP forecasts that at least [---] venues could close in Moscow this year a figure comparable to the lockdown period when [---] establishments reportedly shut down. Restaurateur Dmitry Levitsky told Baza the"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2013590266499006526) 2026-01-20T12:31Z 21.4K followers, [----] 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2013596618596176204) 2026-01-20T12:56Z 21.5K followers, 1.2M 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2014261349979988179) 2026-01-22T08:58Z 21.5K followers, 26.4K engagements
"Mention the 1990s and a lot of Russians get a haunted look in their eyes. That said this AI video has gone viral today"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2015171896401420456) 2026-01-24T21:16Z 21.4K followers, 140.5K engagements
"Russian vs American AI: I feel sad/ . Nobody ever promised it would be easy/ "
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2015559409276244027) 2026-01-25T22:56Z 21.5K followers, 383K 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2016125434887651479) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2016183892102025251) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2016445231869415691) 2026-01-28T09:36Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Putin and Syrias new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa are meeting in the Kremlin. The talks likely center on one thing: Russias military presence in Syria. Especially after the US threw the Kurds under the bus (again)"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2016513127978799194) 2026-01-28T14:06Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Light pillars lit up the sky over St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region overnight. The effect comes from so-called diamond dust (tiny flat ice crystals in very cold air below about [--] to 20C) that refract streetlights and car headlights into glowing vertical beams"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2016806227649712217) 2026-01-29T09:30Z 21.4K followers, [----] 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2016807055915700457) 2026-01-29T09:34Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Russias mysterious UVB-76 Doomsday radio station the Cold Wars eeriest leftover went active again today. It has been transmitting two coded voice messages: NZHTI NZHTI [-----] STOYAK [----] [----] NZHTI NZHTI [-----] DERNOLORD [----] [----] PAYANIE [----] [----] Good luck to anyone trying to decipher that. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016823513089200428 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016823513089200428"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2016823513089200428) 2026-01-29T10:39Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements
"UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has arrived in Moscow on an official visit and walked straight into a full-on snowstorm. Has to be quite the climate shock after Abu Dhabi"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2016828438779494858) 2026-01-29T10:59Z 21.4K 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2016838322547810663) 2026-01-29T11:38Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements
"EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas says Russia has been placed on the EUs money-laundering blacklist with the decision taking effect today. The move will force the bloc's banks to step up monitoring of any transactions linked to Russian institutions likely slowing down payments and increasing costs for cross-border business. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016917491071713665 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016917491071713665"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2016917491071713665) 2026-01-29T16:52Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Russias greatest playwright Anton Chekhov was born [---] years ago today. As he wisely said: "Any idiot can face a crisis its the day-to-day living that wears you out." Here he is with some friends and family in Moscow back in [----] (yes it's been colorized)"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2016955425518985247) 2026-01-29T19:23Z 21.4K followers, 33.3K engagements
"The Kremlin has confirmed that Trump personally asked Putin to refrain from striking Kiev for a week and Moscow says it agreed to that request. DMITRY PESKOV: "Yes President Trump did make a direct request to President Putin to hold off on strikes against Kiev for a week until February [--] to help create better conditions for negotiations." REPORTER: "So what exactly did the Kremlin say back to Trump on this personal request to stop the strikes And are we talking about pausing attacks only on energy infrastructure some kind of "energy truce" or all strikes altogether" PESKOV: "Theres nothing to"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2017182111225270649) 2026-01-30T10:24Z 21.4K followers, 10.4K engagements
"Putins spokesman has commented on Zelenskys call for a face-to-face meeting in Ukraine. A proposal that came after Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov suggested the two sides meet in Moscow instead. DMITRY PESKOV: "Weve heard a lot of statements over the past few days even just in the last few hours. But heres the key thing to remember: Putin didnt invite Zelensky anywhere and didnt suggest any meeting. It was Zelensky who asked for a meeting and pushed for it. Putins reply was basically: fine were ready but only in Moscow. Thats the important detail people shouldnt forget.""
