I hope they will kill each other as much as possible!

This was printed in the NY Times in January.

The Man Challenging Putin for Power

The final paragraph....

This means that, in the near future, Mr. Prigozhin may challenge the president, and Mr. Putin may no longer be able to oppose his former chef.

admittedly i've been busy and generally can't get through most of the news
but i did see this nugget that got my attention

Russian helicopters battle Wagner mercenaries rolling toward Moscow

Maybe Russia's war in Ukraine ends the same way its involvement in WW1 ended: with a rebellion and troops walking home.

Russia investigates Wagner chief for ‘armed mutiny’

after call for attack on military

wait , there's more...

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to the delight of authoritarians putin's oppression is crushing sane opposition
he is setting russia's civil rights/human rights back decades to the bad old days

After 27 Years of Rights Activism, Moscow’s Sakharov Center Prepares to Close its Doors

MOSCOW – The headquarters of Russian human rights group the Sakharov Center, a rare island of free debate in the Russian capital, will close its doors to the public this weekend in response to an eviction order from local authorities as Russia’s wartime drive to suppress dissent shows no sign of ending.

Opened in 1996 to honor the memory of Soviet dissident and Nobel Peace Prize winner Andrei Sakharov, the center has been an iconic location for talks, exhibitions, funerals and discussions about human rights.

“Without these two buildings, we are no longer a public center,” said Vyacheslav Bakhmin, a veteran human rights activist and the chairman of the board of the Sakharov Center.

“It makes any activity extremely difficult.”

The eviction comes as the few human rights groups still operating inside Russia face intensifying state pressure in the wake of the Kremlin’s decision to invade Ukraine.


comes on the heels of this...

The country’s oldest human rights organization, the Moscow Helsinki Group, was closed down by a court order in January, while eight top members of shuttered rights group Memorial, which was jointly awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize last year, were targeted in police raids last month.

FBI turns to social media to recruit Russians for intelligence gathering

"I'm from the (U.S.) government and I'm here to help."

 miamizsun wrote:

 miamizsun wrote:

 westslope wrote:
according to putin and his state apparatchiks holy lands require holy war 

 miamizsun wrote:
I believe Finland made a big mistake.  Time will tell; it always does.  

Happy Easter!  Let's all pray for the successful ethnic cleansing of the Holy Lands!  May the superior culture triumph.

 thisbody wrote:

Regarding the toxicity of depleted uranium weapons, lead based weapons are toxic.

 thisbody wrote:

Does "Germans conniving with Russians at the cost of CEE states" sound any better?

Moscow calls out US’ rules-based order in Europe

Please read before accusing me of being a Putin-Versteher, again. - Thanks.

 Beaker wrote:

In case you missed it — The last holdout, Turkey, has ratified Finland joining NATO

Turkey approves Finland Nato membership bid

Next up: finalizing Sweden's accession to NATO.

Putin's illegal invasion of  Ukraine isn't working out the way he expected.  At all.
And for those who know their history, here's a nice tweak at Russia today.

US Embassy Prague today: