Category: Collapse of Russia

“Every Russian liberal is sure to be an emperor to their bones”: Arkadii Babchenko speaks on Russia’s attitude towards the indigenous peoples and ideas of the borders.

“Every Russian liberal is sure to be an emperor to their bones”: Arkadii Babchenko speaks on Russia’s attitude towards the indigenous peoples and ideas of the borders.

What do you consider to be the borders of the Motherlanad? The issue is not so simple, taking into consideration the fact that in the RF, they impose the imperial view of motherland, and it is acceptable if the borders of the empire are revised from time to time. A lot of Russians recklessly repeat propaganda slogans, not giving a thought that those to be on charge will be their children, if not children, grandchildren for sure. The famous Russian journalist Arkadii Babchenko, who left for a safe place a lon time ago, wrote a piece how Russian liberal treated the other peoples, namely the indigenous peoples in the RF. Consequently, the question arises if it is worth dealing with such people. Here is his story, shortened to some degree.

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Unfamiliar russia: 1,500 kilometers away from Moscow, people illuminate their homes with torches

Unfamiliar russia: 1,500 kilometers away from Moscow, people illuminate their homes with torches

Every day the Kremlin spends over 20 billion rubles on the “special operation”. At the same time, many regions within the russian federation live as if the 21st century is still far away. To see this, just turn off the main road. However, only a handful of thrill-seekers dare to explore “real russia”. This is a journey to another dimension indeed.

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The Russians may run out of ammunition due to sanctions: more than 300 employees of the cartridge factory to be laid off in Barnaul

The Russians may run out of ammunition due to sanctions: more than 300 employees of the cartridge factory to be laid off in Barnaul

This news was reported by numerous Russian media. Information about the upcoming layoffs was also confirmed at the enterprise and in the regional Ministry of Industry. Sanctions are only to our advantage, this is a well-known fact. And the cartridge factory is reducing production due to the growth of pacifism.

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South Ossetia puts the entry into the Russian Federation on hold

South Ossetia puts the entry into the Russian Federation on hold

In fact, South Ossetia even earlier changed its mind about joining the Russian Federation. As a matter of fact, in the last days of his “presidency” the head of the unrecognized republic, Anatoly Bibilov, scheduled a referendum on July 17 regarding the entry of the Republic of South Ossetia into Russia. However, something went wrong.

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Russian regions with billion-dollar budget deficits will take patronage over destroyed Ukrainian cities

Russian regions with billion-dollar budget deficits will take patronage over destroyed Ukrainian cities

The Russian regions’ patronage over destroyed Ukrainian cities is a “genius” idea. Not even because the war is in full swing or because people were not asked as usual. This is where a contradiction between governors’ interests, for whom the priority is to demonstrate their loyalty to the center, and those of residents, at whose expense this very patronage will occur, will become fully apparent.

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“De-putinization” is inevitable. Yet,  experts say there are three ways to make it happen

“De-putinization” is inevitable. Yet,  experts say there are three ways to make it happen

Near Vilnius, a secret conference of Putin regime opponents from Russia and Europe  took place. It was organized by Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis. Politicians, businessmen, human rights activists and journalists (70 participants whose names and positions are classified) have discussed different scenarios in which Vladimir Putin could be stripped of power because of his decision to wage war against Ukraine.

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Relatives of killed Chechens are forced to falsify documents in order to save money on payments promised by Putin

Relatives of killed Chechens are forced to falsify documents in order to save money on payments promised by Putin

Telegram channel 1ADAT (the movement in occupied Chechnya against Kadyrov’s viceroys of the occupiers) reports on how the Kremlin appointees in the republic are trying to ensure that the relatives of those who died for Putin’s ambitions do not receive any compensation. Although the bunker rat personally promised millions even for wounds, let alone death.

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When the Kremlin murtad proposes that “our languages” should be studied instead of English, it is not what one might think

When the Kremlin murtad proposes that “our languages” should be studied instead of English, it is not what one might think

The so-called speaker of the State Council of Crimea Vladimir Konstantinov says that English is not necessary for those who will not go to London. Konstantinov suggests removing English from the school curriculum, replacing it with the study of “our own languages”. Since this representative of the occupation authorities works for the Kremlin, one might think that he refers to indigenous languages of the Russian Federation. But no.

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Why the Buriats became the face of the war and could it be otherwise?

Why the Buriats became the face of the war and could it be otherwise?

On one of the Radio Liberty’s sites, the Buriat publicist Radzhana Duhar-De Ponte has published an extensive article running about the fate of her people and their responsibility for the war against Ukraine. She does not absolve the Buriarts of the responsibilty, she suggest sharing it with the ethnic Russians equally though. The publicist reminds of the mere statistics: there are 462, 000 Buriats in the Russian Federation whereas the number of ethnic Russians is 111 million.  It is far from being equal. Why did the Buriats then become the face of the war?

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