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2017183190298018244) 2026-01-30T10:28Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements
"An interesting insight into Kremlin thinking here: Putin's top economic advisor Maxim Oreshkin says the old model of globalization is effectively over and blames demographics as much as politics. He points out that G7 countries now account for under 10% of global births and predicts that the decline in their share of the world economy will soon accelerate. In his view the world is entering an era of hard depopulation with global population set to peak around [----] before beginning a long decline. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017186018185941234"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2017186018185941234) 2026-01-30T10:39Z 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2017215485008630014) 2026-01-30T12:37Z 21.4K followers, 133K engagements
"Meanwhile in Moscow a rare winter atmospheric anomaly today. The grey filter has been temporarily turned off"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2017572015881023675) 2026-01-31T12:13Z 21.4K followers, 22.6K 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2017576388916875766) 2026-01-31T12:31Z 21.4K followers, 131K engagements
"Kazakhstan now has remote fishing. A startup has launched a service where you control a real fishing rod online pick the spot watch via camera and an assistant on site handles the bait and the fish. Still in demo mode at one lake near Almaty"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2017587162880106566) 2026-01-31T13:13Z 21.4K followers, [----] 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2017636189906649160) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2017689088736792718) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2017892176794202336) 2026-02-01T09:26Z 21.5K followers, 38.9K engagements
"Right on cue. As scrutiny returns to Epsteins Western elite connections the Daily Mail rolls out a KGB honeytrap theory. Based on anonymous intel sources and an agency that hasnt existed since 1991"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2017917625964408897) 2026-02-01T11:07Z 21.4K followers, 13K engagements
"The mentioned X times argument is a bit ridiculous. Vladimir Lenin is in the Epstein files [--] times too. Surely what matters isnt the number its the context If your childs teacher were mentioned dozens of times in the Epstein files youd demand they be fired. The presidency shouldnt be exempt from that standard If your childs teacher were mentioned dozens of times in the Epstein files youd demand they be fired. The presidency shouldnt be exempt from that standard"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2017947573961842892) 2026-02-01T13:06Z 21.4K followers, 28.3K engagements
"Belarus a landlocked country was Russias biggest fish supplier in 2025: [------] tons worth $336m ahead of China and Turkey says the Russian Fish Union. One wonders where exactly all that Belarusian fish is coming from"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2018049231458844776) 2026-02-01T19:50Z 21.4K followers, [----] 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2018061455250391489) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2018065968501850508) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2018088195527979094) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2018251027292852716) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2018251637605933089) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2018272274147910026) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2018293237774160029) 2026-02-02T11:59Z 21.4K followers, 419K engagements
"Ex-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has been accused of cynically rebranding himself as a conservative. He says he was never a "pure liberal" just an economic one and that today's liberalism is far removed from what he knew in the past: I was never some kind of pure textbook liberal and never an absolute conservative either. People are a mix of things. You called me an economic liberal: sure if were talking strictly about economic policy thats one thing. But these days the word liberal means something else entirely a whole set of values that frankly arent close to me at all. "If you ask"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2018294055646728322) 2026-02-02T12:02Z 21.4K followers, 59.1K engagements
"@ItsMattsLaw Aliens traveled light years to learn we run climate policy through a marmot"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2018386336621953027) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2018417930732794175) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2018624688113827852) 2026-02-03T09:56Z 21.5K followers, 15.2K engagements
"@MuseZack Iliad is anger. Odyssey was his travel blog"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2018634628014477416) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2018704394296992063) 2026-02-03T15:13Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@weirdlilguys Predator of legend. Terrified of the vacuum cleaner"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2018756567722799529) 2026-02-03T18:40Z 21.4K followers, 12.1K 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2018984426856661474) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2018993109799993436) 2026-02-04T10:20Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Local media report that nearly [--] staff members with Russian and Belarusian citizenship have been dismissed from a Latvian Regional Hospital following pressure from the state security service. Those let go in Daugavpils reportedly included nurses medical personnel and administrative workers. Hospital management had asked to retain some of them because of staff shortages but this was rejected. Security officials cited alleged pro-Kremlin views travel to Russia or Belarus and potential risks related to access to confidential information"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019005143505649839) 2026-02-04T11:08Z 21.4K 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019017705639338354) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019039155972374976) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019045598129795253) 2026-02-04T13:49Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Freight wagons carrying petrol derailed and caught fire at Kochetovka-2 station in Russias Tambov region according to Russian Railways. Five tank cars reportedly burning. No casualties so far. Train traffic on southern routes suspended; firefighters and recovery crews on site"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019073295283315196) 2026-02-04T15:39Z 21.4K 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019088777965166797) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019101151707427143) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019120054638362737) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019121006732857502) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019125340984279279) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019156067330990144) 2026-02-04T21:08Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Russia didnt need Epstein to open a back channel to Israel. Moscow and Tel Aviv have long operated in overlapping circles. The Kremlin has Netanyahu on speed dial and millions of Russian-speaking Israelis form a built-in bridge between the two systems. As the media starts to reach for the Epstein was KGB narrative I wonder how theyll grapple with our reporting that the back channel he set up with Russia was on behalf of Israel As the media starts to reach for the Epstein was KGB narrative I wonder how theyll grapple with our reporting that the back channel he set up with Russia was on behalf"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019174238012215465) 2026-02-04T22:20Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements
"A long running urban legend in Moscow is that the giant Boris Yeltsin-era Peter the Great statue by Zurab Tsereteli was originally meant to be Columbus for the 500th anniversary in [----]. Allegedly Americans cities said no thanks to the massive pricey monument so it got a new head new story and in [----] became Peter instead so the story goes BREAKING; Trump is planning to install a statue of Christopher Columbus outside the White House: report. The explorer who discovered America BREAKING; Trump is planning to install a statue of Christopher Columbus outside the White House: report. The"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019175660556570721) 2026-02-04T22:26Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements
"On Sakhalin ice fishing apparently now includes extreme sports. Near Starodubskoe floes have been breaking away for a second day stranding dozens of fishermen. Some are waiting calmly for boats. Others Full throttle on snowmobiles jumping two-meter cracks in the ice"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019380931283546517) 2026-02-05T12:01Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Anyone who remembers the coordinated media frenzy over every minor issue at the [----] Sochi Olympics might be surprised to learn that infrastructure glitches are in fact universal. Only the interpretation seems to depend on the host country. update: four minutes into the first event of the Winter Olympics there has been a power outage https://t.co/mvniehqLCI update: four minutes into the first event of the Winter Olympics there has been a power outage https://t.co/mvniehqLCI"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019384826282012730) 2026-02-05T12:17Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Youre describing Russia as some kind of geopolitical puppet-master but the actual track record doesnt support that claim. Moscow poured enormous resources into Ukraine for decades. Cultural linguistic economic and family ties are deep and until [----] Ukrainians had open access to Russian media. Yet despite all these advantages Moscow still struggled to maintain durable political influence in a country where it was embedded for centuries. Israel is the opposite environment. It's structurally oriented toward the US integrated into American political security education business and cultural"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019391428753842509) 2026-02-05T12:43Z 21.4K followers, 17.1K engagements
"If Jeffrey Epstein was a Russian asset as some in the UK press and politics are now claiming (the Mail the Telegraph even Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey) why would he need help from Peter Mandelson to get a Russian visa Mandelson offered to help Epstein get Russian visa documents suggest https://t.co/4rxduDLmb7 Mandelson offered to help Epstein get Russian visa documents suggest https://t.co/4rxduDLmb7"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019397088568644026) 2026-02-05T13:05Z 21.4K followers, 11.5K engagements
"Moscow's famous Central Telegraph building on Tverskaya has had its facades fully restored as of yesterday. This video shows just how much its changed since 2008"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019398533665767849) 2026-02-05T13:11Z 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019402206802235860) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019408781809983818) 2026-02-05T13:52Z 21.4K 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019453315235578030) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019456110789370058) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019468628396241194) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019472024486441427) 2026-02-05T18:03Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements
"These simulations are designed to fail. NATO conveniently hesitates Article [--] vanishes allies freeze everyone behaves irrationally and Russia wins. In the real world NATO massively outweighs Russia in manpower airpower technology and logistics. Why would it simply fold Russia weakens NATO in a few days and conquers Lithuania: A scenario of a Russian invasion of the Baltic states was simulated in Europe and lost. WSJ. The scenario was as follows: The Kremlin conquers Marijampol Lithuania a key European transportation hub under the https://t.co/CAUrzuC7AP Russia weakens NATO in a few days and"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019538711860637797) 2026-02-05T22:28Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@words_salad Aura farming on god mode there"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019556760550535469) 2026-02-05T23:40Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@memeticsisyphus For example Chicken Kiev. Which rather confusingly was most likely invented by a French chef working in St Petersburg"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019570092028371164) 2026-02-06T00:33Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements
"A good example of this is Chicken Kiev. Which rather confusingly was most likely invented by a French chef working in St Petersburg. This is true but if you start playing that game you start to realize almost every ethnic cuisine was made up by a hotel in the early 20th century. This is true but if you start playing that game you start to realize almost every ethnic cuisine was made up by a hotel in the early 20th century"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019692910267297816) 2026-02-06T08:41Z 21.4K 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019700114970079677) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019713193858507039) 2026-02-06T10:02Z 21.4K followers, 13.6K engagements
"@mralistairgreen If you think the UK is bad Irelands podcast ecosystem could fit in a taxi"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019738683000361361) 2026-02-06T11:43Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Russias gold reserves have topped $400 billion for the first time on record according to the Central Bank of Russia"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019762766207152436) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019770954755543363) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2019779900169945487) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2020104210919174492) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2020167406619082893) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2020180655792136355) 2026-02-07T16:59Z 21.5K followers, 17.9K engagements
"@PanasonicDX4500 Bit silly to expect a warm reception at the Winter Olympics"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2020186406287708630) 2026-02-07T17:22Z 21.4K followers, [----] 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2020230119772790835) 2026-02-07T20:16Z 21.4K followers, 11.9K engagements
"@Reem_Mitaka Nobel Prize but at what cost"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2020543495384215960) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2020554284333715769) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2020562501591781654) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2020580810429247767) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2020581537000096153) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2020586933253283997) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2020802301850435680) 2026-02-09T10:09Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Electric boats vs. a frozen Moscow river"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2020805875922063763) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2020831550410252340) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2020907887891984518) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2020911586442084612) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2020930062200209848) 2026-02-09T18:37Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements
"@sapphyreblayze Brooklyn finally completing its transformation into St Petersburg"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2020932457449783401) 2026-02-09T18:46Z 21.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Moscow now has its own Love Street"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2020935057771462892) 2026-02-09T18:57Z 21.4K 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2020938379605787042) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2020956687142879566) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021156085818884126) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021161681900970288) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021161688234590707) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021169252896735415) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021171019554385925) 2026-02-10T10:34Z 21.5K followers, [----] 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021198409684877476) 2026-02-10T12:23Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements
"@KBucko7 Every ice floe is a real estate ad for Palm Beach"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021295179404280314) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021308824850923785) 2026-02-10T19:42Z 21.5K followers, [----] 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021310224746045797) 2026-02-10T19:48Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements
"@JonathonPSine At least Asia is misunderstood casually. Russia is misunderstood professionally"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021311266107818126) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021314817689256362) 2026-02-10T20:06Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements
"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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021519662362865969) 2026-02-11T09:40Z 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021556135686521116) 2026-02-11T12:05Z 21.5K followers, [----] 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021586181410980245) 2026-02-11T14:04Z 21.4K followers, [---] 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021609451896377491) 2026-02-11T15:37Z 21.5K followers, [----] 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021617773785514427) 2026-02-11T16:10Z 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021634526611747164) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021657026167005241) 2026-02-11T18:46Z 21.5K followers, 12.8K 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021857536429728184) 2026-02-12T08:02Z 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021862456096592295) 2026-02-12T08:22Z 21.5K followers, [----] 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021887224388698515) 2026-02-12T10:00Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements
"@grok @ReneGlatt This is wrong - Moscow is Anna"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021905036662726759) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021905614117777529) 2026-02-12T11:13Z 21.5K followers, [---] engagements
"@stephanshemilt Most Italians probably think cricket is the name of a disease"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021975788602687493) 2026-02-12T15:52Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements
"@2002tacomasr5 That toy is not koala-shaped enough"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2022001938532126854) 2026-02-12T17:36Z 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2022302759496909078) 2026-02-13T13:32Z 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2022373973254680774) 2026-02-13T18:15Z 21.5K followers, [---] engagements
"NATO chief Mark Rutte tells the Munich Security Conference he spoke to a dog about Ukraines future"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2022675796117328161) 2026-02-14T14:14Z 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021904668511948897) 2026-02-12T11:10Z 21.5K followers, [----] 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](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1917165511286182355) 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](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1920732215668863149) 2025-05-09T06:47Z 21.5K followers, 1.3M 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](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1931688318414065819) 2025-06-08T12:22Z 21.5K followers, 145.1K 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](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1953762075638919665) 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](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1954168547086660036) 2025-08-09T13:11Z 21.5K followers, 131.3K 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](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1958492301145104863) 2025-08-21T11:32Z 21.5K followers, 1.7M 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](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1960284558772895902) 2025-08-26T10:13Z 21.5K followers, 94.2K 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](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1960695643623624979) 2025-08-27T13:27Z 21.5K followers, 128.3K 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](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1962798788382273871) 2025-09-02T08:44Z 21.5K followers, 579K 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](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1967553604484776120) 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](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1967934562928898283) 2025-09-16T12:52Z 21.5K followers, 319.6K 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](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1969851899982561577) 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](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1969884771850621329) 2025-09-21T22:01Z 21.5K followers, 171.9K 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](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1972449083575923164) 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](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1973003223989703157) 2025-09-30T12:33Z 21.5K followers, 94.2K 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](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1974091582770221445) 2025-10-03T12:38Z 21.5K followers, 843.2K 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](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1974481751448670322) 2025-10-04T14:28Z 21.5K followers, 458.2K 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](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1979790364480299084) 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](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1981333906705305627) 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](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986881849482707204) 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](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986891529231700447) 2025-11-07T20:20Z 21.5K followers, 156.6K engagements
"@bigsnugga WFH is the last remaining sign that God once loved us. Dont squander it"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1987253596535009433) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2007440673981558919) 2026-01-03T13:15Z 21.5K followers, 4M 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2011156606151774257) 2026-01-13T19:21Z 21.5K followers, 937.2K 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2015835796570538299) 2026-01-26T17:14Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Horrifying scene in Russia's Voronezh: a drunk father reportedly lowered his underage son from a 7th-floor balcony on a rope as some kind of stunt while friends filmed instead of stopping him. Prosecutors say it posed a real threat to the boys life. Police are investigating. The child incredibly wasnt physically hurt. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016487699688075459 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016487699688075459"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2016487699688075459) 2026-01-28T12:25Z 21.5K followers, 4M 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2016560738522030197) 2026-01-28T17:15Z 21.5K followers, 13.1K 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2017239285590831311) 2026-01-30T14:11Z 21.5K followers, 787.6K engagements
