My understanding is that many people.in Russia are quite dependent on Russian state satellite TV for access to News amd Information.Prior to the war #Eutelsat facilitated transmission of major #Russian #SatelliteTV services but have reduced their involvement. I always wondered why more #Independent and #International #news and...
I always wondered why more #Independent and #International#news and #entertainment programming wasn’t made available to #russian residents. I know there isn’t ahuge commercial opportunity considering the type of broadcast. But content rights for Russia must be very cheap now and the value of such a service huge.
What a great idea ! Let’s allocate €100m out of the EU budget to transmitting TV into the country that has declared its desire to invade about half of our member states ! All the way to Paris was Lavryov’s (sp?) last speech.
Or on the other hand we could allocate that money to another 50 HIMARS or some patriots to stop the missles bombing hospitals, childcare centres and schools.
Apparently Sokolov was only a face on the screen (haven’t seen the video), so prerecorded footage, deepfake or even simple video editing are all possibilities. The rest of Shoiqus quotes are pretty much what you’d expect from him....
"The United States and its allies continue to arm the armed forces of Ukraine, and the Kyiv regime throws untrained soldiers to the slaughter in senseless assaults," Shoigu said.
The #Russian military runs on projection & copium.
This is a one source piece by AP, but might be right:
Niger’s #junta rulers ask for help from #Russian group #Wagner as it faces military intervention threat
As a #russian I’ve read this book hoping to understand the current situation better. It is affecting me emotionally in the ways I am not ready to share, but the most important thing is, it shows how people are not that different anywhere and how decisions are driven by personal loyalties, family dynamics and personal experiences more often than by commitment to ideals/ideologies good or ill
Russian Major General Vladimir Zavadsky was reportedly killed by a mine today. (files.catbox.moe)
Source: t.me/noel_reports/5561
RSF to launch Svoboda Satellite Bouquet for independent journalism in Russia (rsf.org)
My understanding is that many people.in Russia are quite dependent on Russian state satellite TV for access to News amd Information.Prior to the war #Eutelsat facilitated transmission of major #Russian #SatelliteTV services but have reduced their involvement. I always wondered why more #Independent and #International #news and...
) rule (files.catbox.moe)
Russian Black Sea commander shown working after Ukraine said it killed him (www.reuters.com)
Apparently Sokolov was only a face on the screen (haven’t seen the video), so prerecorded footage, deepfake or even simple video editing are all possibilities. The rest of Shoiqus quotes are pretty much what you’d expect from him....
Britain Admits Defeat in Controversial Fight to Break Encryption (www.wired.co.uk)