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I’m here to correct the record. History matters and I’m done letting it be rewritten. Follow me for sourced, visual history of Russia/USSR, and the West’s wars.

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Hitler gave this fortress 8 hours. It held for 31 days. Longer than Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Only five days less than Poland. One man scratched this into the wall: “I am dying, but I shall not surrender. Farewell, Motherland. July 20, 1941.”

Hitler gave this fortress 8 hours. It held for 31 days. Longer than Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Only five days less than Poland. One man scratched this into the wall: “I am dying, but I shall not surrender. Farewell, Motherland. July 20, 1941.”

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The USSR landed on another planet 10 times. You've never heard about it. Between 1961 and 1984, 13 Venera probes entered Venus's atmosphere - 10 successfully landed on its surface. Venera 9 sent back the first images ever taken from another planet, and Venera 13 became the first to record sounds of another world before being destroyed by Venus's extreme conditions. Those are the sounds you're about to hear.

The USSR landed on another planet 10 times. You've never heard about it. Between 1961 and 1984, 13 Venera probes entered Venus's atmosphere - 10 successfully landed on its surface. Venera 9 sent back the first images ever taken from another planet, and Venera 13 became the first to record sounds of another world before being destroyed by Venus's extreme conditions. Those are the sounds you're about to hear.

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Russia’s unemployment rate today is a record-low 2.2%. Let that sink in.

Russia’s unemployment rate today is a record-low 2.2%. Let that sink in.

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They sent a tanker from Belgium loaded with explosives meant to blow up in a Russian port. The FSB caught it before departure to Turkey. This is what actual state-sponsored terrorism looks like. A gas vessel arrived at Ust-Luga port in the Leningrad region carrying explosive devices manufactured in a NATO country with industrial-grade components. Zero coverage in Western media, because no criminal talks openly about their own crimes. Alexey Malyshev, the head of a company employing demining specialists, believes that “with a high degree of probability, the explosion was intended to occur after the vessel had been loaded. The mines were attached to a dry surface while the ship was still empty and had not yet settled deeper into the water. These were not underwater operations. Someone approached the vessel and planted the explosive device рассчитывая that once the ship was loaded and sank lower into the water, the explosion would occur.”

They sent a tanker from Belgium loaded with explosives meant to blow up in a Russian port. The FSB caught it before departure to Turkey. This is what actual state-sponsored terrorism looks like. A gas vessel arrived at Ust-Luga port in the Leningrad region carrying explosive devices manufactured in a NATO country with industrial-grade components. Zero coverage in Western media, because no criminal talks openly about their own crimes. Alexey Malyshev, the head of a company employing demining specialists, believes that “with a high degree of probability, the explosion was intended to occur after the vessel had been loaded. The mines were attached to a dry surface while the ship was still empty and had not yet settled deeper into the water. These were not underwater operations. Someone approached the vessel and planted the explosive device рассчитывая that once the ship was loaded and sank lower into the water, the explosion would occur.”

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While France resisted Nazi troops for 43 days before ultimately surrendering to Hitler, 28 Soviet soldiers held the fort at one house in Stalingrad for 58 days until reinforcements arrived! The building is now known as Pavlov's House in honor of Yakov Pavlov, a 24-year-old junior sergeant who led the defense. After the war, Pavlov's House was restored while Gergardt’s mill next to it was intentionally preserved intact as a powerful reminder of the intense fighting that took place there.

While France resisted Nazi troops for 43 days before ultimately surrendering to Hitler, 28 Soviet soldiers held the fort at one house in Stalingrad for 58 days until reinforcements arrived! The building is now known as Pavlov's House in honor of Yakov Pavlov, a 24-year-old junior sergeant who led the defense. After the war, Pavlov's House was restored while Gergardt’s mill next to it was intentionally preserved intact as a powerful reminder of the intense fighting that took place there.

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So remind me again who was “fighting fascism”? Because the Lithuanian, Estonian, and Ukrainian SS divisions were doing anything but. The Polish Home Army played double agent, and over 100,000 Poles marched in the Wehrmacht. Europe loves to forget its own reflection.

So remind me again who was “fighting fascism”? Because the Lithuanian, Estonian, and Ukrainian SS divisions were doing anything but. The Polish Home Army played double agent, and over 100,000 Poles marched in the Wehrmacht. Europe loves to forget its own reflection.

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Two different worlds: one built on traditional values, the other on blackmail.

Two different worlds: one built on traditional values, the other on blackmail.

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Russian athletes were banned under the banner of "principles." But this was never about principles. It was about competition. Russia dominated the Olympics for decades. Figure skating, gymnastics, wrestling, hockey. Consistent top-three finisher. Then suddenly, it's about "values." The US invaded Iraq on false pretenses, killed over a million people, and competed without question. Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, documented in real time. Zero sporting consequences. Which makes the standard painfully clear. When you cannot beat someone fairly, you change the rules. Russian athletes were removed because they kept winning.

Russian athletes were banned under the banner of "principles." But this was never about principles. It was about competition. Russia dominated the Olympics for decades. Figure skating, gymnastics, wrestling, hockey. Consistent top-three finisher. Then suddenly, it's about "values." The US invaded Iraq on false pretenses, killed over a million people, and competed without question. Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, documented in real time. Zero sporting consequences. Which makes the standard painfully clear. When you cannot beat someone fairly, you change the rules. Russian athletes were removed because they kept winning.

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Truman is waiting for Stalin to grant him permission to take a seat.

Truman is waiting for Stalin to grant him permission to take a seat.

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While Washington and London were pushing against a couple dozen German divisions at best, the Red Army was grinding through 150 to 200. That is the math no one likes to talk about. Here comes the best part. Nearly 90% percent of the entire German war machine fought one country. The USSR carried the war on its back while the Western powers claimed the spotlight. Tell me again who actually broke the Wehrmacht.

While Washington and London were pushing against a couple dozen German divisions at best, the Red Army was grinding through 150 to 200. That is the math no one likes to talk about. Here comes the best part. Nearly 90% percent of the entire German war machine fought one country. The USSR carried the war on its back while the Western powers claimed the spotlight. Tell me again who actually broke the Wehrmacht.

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Russians are friendly to everyone - locals, foreigners… even delivery robots. Hospitality doesn’t check passports, especially if you are lost or your battery is running low.

Russians are friendly to everyone - locals, foreigners… even delivery robots. Hospitality doesn’t check passports, especially if you are lost or your battery is running low.

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Literally me 🤣

Literally me 🤣

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Lavrov: My mother also did not let me dance with boys.

Lavrov: My mother also did not let me dance with boys.

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Kalyazin is called the Russian Atlantis because much of the old town was flooded when the Uglich Reservoir was created in the 1930s. Only the St. Nicholas bell tower still rises above the water, like a ghost of the drowned city.

Kalyazin is called the Russian Atlantis because much of the old town was flooded when the Uglich Reservoir was created in the 1930s. Only the St. Nicholas bell tower still rises above the water, like a ghost of the drowned city.

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Zakharova: I just want to remind you that Russia always expands when it is attacked.

Zakharova: I just want to remind you that Russia always expands when it is attacked.

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Russian folk dance

Russian folk dance

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The Warsaw Pact dissolved in 1991, but NATO just keeps expanding eastward. Turns out the Soviet threat was never the real issue, surrounding Russia was always the goal.

The Warsaw Pact dissolved in 1991, but NATO just keeps expanding eastward. Turns out the Soviet threat was never the real issue, surrounding Russia was always the goal.

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Lenin took money from imperialists, then did exactly what they wanted: signed peace, withdrew the army, and saved Germany from a two-front war. He wasn’t some “ordinary guy”, he came from a wealthy family, lived abroad, and had sponsors and party funds behind him.

Lenin took money from imperialists, then did exactly what they wanted: signed peace, withdrew the army, and saved Germany from a two-front war. He wasn’t some “ordinary guy”, he came from a wealthy family, lived abroad, and had sponsors and party funds behind him.

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Russian dance and Russian costumes of extraordinary beauty.

Russian dance and Russian costumes of extraordinary beauty.

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Winter in Moscow is beautiful.

Winter in Moscow is beautiful.