"A Russian former model Raisa from Krasnodar whose name surfaced in the Epstein emails says she believes she was being prepared for something via her agency back in [----]. She recalls a foreign scout pushing a contract abroad but she refused to go. I thought it was a stupid joke at first but the thought I couldve ended up at the bottom of the ocean is terrifying she wrote. My parents talked me out of traveling. Maybe coincidence maybe not. Im alive and well. God protected me. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018026387207258447 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018026387207258447"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2018026387207258447) 2026-02-01T18:19Z 21.5K followers, 4M 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2020803088047919246) 2026-02-09T10:12Z 21.5K followers, 15.8K 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2020954131330892088) 2026-02-09T20:13Z 21.5K followers, 59K 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021161665274823024) 2026-02-10T09:57Z 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021187049525739622) 2026-02-10T11:38Z 21.5K followers, 15K engagements
"Former Putin youth movement activist and later Epstein acquaintance Masha Bucher now says she was under severe threat from the Russian state and desperate for protection when she met Epstein in [----]. But in December [----] she told the pro-Kremlin outlet Daily Storm that it was cool to be Russian described her move to the US as smooth and voluntary and mentioned no harassment fear danger or pressure from Moscow. The timeline doesnt really add up. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021300462725763526 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021300462725763526"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021300462725763526) 2026-02-10T19:09Z 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021558853129973811) 2026-02-11T12:16Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Russia this week according to the British press: Too poor to feed its soldiers Advanced enough to remote-control pigeons with neural chips Russophrenia with feathers. Russia is hopelessly weak and it's soldiers must eat pigeons but we must prepare for war as Russia is immensely powerful and can conquer all of Europe. If you question the logic you are a Russian asset so just embrace the virtuous hate and mindless warmongering of your https://t.co/J1UYQ8lVEn Russia is hopelessly weak and it's soldiers must eat pigeons but we must prepare for war as Russia is immensely powerful and can conquer"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021562477121868260) 2026-02-11T12:30Z 21.5K followers, 23.7K 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021572414694465992) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021581942433472943) 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 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021600259567399024) 2026-02-11T15:00Z 21.5K followers, 28.7K engagements
"The leader of the 'Fair Russia' party Sergei Mironov has slammed state officials behind Telegram slowdowns calling them idiots and scoundrels and urging authorities to rethink the policy. He says that Russian-made Telegram is a vital communications tool and added that citizens should be free to choose which messenger they use rather than being pushed toward state-approved alternatives. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021617416649031919 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021617416649031919"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021617416649031919) 2026-02-11T16:08Z 21.5K followers, 11.4K 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021624971911663959) 2026-02-11T16:38Z 21.5K followers, 41.3K 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021641193411772477) 2026-02-11T17:43Z 21.5K followers, 21.1K engagements
"Pavel Durov is absolutely right. The idea of "Russian oligarchs" as political kingmakers is years out of date. In Russia big business hasnt had real political power for a very long time. Wealth no longer translates into leverage over the state anymore and if anything its the opposite. Calling every rich Russian an "oligarch" is terribly outdated vocabulary. It belongs in the bin. People who call me an oligarch clearly dont know what the term means. If I were close to any government (instead of opposing their constant attacks on freedom) Id be 10x more successful by now. Everything Ive"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021675962782585283) 2026-02-11T20:01Z 21.5K followers, 56.8K 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021857111358034089) 2026-02-12T08:01Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements
"The real most popular baby names in Europes ten largest cities. 👇 Moscow Mikhail Istanbul Alparslan London Mohammed Paris Gabriel Madrid Mateo St Petersburg Mikhail Milan Leonardo Barcelona Marti Berlin Noah Naples Antonio The most popular names of children born in European cities: London - Mohammed Manchester - Mohammed Berlin - Mohammed Brussels - Mohammed The Hague - Mohammed Amsterdam - Mohammed Oslo - Mohammed Warsaw - Jan The most popular names of children born in European cities: London - Mohammed Manchester - Mohammed Berlin - Mohammed Brussels - Mohammed The Hague - Mohammed"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021870491464872314) 2026-02-12T08:54Z 21.5K followers, 49.1K engagements
"@Jensfalkenberg Turns out living in winter beats visiting winter who would have imagined"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021881454972874780) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021883725575807301) 2026-02-12T09:46Z 21.5K followers, 39.3K engagements
"Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has pushed back on claims that Western European leaders are quietly trying to resume talks with Moscow saying things arent quite as theyre being portrayed. REPORTER: "So yesterday everyone was quoting Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda who basically accused some European leaders of as he put it knocking on or scratching at the Kremlins door in order to talk to Russia. We know that both Merz and Macron have already tried to make contact. How does the Kremlin see this Does it get in your way or distract you from your work" PESKOV: "Well first of all neither"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021902861152792811) 2026-02-12T11:03Z 21.5K followers, 14.4K 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"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021903466017526085) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021904216571490676) 2026-02-12T11:08Z 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021974317433860261) 2026-02-12T15:46Z 21.5K followers, [----] 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021977257846428036) 2026-02-12T15:58Z 21.5K followers, 21K 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021978353847480818) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2021979585068585462) 2026-02-12T16:07Z 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2022008912372007096) 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](https://x.com/27khv/status/2022262076253892766) 2026-02-13T10:50Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements
"@sammichluvrrr Europe invented yearning. America invented fulfillment"
[X Link](https://x.com/27khv/status/2022268573356610030) 2026-02-13T11:16Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements
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Social category influence countries 41.55% travel destinations #3815 celebrities 9.13% finance 7.76% social networks 2.28% currencies 1.37% stocks 1.37% technology brands 1.37% musicians 0.91% luxury brands 0.46%