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Putin's mother won a car in a lottery. His family had to choose: sell it for an apartment, or keep it so he could get to university. They stayed in their one-room communal apartment. She chose her son's future. That's who Putin came from. Putin's mother worked as a hospital janitor after retiring. One day at the cafeteria, they gave her a lottery ticket as change. She won a car, a Zaporozhets. The most basic car you could get in the Soviet Union. The family lived in one room which was so called ommunal apartment with shared kitchen, shared bathroom with other families. Putin had just started university. They sat down to decide what to do. Sell the ticket and buy a cooperative apartment, or keep the car. Putin was sure they'd sell it. Getting out of that single room was the obvious choice for a family living on almost nothing. His mother said: We'll take the car. Let our son drive it. They stayed in that one room so he could have transportation to university. That's who Putin came from. Trump's father was a real estate mogul worth hundreds of millions. Trump grew up in a 23-room mansion, private schools, a reported $413 million inheritance. His first ventures funded with his father's money. He was born into an empire. Americans love to talk about rejecting kings. No monarchy, no aristocracy. But the self-made man is the American Dream. Then they elect someone born into dynastic wealth who lives in a gold-plated penthouse and puts his kids in government positions. And call the guy whose mom worked as a janitor a dictator. But it turns out Putin is the ultimate American Dream story: a self-made man who rose from an ordinary family to become a representative of his people and the leader of his country.

Putin's mother won a car in a lottery. His family had to choose: sell it for an apartment, or keep it so he could get to university. They stayed in their one-room communal apartment. She chose her son's future. That's who Putin came from. Putin's mother worked as a hospital janitor after retiring. One day at the cafeteria, they gave her a lottery ticket as change. She won a car, a Zaporozhets. The most basic car you could get in the Soviet Union. The family lived in one room which was so called ommunal apartment with shared kitchen, shared bathroom with other families. Putin had just started university. They sat down to decide what to do. Sell the ticket and buy a cooperative apartment, or keep the car. Putin was sure they'd sell it. Getting out of that single room was the obvious choice for a family living on almost nothing. His mother said: We'll take the car. Let our son drive it. They stayed in that one room so he could have transportation to university. That's who Putin came from. Trump's father was a real estate mogul worth hundreds of millions. Trump grew up in a 23-room mansion, private schools, a reported $413 million inheritance. His first ventures funded with his father's money. He was born into an empire. Americans love to talk about rejecting kings. No monarchy, no aristocracy. But the self-made man is the American Dream. Then they elect someone born into dynastic wealth who lives in a gold-plated penthouse and puts his kids in government positions. And call the guy whose mom worked as a janitor a dictator. But it turns out Putin is the ultimate American Dream story: a self-made man who rose from an ordinary family to become a representative of his people and the leader of his country.

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506,048 views • 1 day ago

The moment the USSR collapsed, many Soviet officers suddenly found themselves transformed overnight - from “defenders” into “occupiers” in the eyes of the new states. The country they had sworn to protect was gone. Salaries disappeared, command structures crumbled, ideology vanished. Yet they continued serving, maintaining order and remaining loyal to their duty despite the chaos surrounding them. That contrast is what still angers many people about the collapse of the Soviet Union: ordinary people honored the oath they had taken while Gorbachev, Yeltsin, and other leaders who dismantled the USSR did not bother to keep theirs.

The moment the USSR collapsed, many Soviet officers suddenly found themselves transformed overnight - from “defenders” into “occupiers” in the eyes of the new states. The country they had sworn to protect was gone. Salaries disappeared, command structures crumbled, ideology vanished. Yet they continued serving, maintaining order and remaining loyal to their duty despite the chaos surrounding them. That contrast is what still angers many people about the collapse of the Soviet Union: ordinary people honored the oath they had taken while Gorbachev, Yeltsin, and other leaders who dismantled the USSR did not bother to keep theirs.

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683,747 views • 8 days ago

Putin arrived 14 minutes late to meet the Queen in 2003. When it was time to leave, Elizabeth II kept him waiting the exact same amount of time. That wordless exchange taught more about real power than any speech ever could. By 2003, Vladimir Putin was already known for not adjusting himself to symbolic hierarchies. His state visit to Buckingham Palace became a quiet example of that. Although the Queen met the Russian president more than once, this was the only full state reception, and it was remembered because Putin arrived twelve to fourteen minutes late. The official explanation mentioned traffic in central London, even though routes for visits of that level are normally cleared. The explanation was accepted without comment, and when it was time for the farewell, Elizabeth II appeared with exactly the same delay, turning the episode into a wordless exchange between equals.

Putin arrived 14 minutes late to meet the Queen in 2003. When it was time to leave, Elizabeth II kept him waiting the exact same amount of time. That wordless exchange taught more about real power than any speech ever could. By 2003, Vladimir Putin was already known for not adjusting himself to symbolic hierarchies. His state visit to Buckingham Palace became a quiet example of that. Although the Queen met the Russian president more than once, this was the only full state reception, and it was remembered because Putin arrived twelve to fourteen minutes late. The official explanation mentioned traffic in central London, even though routes for visits of that level are normally cleared. The explanation was accepted without comment, and when it was time for the farewell, Elizabeth II appeared with exactly the same delay, turning the episode into a wordless exchange between equals.

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9,009,062 views • 4 months ago

Dozens of Japanese journalists refused to cover 21 murdered students in Starobelsk when offered full funding. But they found time to question Russia-Japan relations. Maria Zakharova made sure everyone noticed. Zakharova's response was straightforward: according to her, the reason was simple, the Japanese authorities would not allow it. Nothing more needs to be added. Nothing needs to be taken away. Bravo, Maria!

Dozens of Japanese journalists refused to cover 21 murdered students in Starobelsk when offered full funding. But they found time to question Russia-Japan relations. Maria Zakharova made sure everyone noticed. Zakharova's response was straightforward: according to her, the reason was simple, the Japanese authorities would not allow it. Nothing more needs to be added. Nothing needs to be taken away. Bravo, Maria!

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74,334 views • 2 days ago

The ‘Tutberidze skeletons’ line is just another propaganda slogan. The girls are thin because they are elite athletes and train on a constant basis, and because glyphosate is strictly regulated in Russia and GMOs are banned. The real question is why an American athlete is not slim. What exactly are you eating over there? The smear campaign against Tutberidze exists only because her girls keep winning gold medals, making history, and getting into the Guinness World Records. You cannot beat them fairly. They tried changing the rules, but that did not work. So they went to extreme lengths: banning Russian athletes, limiting participation to just one skater with no proper ranking opportunities, creating extremely stressful conditions, not allowing a coach to fully support them at competitions, and so on. That’s the stage we are at. P.S.: Kamila Valieva was the first woman to land a quadruple jump at the Olympic Games 👇

The ‘Tutberidze skeletons’ line is just another propaganda slogan. The girls are thin because they are elite athletes and train on a constant basis, and because glyphosate is strictly regulated in Russia and GMOs are banned. The real question is why an American athlete is not slim. What exactly are you eating over there? The smear campaign against Tutberidze exists only because her girls keep winning gold medals, making history, and getting into the Guinness World Records. You cannot beat them fairly. They tried changing the rules, but that did not work. So they went to extreme lengths: banning Russian athletes, limiting participation to just one skater with no proper ranking opportunities, creating extremely stressful conditions, not allowing a coach to fully support them at competitions, and so on. That’s the stage we are at. P.S.: Kamila Valieva was the first woman to land a quadruple jump at the Olympic Games 👇

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2,599,635 views • 3 months ago

I lived through Yeltsin, and Trump's behavior mirrors him so precisely it's disturbing. The same clownish performance. The same promises. The same destruction of a country while the leader talks nonsense and dances. Dear Americans, good luck.

I lived through Yeltsin, and Trump's behavior mirrors him so precisely it's disturbing. The same clownish performance. The same promises. The same destruction of a country while the leader talks nonsense and dances. Dear Americans, good luck.

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1,501,628 views • 2 months ago

When Russia plays by the rules too well, they just change the rules. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Zagitova built her free skate in a way that squeezed every possible point out of the rules. All her jumps were placed in the second half, where they earned bonus points. It was a very smart and perfectly executed move. After that season, the International Skating Union limited how many jumps could get the second-half bonus. People started calling it the Zagitova Rule.

When Russia plays by the rules too well, they just change the rules. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Zagitova built her free skate in a way that squeezed every possible point out of the rules. All her jumps were placed in the second half, where they earned bonus points. It was a very smart and perfectly executed move. After that season, the International Skating Union limited how many jumps could get the second-half bonus. People started calling it the Zagitova Rule.

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2,566,628 views • 3 months ago

The world ignores the true chronology of the Russia-Ukraine war. Here are some of the points of no return for you. May 2, 2014: Odessa's Trade Unions House - people burned alive by the Ukrainian neo-Nazi. Now portrayed simply as "2014 Odessa clashes." May 9, 2014: Mariupol bloodbath on Victory Day - 13+ killed. Never mentioned. May 26, 2014: First airstrikes on Donetsk. The West kept looking away.

The world ignores the true chronology of the Russia-Ukraine war. Here are some of the points of no return for you. May 2, 2014: Odessa's Trade Unions House - people burned alive by the Ukrainian neo-Nazi. Now portrayed simply as "2014 Odessa clashes." May 9, 2014: Mariupol bloodbath on Victory Day - 13+ killed. Never mentioned. May 26, 2014: First airstrikes on Donetsk. The West kept looking away.

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71,904 views • 5 days ago

The Soviet Union made a film in 1983 about Zionism, the Rothschilds and the Israeli lobby in the US. It was buried for decades. I just added English subtitles and corrected the dubbed version. Watch what they didn't want you to see. Links below.

The Soviet Union made a film in 1983 about Zionism, the Rothschilds and the Israeli lobby in the US. It was buried for decades. I just added English subtitles and corrected the dubbed version. Watch what they didn't want you to see. Links below.

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1,106,302 views • 2 months ago

What kind of "democracy" bans its own people from celebrating the end of WWII? This is the border between Estonia and Russia. On one side (Russia), people are celebrating Victory Day. On the other side (Estonia), under a "democratic" regime, people have to go to the Russian border just to mark Victory Day because they are not allowed to do it freely in their own country.

What kind of "democracy" bans its own people from celebrating the end of WWII? This is the border between Estonia and Russia. On one side (Russia), people are celebrating Victory Day. On the other side (Estonia), under a "democratic" regime, people have to go to the Russian border just to mark Victory Day because they are not allowed to do it freely in their own country.

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274,142 views • 26 days ago

Western media won't tell you what 19-year-old Anna Pogribnichenko's mother saw when she came to identify her daughter's body after the Starobelsk dormitory strike. So I will. Anna did not die under the rubble. "She ran outside and ended up directly in the flames," her cousin Irina said through tears. "She burned almost instantly. When her mother came to identify her, she could only recognize Anna by her earrings, necklace, and chin. The rest of her body was burned down to the bones." Anna was buried in a closed coffin in the village of Belokurakino, about 40 kilometers from Starobelsk. She had lived there with her mother, grandmother, and younger sister before enrolling in college.

Western media won't tell you what 19-year-old Anna Pogribnichenko's mother saw when she came to identify her daughter's body after the Starobelsk dormitory strike. So I will. Anna did not die under the rubble. "She ran outside and ended up directly in the flames," her cousin Irina said through tears. "She burned almost instantly. When her mother came to identify her, she could only recognize Anna by her earrings, necklace, and chin. The rest of her body was burned down to the bones." Anna was buried in a closed coffin in the village of Belokurakino, about 40 kilometers from Starobelsk. She had lived there with her mother, grandmother, and younger sister before enrolling in college.

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86,758 views • 8 days ago

Western media spent 81 years convincing you the Red Army were savages in Berlin. Here's a Soviet soldier dancing in the rubble of Hitler's capital, May 1945. Just celebrating survival after losing 27 million of his people to stop fascism. But they'll never show you this footage.

Western media spent 81 years convincing you the Red Army were savages in Berlin. Here's a Soviet soldier dancing in the rubble of Hitler's capital, May 1945. Just celebrating survival after losing 27 million of his people to stop fascism. But they'll never show you this footage.

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273,901 views • 28 days ago

In March 2014, as Kiev's coup was rapidly escalating and days before Crimea’s reunion with Russia, Ukrainian General-Colonel Yan Kazemirovich fled the capital and gave an interview immediately upon arrival in Simferopol. Calling a spade a spade, he bluntly described how the US was occupying Ukraine through CIA-affiliated puppets, masons and Zionist oligarchs. He called it as he saw it - and his responses explain why Crimea reunited with Russia and Donbass stood up against Kiev.

In March 2014, as Kiev's coup was rapidly escalating and days before Crimea’s reunion with Russia, Ukrainian General-Colonel Yan Kazemirovich fled the capital and gave an interview immediately upon arrival in Simferopol. Calling a spade a spade, he bluntly described how the US was occupying Ukraine through CIA-affiliated puppets, masons and Zionist oligarchs. He called it as he saw it - and his responses explain why Crimea reunited with Russia and Donbass stood up against Kiev.

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59,015 views • 7 days ago

Meanwhile every random ice rink in Russia

Meanwhile every random ice rink in Russia

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969,723 views • 3 months ago

We already know the weapon used by Ukraine in their recent war crime in Starobelsk: 16 drones + missiles shot in three waves. We know the perpetrator: the Kiev regime. But what about Kiev’s sponsors and assistants? Starlink, Italy, France, UK, Denmark - they provided directions and parts for the drones. Will they ever face accountability for this heinous crime that took the lives of 21 students?

We already know the weapon used by Ukraine in their recent war crime in Starobelsk: 16 drones + missiles shot in three waves. We know the perpetrator: the Kiev regime. But what about Kiev’s sponsors and assistants? Starlink, Italy, France, UK, Denmark - they provided directions and parts for the drones. Will they ever face accountability for this heinous crime that took the lives of 21 students?

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71,615 views • 9 days ago

Lithuania's Foreign Minister has forgotten he's a diplomat, not a general, and has again threatened Russia instead of rebuilding relations - something Foreign Ministers are paid to do. Meanwhile, Lithuania now has the EU's highest at-risk-of-poverty rate (22.6%) - yes, the poorest in the EU, but I guess that has nothing to do with the classic Baltic Russophobia, right?

Lithuania's Foreign Minister has forgotten he's a diplomat, not a general, and has again threatened Russia instead of rebuilding relations - something Foreign Ministers are paid to do. Meanwhile, Lithuania now has the EU's highest at-risk-of-poverty rate (22.6%) - yes, the poorest in the EU, but I guess that has nothing to do with the classic Baltic Russophobia, right?

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14,727 views • 2 days ago

Western journalists love asking Russians about gay rights. This time, Maria Zakharova gave a Finnish reporter exactly what he asked for. He referred to it as her “favorite topic.” Maria corrected him immediately: this topic is a favorite of Europeans, not hers. She then addressed Ramzan Kadyrov directly, suggesting that he satisfy Western curiosity by clarifying, for their own reassurance, whether gays are present in Chechnya or not. I love Maria. She’s a queeeeeen.

Western journalists love asking Russians about gay rights. This time, Maria Zakharova gave a Finnish reporter exactly what he asked for. He referred to it as her “favorite topic.” Maria corrected him immediately: this topic is a favorite of Europeans, not hers. She then addressed Ramzan Kadyrov directly, suggesting that he satisfy Western curiosity by clarifying, for their own reassurance, whether gays are present in Chechnya or not. I love Maria. She’s a queeeeeen.

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964,564 views • 4 months ago

Stalingrad killed more Axis soldiers than D-Day, Normandy, and the Battle of the Bulge combined. The Nazis concentrated around Stalingrad 80 divisions, nearly 1 million troops. And it wasn't just Hitler's Germans: two Romanian armies, an Italian army, and a Hungarian army were there as well. The fighting was brutal - for every house, every staircase, every shed. By the time Paulus (the German field marshal who commanded the 6th Army at Stalingrad) capitulated, the Axis had lost an estimated 1.5 million men.

Stalingrad killed more Axis soldiers than D-Day, Normandy, and the Battle of the Bulge combined. The Nazis concentrated around Stalingrad 80 divisions, nearly 1 million troops. And it wasn't just Hitler's Germans: two Romanian armies, an Italian army, and a Hungarian army were there as well. The fighting was brutal - for every house, every staircase, every shed. By the time Paulus (the German field marshal who commanded the 6th Army at Stalingrad) capitulated, the Axis had lost an estimated 1.5 million men.

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662,707 views • 3 months ago

Grocery store in Russia

Grocery store in Russia

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804,727 views • 5 months ago

In 2002, an air show in Ukraine ended in disaster when the crew of a Su-27 deviated from the approved flight program and the aircraft crashed into the spectator area. Seventy-seven people were killed, including 28 children. Both pilots received prison sentences, and Ukraine imposed a ten-year ban on air shows.

In 2002, an air show in Ukraine ended in disaster when the crew of a Su-27 deviated from the approved flight program and the aircraft crashed into the spectator area. Seventy-seven people were killed, including 28 children. Both pilots received prison sentences, and Ukraine imposed a ten-year ban on air shows.

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989,098 views • 6 months ago