Social topic influence russia #396, moscow #22, kremlin #121, in the 7.76%, st petersburg #63, ukraine #2618, the first 3.2%, china #757, countries #630, snow #1780
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Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"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, 868.8K 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
"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
"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
"Most useful life hack of the week. Near Moscow a man cleared snow off his roof with a single jump. Pretty efficient but with questionable insurance coverage"
X Link 2026-02-13T19:10Z 21.5K followers, [----] 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
"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
"In reality the EU has arguably overestimated its power rather than underestimated it. Despite [--] sanctions packages Russia has grown around seven times faster than Germany (roughly 6.25% vs 0.86%) since [----]. The numbers paint a different picture from Kaja Kallas' rhetoric. Europe has been underestimating its own power especially towards Russia. We should be more self confident. The United States is still our biggest ally. And it's in the interest of the U.S. that we work together. Extracts from my intervention at the [----] Doha Forum https://t.co/AgSi2f461g Europe has been underestimating its"
X Link 2025-12-06T19:48Z 21.4K followers, 20.5K 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
"It looks like all the worlds snow has been dumped on Kamchatka. Russian media says the peninsula has now seen its biggest snowfall of the 21st century with drifts reaching up to the 4th floor of buildings. (sorry for the music)"
X Link 2026-01-17T12:49Z 21.4K followers, 61K engagements
"Baza reports that Moscow is facing its biggest wave of restaurant and bar closures since the pandemic. According to the outlet [--] popular venues have already shut down in the first (incomplete) month of [----]. They including well-known spots like Dorogaya ya perezvonyu and The Toy. Baza says this is double the number of closures vs the same period last year. Commercial real estate consultancy CMWP forecasts that at least [---] venues could close in Moscow this year a figure comparable to the lockdown period when [---] establishments reportedly shut down. Restaurateur Dmitry Levitsky told Baza the"
X Link 2026-01-20T12:31Z 21.4K followers, [----] 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
"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
"Mention the 1990s and a lot of Russians get a haunted look in their eyes. That said this AI video has gone viral today"
X Link 2026-01-24T21:16Z 21.4K followers, 140.5K 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
"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
"Putin and Syrias new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa are meeting in the Kremlin. The talks likely center on one thing: Russias military presence in Syria. Especially after the US threw the Kurds under the bus (again)"
X Link 2026-01-28T14:06Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Light pillars lit up the sky over St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region overnight. The effect comes from so-called diamond dust (tiny flat ice crystals in very cold air below about [--] to 20C) that refract streetlights and car headlights into glowing vertical beams"
X Link 2026-01-29T09:30Z 21.4K followers, [----] 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
"Russias mysterious UVB-76 Doomsday radio station the Cold Wars eeriest leftover went active again today. It has been transmitting two coded voice messages: NZHTI NZHTI [-----] STOYAK [----] [----] NZHTI NZHTI [-----] DERNOLORD [----] [----] PAYANIE [----] [----] Good luck to anyone trying to decipher that. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016823513089200428 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016823513089200428"
X Link 2026-01-29T10:39Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements
"UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has arrived in Moscow on an official visit and walked straight into a full-on snowstorm. Has to be quite the climate shock after Abu Dhabi"
X Link 2026-01-29T10:59Z 21.4K 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
"EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas says Russia has been placed on the EUs money-laundering blacklist with the decision taking effect today. The move will force the bloc's banks to step up monitoring of any transactions linked to Russian institutions likely slowing down payments and increasing costs for cross-border business. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016917491071713665 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016917491071713665"
X Link 2026-01-29T16:52Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Russias greatest playwright Anton Chekhov was born [---] years ago today. As he wisely said: "Any idiot can face a crisis its the day-to-day living that wears you out." Here he is with some friends and family in Moscow back in [----] (yes it's been colorized)"
X Link 2026-01-29T19:23Z 21.4K followers, 33.3K engagements
"The Kremlin has confirmed that Trump personally asked Putin to refrain from striking Kiev for a week and Moscow says it agreed to that request. DMITRY PESKOV: "Yes President Trump did make a direct request to President Putin to hold off on strikes against Kiev for a week until February [--] to help create better conditions for negotiations." REPORTER: "So what exactly did the Kremlin say back to Trump on this personal request to stop the strikes And are we talking about pausing attacks only on energy infrastructure some kind of "energy truce" or all strikes altogether" PESKOV: "Theres nothing to"
X Link 2026-01-30T10:24Z 21.4K followers, 10.4K engagements
"Putins spokesman has commented on Zelenskys call for a face-to-face meeting in Ukraine. A proposal that came after Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov suggested the two sides meet in Moscow instead. DMITRY PESKOV: "Weve heard a lot of statements over the past few days even just in the last few hours. But heres the key thing to remember: Putin didnt invite Zelensky anywhere and didnt suggest any meeting. It was Zelensky who asked for a meeting and pushed for it. Putins reply was basically: fine were ready but only in Moscow. Thats the important detail people shouldnt forget.""
X Link 2026-01-30T10:28Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements
"An interesting insight into Kremlin thinking here: Putin's top economic advisor Maxim Oreshkin says the old model of globalization is effectively over and blames demographics as much as politics. He points out that G7 countries now account for under 10% of global births and predicts that the decline in their share of the world economy will soon accelerate. In his view the world is entering an era of hard depopulation with global population set to peak around [----] before beginning a long decline. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017186018185941234"
X Link 2026-01-30T10:39Z 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
"Meanwhile in Moscow a rare winter atmospheric anomaly today. The grey filter has been temporarily turned off"
X Link 2026-01-31T12:13Z 21.4K followers, 22.6K 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
"Kazakhstan now has remote fishing. A startup has launched a service where you control a real fishing rod online pick the spot watch via camera and an assistant on site handles the bait and the fish. Still in demo mode at one lake near Almaty"
X Link 2026-01-31T13:13Z 21.4K followers, [----] 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
"Right on cue. As scrutiny returns to Epsteins Western elite connections the Daily Mail rolls out a KGB honeytrap theory. Based on anonymous intel sources and an agency that hasnt existed since 1991"
X Link 2026-02-01T11:07Z 21.4K followers, 13K engagements
"The mentioned X times argument is a bit ridiculous. Vladimir Lenin is in the Epstein files [--] times too. Surely what matters isnt the number its the context If your childs teacher were mentioned dozens of times in the Epstein files youd demand they be fired. The presidency shouldnt be exempt from that standard If your childs teacher were mentioned dozens of times in the Epstein files youd demand they be fired. The presidency shouldnt be exempt from that standard"
X Link 2026-02-01T13:06Z 21.4K followers, 28.3K engagements
"Belarus a landlocked country was Russias biggest fish supplier in 2025: [------] tons worth $336m ahead of China and Turkey says the Russian Fish Union. One wonders where exactly all that Belarusian fish is coming from"
X Link 2026-02-01T19:50Z 21.4K followers, [----] 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
"Ex-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has been accused of cynically rebranding himself as a conservative. He says he was never a "pure liberal" just an economic one and that today's liberalism is far removed from what he knew in the past: I was never some kind of pure textbook liberal and never an absolute conservative either. People are a mix of things. You called me an economic liberal: sure if were talking strictly about economic policy thats one thing. But these days the word liberal means something else entirely a whole set of values that frankly arent close to me at all. "If you ask"
X Link 2026-02-02T12:02Z 21.4K followers, 59.1K 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
"@weirdlilguys Predator of legend. Terrified of the vacuum cleaner"
X Link 2026-02-03T18:40Z 21.4K followers, 12.1K 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
"Local media report that nearly [--] staff members with Russian and Belarusian citizenship have been dismissed from a Latvian Regional Hospital following pressure from the state security service. Those let go in Daugavpils reportedly included nurses medical personnel and administrative workers. Hospital management had asked to retain some of them because of staff shortages but this was rejected. Security officials cited alleged pro-Kremlin views travel to Russia or Belarus and potential risks related to access to confidential information"
X Link 2026-02-04T11:08Z 21.4K 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
"Freight wagons carrying petrol derailed and caught fire at Kochetovka-2 station in Russias Tambov region according to Russian Railways. Five tank cars reportedly burning. No casualties so far. Train traffic on southern routes suspended; firefighters and recovery crews on site"
X Link 2026-02-04T15:39Z 21.4K 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
"Russia didnt need Epstein to open a back channel to Israel. Moscow and Tel Aviv have long operated in overlapping circles. The Kremlin has Netanyahu on speed dial and millions of Russian-speaking Israelis form a built-in bridge between the two systems. As the media starts to reach for the Epstein was KGB narrative I wonder how theyll grapple with our reporting that the back channel he set up with Russia was on behalf of Israel As the media starts to reach for the Epstein was KGB narrative I wonder how theyll grapple with our reporting that the back channel he set up with Russia was on behalf"
X Link 2026-02-04T22:20Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements
"A long running urban legend in Moscow is that the giant Boris Yeltsin-era Peter the Great statue by Zurab Tsereteli was originally meant to be Columbus for the 500th anniversary in [----]. Allegedly Americans cities said no thanks to the massive pricey monument so it got a new head new story and in [----] became Peter instead so the story goes BREAKING; Trump is planning to install a statue of Christopher Columbus outside the White House: report. The explorer who discovered America BREAKING; Trump is planning to install a statue of Christopher Columbus outside the White House: report. The"
X Link 2026-02-04T22:26Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements
"On Sakhalin ice fishing apparently now includes extreme sports. Near Starodubskoe floes have been breaking away for a second day stranding dozens of fishermen. Some are waiting calmly for boats. Others Full throttle on snowmobiles jumping two-meter cracks in the ice"
X Link 2026-02-05T12:01Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Anyone who remembers the coordinated media frenzy over every minor issue at the [----] Sochi Olympics might be surprised to learn that infrastructure glitches are in fact universal. Only the interpretation seems to depend on the host country. update: four minutes into the first event of the Winter Olympics there has been a power outage https://t.co/mvniehqLCI update: four minutes into the first event of the Winter Olympics there has been a power outage https://t.co/mvniehqLCI"
X Link 2026-02-05T12:17Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Youre describing Russia as some kind of geopolitical puppet-master but the actual track record doesnt support that claim. Moscow poured enormous resources into Ukraine for decades. Cultural linguistic economic and family ties are deep and until [----] Ukrainians had open access to Russian media. Yet despite all these advantages Moscow still struggled to maintain durable political influence in a country where it was embedded for centuries. Israel is the opposite environment. It's structurally oriented toward the US integrated into American political security education business and cultural"
X Link 2026-02-05T12:43Z 21.4K followers, 17.1K engagements
"If Jeffrey Epstein was a Russian asset as some in the UK press and politics are now claiming (the Mail the Telegraph even Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey) why would he need help from Peter Mandelson to get a Russian visa Mandelson offered to help Epstein get Russian visa documents suggest https://t.co/4rxduDLmb7 Mandelson offered to help Epstein get Russian visa documents suggest https://t.co/4rxduDLmb7"
X Link 2026-02-05T13:05Z 21.4K followers, 11.5K engagements
"Moscow's famous Central Telegraph building on Tverskaya has had its facades fully restored as of yesterday. This video shows just how much its changed since 2008"
X Link 2026-02-05T13:11Z 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 21.4K 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
"These simulations are designed to fail. NATO conveniently hesitates Article [--] vanishes allies freeze everyone behaves irrationally and Russia wins. In the real world NATO massively outweighs Russia in manpower airpower technology and logistics. Why would it simply fold Russia weakens NATO in a few days and conquers Lithuania: A scenario of a Russian invasion of the Baltic states was simulated in Europe and lost. WSJ. The scenario was as follows: The Kremlin conquers Marijampol Lithuania a key European transportation hub under the https://t.co/CAUrzuC7AP Russia weakens NATO in a few days and"
X Link 2026-02-05T22:28Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@words_salad Aura farming on god mode there"
X Link 2026-02-05T23:40Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@memeticsisyphus For example Chicken Kiev. Which rather confusingly was most likely invented by a French chef working in St Petersburg"
X Link 2026-02-06T00:33Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements
"A good example of this is Chicken Kiev. Which rather confusingly was most likely invented by a French chef working in St Petersburg. This is true but if you start playing that game you start to realize almost every ethnic cuisine was made up by a hotel in the early 20th century. This is true but if you start playing that game you start to realize almost every ethnic cuisine was made up by a hotel in the early 20th century"
X Link 2026-02-06T08:41Z 21.4K 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
"@mralistairgreen If you think the UK is bad Irelands podcast ecosystem could fit in a taxi"
X Link 2026-02-06T11:43Z 21.4K followers, [----] 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, 17.9K engagements
"@PanasonicDX4500 Bit silly to expect a warm reception at the Winter Olympics"
X Link 2026-02-07T17:22Z 21.4K followers, [----] 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
"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 21.4K 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
"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
"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
"@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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"@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
"@stephanshemilt Most Italians probably think cricket is the name of a disease"
X Link 2026-02-12T15:52Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements
"@2002tacomasr5 That toy is not koala-shaped enough"
X Link 2026-02-12T17:36Z 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
"@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
"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
"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
"✈ 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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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, 128.3K 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
"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
"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
"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 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
"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
"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
"@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
"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, 937.2K 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
"Horrifying scene in Russia's Voronezh: a drunk father reportedly lowered his underage son from a 7th-floor balcony on a rope as some kind of stunt while friends filmed instead of stopping him. Prosecutors say it posed a real threat to the boys life. Police are investigating. The child incredibly wasnt physically hurt. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016487699688075459 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016487699688075459"
X Link 2026-01-28T12:25Z 21.5K followers, 4M 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
"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, 787.6K engagements
"A Russian former model Raisa from Krasnodar whose name surfaced in the Epstein emails says she believes she was being prepared for something via her agency back in [----]. She recalls a foreign scout pushing a contract abroad but she refused to go. I thought it was a stupid joke at first but the thought I couldve ended up at the bottom of the ocean is terrifying she wrote. My parents talked me out of traveling. Maybe coincidence maybe not. Im alive and well. God protected me. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018026387207258447 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018026387207258447"
X Link 2026-02-01T18:19Z 21.5K followers, 4M 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
"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, 59K 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
"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
"Former Putin youth movement activist and later Epstein acquaintance Masha Bucher now says she was under severe threat from the Russian state and desperate for protection when she met Epstein in [----]. But in December [----] she told the pro-Kremlin outlet Daily Storm that it was cool to be Russian described her move to the US as smooth and voluntary and mentioned no harassment fear danger or pressure from Moscow. The timeline doesnt really add up. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021300462725763526 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021300462725763526"
X Link 2026-02-10T19:09Z 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
"Russia this week according to the British press: Too poor to feed its soldiers Advanced enough to remote-control pigeons with neural chips Russophrenia with feathers. Russia is hopelessly weak and it's soldiers must eat pigeons but we must prepare for war as Russia is immensely powerful and can conquer all of Europe. If you question the logic you are a Russian asset so just embrace the virtuous hate and mindless warmongering of your https://t.co/J1UYQ8lVEn Russia is hopelessly weak and it's soldiers must eat pigeons but we must prepare for war as Russia is immensely powerful and can conquer"
X Link 2026-02-11T12:30Z 21.5K followers, 23.7K 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 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, 28.7K engagements
"The leader of the 'Fair Russia' party Sergei Mironov has slammed state officials behind Telegram slowdowns calling them idiots and scoundrels and urging authorities to rethink the policy. He says that Russian-made Telegram is a vital communications tool and added that citizens should be free to choose which messenger they use rather than being pushed toward state-approved alternatives. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021617416649031919 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021617416649031919"
X Link 2026-02-11T16:08Z 21.5K followers, 11.4K 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, 41.3K 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, 21.1K engagements
"Pavel Durov is absolutely right. The idea of "Russian oligarchs" as political kingmakers is years out of date. In Russia big business hasnt had real political power for a very long time. Wealth no longer translates into leverage over the state anymore and if anything its the opposite. Calling every rich Russian an "oligarch" is terribly outdated vocabulary. It belongs in the bin. People who call me an oligarch clearly dont know what the term means. If I were close to any government (instead of opposing their constant attacks on freedom) Id be 10x more successful by now. Everything Ive"
X Link 2026-02-11T20:01Z 21.5K followers, 56.8K 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
"The real most popular baby names in Europes ten largest cities. 👇 Moscow Mikhail Istanbul Alparslan London Mohammed Paris Gabriel Madrid Mateo St Petersburg Mikhail Milan Leonardo Barcelona Marti Berlin Noah Naples Antonio The most popular names of children born in European cities: London - Mohammed Manchester - Mohammed Berlin - Mohammed Brussels - Mohammed The Hague - Mohammed Amsterdam - Mohammed Oslo - Mohammed Warsaw - Jan The most popular names of children born in European cities: London - Mohammed Manchester - Mohammed Berlin - Mohammed Brussels - Mohammed The Hague - Mohammed"
X Link 2026-02-12T08:54Z 21.5K followers, 49.1K 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, 39.3K engagements
"Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has pushed back on claims that Western European leaders are quietly trying to resume talks with Moscow saying things arent quite as theyre being portrayed. REPORTER: "So yesterday everyone was quoting Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda who basically accused some European leaders of as he put it knocking on or scratching at the Kremlins door in order to talk to Russia. We know that both Merz and Macron have already tried to make contact. How does the Kremlin see this Does it get in your way or distract you from your work" PESKOV: "Well first of all neither"
X Link 2026-02-12T11:03Z 21.5K followers, 14.4K 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"
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
"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
"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, 21K 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
"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
"@sammichluvrrr Europe invented yearning. America invented fulfillment"
X Link 2026-02-13T11:16Z 21.5K followers, [----] engagements
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